to make that kind of a concession. putin has been pushing back on nato for 20 years to undermine it, to create divisions particular between the united states and nato members. at some point attempt to break it. that would be a concession on the path to eventually breaking nato. there would be other concessions to follow listen, if we went anything done with mr. putin over 20 your experience with him with multiple presidents, as you have to stand up to him. you have to be willing to accept some risk. it is not all about diplomacy that this administration believes. and as the obama administration believes it. you have got to show some strength in that backs up our diplomacy. that is the failing we ve had largely in dealing with mr. putin for 20 years. are right, the other big news this week the u.s. dispatching 3000 troops a thousand from germany, 2000
so the icbm was definitely a real threat. so initially when this test first came out, we were waiting for clarification from defense officials what kind of test it was. this is just an intermediate range missile tested for a long time now even since the 1990s. a bit of a sigh of relief there. most experts will tell you if not now, it s going to happen at some point. north korea will at some point attempt to test an icbm. the question is how soon will they be technologically capable of doing that. i m interested to hear from you, as you said, this wasn t the kind of missile launch they were looking towards. yet, it is entirely predictable. everyone thought when president trump was inaugurated they were waiting for this kind of provocation from north korea. what is the mood though in south korea about all this right now. reporter: well, i think that on the one hand when it comes to income, sought south koreans are awary. this test is something they ve seen before. there were two doze