and will ripley. paula, let's start with you. anything military would be catastrophic.hat is the reaction there to yet are another launch by north korea? >> well, there was a national security council meeting as soon as that launch was known about. we had condemnation from the government calling this a severe threat to the peace and stability not only of the korean peninsula, but also around the world, that coming from the foreign ministry. but we have as you say a new president in south korea just a few weeks into the job, a liberal candidate, and he has said that he wants dialogue with north korea, he has said that he supports more engagement with north korea. but bear in mind in the three weeks that he has been president here, there has been a missile launch every single week. so certainly it's difficult to see how that can move forward, how he could have that engagement with north korea that he has said that he would like. and certainly we've seen condemnation from around the region once again with north korea's missile launch. the missile itself at this point is be

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will ripley, cnn. >>> all righty, then. let's move on to the weather, shall we?lanka experiencing flooding monsoon rains. >> there are several areas receiving flooding, and across the u.s. as well. we are following a flash flood situation in branson, missouri. we're going to go to some of the damage. this is part of a larger storm system that spawned off tornados as well. currently, there are three missing from this flooding in missouri. this is in southwestern sections of the state. the city experienced significant rainfall in the overnight period and it forced dozens of water rescues within the city. in fact, lake taneycomo has risen. and check this out. this is the latest warnins across the state. here's missouri, just south of springfield, that's the area we're focussing our attention on now. that is an area that has seen a significant a rein inain in a s period of time. thunderstorms blew up over branson, observed rainfall in the past 12 hours, four to six, perhaps seven inches of rain, and that has caused the flooding and the swift water rescues as we speak

will ripley reportathize timing of the latest launch is telling. >> certainly with the missile launchesre is always an element of political geopolitical theater here, north korea trying to send a clear message that they are not backing down, trying to push them selves to the global converse asian when the world's attention is focused-- conversation when the world's attention is focused elsewhere. they dwrabed the world's attention-- grabbed the world was attention a year ago with their most successful test, what made the test different from this, this was a medium range bumystic missile, the united states and the white house claim this is similar to missile tested in february. what we saw week ago was potential real progress in north korea's intercontinental ballistic program. they launched a missile and it made a successful, controlled reentry into the earth's lower atmosphere coming in the water close to russia, home to the russian pacific fleet. this time around, we don't know yet, we don't have an official response from the north koreans but i have been on the ground during missile

will ripley, cnn, tokyo. >> thank you to will for that. here with me now to discuss is david wright, the co-director of the global security program at the union of concerned scientists. he's an expert on nuclear weapons policy is and missile defense system. so that to that end, tell us about this missile. how concerned the u.s. and other nations should be. >> this was certainly something new we hadn't seen before. so that sense it was a surprise. if you look at the range that this system would have if it was flown on a normal trajectory, it would get something between 4500, 4600 kilometers. the only real target that that brings into range is the u.s. forces in guam. that doesn't concern me all that much because the accuracy is so low that i'm not sure it could really target that very effectively. but what it does is it tells the united states that as we have seen in the past, north korea is continuing to develop the nuclear program, despite sanction asks having trouble getting international technology. i think we're learning here that if s

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let's go straight to cnn's will ripley who is joining us from tokyo right now. he's just back from his 12th visit to north korea. will, what's north korea saying about this missile? >> reporter: you know, i was there during two failed missile launches last month, wolf. we spoke both of those times and i spoke at that time that the rocket scientists would not be deterred and they certainly haven't. north korea is really celebrating this. most military han lifts believe that this is their most successful missile test ever, and it comes at a time, a big moment for china, a big economic forum and also a time of political uncertainty, even turmoil in washington. could kim jong-un be taking advantage of all therefore to push his agenda forward of trying to become a nuclear power? >> north korean leader kim jong-un testing the patients of two world powers, the strongest ally china and who he sees as his number one enemy the united states. new images show north korea's supreme leader all smiles, supervision the test of what pyongyang calls a new kind of nuclear-capable

cnn's will ripley is live in tokyo with the latest.l. >> reporter: the supreme leader kim jong un said this could be mass produced quickly. if north korea can get the missile components, that is not unrealistic. that is disturbing given missile first tested in february and again hours before the donald trump speech in saudi arabia. this puts within striking range u.s. troops in japan and 28,000 troops in south korea. the missile they tested one week ago potentially could go further hitting u.s. military assets in guam. in addition to technical information learned by north korean rocket scientists is political theater. the timing during president trump's first foreign trip is a way for north korea to force itself into the global conversation. to get what it wants which is attention. in fact, here in tokyo, the japanese prime minister promised to bring up the north korea issue with president trump at the g7 meeting which will happen later on during the presidential trip. i spoke with officials in upon y pyongyang. they want a seat at the

will ripley. cnn. >>> and that's it for "the lead." i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper.e wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now. breaking news. russia misinformation. cnn has learned this a controversial move by former fbi director james comey during the presidential campaign was based on russian intelligence comey knew was fake and now sources say the fbi russia probe is increasingly touching on the role trump's is only jahri kushner played. allies at the g7 summit, clashes over trade and climate and his economic adviser reverses course

ripley's joining us by phone.ritical important to japan. >> it landed in the waters very close to the japanese close known as the exclusive economic zone. this is significant when north korea launches missiles and they land so close to mainland japan it is a stark reminder of the dangers that these missiles potentially could bring to japan and 52,000 u.s. troops based here along with those 28,000 u.s. troops in south korea well within firing range here. japan's chief cabinet secretary said that this ballistic missile did be land within the exclusive economic zone so these waters very close to the coast. we don't know how many miles nautical miles from the coast just yet. we should get that information in the coming hours. remember, it was back in march when north korea simultaneously launched four ballistic missiles, three of them landed less than 200 nautical miles from mainland japan and because of that there was actually a coastal village that started conducting north korea missile drills. there's a nationwide

