u.s. launched a couple of them off to show their capabilities and it is quite dramatic. the ability to penetrate through rock. they are a very strong, offensive capability. so, the u.s. military and conjunction with its allies in the area is really always ready. locked and loaded for any kind of a north korean threat, hallie. courtney live for us at the pentagon. thank you very much. with me, chad sweep and chief of staff from the department of ohomeland security under george w. bush and my panel for the next hour, senior white house correspondent for bloomberg news margaret and nick johnston. guys, thank you for being here. chad, i ll start with you. giving us sort of the broad picture before you drill down and what s happening at b bedminister with nikki haley. we have been talking about this for four or five days now. what is different today that we didn t see earlier this week? a couple things. number one, if you look at the kore