flew for about 45 minutes and splashed down in the sea ofjapan off the northern japanese island of hokkaidoiles. but what's really significant about this is how high this missile went. the latest estimates are it went. the latest estimates are it went up into space about 3000 kilometres or maybe 2000 miles, and that's very significant because it means it could reach as far as the mainland united states, perhaps as far as los angeles or chicago. that means an ability to strike the mainland united states. japan's prime minister shinzo abe has condemned this launch, he says this clearly shows the threat to our nation's safety is severe and real. but this missile launch is really a challenge to president trump because it shows that a nuclear strike on an ability to strike the us with nuclear weapons by north korea is not far off, and president trump has said that he will not allow that to happen. let's return to the news that president trump has sacked the white house chief of staff, reince priebus, and replaced him with the director of homeland security secretary, john kelly. it comes amid rep

and stalin proposed to truman after the war, that he take hokkaido, and truman said, no way the other thing you have to understand is that the japanese government was anti-communist more anti-communist than the americans at that time. so the thought of the soviet union coming into the war sharing in the occupation, taking hokkaido it was japan's worst nightmare. all of a sudden when the soviets came in, the surrender -- japan's surrender to the united states appeared to be its best possible option. there was no way the japanese were going to lend themselves to being occupied by the soviet union if there was some way to prevent it. so i think it's fair to say based on that line of argument, we can talk about other lines of argument that the atomic bomb did not end the war, it was soviet entry into the war, and it's probably also fair to say if the timing was the same since the bomb and the soviets coming into the war occurred simultaneously, more or less, the bomb did not save any american lives. in fact i discovered in some research that i did, that two americans who were in a hiroshi

they just decided one day to go from hokkaido, japan, on two bikes and just head west.was called peddling west and they have just finished the journey. they have been saddle sore and heading west for two years. >> that's incredible. >> that's such a great journey. i love the people that decide to do this that make the mental decision to say our homes will be these bicycles for the next two years. why not? >> what does it take? what kind of person does that? weirdly, andy and i went to school together. >> what? >> i know exactly the kind of person he is. we actually have live via skype from uk andy and claire. >> hey! >> welcome home. >> hi. >> how would you boil down the whole experience? >> amazing sights, amazing people, great food. just mind blowing. >> how did the idea come about? >> we read someone else's blog, they did something similar. we both read it. i said let's do it. >> did you at any point in your journey think about just calling it a day? >> every time we were cycling up a hill. we just tried to keep it in perspective. because we were in amazing places. >

for about 45 minutes and it splashed down in the sea ofjapan off the northern japanese island of hokkaidos significant is how heidi missile went. the latest estimates are that it went up into space about 3000 kilometres, maybe 2000 miles. that is very significant. it means that it could reach as far as mainland united states, perhaps as far as los angeles or chicago. that means an ability to strike mainland united states. japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, has condemned the launch, saying that it clearly shows the threat to our nation's safety is real. this missile launchers clearly a challenge to president trump. it shows a nuclear strike, an ability to strike the us with nuclear weapons by north korea is not far off. president trump has said he will not allow that to happen. 82 buildings have failed a new fire safety test, in which insulation and cladding similar to the type fitted at grenfell tower were tested for the first time. 47 of those buildings are owned or managed by local authorities or housing associations. the government today also announced an independent review of buildin

supposedly show it — and what's worried the country's neighbours is that these pictures were shot in hokkaidonow within its striking range. we can't be sure if that is true but inevitably it is a concern for donald trump. he was asked what he is in the do about it. we will handle north korea we will be able to. it will be handled. we handle everything, thank you very much. not a whole lot of detail there but we do know that the americans will not call un security council meeting. as it's done in the past. nikki haley, the us ambassador to the un said... to state the obvious this is all a blow for those hoping for a de—escalation attention on the korean peninsula. as you may know there is a demilitarised zone between north and the south and the bbc‘s karen allen has been there. this is some of the report she has sent. beyond the barbed wire lines north korea and this incredible wall trait in the bids contains messages to people on the other side many rum loved ones. this one is written in england and says "grandpa and grandmal england and says "grandpa and grandma i have made it, unification o

