4:55 a.m. local time. and the short-range missiles travel the distance of 400 kilometer, that s around 250 miles. this is the fifth such salvo of short-range missiles to be fired by north korea in a period of 2 1/2 weeks. if you go back to july 25th, and july 31st, august 1nd, august 6th then august 10th. on august 6th, north korea published a statement on its state media news agency, basically slamming upcoming u.s./south korean military exercises. and that s what top south korean security defense officials have predicted as well. they re predicting that there will be possibly more launches by north korea in the days and weeks ahead as well. as it has said that the joint military exercises are a violation, as it put it, of the spirit of cooperation, that has
hour. just before president trump left washington for vacation, he once again voiced support for meaningful background checks on gun purchases. this after 31 people died in two mass shootings last weekend. the senate s republican leader only says the issue will be debated next month when congress returns from its summer recess. north korea fired two projectiles in the sea earlier saturday according to south korean military officials. a u.s. source says there were short-range ballistic missiles similar to other launches. seoul says it was a show of force against upcoming u.s./south korean military exercises. it is the tenth straight weekend for protests. they are planning a sit in at the international airport. hundreds of people are holding signs handing out leaf lets. several other protests expected over the next few days.
u.s./south korean military exercises, which of course the north koreans hate. listen to this. we have no plans at this time to suspend anymore exercises. we suspended several exercises at the direction of the president. the good-faith effort was made. we have had we have done no planning for suspending others. obviously we know what exercises are out there. so we could do that if directed to. but right now there are no plans to go further. you know what s going to happen, though, when the u.s. and south korea resume full-scale military exercises, which over the years the north koreans have always complained about, always have taken action. they presumably will resume their nuclear testing, their ballistic missile testing, which they have suspended at least over these past several months. we were at a point when we
or we could negotiate. negotiations are the way to go. that s what is happening. but don t kid yourself that the threat is over. the heat is down, to be sure. but heat can ramp up very fast. what did you think of the president s ann joint u.s.-south korean military exercises, which have been going on o or t a year for decades, which the north koreans says he isnding d, the president joint cises. he says that they re provocative. he also tweeted this morning, we save a fortune by not doing war games, as long as we are negotiating in good faith, which both sides are. what is your reaction? first of all, they re not games. these are very serious exercises to make sure our troops, from the navy to the air force, to the army on the ground are prepared to fight tonight, as they have had to be for the last 60 years on the korean peninsula. now, when there is denuclearization and there is a peace treaty, and we have seen a
ceremony coming after nearly five hours of meetings on a historic day that began with both men shaking hands for the first time. president trump and kim jong-un greeting each other with guarded smiles but appearing relaxed before meeting one-on-one with only their translators for nearly 40 minutes. i really think it was a fantastic meeting. reporter: the one-on-one finded by an expanded bilateral meeting with their top advisers, a working lunch. six different photo ops. mr. trump even giving kim jong-un a look inside the presidential limb seen known as the beast. it s my honor and we will have a terrific relationship, i have no doubt. reporter: we noted that the south koreans seemed caught off guard by the president s announcement that he was going to stop those joint u.s./south korean military exercises. also, the u.s. troops there seem to be caught off guard by this. their spokesman is issuing a