North korea firing a pair of ballistic missiles just days after launching a newly developed Longrange Cruise missile. Californias governor appears to have won the biggest fight of his political career. With cnn projecting he has defeated a Recall Vote by a huge margin. The Recall Effort was led by republicans opposed to his handling of the coronavirus, homelessness and the economy. The first question on the ballot, should Governor Newsom be recalled . About 2 3 of voters said no. A landslide victory. Exit polls show about a third of voters said the Covid Pandemic was the most important issue. Newsom pushed tough lockdowns, made masks and vaccines mandated. It was a sharp contrast to his main republican challenger, Larry Elder, who opposed pandemic restrictions. A few hours ago a very relieved Gavin Newsom thanked his supporters. No, its not the only thing that was expressed tonight. I want to focus on what we said yes to as a state. We said yes to science. We said yes to vaccines. We said yes to ending this pandemic. Live this hour at the Newsom Headquarters in sacramento, california. Lucy kafanov is following the story from the Elder Headquarters in costa mesa, also in california. But well go to dan. Well start with you. Newsom could emerge from all of this, this Recall Effort, in a much stronger position than he started. Its big news for Governor Newsom. Its also big news for democrats writ large in the United States. What we saw this race really boil down to is Governor Newsom, who was pressing strict covid measures, who was running in line with the biden White House on what they were trying to do on coronavirus. And then the Elder Campaign, which was pledging to reverse many of the coronavirus orders that Governor Newsom has put in place. The result is resounding. Newsom was certainly relieved tonight. It wasnt necessarily a victory speech. But he was clearly very relieved he had passed this hurdle. The no vote had won overwhelmingly. And it is going to be almost a stamp of approval for democrats across the country now who can feel confident that they can run on these covid measures and in some ways strict covid policy tackling the coronavirus is good politics. Its also worth noting that newsom nationalized this race. He made it about more than just california. And you know that elder has talked about Homelessness And Drought and other issues that focus on california, that have Hit California particularly hard. Newsom somewhat ignored those issues or avoided those issues and nationalized the race, calling on top democrats across the country to come to California And Rally on his behalf. And what he did was he compared elder throughout the campaign to Donald Trump. That is another lesson that democrats can take out of this race, that trump may be out of office, he may not be in the White House anymore, but democrats are rallied and fired up about the prospect of defeating not just trump but trumpism. That was a question for the party going into the 2022 midterms and some races in 2021. So going forward what this taught democrats is they can run on covid strict measures and in some cases like Governor Newsom did they can also run on the legacy of Donald Trump. John . Dan. Thank you. Dan merrick there live in sacramento. Lets go over now to the Elder Campaign headquarters in costa mesa. There we find lucy kafanov. She is with us live. And lucy, there was a lot of talk before this Recall Vote before the Elder Campaign about legal challenges and claims of rigged elections, that sort of stuff. What are they saying now . Well, its interesting, john. Weve been here throughout the entire evening. The Campaign Billing this as a Victory Party even though there would have had to have been a lot of Inperson Turnout by republicans in order to close the lead that newsom, the current governor of california, had in the early Mailin Voting before the results were called by the television networks. A lot of the republicans that we have talked to on the ground, the voters, the ordinary supporters here, did mention their concerns about fraud to us, baseless concerns at this point. But a lot of the folks we spoke to said that they were casting their ballots in person because of what they were worried about. But of course the Big Question is what would Larry Elder say . Is he going to continue to push those baseless claims of fraud as he had in the leadup to the election or would he concede . He did seem to accept his loss. Take a listen. My opponent, governor Gavin Newsom [ boos ] come on. Lets be gracious. Lets be gracious in defeat. And by the way, we may have lost the battle, but we are going to win the war. Reporter and this was important because we didnt know how much of a page he would take out of the former president Donald Trumps playbook. Would he drag out this Election Fight or would he concede . You heard him conceding in that speech there. He then went on to basically recycle his stump speech, talking about the issues