they will break this moratorium and blame it all on donald trump and resume ballistic missile testing. you can be sure the first ballistic missile test will be an icmb. so another way of putting what you re saying is something they didn t want us to see they d perhaps think of throwing a tarp over it? no, i think it s the other way around. something they didn t want us to see, they want us to see because this is offering a sort of now ritualistic humiliation of donald trump who gushes over the letters that he receives from the north korean dictator but seems to be completely blind to the fact that they are now becoming if not de facto a global nuclear power with the capability of striking the united states. we are being played for suckers. they know that they are playing us for suckers. but only donald trump and mike pompeo have faith in the belief that they are not suckers. the always quotable, multiple
guard we ve seen now with manafort and flynn. chris matthews tonight said it was like a beautifully choreographed ballet. darlene, i hope you have a monitor where you are. our graphics department has been shoveling a lot of coal together a tonight and put together a reminder. democratic leaders, chuck and nancy, north korea by the way launches an icmb on tuesday. wednesday retweets the anti muslim video. thursday rumors that he wants to replace tillerson made public and of course, the other issue tonight is the vote taking place on the hill. darlene, we often see and again, not to make too much of the president s social media use but these are presidential statements now in 2017 and we often see a flurry of that prior to some anticipation bad news coming. that s right.
times described it it. it hasn t stopped them from doing what they want to do which is get a nubbing weapon, again, i think the answer is that the words have to be backed up by something. paul: and on that point, i think the part of this this message is they have to persuade china that we are serious this time. right. paul: this isn t like the other times. crosses the line that threatens american homeland and american troops and citizens. the missiles won t be aimed at you, they will be aimed at us. you need to understand that we are serious. here is the issue, bill, if if they don t do anything, if the status quo develops and they get a bomb and icmb like that, then trump has to do something. well, john bolton made an important point which is that from what we have heard, i think
vanderberg air force base. this is possibly the most important test the u.s. has ever done. is that right? i think undeniably the most important test of the missile defense system that the u.s. has ever under taken. that s because it is the first time that the u.s. will try to knock down an intercontinental ballistic missile similar to the one north korea is developing and according to officials is well on the path to having fully developed. they believe the north koreans will be able given the pace of their current testing to hit the u.s. with a nuclear war head within a matter of a few years. so what the u.s. will do today is launch an icbm out of the marshal islands in the pacific ocean. a few minutes after that launch from here. they ll launch the intercepter missile which they hope will then strike the icmb in space above the pacific and destroy it.