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Is willing to talk to north korea, but only if it abandons its nuclear program. heres rex tillerson. >> we do not seek an excuse to send our military north of the 38th parallel and we try to convey to the north koreans we are not your enemy, we are not a threat, but you are presenting an threat to us. we hope at some point, they will begin to understand that and we would like to sit and have a dialogue with them about the future. >> kennedy: this coming on the heels of the north korea test launc...

Recently. >> we do not seek a regime change, do not seek an excuse to send our military north of the 38th parallel. were trying to convey to the north koreans, we are not your enemy, we are not a threat. but you are presenting a threat to us and we will have to respond. we would like to sit and have a dialogue with them about the future. >> so different from what we had been hearing from the president in terms of suggestions. frankly, different than the previous administration, also. what do you...

Koreas and that theyre not looking to send military troops north of the 38th parallel, none of that. instead he says that the u.s. is looking to deal with the situation through diplomacy and looking for dialog with north korea. that of course does not come without preconditions, the big one being the agreement with denuclearization. this is not an idea that is new from the trump administration its certainly also something that you have heard from previous u.s. administrations. the problem, north...

Understanding that a condition of those talks is there is no future for north korea holds nuclear weapons, with do not seek the collapse of the regime. we do not seek an accelerated reunification of the peninsula. we do not seek an excuse to second our military north of the 38th parallel. were trying to convey to the north koreans were not your enemy, were not your threat but youre presenting a threat to us and we have to respond. >> state department is set to officially file paperwork today out...

Stand off. he said that the u.s. is willing to sit down for talks with the north but only if pyongyang halts its nuclear weapons program. >> we do not seek a regime change or the collapse of the regime. we do not seek a reunification of the peninsula or an excuse to send the military north of the 38th parallel. we are not your threat but you are presenting an unacceptable threat to us and we have to respond. >> diplomacy is the preferred option. one u.s. senator says war could be next if talks f...

Administration and the bush administration. but we havent seen talks since 2008 but it does seem that rex tillerson is trying to calm the situation to some extent while the white house says all options are on the table. the secretary of state making it clear that the u.s. is not looking for a regime change and not looking to send its troops north of that 38th parallel. >> thank you. president trump condemning the actions of venezuela president after two opposition leaders were taken from their...

And constantly saying that its fake news. i mean you can disagree and say i dont like what brian williams said about me. i dont like what somebody said about me. but to describe the news as fake encouraging people to not believe anything. >> its per initials. >> i want to show you the president from today on the topic of north korea. >> what can you do about north korea, sir? >> well handle north korea. were going to be able to handle north korea. there will be -- it will be handled. we handle e...

Confidence. >> no its not a real estate deal. i mean north korea has close to a million troops north of the 38th parallel. they would swarm into sael in 24 hours. they would be massive casualties in south korea. its a significant program of the recent launch of an inch that can reach at least the western coast of the united states of america and probably further. but to threaten in that way were going to fix it this deal, no it doesnt -- it doesnt inspire confidence at all. particularly at the m...

38th parallel. were not youre enemy. were not your threat. but youre preventing an unacceptable threat to us. we have to respond. we hope that at some point they will begin to understand that and that we would like to set an have a dialogue with them about the future that will give them the security they seek and the future economic prosperity for north korea. that will promote economic prosperity throughout northeast asia. >> jon: secretary tillerson says the u.s. does not blame china for the s...

Got tremendous integrity, tremendous capability. and at a minimum he is going to issue a report thats going to be unpleasant. and constantly saying that its fake news. i mean you can disagree and say i dont like what brian williams said about me. i dont like what somebody said about me. but to describe the news as fake encouraging people to not believe anything. >> thats pernicious. >> it is pernicious. >> i want to show you the president from today on the topic of north korea. >> what can you d...