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i want to get the latest from cnn's paula hancocks live from seoul, south korea. bring us up to speed. >> reporter: christine, this happened in the early hours of monday local time. four ballistic missiles. one u.s. official telling us initial reports suggested they were intermediate range missiles. they are tracking the range to see how far they went. we believe 600 miles. we believe they went 160 miles in the air. they had height and length. that means the range would be further. u.s. satellite data is scoured to see what missile it was. one thing the neighboring countries are agreeing are condemnati condemnation. here in south korea, the acting president condemned the launch saying that the consequences of a nuclear armed north korea regime would be appalling beyond imagination. saying this goes beyond everything the international community wants. the timing is not unexpected. last week, the united states and south korea started the joint military drillis that are defensive in nature and routine and every year, pyongyang is angered by them. quite often, we see

cnn's paula hancocks is in the crowd for us live in seoul where it is evening after a day of protestspaula. >> reporter: that is right, christine. an historic day in south korea. we started off with the coup country's first female president. now become the first president to be i mpeacimpeached. the supporters believe park geun-hye should not be impeached. allegations of corruption and bribe bribery. there was a lot of frustration and anger and bitterness among the people here. we saw pockets of violence as well as tear gas with the police. we know two people have been killed during the protests. it is not like this around seoul. it is not like this around the country. it is very important to note millions of people agreed with the decision to impeach the president. her approval rating was 5%. a lot of people wanted her to go. as for park geun-hye, she has now lost presidential immunity. prosecutors say she should be tried as a bribery suspect. it is interesting to see what happens to park geun-hye. she is now a civilian. people here are not just saying they are for park geun-hye. the

for more on what he means, let's go live to seoul, south korea and bring in paula hancocks. paula, are you with us? >> reporter: dave, i am. i'm up at the dmz where secretary tillerson was earlier today talking to the military brass. he is now talking to the politicians. he is next to the south korean foreign minister. the main headline of what he said is if policy of strategic patience is over. this is the obama administration policy. a wait and see policy. not engaging with north korea. it is widely believed to not have been successful as the nuclear missile program has increased with some intensity over recent years. now secretary tillerson also said north korea must understand the only way to a secure and peaceful future is to abandon developments of nuclear weapons. he mentioned a new range of policies. i have been looking and i took this press conference. i have not heard anything new. we don't know the policy for the trump administration. we are hearing secretary tillerson saying this is not just an asian problem, but global problem. most countries need to be involved

. >> cnn paula hancocks is in seoul. paula, the crisis in south korea impacts the stand off with neighboring north korea. >> that's right. this goes far beyond south korean political domestic issues. it effects the relationship with north korea, it effects the relationship in the region and also that with washington. scenes of pure joy. stark contrast to disappointment and anger just underway. south korea is bitteringly divided, the implications reach far wider than these shores. north korea still technically at war with its southern neighbor has been watching this scandal very closely, sharing relative restraints since it emerged last thursday. called park a common criminal. >> i think in some ways north korea is probably enjoying all of this, unfortunately, and hoping that a president gets elected who is going to take a more engagement stance. i will say that appears nightly. >> the latest poll shows as the frontrunner so far, anything could happen. past liberal presidents were more willing to engage in north korea, thi

cnn's paula hancock has the latest detail. she joins us live from seoul. so how likely is it the judge will decide to issue an arrest warrant and if that happens, what comes next? >> reporter: well, rosemary, the hearing itself is on thursday, so the judge will hear from the president or the former president's lawyer and they will be trying to convince the judge while they should not be arrested. on the other side you'll have the prosecutors trying to convince that judge that she should be arrested. then the judge will go and deliberate on what they've heard. it's unclear how long that will take, but the previous examples show that it's really within 24 hours, the judge has made the decision, although there's no guarantees in this case. now, we do know that park, up until this point, has insisted she has not done anything wrong, prosecutors, though, disagreed. they clearly think they have enough evidence against her in a statement this morning saying, that they believe she should be arrested because there was a possibility she would try and destroy evidenc

