increasingly assertive iran, things get complicated. the defense minster he initiated air strikes on neighboring yemen. involved in a war that brought 8.4 million people to the brink of famine. it s not the bombs and the bullets killing the most people. it s the humanitarian crisis growing by the day as yemen edges closer to becoming a failed state. in venezuela, a perfect storm of economic and political crisis. the president finally admitted his government cannot affo afford to pay the bills. that s hours away from more violence and chaos. the party wins the election and the opposition and the u.s. claim fraud. meduro is a dictator who disregards the will of the ve venezuelan people.
north korea lights up the sky with its own frightening milestone. north korea releasing new video appearing to show the successful launch of its first intercontinental ballistic video. nuclear capable and not yet nuclear armed. by september, kim jong un s missile program reaches its final frontier. the washington post is now reporting that north korea produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its 34i68 missiles. the stage is set for war, but for now contained to a war of words. we can t have mad men out there shooting rockets all over the place. i will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged u.s. dotard with fire. miles away on his asian swing, president trump replaced the petty name calling with a
more diplomatic tone. the wen ones you are acquiring are not making you safer. continuing to push china to contain the north. the longer we wait, the greater the danger grows and the fewer the options become. as the nuclear standoff continues, the question remains. will the next missile trigger a war? still ahead, a major newspaper slams orrin hatch in his unquenchable thirst for power.
russia. in iraq, isis desperately tries to hold its ground and the country s second largest city of mos mosul. the senior commanders take us in in the calm before the final storm. their ambitions to build a caliphate crumbling as small pockets of militants are flushed out. the iraqi prime minister is declaring full vikt resaying war torn city is liberated from brutality and terrorism. in 2017, isis loses all of its major strongholds, but beyond the borders of iraq and syria, lone wolf attacks in the game of isis ensure their global reign of terror is still far from over. july 4th. u.s. independence day.