will ripley, thank you for the reporting.p us posted as you get more. >>> ahead for us, will president trump's decision to share that classified information with the russians damage the u.s. relationship, reputation with other intelligence allies. former defense secretary and cia director leon panetta will join us next. handling the unexpected ... ...doesn't happen by accident. listen up, heart disease.) you too, unnecessary er visits. and hey, unmanaged depression, don't get too comfortable. we're talking to you, cost inefficiencies and data without insights. and fragmented care- stop getting in the way of patient recovery and pay attention. every single one of you is on our list. for those who won't rest until the world is healthier, neither will we. optum. how well gets done. i count on my dell small for tech advice. with one phone call, i get products that suit my needs and i get back to business. ♪ ♪ >>> president trump on twitter this morning saying i did nothing wrong, offering reasoning for why he disclosed highly cla

will ripley thank you for the reporting.oining me on set is democratic congressman gregory meeks of new york, he sits on the foreign affairs committee. let's start with the north korea and the bigger picture to get your response to angela merkel's comments. you were in south korea not that long ago and the last time you were on the show with me and john, you said that north korea had, china has not done enough, we have not seen enough from china. what is it that you want to see that you this i this administration isn't doing to stop the economic support that we're seeing for north korea from china. >> i think the report just earlier speaks to that. and you look at some of the parts that are being utilized for these weapons, et cetera, they come from china. and china has historically used north korea as a buffer. so that it does not want the united states involvement for example with the north china seas, et cetera. we've got to have some tough economic conversations with china ourselves. >> wouldn't you say this president is

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all indications that that behavior will continue unabated unless something is done, kate. >> will ripley>>> today is a very big day for president trump's travel ban. the administration is heading back to court to defend the second version of the travel ban before the ninth circuit court of appeals, the court that the president has been very critical of, to say the least, in the past. let me bring in right now cnn justice reporter laura jarrett. >> as you well know, a court that trump has repeatedly blasted on twitter and elsewhere, saying he wants to break up the court because he thinks it's buy as and people use it for judge shopping and certainly heightening the intrigue here is the fact that you have a panel of three judges, all appointed by former president bill clinton. now i have to point out that they do have a range of viewpoints, these judges. judge ronald gould and judge michael hawkins are considered more moderate. political leanings aside, biggest challenge for the justice department will be convincing two out of three of those judges that trump's past statements about muslim

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will ripley, cnn. >>> barack obama enjoyed a royal welcome from britain's prince harry.two spent time together at kensington palace saturday during president obama's latest stop in europe. the british royal and the former president talked about support for veterans and mental health, causes that both men support. mr. obama also offered his condolences to the victims and the survivors of the manchester terror attack. >> before his stop in london, the former president took in a round of golf in scotland to a huge crowd with angela merkel in berlin. >>> two men killed as they tried to calm down a man allegedly shouting racist slurs. why eyewitnesses are calling them heroes. >>> plus racist rants caught on camera. why more people are recording the incidents and posting them online, just like this one right here. you'll hear it in a moment. if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer the future isn't silver suits anit's right now.s, think about it. we can push buttons and make cars appear out of thin air. find love anywhere. he's cute. and buy things from, well, everywhere. how?

will ripley said they don't care about sanctions. missiles will it take before there some action taken against them and what action might that be that will have a real influence? >> you're right, sanctions are not working because sanctions don't hit those that make the decisions. sanctions is rurting thurting t of north korea. they are good engineers and good scientists and they are building really good equipment and they are going to continue this. so what will deter them? i don't know. you ask what -- how many missiles is it going to take? not so much how many missiles it's going to take but the capability. when they present a capability we regard as an existential threat to the united states or a threat that we cannot live with, then we will have to do something. up until now, nothing has worked. diplomatic, economic pressure has not worked. the last step is a military approach. a whole lot of steps between now and then but at some point the north koreans have to understand what our position is and i would really like to see the a

we have will ripley with more. >> reporter: those tests would not deter kim jong un.ccessful launch is troubling to north korea watchers. the think tank 38 north says this is higher capability than they have seen. it traveled more than 700 miles. landing in the waters off russia which is home to the russian fleet. vladimir putin speaking in beijing at a economic forum host by xi jinping. he says these are putting some of the blame on the united states for intimidating north korea with the exercises with south korea and u.s. forces stationed there. this timing is a huge embarrassment for president xi jinping. will he put pressure, economic pressure on north korea as the trump administration is insisting? alisyn, the timing all this given it occurred as political turmoil in washington. this all over the firing of the fbi director thinking the u.s. is too distracted. >>> will, thank you. busy day on the job for emmanuel macron. he has to pick a prime minister. he is the youngest leader since napole napoleon. >>> melissa mccarthy serving up sean spicer tour deforce. >> se

will ripley. cnn. >>> and that's it for "the lead." i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper. i turn you over to my colleague wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now. breaking news. russia misinformation. cnn has learned this a controversial move by former fbi director james comey during the presidential campaign was based on russian intelligence comey knew was fake and now sources say the fbi russia probe is increasingly touching on the role trump's is only jahri kushner played. allies at the g7 summit, clashes over trade and climate and his economic adviser reverses course after saying the white house doesn't have a position on sanctions against russia. nixon comparison. hillary clinton compares president trump to president nixon in a fiery commencement speech at her alma mater and takes thinly veiled swipes as the man whose upset victory ended her white house hopes. here's clinton re-emerging to take on a new role as the president's leading critic and new information about three technocrats always by the side of north korean leader kim jong-un and more news

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