officials say the test results will change the strategic position of kim jong-un s reclusive regime. cnn s jeremy diamond is at the white house for us. jeremy, remember a few days ago north korea sent a strange warning, saying they will send a christmas gift to the united states. so is there any correlation here? reporter: well, this does not appear to be that gift that north korea was talking about, but it could, fred, potentially pave the way for that, quote, unquote, christmas gift that north korea ominously warned about some days ago. a few days ago they received some imagery that it appeared north korea was testing engines used to propel satellite launchers and icbms, intercontinental ballistic missiles. that is the concern, that the christmas gift north korea warned about could be the intercontinental ballistic missile. that would be the first test of a long-range missile from north korea since november of 2014,
intercontinental ballistic missile, he said in the president s first term. what do you think about that? they are testing engines soon. they have scud missiles that can go several hundred clom materials. they just need to get a run down ship close to hawaii and a rusty old trawler and still do damage to the united states. it could hurt the existence of the united states. judge jeanine: this is no secret secret. if he s going to have that ability before the end of four years, and as you say as soon as they can get something on a closer ship. isn t there an impetus on us to do something to prevent this from happening? and should we do something in response to what happened to otto warmbier? like dr. gorka just said.
intercontinental ballistic missile, he said in the president s first term. what do you think about that? they are testing engines soon. they have scud missiles that can go several hundred clom materials. they just need to get a run down ship close to hawaii and a rusty old trawler and still do damage to the united states. it could hurt the existence of the united states. judge jeanine: this is no secret secret. if he s going to have that ability before the end of four years, and as you say as soon as they can get something on a closer ship. isn t there an impetus on us to do something to prevent this from happening? and should we do something in response to what happened to otto warmbier?
intercontinental ballistic missile, he said in the president s first term. what do you think about that? they are testing engines soon. they have scud missiles that can go several hundred clom materials. they just need to get a run down ship close to hawaii and a rusty old trawler and still do damage to the united states. it could hurt the existence of the united states. judge jeanine: this is no secret secret. if he s going to have that ability before the end of four years, and as you say as soon as they can get something on a closer ship. isn t there an impetus on us to do something to prevent this from happening? and should we do something in response to what happened to otto warmbier?
monitoring the launch. pyongyang called it a success, claiming a missile could very a nuclear warhead now being developed. u.s. officials branded it a grave threat to national security. high trajectory and three inter-miles across steve japan, it s the greatest distance pyongyang has sent this type of missile. experts say rocket fuel and a mobile launcher makes it a test pad for more danger. because they were testing engines they can put on icbms. trump heard about it. he said the u.s. stood behind japan. at a press conference today with canadian prime minister trudeau, the president took a harder line. obviously it north korea is a big, big problem. we will deal with that very strongly. defense secretary mattis was in the region earlier this month. among discussions were a planned antimissile defense system.