WORLDVIEW: North Korea satellite launch fails

ABC News’ Marcus Moore has more on this and on the Beluga whales that showed up on the coast of Sweden with apparent Russian-made harness.
4:02 | 05/31/23

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POSSIBLY WEEKS DIANE . >> ALL RIGHT, >> ALL RIGHT, TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE IN UKRAINE, TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE IN UKRAINE, THANK YOU . THANK YOU . AND IT'S TIME NOW FOR WORLDVIEW AND IT'S TIME NOW FOR WORLDVIEW WITH MARCUS MOORE STARTING IN WITH MARCUS MOORE STARTING IN NORTH KOREA, WHERE NORTH KOREA, WHERE THE COUNTRY'S ATTEMPT TO PUT THE COUNTRY'S ATTEMPT TO PUT THEIR FIRST SPY SATELLITE INTO THEIR FIRST SPY SATELLITE INTO SPACE HAS FAILED. SPACE HAS FAILED. THIS IS A SETBACK FOR LEADER THIS IS A SETBACK FOR LEADER KIM JONG UN , WHO IS PUSHING KIM JONG UN , WHO IS PUSHING TO BOOST MILITARY CAPABILITIES TO BOOST MILITARY CAPABILITIES AS TENSIONS WITH THE US AND AS TENSIONS WITH THE US AND SOUTH KOREA RISE. SOUTH KOREA RISE. SO, MARCUS, WHAT DOES THIS SO, MARCUS, WHAT DOES THIS FAILURE MEAN FOR KIM JONG UN'S FAILURE MEAN FOR KIM JONG UN'S REGIME? REGIME? >> WELL, HEY, DIANE , GOOD >> WELL, HEY, DIANE , GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. TO BE WITH YOU. I MEAN, THIS REALLY, AS U.S. I MEAN, THIS REALLY, AS U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE SAID , THAT IT OFFICIALS HAVE SAID , THAT IT MEANS IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT MEANS IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT THAT THEY HAVE MORE WORK TO DO THAT THEY HAVE MORE WORK TO DO THERE IN NORTH KOREA. THERE IN NORTH KOREA. >> THERE WAS SWIFT REACTION >> THERE WAS SWIFT REACTION TO THIS. TO THIS. >> THIS ATTEMPTED LAUNCH, KIM >> THIS ATTEMPTED LAUNCH, KIM JONG UN'S EFFORT TO , AS YOU JONG UN'S EFFORT TO , AS YOU SAID , BOOST HIS MILITARY SAID , BOOST HIS MILITARY CAPABILITIES. CAPABILITIES. HIS ROCKET FAILED IN THE FIRST HIS ROCKET FAILED IN THE FIRST PHASE. PHASE. AND THERE ARE THREE IN ALL. AND THERE ARE THREE IN ALL. AND MOMENTS AFTER THE LAUNCH, AND MOMENTS AFTER THE LAUNCH, ALARM SOUNDED IN SOUTH KOREA ALARM SOUNDED IN SOUTH KOREA AND IN JAPAN, RESIDENTS THERE AND IN JAPAN, RESIDENTS THERE TOLD TO PREPARE TO EVACUATE. TOLD TO PREPARE TO EVACUATE. OF COURSE, THOSE THOSE WARNINGS OF COURSE, THOSE THOSE WARNINGS AND THOSE ALERTS WERE CANCELED AND THOSE ALERTS WERE CANCELED VERY QUICKLY AFTERWARDS. VERY QUICKLY AFTERWARDS. >> AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES >> AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED THERE. REPORTED THERE. WE'VE ALSO SEEN, DIANN, IMAGES WE'VE ALSO SEEN, DIANN, IMAGES OF SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY OF SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY OFFICIALS SALVAGING PART OF OFFICIALS SALVAGING PART OF THE ROCKET THAT CRASHED INTO THE ROCKET THAT CRASHED INTO THE SEA. THE SEA. NORTH KOREA'S LEADER VOWING NORTH KOREA'S LEADER VOWING TO TRY THIS LAUNCH ONCE AGAIN TO TRY THIS LAUNCH ONCE AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. IN THE FUTURE. AND , OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, AND , OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, TENSIONS BETWEEN NORTH KOREA TENSIONS BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND SOUTH KOREA AND THE AND SOUTH KOREA AND THE UNITED STATES REMAIN HIGH TODAY UNITED STATES REMAIN HIGH TODAY . . >> SPEAKING OF TENSIONS >> SPEAKING OF TENSIONS AND MARKETS, TENSIONS ARE AND MARKETS, TENSIONS ARE GROWING BETWEEN THE U.S. GROWING BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA AFTER A CHINESE AND CHINA AFTER A CHINESE FIGHTER JET WAS CAUGHT FIGHTER JET WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA BUZZING PAST AN ON CAMERA BUZZING PAST AN AMERICAN PLANE. AMERICAN PLANE. >> WHAT HAPPENED THERE? >> WHAT HAPPENED THERE? YEAH, THIS IS REALLY COMPELLING YEAH, THIS IS REALLY COMPELLING VIDEO IF WE HAVE. VIDEO IF WE HAVE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND PLAY IT FOR LET'S GO AHEAD AND PLAY IT FOR YOU . YOU . IT HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY. IT HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY. THESE IMAGES SHOWING THESE IMAGES SHOWING THE INCIDENT HAVE JUST BEEN THE INCIDENT HAVE JUST BEEN RELEASED. RELEASED. AND YOU CAN SEE THE FIGHTER JET AND YOU CAN SEE THE FIGHTER JET THERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN THERE. RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN THERE. LOOK, IT GOES ACROSS OF LOOK, IT GOES ACROSS OF THE CREW ON BOARD THE CREW ON BOARD THE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE AND RC THE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE AND RC 135 EXPERIENCES TURBULENCE 135 EXPERIENCES TURBULENCE AFTER THAT. AFTER THAT. YOU SEE THE PLANE THERE SHAKING YOU SEE THE PLANE THERE SHAKING . . U.S. OFFICIALS SAID THAT U.S. OFFICIALS SAID THAT THE FIGHTER JET CAME WITHIN 400 THE FIGHTER JET CAME WITHIN 400 FEET OF THAT RECONNAISSANCE FEET OF THAT RECONNAISSANCE PLANE. PLANE. U.S. OFFICIALS ARE CALLING U.S. OFFICIALS ARE CALLING THIS, QUOTE, UNPROFESSIONAL THIS, QUOTE, UNPROFESSIONAL AND AN UNNECESSARILY AGGRESSIVE AND AN UNNECESSARILY AGGRESSIVE MANEUVER. MANEUVER. MEANWHILE, A SPOKESPERSON MEANWHILE, A SPOKESPERSON WITH CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY WITH CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS THAT THE U.S. FLIGHT OVER SAYS THAT THE U.S. FLIGHT OVER THOSE WATERS WAS, QUOTE, THOSE WATERS WAS, QUOTE, PROVOCATIVE AND THAT THEY ARE PROVOCATIVE AND THAT THEY ARE PROTECTING THEIR SOVEREIGNTY. PROTECTING THEIR SOVEREIGNTY. NOW, THE U.S. SAYING THAT THOSE NOW, THE U.S. SAYING THAT THOSE FLIGHTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN FLIGHTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN CONDUCTING, THAT THEY CONDUCT CONDUCTING, THAT THEY CONDUCT REGULARLY ARE OVER REGULARLY ARE OVER INTERNATIONAL WATERS AND IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW. LAW. THERE WAS, AS YOU KNOW, A DIANA THERE WAS, AS YOU KNOW, A DIANA SIMILAR INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED SIMILAR INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED BACK IN DECEMBER. BACK IN DECEMBER. AND U.S. OFFICIALS CLAIM THAT AND U.S. OFFICIALS