that were important to or continue to be important to conservative republicans here in california, issues like homelessness, crime, school choice, the drought thats been plaguing the state. He also talked about race a lot, accusing democrats of politicizing race. He has managed to tap into the anger that a lot of conservative democrats feel in california, a state in which democrats outnumber republicans nearly 2 to 1. And in terms of a preview of what he has in store going forward, he said stay tuned, perhaps his political ambitions arent over yet. John . Lucy, thank you. Lucy kafanov live for us in costa mesa. Appreciate it. Joining me now is Ron Brownstein, cnns senior political analyst and Senior Editor at the atlantic. We have caroline heldman, democratic Strategist And Professor of Critical Theory and social justice. Also with us, lonnie chen, former public Policy Director for the republican mitt romneys 2012 president ial campaign. Thanks to awful you for being with us. A bit like the old days. Ron, ill start with you. In this margin of neuse tomb win, if its as big as those Exit Polls now suggest, when he sits down at his desk on wednesday to write out thank you cards, should the first one be to Donald Trump for giving him something to run against and the second one to Larry Elder for making that possible by claiming to be further to the right of Donald Trump . Maybe reverse. Maybe reverse the order. Look, the recall got on the ballot by mobilizing discontent in the most conservative parts of the state, particularly to Governor Newsoms tough measures on lockdowns in response to covid last year, all Punk Twatwaipt punctuated by his illfated decision to go to french la laundry. They never expanded beyond that. And as Larry Elder became the face of the Recall And Kind of the personification of the recall it folded in on itself even more. What newsom was able to do in the final weeks of the election was really bring the whole campaign full circle. It got on the ballot because conservatives didnt like his response to covid. He won going away because he was able to convince the broader electorate that the republicans represented a threat to the health of the state by opposing mandates for masks and vaccines. And i think, you know, obviously every state is different but there was a clear lesson here that democrats can lean into this contrast, mobilize their base, move a lot of independent voters and leave republicans kind of isolated by emphasizing the, quote, rights and choices of the unvaccinated at a time when 3 4 of americans are vaccinated and those who are are increasingly exasperated with those who wont get the shot. Well, Donald Trump issued a statement, i think it was last week, baseless claims about a rigged election. We also heard from Larry Elder whos been talking about a Landslide Win in this recall. That was quickly followed by talk of Voter Fraud. Listen to this. So many people are going to vote yes on the recall. There wont be any question about the outcome. I just hope my opponent is willing to accept the results when he loses. I have every hope that this election is going to be free of fraud and its going to be one of integrity. So caroline, not only did newsom get to run against Trumpism But Trump seemed to be working to suppress the republican vote in a way by declaring the election rigged. Is this now sort of a winning formula for races beyond california . Well, it certainly wasnt in this particular race. And i think as ron pointed out this is a state where if youre going to put down trumpism this is the state to do it in. Its 2 to 1 democratic registration over republican registration. But what was particularly kind of unnerving was that Larry Elder, even in his concession speech, didnt actually concede. Right . And hes been a big proponent of the big lie, the idea that the 2020 Election Wasnt free and fair. And it really it inspired the January 6th violent insurrection. We dont want that in california. But more importantly, this is the republican strategy and its eroding our democracy. Our belief in free and fair elections is fundamental to actually having a democracy that is functioning. Lonnie, hows this strategy of sort of claiming Election Fraud ahead of every major vote going to work when the republicans actually win one . Yeah, its not. I mean, quite frankly, i think unfortunately trying to look at the electoral process and trying to figure out ways to sow doubt i dont think is a great longterm strategy for the republican party or for any other political party for that matter. I think the focus really has to be on how you expand the appeal of the message and the appeal of the policy prescriptions. And that really is kind of what happened tonight. I think ron hit the nail on the head when he said listen, the coalition necessary to come together to recall Gavin Newsom, the numbers just werent there. You Cant Win in california with just republican votes. I think thats got to be