president, the secretary of state did the right thing for american interests and for israel by the way. i think we got to put this in a broad context. i think what hillary s reaction and biden s reaction, they were speaking for many secretaries of state, many presidents in the past who had israeli settlements shoved in their face. we need to take care of our politics. there is a lot of back story. this isn t just that trip. second, i think we need to keep the following in mind. what have we, the united states, been doing for israel rightly i believe. we didn t fight the iraq war for israel but in taking out saddam hussein we took out a guy who scud missiled israel. we fought against what i think was the goal stone report on the agaza war on the world stage. we helped israel protect it from. that we ve been trying to
what have we, the united states, been doing for israel rightly i believe. we didn t fight the iraq war for israel. but the fact is in taking out saddam hussein, we took out a guy who had scud missiled israel. we fought against what i think was the goal stone report on the gaza war on the world stage. we helped israel protect it from. that we ve been trying to organize a global coalition against iran. and we give israel in the fy 2011 budget $3 billion in military equipment. the most advanced equipment. let s put that context down. then look at the moment we re in. we have an israeli prime minister from the right who could deliver the right. he s done a lot of good things in the west bank. we have to give him credit for that. we have the best palestinian leadership in a long time and we have a sunni arab world obsessed with iran ready to work with israel more than ever. you think in that context, israel could say to the united states you re doing all of this for us, we re just going to
missile, it s not known exactly what kind of scud. this is a short range missile. so not one of the missiles that is more concerning to the region than the median or longer range, but just the fact that north korea is continuing regardless of international pressure, regardless of sanctions and continuing to test the most intense testing really we ve sign over tseen over the past year and a half. and now let s go to will ripley in japan. he has been in north korea, as que well. and certainly shinzo abe sounding very upset that yet again a missile comes close to japan. reporter: absolutely. there is always unsettling for the japanese and particularly prime minister abe who has been trying to push legislation through the japanese diet, the japanese parliament essentially. that would allow japan s self-defense forces to take more assertive actions in asia
administration and in trump s first 100 days in office, kim jong-un ordered nine missile launches. not all successful including the latest launch in the early morning hours here. u.s. analysts believe the missile traveled 22 miles before exploding over north korea territory. they thought it had flown for 15 minutes and exploded in the waters near the japanese coast. that was enough to issue a nationwide alert. a missile alert in japan that halted subway and rail service in the country for ten minutes. it shows how tense the situation is in this region. the kind of missile they testified was a modified scud that we saw unveiled in the country s large military parade earlier this month and that s significant that they would test this particular kind of missile on the very same day that we ve confirmed the aircraft carrier strike group arrived in the waters off the korean peninsula and is now conducting joint
matas leaves for a weeklong trip to the middle east that will include stops in saudi arabia, israel, egypt, and the horn of africa. fox news has learned from well-placed defense sources the type of medium-range missiles that north korea tried to test this weekend with a new kind of scud known as a k ends at mustaine, a single stage liquid fuel missile. officials here are not commenting when asked if u.s. cyber command had any role in causing the lunch to fail. it s notable that 88% of the intermediate range lucid on mitchell s that north korea had tried to test since a year ago have blown up within seconds of launch. 5 out of 6 launches have failed. the most nor with a addition to this year s parade in pyongyange these two long canisters that appeared for the first time and experts say are typically used for long-range missiles. it is important to remember that north korea has never successfully tested a missile capable of reaching the u.s. and a lot of what was on display