to be talking in this way. in fact, moscow doesn t even react to north korea missile tests. so quite unusual there to hear from russia, but certainly it is not just any missile test. according to north korea, they say that it is an icbm, they say it was a successful icbm, saying it was an historic event for the united states. now, south korea, the joint chiefs of staff is saying they re working right now the u.s. to figure out if, in fact, it was an icbm. they said they haven t agreed that it was yet but they haven t disagreed either, so certainly that they re poring over the data to figure out whether technically that is what it was. whatever it was, it s of great concern to those in the region. just some of the international reaction we ve had from some of the neighbors of north korea, china said that we hope all relevant parties will exercise restraint. ja pa japan s prime minister said the threat further increased and south korea s president moo jae-in said i hope north korea
will not cross the bridge of no return. moon jae-in said if north korea crosses the red line the south korea and the u.s. don t know what our response would be but certainly he didn t specify what that red line was. but there are great concerns at this point about this icbm. north korea claiming they can now hit anywhere in the world. experts dismiss that claim, but many experts say they believe that it could well have been an icbm given the figures, theality future, the distance, the time it traveled for. some suggesting this kind of baun launch could seer this already able to hit alaska. this is not coming from official channels. still waiting for the u.s. and south korea to decide whether or not it was an icbm. back to suzanne malveaux at the white house, for more on that plan bilateral meeting between trump and putin at the g20 summit, so suzanne, the kremlin said it first out loud,
more ships, troops, aircraft to update the presence in the korean peninsula, reassuring the asian allies, south korea, japan, who want to know they will be protected if there s a provocation by north korea. military options always very tough. the issue if you do something in the military sphere what does that provoke kim onung to do. thank you, barbara starr. joining us is republican congressman lee zeldin of new york, serves on the house foreign affairs committee. welcome and happy fourth. thank you, happy fourth. congressman, as we learn today that national security military and diplomatic officials are holding this unexpected july 4th meeting involving the white house about what to do, what are your concerns on whether north korea tested an icbm? we can never allow kim