part of the formula. But to be successful you have to really reach out and be more than that. Youve got to be able to demonstrate that you can put together a coalition thats more than just the 24 of republican Voter Registration in the state. And i think in this situation that simply didnt happen. And ron, if we look across the country this sort of Election Denialism seems to be in full swing and its unique right now to the republicans. Not just in california but in other states where recounts are under way, that sort of stuff. Will it always stay with the republican party or will it spread in a way across the political spectrum . Well, look, right now it is centered in the republican party. And it is very much a kind of product of what trump has done. Something like 60 of republicans in the Cnn Poll that was released this week, the national poll, said that believing the election was stolen and that Donald Trump was the real winner in 2020 was an integral part of being a republican. Half of republicans in another poll by Monmouth University this month described the January 6th insurrection as legitimate protest. And we see this being moved into action in state after state with republican Leng Gislatures and governors passing laws making it more difficult to vote and increasing opportunities for partisan manipulation of the vote counting. And john, that is why democrats face an absolutely existential choice over the next few weeks in the senate. They introduced today revised legislation to create a nationwide floor of Voting Rights to protect the independence of election administration. All the democratic senators are likely to endorse it. And the question will really come to a head in the next few weeks. Will they give republicans in the senate a veto over that or will Joe Man Clin And Kyrsten sinema allow them to reform the filibuster in a way that allows them to pass this . No more consequential decision over any of the policies they face through the 2022 election. But we look at Larry Elder as a candidate, hes a climate change denier, he opposes gun reform, hes against the minimum wage, he says he wouldnt have voted for the civil rights act. He opposes abortion as well. So lanhee, while hes not exactly representative of Main Street california, is he representative of republicans in california . Yeah, i think this is going to be the question that were going to see the answer to i think as we move toward 2022 in california, certainly the dynamic of the republican party is one that to be competitive, again, i think the candidacies of people who are running in california as republicans have to be consistent with where the state nor broadly is. Now, obviously youre not going to have a 100 matchup because after all, republicans arent progressives. But my point is you have to understand how much of this is driven by the need for candidates who yes, have a message of reform, yes have a message of change, but also understand the unique circumstance of running in california. And running in california is still going to be different than running in other parts of the country. And the recognition, if the quicker that recognition comes, i think the sooner the republican party and republican candidates in california become more competitive. And just lastly to caroline, how much does this Win P buy newsom . It was significant. It was a Hyung Wuge Win when yo at the numbers. How much does this help Joe Biden when it comes to his battles for mandates for masks and vaccines . Well, i think it is a national referendum on this, right . That the democrats can go out nationally if they want to run on this, it doesnt matter where they are in the country, that this is a winning platform. And i think for newsom the wind is at his back, there is a whole get out the Vote Effort that the union spearheaded that really had an impact in this recall election. That set up not only for his next campaign but perhaps getting back some of these california seats in 2022. And i can imagine this being the playbook for what democrats do in 2022. Caroline, thank you. As well Ron Brownstein and lanhee chen. Its good to see all of you. Its been you along time. Thanks, john. Thank you. Take care. Still to come, for more than a year Mike Pence has been seen as a defender of the constitution who on that day in january stood up to Donald Trumps efforts to overturn the election results. But a new book by Bob Woodward has a reality check. Have you ever sat here and wondered couldnt i do this from home . With letsgetchecked, you can. Its virtual care with Home Health Testing and more. All from the comfort of. Here. Letsgetchecked. Care can be this good. Today lets paint with new Behr Dynasty™. So that you can be proud of your walls. Wheres your furniture . Oh we thought it distracted from the new Behr Dynasty paint color. Let me take your coats. Because Behr Dynasty only takes. One. Coat. Behr dynasty. Go ahead, throw your wine on it. What . Stain repellent. Its