afternoon. eastern time. i ve got a team for this as well. nbc pentagon correspondent hans nichols joins me first. what do we know about this launch? what launched? where did it go? they re still getting final analysis. it looked like a kn-17. the important thing, what officials here stress, is the distance. this is the farthest one has flown. 2,300 miles. and we know went over hokkaido, the island in japan. there s been a series of firsts here in the last two or three tests. this is the farthest. the one before was the first time they launched actually over japan an intercontinental excuse me, ballistic missile. and then of course september 3rd they had what appears to be a hydrogen bomb test. we heard from the top general out of strat com in nebraska last night saying everything is consistent with the hydrogen bomb test. we heard from secretary mattis warning, saying, look, they actually sent thousands, millions of people scrambling in