freedom of religion, freedom of the press. when we have perception of being so closely allied with the kremlin. on top of that, a speech given by the secretary of state recently that doesn t really lay out a sense of strategy or purpose or foreign policy rooted in american values and principles. it seems that all of our foreign policy towards the middle east right now is rooted in what s of interest, whether financial or personal, to donald trump. this administration has made iran a focal point of its policy in the region. there has been some talk, and i m sure you saw the wall street journal report, that john bolton asked the pentagon to draw up a strike plan against iran following an attack on the green zone. sure. by an iranian-backed militia in iraq. how much of iran has become a focal point for this administration to try and carry out some operation. are they looking for an excuse? i think this is something that is very important to bolton. bolton came in with this
you mix the military and diplomat theic in a step by step process trying to get north korea to first halt and then reverse its nuclear missile developments. that s the path to go. is north korea a worse situation than when you were there or are we seeing a different type of dialogue in the exchange of a president who likes to exchange hot talk. i first worked with north korea in 1994. i did the strike plan, designed it for the then plutonium program. there have been ups and downs. some have worked for a few years. and that gives you some hope that it would work again. but generally it s gotten steadily worse. it was 2006 when they tested their first underground nuclear explosion. and they marched forward consistently since. and it s very risky. because you can t imagine, chris, and i know some people do but i don t.
many are taking the news with a a grain of salt. they have heard slr threats in in the past, but others are clearly concerned about this uptick in rhetoric. the governor telling folks to remain calm as we push into the week. back to you guys. miguel almaguer, thank you. we want to talk about north korea s strike plan and the threat that it poses. the plan calls for launching four intermediate range missiles over japan to a distance of 2200 miles to guam, which is over here. they have said they are not going to land it on guam, but about 25 miles. that would take 14 minutes. the distance between guam and north korea for a missile. it s about 14 minutes. with tensions in the region high, look at all of the people in harm s way. guam has 160,000 u.s. citizens. 7,000 u.s. military troops. there s an air force base and a naval military base over there. take a look at korea. south korea, this is this part
think you know the north korean story but it s moving. a short timee ago, an escalating situation with north korea, there are new threats from that country, through their national media. they are now saying they are going to fire four missiles at guamgo or near guam. their generals present a strike plan to kim jong-unsi sometime n your august, next week. trump warns a fire and fury, we know that. they responded again to the north koreans pricing trumps warning as a load of nonsense. north korean military said absolute force can work on someone bereft of reason, like donald trump. they are mocking our president. how andst where the united stats respond? what is the correct response? after all, as long as this conflict is taking place, we might be in uncharted waters. we are joined by retired army colonel douglas mcgregor. colonel, if i believe your may 3rd column, you believe the answer to this conundrum and this challenge is china. you stillie believe that? oh, yes. absolutely. is
all those american embassies that shut down overseas last weekend are open again today. all but one. this one, the u.s. embassy in the capital of yemen. it will remain closed until the state department decides the threat of an attack there is lower. a total of 19 u.s. am baa sis and consulates across the middle east and africa closed when some intercepted communications hinted that al qaeda was going operational with a strike plan. here in the u.s., the osprey aircraft arrived at martha s vineyard this weekend aboard it. the sleek tilt row tar aircraft takes off like a helicopter and flies like an airplane. the osprey has a crash past.