let's get the latest from paula hancocks from seoul, south korea.ous launches we have seen? >> reporter: dave, we understand from a u.s. official that initial reports suggest these four were intermediate range missiles. we have seen these tested before, but the fact four were tested in a row, we know they flew about 600 miles. a height of 160 miles. meaning the range is further if it was flying straight. this is a great concern for those in the region. the south koreans had a national security council meeting early on monday. the acting president said north korea is acting in defiance of the international community. the consequences of the north korea armed regime and its nuclear abilities is appalling. the military drills for japan and u.s. are routine. every year, without fail, north korea is angered. they see them as a practice to invade north korea which the u.s. and south korea deny. we often see the ballistic missile tests increasing this time of year and it appears this year is no different. dave. >> this is on the heels of interesting report

let's go to paula hancocks live from seoul, south korea and will ripley in tokyo, japan. u. are we any closer into knowing what these objects were? >> reporter: pamela, the south korean defense ministry has confirmed they are ballistic missiles and have confirmed they have flown a range of about 600 miles. what we don't know at this point and this is crucial is what kind of angle they were fired at, what was the trajectory which could give us more of an idea of exactly what kind of missile this was. we know that south korean and u.s. officials right now would be combing through the u.s. satellite data to try to find anything more they can about it and it was launched from the western part of north korea, this is an area where quite often long-range missiles are fired from and also the same area where a satellite launch happened just last year which was seen as a cover for a long-range missile and that is raising questions into what exactly these ballistic missiles were and there has been a meeting and the acting president saying this is a direct challenge to the internatio

i want to bring in cnn's paula hancock. she is joining us from seoul, south korea. ula, what more can you tell us about these projectiles. >> pamela, we are learning there are a number of projectiles. japan's prime minister shinzo abe commented on it saying there were four. four landed in japan's economic exclusive zone. these are waters controlled by japan. they say they are gravely concerned by this. they say north korea is pose agnew threat. we also know from the south korean military, the defense ministry official telling us they flew around 1,000 kilometers. what we don't know at this point is what the trajectory was. we don't know exactly what kind of missile this was but certainly military is looking into it and will update us shortly. the timing, of course, is crucial to north korea. nothing happens by accident. it's always highly choreographed. just last week we had u.s.-south korean military drills starting. they are every year. they are lasting around two months. every single year they anger pyongyang. they see them as being a potential dress rehearsal for

. >> let's get a lot more on this with paula hancock now who is in seoul and has been following this from the beginning of this political crisis months ago. paula? >> reporter: hello. it was certainly an eventful friday, an eventful weekend. and now people are trying to get on with life as normal as a sense of some sort of closure here in south korea that the president has been impeached. it was also a very deep divide between those who believe it should have happened and those that believe it shouldn't have happened. but this has implications far beyond these shores. this is much more of an issue for the wider region and, of course, washington. scenes of pure joy. a stark contrast to disappointment and anger just down the road. south korea is bitterly divided, but the implications of park geun-hye's impeachment reach far wider than these shores. north korea still technically at war with its southern neighbor has been watching this scandal very closely, even showing relative restraint since corruption allegations emerged last october. noren state run media friday called park a common

paula hancocks is live at this hour in seoul in south korea. also will ripley standing by in the japanese capital of tokyo. paula to you first. as north korea's closest neighbor where are you in the south, what kind of reaction are we getting from seoul and also what's in south korea's arsenal, if you like to try and counter this threat from its northern neighbor be? >> reporter: well, hannah, we've had strong condemnation from south korea as you might imagine. they had a national security council early this morning. the acting president also said that the consequences of a nuclear armed north korean regime would be pauling beyond imagination. now, the military has said that they did fly 1,000 kilometers but also potentially according to the joint chiefs can of staff, they went about 260 kilometers into the air. that range is far more significant. one u.s. official telling us it was likely to be an immediate missile. at this point, there are plans to put the missile defense system into south korea, the u.s. and south korea have signed on it, the

