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Trump Promises New Sanctions After North Korea's Latest Missile Test

05:24

November 29, 2017

A man walks past a television screen showing a graphic of a North Korean missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul on Nov. 29, 2017. (Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images)

President Trump tweeted Wednesday that major new sanctions will be imposed after North Korea's latest missile test, which shows the North could reach the east coast of the U.S. with a missile.

Here & Now security analyst Jim Walsh (@DrJimWalshMIT) joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to put the launch into context.

This segment aired on November 29, 2017.