right now where they held a massive parade today to honor the birthday of its late founding father kim il-songtured an array of missiles and other weapons including several prototypes of several intercontinental ballistic missiles. one of the missiles had never been seen before today. kim john you cng-un watched fro podium. hi accused president trump of pushing the world to nuclear war. >>> and threats have been flying back and forth. u.s. intelligence officials don't think the north has the u.s., but cyber is a different story. >> the case of north korea is a kinetic threat against the united states, but likely a cyber threat. so we would raise various threat levels in the event that something happened and we felt as though it was a possible threat. you always want to caution on the side of caution. >> you can watch the entire exclusive interview tomorrow on "meet the press" with chuck todd. jack reid and john mccain will also be on the show. >>> and today marnks four years since the boston marathon bombing. three people were killed and more than 260 others were hurt. this comes a few days be

the birthday of kim il-song. the nation uses the holiday to show off military might. and kim il-song's grandson, kim jong-un presided over a parade. some analysts said the missiles could be fakes. more on that in a moment. some analysts said u.s. cyber attacks could be to blame for north korea's failed missile launch. experts said recent satellite images showed the country may be preparing for another nuclear test. and the foreign minister warned north korea is ready for war if president trump wants it. today that same official told bbc news that the country will keep testing ballistic missiles "on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis." president trump has been calling on china to help reign in north korea's nuclear program. he said that china is working with america on the north korea problem, which takes us to the white house. john roberts is live on the north lawn. john? >> the posture of this white house compared to past administrations towards north korea, more strident. you saw the big show of military might there with pyongyang saturday. there's some question as t

. >>> and now to north korea with a massive parade being honored for the late founding father kim il-song. and they debuted several of their listi listic missiles, ballistic missiles. >>> you are looking at the hash tag battle. it's about april the giraffe in labor right now. >> right now. it's quite a sight to see. you can see the battle online, girl is winning. but on facebook live -- >> on our facebook live, a lot of people are chiming in to say it's a boy. you think it is a girl. given your betting sciences background -- >> i'm just like girl winning sounds so much better. when we were watching it, we were glued to the tube, and all we could see at that time was one foot. but you said just before we came on air, there were two. >> all right. we're getting there. go april. >> we welcome you in at 9:01 and a check on the forecast. we'll go outside in the storm team 4 weather deck. hey, tom. >>> you're in northwest washington, everything has gone green behind me. out. and you can check the latest forecast when you're away from the tv right now. 58 degrees and overcast here. and there is

it's the birth day of kim il-song. in recent years, kim jong-un has fired missiles. the country could test a nuclear weapon if given the go aheads. it would be the sixth ted. the country has been testing missiles and some experts say north korea could be a few years away from building an intercontinental missile that could strike the u.s. the country is isolated but letting in western journalists ahead of the holiday. greg palkot filed this report from pyongyang. remember, officials are watching him so he cannot speak freely. >> this is maybe the most dangerous of the year here. north korean leader kim jong-un's talking to the associated press and telling us what we've been hering from other officials. that they will confront reckless u.s. military maneuvers with a preemptive strike using a powerful nuclear deterrent. take a listen to more what he said. >> we're taking into account the most aggressive and dangerous option that the u.s. might come up with. we also have our options. our counter measures are ready in our hands. that means we'll go to war if they choose.

in other words a show of force ahead of the marking of the lit kim il-song's birthday. north korea marks 85 years of the creation of the people's army. kim john on and his regime may be getting ready for another nuke taste. april 15 is when the north korean military gets frisky. the u.s.s. carl vinson aircraft carrier is leading the group. the president's national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster called the decision prudent. >> north korea has been engaged in a pattern of provocative behavior, this is a rogue regime that is a nuclear capable regime. president xi and president trump agreed that that is unacceptable. what has to happen is the denuclearization of the peninsula. the president has us ready give him a full range of options to help the region. >> north korea put out a statement in response to the strikes in syria promising to defend itself with tremendous military muscle and nuclear force. fox news has told the u.s. ships will arrive near the peninsula in two weeks. let's turn to gordon chang, the author of "nuclear show down, north korea takes on the world." he