also scuff resistant. Youre paying for that introducing Behr Dynasty™, the best of behr. Exclusively at the home depot. [uplifting music playing] i had a dream that someday i would just fly, fly away that Delicious Omelet was microwaved . Get outta here. Everybodys a skeptic. Paper money. Its the future get outta here. Im leaving with my gold. Its not crazy. Help me, mother. Its an omelet. Just crack an egg. Lawyers have been on standby for days just waiting to challenge the Recall Vote in california in what appears to be a replay of the Trump Campaign Strategy in 2020, Filing Dozens of baseless claims of fraud to undermine the credibility of the result. But in a new book by Bob Woodward its been revealed that during the Certification Process of the 2020 Vote Former Vice President Mike Pence was not so much a defender of the constitution who stood up to Donald Trump but rather someone who did the right thing only after every other option was well and truly exhausted. Pence so the advice from former Vice President dan quayle, who told him the u. S. Vice president has no legal authority to do what trump wanted. He then did what he did, what all Vice President s have done, and he oversaw the count of the Electoral College that was on january 6. Now, Heres Part of the conversation when he gave the president the bad news. Trump asked if these people say you had the power, wouldnt you want it . Pence replied, i wouldnt want any one person to have that authority. And thats when trump responded, but wouldnt it be almost cool to have that power . Jesse levinson is professor of law at loyola law school. She joins me now from los angeles. Welcome back. Good to see you. Good to see you. Okay. The narrative from that day, lets go back, to Mike Pence resisted the pressure from Donald Trump, he did what was right. But now it seems it didnt happen without him trying and trying almost everything he thought possible to do his masters bidding. So what would have happened if pence had found a loophole, something which could justify doing what trump wanted . Where would we be now . Lets just say first of all wouldnt it be cool if we didnt have a constitutional republic . I mean, can you imagine that this is the argument here . Wouldnt it be cool if like we didnt have checks and balances and instead we had a monarch . So but Theres Something serious there, right . Which shows that President Trump, former President Trump really didnt understand our structure of government and or didnt respect it. And Theres Something serious here about Mike Pence not of course being the defender of democracy or the defender of our constitution but instead basically running through a house trying to find every possible door. Theyre all locked. And finally he just says okay, i guess i have to run through the window, theres literally no other choice. You asked me where would this leave us. I mean, that leaves us in a term that was overused. A potential constitutional crisis. Where you have the Vice President of the United States not doing his constitutional duty as he correctly concluded there are no loopholes, there are no end runs, this was the only choice. He had a very ministerial task of simply saying yes, i bless the results of the Electoral College. Yeah. We came that close, it seems, a lot closer than most people realize. The other big headline from this book, it concerns the chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff general milley. In the weeks after trump lost the election but still held Office Milley was worried he would go rogue. And woodward writes about a secret meeting when milley told officials in charge of the national military Command Center basically the Pentagon War Room that no one would follow orders from anyone unless he, milley, was involved. Heres part of the book. No matter what you are told, you do the procedure, you do the process, and im part of that procedure. Milley told the officers, according to this book. He then went around the room, looked each officer in the eye, asked them to verbally confirm they understood. Got it, milley asked, according to this book. Yes, sir. And that was repeated again and again. There are no laws which limit the powers of a defeated or retiring president. He remains president until the next one is sworn in. Donald trump may not have started a nuclear war, but he has undermined Confidence And Faith in american democracy. So how could a Losing President be restrained in future from doing what trump did . This is something its such a good question. Its something you and i talked about for maybe the last Half Decade now, which is the Trump Administration really was a Stress Test on our democracy and it showed where the cracks in the constitution are. For instance, in this case why do you have such a long period of time between the election and the inauguration . In any other job in america if you need to fire somebody 14 days at most or im going to stand next to you while you