missile tests and nuclear tests which violates u.n. security council and the desire of the international community. of course, we will also urge all other parties, including the united states and south korea, not to further escalate the tension. dissect this for us, general. obviously, calling for north koreans to stop with the testing of the missiles, the flnuclear test or the test launches and u.s. to dial down the rhetoric and they don t like the drills with the south koreans but the chinese signed on to the sanction. help us understand what the chinese really expect the u.s. and north korea to do? they are walking a very fine line, aren t they, victor? it s a critical element they need to tamp down, not only what the north koreans are doing because they realize they are becoming more pariah on the world stage but they also know that there are a lot of people to include mr. trump and his
china. bill: john roberts is tracking all this very early at 9:00 a.m. we say good morning to you. a lot to unpack so far today and more to come as the morning unfolds as well. big show of force from the united states today against bad actors in the world. the u.s. air force test firing a minuteman three ballistic missile early this morning. it flew from vandenberg air force base in california 4200 miles before crashing into the marshall islands, it was unarmed. we are told it was not in response to north korea s testifying of an icbm that had the capability of the united states. this test was long planned. a reminder to north korea and others of america s capabilities. these test launches verify the accuracy and reliability of the icbm weapons system.
george? a lot of drama around that. obviously china and south korea and now with the united states and the seemingly random question from the u.s. president. though, as you point out, this is an agreement that is an agreement. that s already been made and decided. what more can you tell us about the reaction there in the region from south korea, from japan, about the failed missile launch again, thaad designed to protect south korea from such a missile launch. reporter: right. and the argument for thaad has been because of the fact that all parties believe that they ll continue to see test launches from north korea. and they fear they could see more than that from north korea. what you are seeing is the third ballistic missile launch just this month. these are three failed attempts, according to both the u.s. and south korea. this is the sixth time since the start of the year that north korea has pulled off such a provocative measure. let s not discount the timing either. it came j
launches from the regime. the big question, if there are test launches of missile, if there s a sixth underground nuclear test, how will president trump react? he s been trying to press the chinese to stop all of this. how he reacts and deal with china may be the big question. all right. thank you. new tonight, attorney general jeff sessions angry having a heated exchange with reporters. he s under fire, as you may know, for his slam on a judge in hawaii, which means, a u.s. judge. a judge in hawaii. sessions called the judge sitting on an island in pacific. he said he s angry and has no regrets. reporter: tonight attorney general jeff sessions refusing to apologize for this comment he made about federal judge watson of hawaii. i really am amazed that a
the uncertainty that causes so much concern. these images have continued to show there are key signs. some cabling has been put in under ground. that would monitor a test. water has been pumped out of tunnel. dirt has been dug out. all the signs that would lead you toward a test being imminent. all the preparations being completed for a test. there s other areas of the site that don t show activity that seem very stable. the big question tonight is is the test off? is the site somehow in a standby status or these some of the final signs that a test could be imminent? there s no real answer tonight. the big question will be what would president trump do about that. that s a major concern. you also, tonight, are learning new information about some of the weapons. the weapons that kim jong-un put on parade last week. what have you learned about that? the parade is over for several days. those weapons have to go somewhere. all indications is they are headed back to their bases. this is