kim il-song, kim jong-un, crazy doesn't far from the tree but gets crazier and crazier. >> goes downation. >> if you're raised to believe you're a god and everybody around you is so brainwashed to believe your a god, you're going to think it. they need to get rid of him for the korean people. but the way with might not be like a seal-team-type attack. maybe china can help. a lot of special operations that we do comes with on-the-ground and blending in. i doubt we would do something with our american -- not to say we can't do it with one of our commands but it's something that i hope with alliance and solidarity. >> neil: let me ask you about the book. i wondered how it was that you got to take down osama bin laden or it just worked out that way. i didn't realize from a young age, you were a hunter, a marksman. also saw in that experience that maybe the whole navy seal training or whatever, it was almost like you were destined for this. >> i didn't know how to swim, which is odd for someone joining the navy. the recruiter -- >> neil: water all around you. >> they had us run a lot with

>>> and north korea holding a massive parade to honor the birthday of its late founding father kim il-song. the parade included its ballistic missiles. >>> welcome back in on this saturday morning. i'm david culver. >> and i'm molette green in for angie goff this morning. you know, i'm starting to hold back a sneeze here as we speak. >> i've got tissues in the standby. >> talking about the pollen out there with tom -- >> thank you for that. good morning to you, tom. >>> good morning and we have a lot of pollen in the air. it is mostly oak tree pollen and will stay that way throughout the weekend. some relief may be coming as we get into the weekend ahead. a lot of clouds around. the sunrise is occurring but we are not seeing it because of the cloud cover. and we'll have the clouds breaking up later this morning. right now we are in the 50s everywhere. mid-40s shenandoah valley. out of the mountains, the mid-50s. and around much of the up region, we are all dry with the clouds not producing any rain anywhere in the vicinity. hour by hour, we aught toet the 60s by 10:00 a.m. hitting the 70s

that marks the anniversary of the birthday of the founder of north kia, kim il-song. this is a huge date on the north korean calendar. and according to our experience on the ground, north korea uses it to do something nefarious, missile launches in the past. experts say there might be readying at a site in the past that has been used to detonate a nuclear device.l see about that. in fact, today here in seoul, the acting president of south korea warned about just such an event, either missile launch or nuclear device and put his country on heightened security alert. one more note, jenna, officials in seoul in the last couple days have been trying to tap down nervousness about a preemptive military strike perhaps led by the united states against north korea. all-out war in the korean peninsula, some people remember that and realize that would be too devastating. all efforts to try to resolve this in another way. back to you. >> jenna: greg, thank you. >> jon: the man accused of plow ing a truck in stockholm, sweden, confesses to the crime. his lawyer says he's admitting

it was celebrating the birth of the founder, kim il-song, full of orchestras and celebrating with musiced with a missile shooting over san francisco and finished with burning stars and stripes superimposed over white crosses in a cemetery. today the white house responded and they dismissed the video. >> this is not the first time they put out propaganda tools. we're not going to comment on it. >> if there was any hope that this dictator might give up his way, will change under international pressure is slipping away. >> shepard: and mike pence spoke on a ten of asia. >> that's right. it was planned some time ago. very much trying to bring allies together in light of this threat. he was speaking on the deck of the u.s.s. ronald reagan in tokyo bay. 2,500 sailors. he said the u.s. would do whatever they had to do. >> those that challenge our resolve or our readiness should know, we will defeat any attack and meet any use of conventional or nuclear weapons with an overwhelming and effective american response. >> but still, everything really resting on china and whether or not they will joi

much more ahead on fighting words out of north korea as it marks the birthday of its finder, kim il-songial says the country is ready for war against the u.s. western leaders say if the nation is getting ready to prepare for another nuclear test. greg palkot reports. that's coming up when i fill in on shepard smith reporting. >> all right, star wars fans. get excited. "the last jedi" is coming. this is the sequel to "the force a wakens" and it picks up where the last movie left off. "the last jedi" comes in mid december. a heated show down in the south. georgia hold as special election to fill the house seat that was vacated by tom price. early turnout among voters with the prior history of voting in a primary is nearly dead even. the democrat is at 39%. the republican candidates are 51%. a record $14 million has been spent on advertising. much of the money coming from out of the state. house speaker paul ryan recorded a robo call to urge rubbings to vote. and josh is here with us as long with harry. josh, you wrote about this a little. you think that the republicans are a little nervous