clear out your box and well escort you to the parking lot. So we have a couple of places here where we see the Chief Executive not only can stay far past the election but also has these really unfettered controls where i think weve just been frankly very lucky in the past where we had president s who certainly transgressed certain norms, who certainly acted in really questionable and problematic ways, but they didnt so transgress the norms and the guardrails that we were in this situation. And frankly, i mean, there but for the grace of many different things did we end up in this place where we still have an intact constitution. And yes, there are places where we can look at how Chief Executives, one, have a lot of authority under the constitution and two, take a lot of authority, maybe when its not even granted, and we can think about confining that. At one Point Milley apparently likened trump to a Fourengine Plane with three of them out and no Landing Gear for the last couple of weeks. And that oneengine plane, its now the clear preference for republicans to be the leader of their party. 51 believe, republicans believe if he was at the top of the ticket for 2024 it would be an advantage in taking back the White House. You know, i guess the question is whether he runs or not its almost beside the point. Because it seems increasingly republicans are now running on the trump book, declaring Voter Fraud even before the votes are counted, undermining the result. Well, im talking to you from california. And in the introduction you talked about how the recall was just defeated. But the thing that wasnt defeated are these baseless allegations of Voter Fraud, which come straight from the trump playbook. Now, clearly they didnt begin with trump. Clearly theyre not going to end with trump. But the astounding thing is not that President Trump trumpeted these baseless attacks on our elections but that so many people, as you said, want him to be the standard bearer, want this to be the message for the republican party. And this is a really dangerous game for the republican party. This is a little bit of Russian Roulette to continue to say you cannot trust the electoral process because at a certain point yes, you use it to try and justify restrictive Voting Laws but also it can turn people off from the process. Republicans really only want to turn democrats off from the process. They dont want to turn their own voters off. This is a really highstakes game. And it feels like the Last Gasp of a party that knows that its losing key strongholds. Look at what happened in georgia. Look at what almost has happened in texas. And look at this party still looking at President Trump as their standard bearer. Yeah. And still essentially leader of the party taking control and taking the lead. Jessica, thank you. Jessica levinson for us in los angeles. Appreciate it. Coming up, a second day of question for the Secretary Of State Antony Blinken on the withdrawal from afghanistan. Plus the u. S. Military claims it thwarted an Isis Attack at the kabul airport. But new evidence suggests the deadly Drone Strike may have targeted the wrong person. A Cnn Investigation is next. What do we want for dinner . Burger. I want a sugar cookie. Wait. I want a bucket of chicken. I want. Its the easiest because its the cheesiest. Kraft. For the win win. No Ink Ugh I Need You to print, I Need You. You think youre empty . Im empty. Do you suffer from Cartridge Conniptions . Be conniptionfree, thanks to the Cartridgefree Epson Ecotank printer. A ridiculous amount of ink youre mocking me. Not again the epson ecotank. Just fill chill. 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Im humbled and grateful to the millions and millions of californians that exercised their fundamental right to vote and express themselves so overwhelmingly by rejecting the division. Well, the u. S. Congress, which often finds it it difficult to agree on the day of the week, has found a moment of rare bipartisanship, and its coming from frustration with the biden administration over the withdrawal from afghanistan. For a second day the Secretary Of State answered questions from lawmakers on capitol hill. Republicans called the Troop Withdrawal a strategic error and the evacuation the worst foreign Policy Catastrophe in a generation. Antony blinken made a point of highlighting the Withdrawal Agreement which was negotiated by the Trump Administration. When president biden took office in january, he inherited an agreement that his predecessor had reached with the taliban to remove all remaining u. S. Forces from afghanistan by May 1st of this year. As part of that agreement the previous administration pressed the afghan government to release 5,000 taliban prisoners including some top war commanders. By January Of 2021 the taliban was in its strongest Military Position since 9 11. Lawmakers from both parties seemed miffed as to why the Defense Secretary was not available to answer