but, secondly, as you eluded to earlier in your report, what was the source or the launch point of these attacks? did it come from yemen? was it inside saudi arabia? in which case, the houthis would have had collaborators inside the kingdom. could it possibly come from iraq which would add a completely new and very dangerous dimension and escalation to the conflict. so if you could sit down with president trump, would you expect that he engage with president rouhani on this at the u.n. next week? if so, how would you advise the president? if i were advising the president i would say, look. the maximum pressure campaign that the united states has launched against iran has had the intended economic impact but it hasn t changed iran s behavior. in fact, we have seen that gradually move away from the
striking distance. reporter: well, certainly south korea right away, of course, because almost anything north korea has would be within range of south korea. obviously depending on the launch point in north korea. so that s a big concern. and that s really what they believe kim is doing right now, sending this message, i still have capability, i can put you at risk. the president of the united states may be trying to downplay it so he can keep his views that there are really negotiations, he can keep those views going in the world community. he can continue to say that. but north korea definitely sending that message to south korea and japan, that they still have a capability to launch and it s a message i would say is being heard. and barbara, before you go, now back to iran where a u.s. official at least is saying that they have test fired a medium range ballistic missile? that s right.
you ll see that black smoke trail come into view. very short, very brief video clip. not the best quality the pentagon knows but they are adamant this is the shootdown of the u.s. military drone over the strait of hormuz. let s unpack a little more of what the president had to say. he is saying this could be a mistake. how could the president of the united states reasonably know that? you would have to have either perhaps intercepts, eavesdropping of conversations between iranian commanders and government officials that would tell you it s a mistake. you would have to have some understanding that the launch point on the coast of iran was not under government control, that it might have been the revolutionary guard corps acting on its own. you would have to come to an awful lot of conclusions. you would have to have the assessment that the government does not control the revolutionary guard corps and in some cases they don t fully.
a bidding cliff. these u.s. b. fifty two bombers are preparing to take part in a training exercise. in the baltic states. many see this deployment as a message to russia. and it isn t the only message. we ve seen and types of exercises that we haven t seen since the cold war were american b. fifty two bombers to fly up over the north pole to their launch point for nuclear cruise missiles and then return to their bases in the united states those kind of strike exercises were not done since that i mean ninety eight. it seems as though we ve returned to the old game of cat and mouse that was common during the cold war. this situation reminds us trillion antinuclear activist and author helen caldicott of a time when the u.s. and the soviet union stood on the brink of nuclear confrontation. well i got
these u.s. b. fifty two bombers are preparing to take part in a training exercise in the baltic states. many see this deployment as a message to russia. and it isn t the only message. we ve seen it types of exercises that we haven t seen since the cold war where american be fifty two bombers to fly up over the north pole to the launch point for nuclear cruise missiles and then return to their bases in the united states those kind of strike exercises were not done since the i mean nine hundred eighty s. . it seems as though we ve returned to the old game of cat and mouse that was common during the cold war. this situation reminds us trillion antinuclear activist and author helen caldicott of a time when the u.s. and the soviet union stood on the brink of nuclear confrontation. well i got