jesse: that timeline is quicker than i had imagined. that is definitely interesting. real quick before we let you go, general, the test, the nuke test that we put off in order to calm things down was that a smart move for the biden administration or would have you gone forward with it. look, i have no doubt about the readiness of our intercontinental ballistic missiles, our submarine launch ballistic missiles and our strategic bomber force that would also bring nuclear weapons to bear. nor should anyone else have any doubts about that. that s a purely symbolic action. i think trying to show that this whole ratcheting up of the nuclear chain is something that we re not going to participate in. this is not going to be a poker game in which we see raise them one and it goes back and forth and deaf con levels. so i have no qualms about that. jesse: thank you very much. general david petraeus. pleasure to be with you, jesse, thanks.
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are you ready? ask your doctor how prolia® can help strengthen your bones. time now for quick headlines on this friday. first china threatening it has months ends months of protests in hong kong. one of the ambassadors calling the protest signs of terrorism. sitting 20 miles from the border with hong kong. failed russian nuke test. safety officials there say they found radioactive iodine in the air. that s not good. after that deadly explosion. they are not sure if the two are connected. radiation levels near the test knight russia spiked up to 16 times normal level. that is some of the news, ainsley. ainsley: thank you so much, steve. we are bringing my bible study features on fox nation to fox & friends. this week s episode focuses on how god has guided all of
trump feels frustration at moon s stance toward north korea, feeling it s too soft. certainly, we saw that frustration play out in that tweet. also on top of that, you ve got the fact that the u.s. president wants to renegotiate the free trade deal which certainly many inside korea thought was signed, sealed and delivered. they don t want to, but they will. it was but the president certainly has the authority to pull out. big promise that he made to a lot of his base. we ll see what happens and what it all means for one of our key allies in the region. thank you very much, paula hancocks, in seoul. fred pleitgen joins us in moscow. ramping up for their military preparedness. what are they doing in the face of this increased north korean aggression? reporter: well, the rugs hru have said that they re very concerned about that nuke test by the north koreans. we have to keep in mind russians also have a common border with north korea, poppy. what they re also doing is