questions as well. Lloyd austin is scheduled to appear before a different committee later this month. For the last two weeks cnn has been investigating the u. S. Militarys final Drone Strike which targeted a car in kabul, afghanistan just hours before all u. S. Troops were withdrawn. The u. S. Military claims they hit a legitimate terrorist target. But Cnns Investigation raises some serious questions about the u. S. Governments accounts of what happened that day. And a warning to some of our viewers, this report contains some very graphic scenes that may be difficult to watch. But first live to cnns Anna Coren whos been working the story. She is with us now from hong kong. So anna, what can you tell us . Well, john, look, there are serious doubts as to whether in fact the u. S. Military actually got the right target, possibly killing ten innocent civilians. As you say, this has been a Twoweek Investigation by cnn and what we have learned paints a very different picture. Screams of horror in a Kabul Neighborhood on the last sunday of august. As residents desperately try in vain to extinguish the Fireball Causeded by a Hellfire Missile Air strike. First i thought this was an attack on the whole of afghanistan. I did not know the attack was only on our house. The target, a white sedan that had been under u. S. Military surveillance for the past eight years. According to a u. S. Official with knowledge of the operation. It had just driven into the residential compound with father of of seven and Ngo Worker Zamarai ahmadi behind the wheel. I saw my father lying in the car. There was shrapnel in his chest, throat, everywhere. Blood was flowing through his ears. But the strike didnt just take out the 43yearold father. According to the family, two other men were also killed along with seven children, three of whom were toddlers. Our children were in such a state that we tried to identify them from their hands, ears, or nose, says zamarais cousin. None of them had their hands and feet intact and in one place. They were all in pieces. Charred body parts, pieces of skull with chunks of hair, and a foot melted into a sandal were among the remains taken to the morgue. Zamarais 2yearold nephew lies on a gurney as a relative gently strokes his face. Ten coffins filled with only partial remains. Their names written in black marker. The only distinguishable feature. We had very good intelligence. Reporter u. S. Claims to have intelligence there was explosive material inside the car that was to be used in an imminent attack on hamid karzai international airport by isisk. Just days before, an Isisk Suicide Bomber had blown himself up at abbey gate. 13 u. S. Service members and more than 170 afghans were killed. But for the past two weeks cnn has been investigating the u. S. Militarys claims about the Drone Strike. Interviewing more than two dozen people, family members, neighbors, Ngo Staff and multiple Bomb Experts that paint a very different version of events. Weve also been given access to the cctv Hard Drive of the Ngo Office that day and reviewed all the footage. For 15 years zamarai worked as a technical engineer for Nutrition Education international, a u. S. Based ngo that introduced soybeans to afghanistan in 2003 to help feed the poor and reduce malnutrition. He is always caring for the people who are in need. And he has a compassionate heart. Reporter the Organizations Founder says the Toyota Corolla Zamarai was driving belonged to the ngo and he was responsible for picking up colleagues, Distributing Soybeans to afghans in Refugee Camps and running operations. U. S. Military officials have told cnn they had been monitoring chatter are from an Isis Safehouse in kabul for 36 hours. When a car pulled out of the compound around 9 00 a. M. On sunday morning. It was from that moment u. S. Surveillance aircraft began following the car, not knowing who the driver was. But in an interview with one of zamarais colleagues who was with him all day, he claims zamarai picked him up at about 8 45 a. M. And around 9 00 a. M. They stopped at the country Directors House to collect a laptop to take to work. Because he forgot his Laptop Bag and we took his Laptop Bag. Reporter the u. S. Has told cnn there was intelligence that the car was being directed from the safehouse on a route around the city, instructing the driver to meet a motorcyclist, and that it did. Zamarais colleague says after collecting the laptop they picked up another colleague and then stopped at a busy cafe to get breakfast. Claiming they did not come into contact with my motorcyclists on their journey to the office. The only motorcyclist they did talk to was the Security Guard at the Ngo Office, seen here with his bike on cctv. For the next few Hours Zamarai and his colleagues carry out various tasks, Visiting Taliban Security Sedations for permission to resume operations since the taliban takeover. They also visit a Bank And Return to work for lunch at 2 00 