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Tillerson. this is what he said, the u.s. position on north korea is. listen to this. >> we do not seek a regime change. we 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 send our military north of the 38th parallel. and were trying to convey to the north koreans, we are not your enemy. we are not your threat. but you are presenting an unacceptable threat to us. and we have to respond. and we hope that at some poi...

That separates north and south korea continues to be a potentially dangerous flash point between the two countries, both sides have huge standing armies with a lot of weapons pointed at each other and constant intelligence and surveillance. we have seen military patrols up and down the 38th parallel here and we know that there are military checkpoints both on the north side and south side as well. this area where im standing used to be a point of transportation between north and south korea but ...

Good morning. >> reporter: when we talk about this north korean deadline for having a reliable icbm that could hit the mainland u.s., analysts keep making the deadline closer and closer. now theyre looking at less than a year for north korea to have this kind of weapon that could deliver a nuclear war head to the mainland u.s. troubling especially considering the threat of a nuclear strike against the u.s. i want to set the scene where i am. im on the dmz, the heavily fortified border between no...

Of the 38th parallel marking the armistice that halted the korean war 64 years ago now. north koreans celebrate the occasion as victory day and put on a large display of military might. a short time ago south korea said its offer for military talks remains in effect, even if the north does not respond by the end of thursday. there is concern pyongyang is preparing for another missile test. south korea also has ceremonies planned for the armistice aef s anniversary. will ripley joins us from ther...

Assessments. according to a u.s. official with access to the latest intelligence, right now the kim jong-un regime is marking the 64th anniversary of the armistice that ended the korean war over six decades ago. will ripley joining us live from the korean demilitarized zone. extraordinary access you have to the situation there. thoughts were we were ripe for another test. whats the story now? >> reporter: we have been monitoring along with the south korean military and the u.s. military from the...

>> hans, i want to bring you into this conversation and ask you about that. secretary mattis as andrea just said is warning that it would be quote the worst fight in most peoples lifetimes. explain why that would be the case and the grave danger that the city of seoul would be in if this escalates this on the military front. >> proximity. you have 10 million residents of seoul and 300,000 americans right there on the 38th parallel. you mentioned mattis. we havent heard from him all day. hes been...

Democrats have been forthcoming with about ways that they can change the underlying bill without cutting coverage, without raising premiums, without cutting taxes for the wealthy. this doesnt make sense for the american people. trade to very quickly, do they run the risk of having the present flip and say fine, im going to make a deal with the democrats and moderate republicans. >> the president is fully supportive of what he will do right now and he will do everything he can. leland: we erred h...

Secretary mattis and secretary tillerson talking with china tomorrow, i believe. what kind of pressure do you expect them to exert? >> well, its clear the trump administration has a china focus strategy on north korea right now. that is a meeting taking place at the state department with secretary mattis and secretary tillerson, their counterparts and this is an emphasis on the diplomacy side. decided to host that meeting at the pentagon, the optics would have been different. it would have sent ...

Years to get this done. how is this different this time? getting to a different end result. they continue even with every failure to learn something from these nuclear tests, failed missile launches. theyre progressing. >> they are progressing, yes, but basically they could at any point in the last 50 years they could have started the war right there because they have enough artillery on the 38th parallel and seoul is so close. so for whats different this time? its up to the chinese. nothing els...

Independent contractoria but soviets refused to allow u.n. observers in the north. they had two elections and separate constitutions. both government declared themselves the only power in the peninsula. north korea involved the parallel and invade the south. responded to what harry truman referred to as a police action. it was united states first undeclared war necessary, the president said to stop communism. the weaker military would have succumbed to the north. instead the war raged on for thr...