president trump claimed that site had been dismantled. paula is following there for us. what are we learning? reporter: dave, we know the u.s. president has been warning north korea about that test, saying that north korea knows it has much to lose. in fact, everything, if it does decide to carry on with hostile acts. this was after the weekend. we saw from north korea a test they said was successful and important and could change the strategic position of north korea. they haven t specified what it is at this point. experts looking at satellite images believe it could be a rocket engine test, which could help with, either a satellite launch or an icbm, an intercontinental ballistic missile. we have had a statement from north korea. this is from kim jong-un, the negotiator in the oval office with president trump, handing over those so-called love letters, from kim jong-un. he has said and slammed what
this will be a signature for our movement after 6 months in show the carrie lam as well as the world people are fighting for democracy. eric: hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in hong kong again, largest protest in recent months, today marks 6 months of antigovernment protests began, protestors took to the streets over now abandoned bill that would have allowed hong kong residents to stand trial in mainland china, but now demonstrators are making broader calls for our democracy and government accountability there against any potential grip by beijing. meanwhile north korea conducting what it s calling a, quote, very important rocket engine test late saturday at
conversation, i m open to it. i just think that it s interesting when somebody suddenly decides after doing it a different way for a long time. iowa arguably a must win and if you look at vice president joe biden, he could potentially come in second or third place in iowa and still be okay because he s doing well in south carolina, warren and pete buttigieg, they re not polling as well there so they need the state, you can see pete here, they re making the pitch to voters, mayor pete buttigieg has another event in iowa later today and we will follow him from that one. eric. eric: all right, ellison, thanks so much. arthel. arthel: north korea says it has conducted a major rocket engine test as president trump warns kim jong un that pyongyang has, quote, everything to lose by acting aggressively. more on that right after this.
the kind of missile it was, where it was launched, detailed like that. all we have is reports from north korean state news. why don t we know more about these tests? i think this was a rocket engine test, it was not a missile a test of a missile. the point is north korea is going to do a series of provocations. and president trump was not correct when he said north korea signed onto this strong denuclearization agreement. singapore agreement was an aspirational statement working towards denuclearization of the korean peninsula. we don t even have an agreed upon definition of what dena denuclearization means. north korea is looking for massive sanctions relief otherwise they re going to turn the corner and you will see in the new year more provocations, medi medium-range missile perhaps over japan, intermediate range missile towards guam. it s going to be like 2017 it s going to feel like 2017
attention. the obvious thing would be that now that they ve launched short-range missiles and the u.s. didn t respond that they could then go to a medium-range missile, perhaps a static rocket engine test of a long range missile and indicate the icbm project is progressing. reporter: kim jong-un was much more surprised and embarrassed trump walked out on him in hanoi than either side let on. during that summit kim demanded a complete end to sanctions on north korea. in exchange for partially dismantling his nuclear facility, something trump refused to accept. kim jong-un is frustrated. the last summit in hanoi was a failure for him with his own people, he had promised sanctions relief. american investment, possibly a nuclear deal and it was a spectacular failure. reporter: tonight, north