north korea's military parade marks the birthday of the country's founder, kim il-song. the nation tried to test launch a ballistic missile but u.s. officials say somehow it failed after take-off. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon what are pentagon officials saying about north korea's failed lawn attempt? >> defense secretary mattis was asked about north korea's latest test. >> the leader of north korea again recklessly tried to provoke something by launching a missile. it was not an intercontinental ballistic missile. it failed on launch. >> the missile exploded four seconds after launch. u.s. officials are calling it a kn-17, a new designation for a scud missile. the pentagon is not calling it a carrier killer. targeting ships is a hard technology to perfect, but that is pyongyang's aspiration. no images exist of the new missile. i'm told this is a single stage liquid-fueled missile. we've learned that the intelligence community is scouring the north korean parade saying that some of the missiles could be fake. >> this warning that president trump gave to the no

that uncertainty loomed at this 105th anniversary of kim il-song's birth at a most crucial time for security. experts say some of the military dw new, some of it had just been modified or repainted. but on the whole, it shows how committed the regime is to building its arsenal. >> janice, thank you. >>> just as north korea displayed its military might this morning, president trump is promising action after a string of military strikes overseas. this morning we're learning new details about the massive attack on isis fighters in afghanistan with the death toll rising. this as president trump wakes up to the backlash over another controversial move reversing a white house policy put in place by president obama. nbc's kelly o'donnell is live in west palm beach with that. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, craig. the president has talked about the advantages of unpredictability when it comes to foreign policy. today the white house is projecting caution and reassurance when it comes to north korea. kim jong-un's ambitions could pose a threat to president trump. d for mike pence come

agreements have to go both ways, and i don't know that we could have believed with certainty that kim il-song would have followed that agreement. we know kim jong-il and kim jong-un -- kim jong-il in 1992 and kim jong-un have raised the level, especially k.j.u., has raised the level of threats against us and our treaty allies, and that's what i have to focus on when i think about where we are today. >> but we know, sir, that for eight years there was no plutonium production. do you believe that direct talks, the kind that president clinton initiated where we had a plan to buy the long and medium size missiles, would be an approach, and do you think it was a mistake in 2002 to label them part of the axis of evil and give up on both diplomatic efforts of the clinton administration? >> again, sir, you're asking me to grade the horn of a commander in chief and i'm just not going to do it. >> the other question i had is, the recent ballistic missile launch in north korea was launched with prime minister -- the japanese prime minister's visit. and i'm sure you're familiar with the prime minister's

what we do know is we have the 105th birthday of kim l song -- kim il sung coming up.ditionally get something to mark that. it could the a nuclear test or missile or ballistic test. we will see what happens or what will not happen. manus: we have heard from donald trump that he is creating favor they arechinese, encouraging a conversation. how do you think america is likely to respond given the level of tension that we have at the moment? david: if there is going to be some sort of nuclear test i think that it would be pretty unlikely at this stage following the conversation that trump had with xi yesterday that the u.s. would take unilateral action. we do not know what china is trying to do behind the scenes with north korea. it could be that china is willing to take much further steps in terms of sanctions and enforcing sanctions or it could event -- it could be that trump wants to sit back and wait and see what results he gets out of the chinese. it would not make sense for the u.s. to take unilateral action after he has got off the phone with president xi and it lo

it comes as the country prepares to celebrate the birthday of the nation's founder, kim il-song, the grandfather of kim jong-un. north korea is known to mark significant anniversaries and celebrations with displays of military force. >>> also this morning, united is facing new problems over that passenger who was dragged off a flight earlier this week. he appears set to take legal action with his family and his attorneys, planning to hold a news conference later today. tom costello covers aviation for us and has been following this all week long. tom, good morning, bring us up to speed. >> reporter: united airlines says it will compensate everybody that was on the flight on sunday for witnessing this hybrid police security force ripping dr. dao out of his seat and dragging him down the aisle. and now this case may be about to take a major turn. today attorneys for dr. david dao appear to be poised to take legal action. >> my god, what are you doing? >> reporter: for the first time later this morning we expect to hear from both attorneys and the family member of dr. dao's, four days af