o mara in just a moment. but we begin with our breaking news, north korea s failed missile launch. i want to bring in barbara starr at the pentagon and dan lothian at the white house. barbara, a very dramatic few hours here. obviously, we knew this launch was coming. it seems to have been a spectacular failure. what can you tell me about it? piers, a senior u.s. official just saying those very words to me. an unprecedented record of failure for the north koreans, now one of the third failures in a row of their rocket and missile program. this rocket lifted off the launch pad and very quickly, within about 90 seconds, broke into several pieces. if you look at the map, we are told that the major debris field now is about 165 kilometers west of south korea. so it broke apart in flight. that is a fundamental failure of north korean missile and rocket technology. why does it matter? the north koreans are tough customers, but why do we really care about this? because this is ba
was coming. it seems to have been a spectacular failure. what can you tell me about it? piers, a senior u.s. official just saying those very words to me. an unprecedented record of failure for the north koreans, now one of the third failures in a row of their rocket and missile program. this rocket lifted off the launch pad and very quickly, within about 90 seconds, broke into several pieces. if you look at the map, we are told that the major debris field now is about 165 kilometers west of south korea. so it broke apart in flight. that is a fundamental failure of north korean missile and rocket technology. why does it matter? the north koreans are tough customers, but why do we really care about this? because this is basically, even though they said it was a satellite, this is military technology. they could some day perfect long-range missile technology using these kinds of systems, put a warhead on top, and possibly reach out and touch, essentially, to hawaii or alaska.
country, former u.n. ambassador, bill richardson. plus, george zimmerman in court, the man who shot 17-year-old trayvon martin. he spoke a few words and answered the judge s questions today. we re also getting new information tonight from the affidavit of probable cause in the case. it says zimmerman, and i quote, profiled trayvon martin and disregarded the police dispatcher s request that he wait for officers to arrive. a prime-time exclusive tonight with his new attorney, mark o mara in just a moment. but we begin with our breaking news, north korea s failed missile launch. i want to bring in barbara starr at the pentagon and dan lothian at the white house. barbara, a very dramatic few hours here. obviously, we knew this launch was coming. it seems to have been a spectacular failure. what can you tell me about it? piers, a senior u.s. official just saying those very words to me. an unprecedented record of failure for the north koreans, now one of the third failures in
it says zimmerman, and i quote, profiled trayvon martin and disregarded the police dispatcher s request that he wait for officers to arrive. a prime-time exclusive tonight with his new attorney, mark o mara in just a moment. but we begin with our breaking news, north korea s failed missile launch. i want to bring in barbara starr at the pentagon and dan lothian at the white house. barbara, a very dramatic few hours here. obviously, we knew this launch was coming. it seems to have been a spectacular failure. what can you tell me about it? piers, a senior u.s. official just saying those very words to me. an unprecedented record of failure for the north koreans, now one of the third failures in a row of their rocket and missile program. this rocket lifted off the launch pad and very quickly, within about 90 seconds, broke into several pieces. if you look at the map, we are told that the major debris field now is about 165 kilometers west of south korea. so it broke apart in
it seems to have been a spectacular failure. what can you tell me about it? piers, a senior u.s. official just saying those very words to me. an unprecedented record of failure for the north koreans, now one of the third failures in a row of their rocket and missile program. this rocket lifted off the launch pad and very quickly, within about 90 seconds, broke into several pieces. if you look at the map, we are told that the major debris field now is about 165 kilometers west of south korea. so it broke apart in flight. that is a fundamental failure of north korean missile and rocket technology. why does it matter? the north koreans are tough customers, but why do we really care about this? because this is basically, even though they said it was a satellite, this is military technology. they could some day perfect long-range missile technology using these kinds of systems, put a warhead on top, and possibly reach out and touch, essentially, to hawaii or alaska. that s why t