Report: Copies of Hernandez Suicide Note Given to Family; John Kelly Says Trump Will Face North Korea Missiles in First Term
BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Just into the newsroom, copies of the suicide notes left behind by former NFL star Aaron Hernandez have just bye-bye handed over to his family. This is all happening on the same day as the funeral after he hung himself in prison. Deborah Feyerick has been following the story for us.</s>DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The family was told the notes existed but didn't have the notes until today. The reason for that is they asked a judge to get them to the family. The judge ordered the notes should be turned over. What we do know is there were three notes. They appear to be some sort of suicide note. Some are to the family, but at least one is to somebody other than the family. Nobody knows who that is. The name has not yet been released. We do know that his fiance was very moved by happened and she's at the funeral home. Also, several NFL players have also attended the funeral including Mike Pouncey, who played with Aaron Hernandez at the University of Florida and now with the dolphins. But there's a lot of controversy because he seems to have killed himself in a flamboyant way blocking access to his cell once he was discovered. The suicide notes were confiscated as part of an ongoing investigation into the death because any unattended death in prison has to be investigated. Although they have ruled this a citizen, they are doing due diligence. But with respect to the suicide notes, it's generated a lot of speculation as to who they were to. Some were to his immediate family. But it's that note that was to somebody else that is the subject of all this attention.</s>BALDWIN: Thank you very much for that. President Trump will face a nuclear armed North Korea with missiles capable of striking the U.S. homeland. That is the grave warning coming from the head of homeland security to CNN.</s>JOHN KELLY, HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY: The minute I would tell you North Korea gets a missile that could reach the United States and put a weapon on that missile, a nuclear weapon, the instant that happens, this country is at grave risk.</s>DANA BASH, CNN CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: How far away do you think that is?</s>KELLY: Trump will be dealing with this if real terms before he starts his second term.</s>BALDWIN: Joining me now is Jim Walsh, international security analyst and a senior research associate at MIT. Good to see you. Here the warning about the President in his first term dealing with the capable North Korea. How does that jive with intel you may have?</s>JIM WALSH, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST AND A SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE AT MIT: We don't have to wait until North Korea has a ballistic missile to see that there's a threat right now. That missile isn't going to be done for years. They have yet to flight test a reentry vehicle. But today, North Korea, we have more than 20,000 U.S. troops in South Korea. Tens of thousands more in Japan. Both those countries are treaty allies. We are sworn to defend them. So, the problem is not four years from now. We're confronting it right now and we don't have to wait to be worried about it.</s>BALDWIN: What about this under additional provocative measures from North Korea over the weekend. They threatened to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier. So, President Trump spoke with China's President Xi and the Japanese prime minister Abe and in terms of the President's personal diplomacy, do you think that that is helpful?</s>WALSH: Of course, I think it's helpful, but I also can tell you what I don't think is helpful. That's a lot of bluster on both sides. We have the administration giving mixed signals. We had the ambassador saying we would use military force if they even tested and ballistic missile. Mike Pence said something else. You don't wave a gun around unless you're prepared to use. It it's a good thing to consult allies, but the chair is empty in one. There's no elected President in South Korea. It's South Korea that would bear the brunt of any conflict that broke out. Let the South Koreans hold their Presidential election before we make big threats we may or may not follow through on so we can consult with our partners. That's the more prudent way to go.</s>BALDWIN: Back on the ambassador, that's what she said, but she also said To Kim Jong-Un is paranoid. Do you think he is?</s>WALSH: I'm no fan of North Korea. But when you're trying to understand an adversary, it's best to look through their eyes. They are surrounded. Japan is a great power. The U.S. hates them. There's this idea they basically feel isolated and threatened. Now they are their own worst enemy ask causing all sorts of problems and not to mention the human rights record that they have and all the other things they do. The use of VX and bizarre things they do.</s>BALDWIN: I'm sure you heard this upcoming Wednesday there's this rare briefing specifically on North Korea so everyone is on the same page. You have the secretary of state, defense secretary, joint chiefs chairman as well as the entire Senate. Imagine the busses and the vans going from Capitol Hill all the way to the white house to so everyone is informed with regard to this increasing threat that is North Korea. What do you make of that?</s>WALSH: I've tried to make a few calls. Everyone is pretty tight lipped about it. Let me say we have a super busy week this week. We have the possible budget shutdown, health care, tax reform, 100 days. Why would you call for a meeting you have never had before when all 100 senators on this Wednesday? Maybe, it's because you think there might be a test later tonight between 7:30 and 10:00 p.m. of either a nuclear test or a missile test and you're confronted with that the next day. Here's a way you can look like you're on top of it by calling a big meeting like this.</s>BALDWIN: Are you telling me you know something that may be possible?</s>WALSH: I think all the watchers not just me expect something tonight. It's the armed forces and the people's army. Typically, something does. Happen around here. They conducted 26 tests last year. They are not going to stop on a dime. And they have been e ready to conduct a nuclear test for at least a month. All the indications are they are ready to go. The question is whether they are going to pull the trigger or not. My thinking is, and this is speculation, if you're having a big meeting, it might be because something big is going to. Happen the night before.</s>BALDWIN: I guess we'll see. Jim Walsh, I appreciate your intel. We'll loop back and have a conversation on the other side of this big meeting. I appreciate it. Coming up next, the first daughter taking up an unofficial diplomat role? 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