p. M. Around 2 30 p. M. Zamarai begins filling Water Containers to take Back Loam to his family, who have no access to running water. A task hed been doing for months according to his colleagues. They say they then helped load the containers into the car before leaving around 4 00 p. M. The u. S. Military says around the same time Drone Footage showed the Driver Loading heavy packages with other men into the car which they suspected were explosives, possibly for the imminent attack. Colleagues say zamarai dropped them off before he drove to his family compound, also home to his three brothers and their families. Around 4 45 p. M. The u. S. Says the car arrived at a residential location and another male approached the car. The military claims it had reasonable certainty that they had a legitimate Isisk Target and took the shot. It was only afterwards that the u. S. Realized there were three children within the vicinity of the car. The family says there were actually seven. A u. S. Official tells cnn there was a significant secondary explosion possibly caused by a Suicide Vest or explosives in the car that may have killed the children. Two Bomb Experts we spoke to who both viewed the same Footage Cnn filmed from the scene say there is no evidence of a significant secondary explosion, stating there would have been major structural damage to the surrounding buildings and vegetation and that the nearby suv would have overturned. One of them noted if a secondary blast was seen from u. S. Surveillance it most likely was the Vehicle Gas Tank exploding. This over the horizon having incomplete information but conducting the Air Strike anyway, this is the Modus Operandi for the u. S. Military now and theres just so many risks and harm to civilians that comes with that. Virgil a u. S. Military investigation into the Drone Strike is under way. At least one of those people that were killed was an isis facilitator. So were there others killed . Yes. There are others killed. Who they are we dont know. But at this point we think that the procedures were correctly followed and it was a righteous strike. Reporter a Pentagon Statement released over the weekend defended the strike based on good intelligence, preventing an imflent threat and that no other military works harder than we do to prevent civil casualties. But many questions are being raised as to whether they got the wrong target. How do you know from the sky what is here, says zmarais brother. There were children in and around the car and you targeted them. Isnt it a crime . You came here and shattered our hearts into pieces. The following Day Isisc launched a Rocket Attack toward the airport from a toyota corolla. The attack was countered by the missile defense system. That same Day Zamarais Family buried their dead. Ten graves on a desolate hillside overlooking kabul. Belonging to a family demanding answers and justice. And john, were obviously in touch with the family, who are clearly suffering. Theyve had to change houses because of this link to the terrorist network isisk. 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Reporter well, john, this is information were now getting from the Joint Chiefs Of Staff here in south korea, saying that they believe that these two ballistic missiles were fired from the center of the country of North Korea, they went about 800 kilometers, that was the range, 60 kilometers altitude, and from that they have decided that these are two shortrange ballistic missiles. Now, there was one of those missiles fired earlier this year, but its certainly more rare that were seeing this kind of activity from North Korea. But it does come just a few days after they said that they actually fired two Longrange Cruise missiles over the weekend. Now, when it comes to todays launches, we know that they happened local time around 12 34 and another at 12 39 p. M. In the afternoon around lunchtime. Japan has said that it is very concerned. The Prime Minister saying that it is outrageous, these launches, obviously firing in the direction of japan, landing in the waters off the East Coast of korea but not going into japanese territorial waters. Now, we also heard from the u. S. Military, the indopacific command, saying that it didnt hold any imminent threat to the United States but it does just show that destabilizing impact that these Missile Laupz and that the military capabilities and decisions by North Korea can have on the region. And it comes at a time with theres a lot of diplomatic activity going on not involving North Korea but talking about North Korea. Youve got the chinese foreign Minister Wang yi In Seoul. He has been talking with his south korean counterpart. On tuesday you have the top nuclear envoys from the u. S. , japan and South Korea Meeting in tokyo. They decided that there had to be, quote, dialogue and diplomacy, urgently needed to talk about the denuclearization of North Korea. 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