people woke up to the news while they were sleeping and landed off the host of the northern island of hokkaidod the fact that the missile was launched on the day the japan prime minister resigned due to a scandal. and there's only interim defense minister at hat. he's wear two hats now, he's also the foreign minister. he was commoned to the prime minister's residence in the middle of the night, the prime minister shinzo abe saying there's no alternative but to increase the pressure because of what he calls this new level of threat. here's what he had to say. >> translator: as long as north korea continues these protect vocations, the u.s., south korea, china and the whole international community must closely kwoop acooperate and ap pressure. >> people i speak to today say they're a lot more concerned today than they have been in the past particularly because the political situation is in flux. and the prime minister is getting ready to reshuffle his cabinets. so for the next couple of days there will be no permanent defense minister on deck. so i think there's going to be a lot more scrutiny o

miles, reaching a height of over 2,000 miles before landing off the coast of the japanese island of hokkaidoe missile flew farther than if its trajectory were flattened, experts said it could strike at least the western half, if not all of the continental u.s. scientist siegfried hecker has visited north korea's nuclear facilities. he believes north korea is still a way from being able to launch a nuclear weapon on an i.c.b.m. >> it goes up into space, the temperatures are very, very cold, and then it goes through re-entry, and again it has enormous mechanical stresses, and very, very high temperatures. and that package withstand all of that, everything. that's a very, very, very difficult process. >> warner: over the weekend, the u.s. and south korea responded with a joint show of strength.. u.s. b-1 bombers streaked over the korean peninsula, and the u.s. military said a sunday test of its thaad interceptor successfully shot down a medium- range missile over the pacific. but a south korean government spokesman said the door is still open for talks. >> ( translated ): we are maintaining our

stayed aloft for 45 minutes, before landing in the sea of japan, near the western japanese island of hokkaido ( translated ): this launch clearly shows that the threat to our security is real and severe. as long as north korea continues these provocations, the u.s., south korea, china and russia and the whole international community must closely cooperate and apply additional pressure. >> woodruff: the pentagon confirms u.s. and south korea staged a joint live fire military exercise in response. the north korean missile was launched at a high angle. the north korean missile was launched at a high angle. some u.s. analysts say the flight path, flattened out, means it could reach the u.s. mainland. washington has slapped more economic sanctions on iran, for launching a rocket that can carry satellites. tehran said yesterday it successfully fired the rocket into space. the u.s. says the same technology could be used in missiles that carry warheads. the new sanctions target six iranian companies that are deemed central to iran's ballistic missile program. the prime minister of pakistan is out of

it landed further north, close to the japanese island of hokkaido.rean specialists will now be scrambling to do the telemetry to see how far and how high it flew because that will give an indication of what its full range might be. back on july fourth, the previous test showed it could fly 7500 kilometres, enough to reach the west coast of the united states. this one might be able to fly further, that is what they will be looking at. we arejust we are just hearing from the us military statement that the american joint chiefs of staff head of the pacific command has been in contact with the south korean chiefs of staff to discuss this latest missile test as you would expect. no doubt there will be a further statement from them on the response very soon. plans for a second golf course at donald trump's resort in aberdeenshire have been objected to by scotland's environmental watchdog. the trump organisation has submitted plans for an eighteen hole course but the watchdog sepa says it wants the proposals substantially revised. our news correspondent reb

minutes, about five minutes longer than the icbm on july 4th, and landed west of japan's island of hokkaido. japan has launched strong protest with north korea. japanese prime minister shinzo abe called a serious and real threat to the security of japan and said it would cooperate closely with the u.s., south korea and other nations to further step up pressure on north korea. again, that from the a.p. here at csis waiting for forum on the importance of the u.s.-japan military alliance. we'll hear today from retired military leaders from both japan and the u.s.