CLAIM THAT THESE TYPES OF INCIDENTS APPEAR THESE TYPES OF INCIDENTS APPEAR TO BE ON THE RISE AND THAT TO BE ON THE RISE AND THAT THEY ARE NOT BY ACCIDENT. THEY ARE NOT BY ACCIDENT. >> AND FINALLY, MARCUS MOORE >> AND FINALLY, MARCUS MOORE SAYS A SO-CALLED SPY WHALE HAS SAYS A SO-CALLED SPY WHALE HAS BEEN SPOTTED NEAR SWEDEN, BEEN SPOTTED NEAR SWEDEN, AS WELL AS BELIEVED TO BE AS WELL AS BELIEVED TO BE FITTED WITH A RUSSIAN MADE FITTED WITH A RUSSIAN MADE HARNESS. HARNESS. >> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? >> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? YEAH, WELL, THAT ISN'T THIS YEAH, WELL, THAT ISN'T THIS IS REALLY I HOPE WE HAVE VIDEO IS REALLY I HOPE WE HAVE VIDEO OF THIS WHALE THAT'S BEEN OF THIS WHALE THAT'S BEEN AFFECTIONATELY NAMED VALDIMIR. AFFECTIONATELY NAMED VALDIMIR. THERE'S A PICTURE OF IT FOR THERE'S A PICTURE OF IT FOR YOU . YOU . WE KNOW THAT THIS WELL WAS WE KNOW THAT THIS WELL WAS FIRST SPOTTED FOUR YEARS AGO. FIRST SPOTTED FOUR YEARS AGO. WITH THIS APPARENT RUSSIAN MADE WITH THIS APPARENT RUSSIAN MADE A HARNESS THAT ALLEGEDLY EITHER A HARNESS THAT ALLEGEDLY EITHER CAME FROM OR IT ESCAPED FROM CAME FROM OR IT ESCAPED FROM A RUSSIAN MILITARY FACILITY A RUSSIAN MILITARY FACILITY THAT WAS HUNDREDS OF THAT WAS HUNDREDS OF KILOMETERS, HUNDREDS OF MILES KILOMETERS, HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY. AWAY. AND SINCE THEN, THIS WHALE HAS AND SINCE THEN, THIS WHALE HAS BECOME QUITE THE ATTRACTION, BECOME QUITE THE ATTRACTION, OFTEN APPEARING NEXT TO BOATS OFTEN APPEARING NEXT TO BOATS AND VERY FRIENDLY WITH PEOPLE AND VERY FRIENDLY WITH PEOPLE WANTING TO BE FED. WANTING TO BE FED. NOW, A MARINE BIOLOGIST WITH A NOW, A MARINE BIOLOGIST WITH A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WAS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FORMED WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE, FORMED WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE, SPECIFICALLY TO PROTECT THIS SPECIFICALLY TO PROTECT THIS WHALE SAYS THAT HE'S SIMPLY WHALE SAYS THAT HE'S SIMPLY TRYING TO FIND FAMILY OR TRYING TO FIND FAMILY OR SOMEBODY TO HANG OUT WITH . SOMEBODY TO HANG OUT WITH . AND IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN AND IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN THAT. THAT. BUT CERTAINLY THERE HAVE BEEN BUT CERTAINLY THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT THE WHALES CONCERNS ABOUT THE WHALES SAFETY BECAUSE IN THOSE WATERS, SAFETY BECAUSE IN THOSE WATERS, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTING TO EVEN SEE THE WHALE WANTING TO EVEN SEE THE WHALE OR OTHER ATTRACTIONS IN OR OTHER ATTRACTIONS IN THE AREA. THE AREA. AND THERE WAS CONCERN THAT AND THERE WAS CONCERN THAT THE BOAT, THE BOATS COULD HIT THE BOAT, THE BOATS COULD HIT THE WHALE AND INJURE IT. THE WHALE AND INJURE IT. >> SO CERTAINLY A LOT OF PEOPLE >> SO CERTAINLY A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING THERE AND WONDERING, WATCHING THERE AND WONDERING, THOUGH, IS RUSSIA USING SPY THOUGH, IS RUSSIA USING SPY WHALES? WHALES? >> THIS WE'LL HAVE TO ASK THEM

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