oh this day it was it was about then it became the ballistic missile defense agency office and then clinton changed that to missile defense agency and that still exists today now that's what is being used to develop anti missile systems that's but it's a much more conventional approach of developing technologies that can go faster than the incoming as opposed to having something lingering in outer space with the original concept of brilliant pebbles was to have a series of drones spaced drones that could point lasers at missiles that were flying in space that could not things out for the first thought was to make a good sure that the time line right the first thing was it wasn't just the bluff was it i remember that it was you know both the soviet union and the u.s. had all these missiles and it was thought that you know if one shot that had a first strike that the other would shoot and that they're essentially be a policy they called mad mutually assured destruction and that was the unnerving part i talked about in the opening yes. so then they came up with s.d.i. and this is going to save

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day it was the s d i o richard it was it was about fifty io then it became the ballistic missile defense agency office and then clinton changed that to missile defense agency and that still exists today now that's what is being used to develop anti missile systems that's but it's a much more conventional approach of developing technologies that can go faster than the incoming as opposed to having something lingering in outer space which the original concept brilliant pebbles was to have a series of drones to base drones that could point lasers at missiles that were flying in space. base that could not things out of the first thought was i get sure that the timeline right the first thing was it wasn't just the bluff was it i remember that it was you know both the soviet union and the u.s. had all these missiles and it was thought that you know if one shot that had a first strike that the other would shoot and that their essentially be a policy they called mad mutually assured destruction and that was the unnerving part i talked about in the opening yes so then they came up with s.d.i. and this i

they achieved three intercontinental missiles that the defense intelligence agency just said this week had the potential, had the capability of hitting north america. you could make the argument kim jong-un reached the point he wants to be at. he's a nuclear power. he has ballistic missiles that are capable of hitting the united states and now if he is to meet with president trump, well, now, he's seen as a world leader. that optic of him potentially being seen as an equal to the leader of the free world, the president of the united states. >> wow. courtney kube, thank you for joining us on such short notice. i really appreciate it. >> sure, thanks, rachel. >>> this is a remarkable change. it has been through republican and democratic administrations, the whole strategy not only for the united states but for the united states as leader of the free world to the extent that we are has been to treat north korea as a pa rye yao state and therefore, try to change their behavior. this is obviously a big change if the president is going to shake hands and meet with this guy and sit down with

suspend nuclear and missile tests if they took place and that he does not need nuclear weapons if there is a security guarantee. it comes as the head of the u.s. defense intelligence agencyh korea has three long range missiles two of which can hit the u.s. in addition to a chemical weapons stock pile quote up to several thousand tons. that includes nerve, blister, blood and choking agents. also yesterdays another round of sanctions on north korea. it comes after the state department announced that the u.s. determined that they used a chemical weapon to assassinate kim jong-un's half brother last year. >>> and top foreign policy advisor heads to mexico today. kushner is set to meet with mention co's president to discuss ways to explore and expand cooperation amid strained relations between the two countries. netanyahu recently suspended plans to visit the white house following a contentious phone call with the president over trump's proposed border wall. that according to u.s. and mexican officials. kushner's trip comes a little over a week after his security clearance was downgraded raised by the ongoing investigation into his background. >> the trump administration yest

big meeting, but the threat assessment was to tell from defense intelligence agency, was to say that north korea now has three long range missilesable of hitting the united states. we are not just talking even of the west coast. we are talking about all of the united states. and will continue its nuclear and missile testing, according to the dia assessment, just today. of course, they are promising not to continue their testing if we talk and if we are willing to balance what they want, which is economic engagement and i think that what they want is a peace treaty finally. they are still at a state of war with south korea. >> that's right. keep in mind, the dia, defense intelligence agency, has been sounding the warning bells about the north korean program for some time and has tended to give the north korean program a lot of credit in terms of their ability to hit the united states with capabilities or to have more progress. but keep in mind the context here. north korea's under increasing pressure. the chinese have done more to pressure economically. the "new york times" had a good piece the other day about the reduced amount

defense intelligence agency, he wrote, in a worldwide threat assessment today, in part, north korea has three long-range missileso of which can hit the united states and will likely continue its nuclear and missile testing. kim jong-un, the likelihood that we're going to be able to hold him though these nuclear talks, the likelihood? how would you assess that? >> again, it depends on what he's searching for. just go by the dni's assessment right there. they do have a missile that can reach the united states. if you believe the rest of the intelligence that they have an ability to militarize the warhead, then that's it. they can reach -- the icbm can reach america and trump was enable to stop it, as was every other previous administration. but the difference is the united states military this is they can defend against one, two, three, a handful of nuclear weapons. this is not a thousand of them coming from the soviet union. the question is, how much farther can they go? another thing that came out in that same hearing today was whether or not the united states has changed its position on requiring the north kore