. >> and matt rivers joins from us beijing and paula hancocks in seoul. paula, to you first.e haley's comments about re-evaluating the u.s. response to north korea and all options being on the table, how are those being read there in seoul? >> reporter: well, certainly south korea is going to be completely in step with the united states. it's a very close alliance and the south koreans rely on that washington umbrella that the capability of being protected by the united states. but the interesting part of what ambassador haley said was the fact that it was a personal comment about the north korean leader kjong u.n. we have seen many criticizing the nuclear missile program but to call the north korean leader, to say he's not rational, that's a personal attack on the leader which may not seem like much in the western world but in north korea, that is a big deal. the north koreans would not take kindly to their leader who is deified in north korea or at least that's what the elite want. they would not take kindly to him personally being attacked. >> matt, to you. again, those co

i want to get right to cnn's paula hancock, joining us on the phone from south korea. an you tell us, paula? >> pamela, we have confirmed from the defense ministry officials that this took place just about an hour ago. there was a projectile fired from north pyongyang province, so a land-launched missile, which then went into the sea of japan. now we don't have details at this point on what kind of projectile this was. this is what the defense ministry officials are tieing to figure out now. what we do know is this is very likely to be in response to these joint military drills that the u.s. and south korea are holding roigt now. these are annual drills. they go on for a couple months. every year pyongyang is angered and fires off a number of projectiles to launch a complaint of what they see as a dress rehearsal for an invasion. the emergency drills are defensive in nature, but we are seeing this response from north korea this morning. >> and just for context, how significant is this? >> well, this is still only the second projectile we have seen launched from north ko

. >> paula hancock and will in japan, we appreciate the reporting and tex for you bocon both. we'll stay with you. >>> coming up after 20 past 8:00 here in london. a rash of -- >>> welcome back to "cnn newsroom." in rochester new york police are investigating dang to a jewish cemetery where more than a dozen tombstones were topple just last week. it appears to be part of threats against jewish institutions across the united states. the governor of new york is showing his support for america's jewish community with a visit to israel over the weekend. cnn had a chance to speak with the government and joins live from jerusalem on more what the government had to say about the vandalism at the cemetery. >> george, it was a very short visit, but a very important visit for new york governor andrew, his purpose here was to show people, show israel how close these two countries stand together and more importantly how close new york stands to israel. he said that anybody who tries to drive these two apart will only serve to drive them closer together. his visit wasn't just here to tell

. >> let's go to paula hancocks for the latest from seoul.s is off the back of a chinese idea that a deal could be done potentially between the u.s. and north korea. >> yeah, max, it is interesting, what the ambassador has said. it's a slight departure from what we've seen from previous u.s. ambassadors and u.s. officials. in the past, the u.s. has criticized the nuclear and missile program and what the country is doing as a whole. but this is a direct criticism of the north korean leader, kim jong-un. and that would not play well with north korean officials. the standing of the north korean leader within the country is one of a demigod. he is to be revered and it would not go down well to see a u.s. official actually criticizing the north korean leader in this way. so that's an interesting point, and certainly i don't think we're going to see any kind of response like that from south korean officials, understanding that it is something that is simply not done with north korea. but it's also interesting to hear that she has suggested that neg

paula hancocks joins us from seoul. ramping up the frequency of these missile launches. >> reporter: that's right, jake. we know the preliminary assessment is that these were five extended-range scud missiles. so the missiles themselves may not be as sophisticated as some of the ones that they have, but we believe they're evolving their missile program according to experts in the way they're testing the units that are firing them. five in a row. granted, one of them failed. but this is a good way of trying to evade new and existing missile defense systems. we're months away from the u.s. and south korea deploying five missile defense systems here inside south korea much to the anger of many of the neighbors, china and north korea, for example. this is a way of trying to evade that. it shows there is a healthy stockpile of missiles that north korea has if it is able to carry on in this way. now, we have seen relative restraint in the early weeks of the trump presidency, clearly we are now back to business as usual. jake.