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In a way that didnt sound the way the president did today? >> well, im not quite sure. i think this is a difficult needle to thread with north korea, especially given the sensitivities. i think part of this is not just what you say but what you do. i think the sanctions past over the weekend were significant, 15-0 at the u.n. it elicited a response, a pretty vocal response from north korea, given that the sanctions, if implemented properly and enforced, will affect their economy. i think its dem...

Gotten closer to this point, theyve always gotten there faster than the united states expected. >> i think north korea is one of the intense enigmas, very hard to understand whats happening in the regime and hard to understand the intent and leadership and the strategy. but i think theyve been open and clear about this. theyre marching towards a nuclear capability. youve seen under kim jong-un an acceleration of the missile tests since he took over. three of the five nuclear tests that theyve en...

Deal, it was an acceleration of the investigation. the grand jury certainly signals the next stage in muellers investigation. the request for the documentation with the clearer story about what might be the issue with mike flynn. who we need to remember was a very high level official at the start of this administration in the campaign. signals this is ramping up. i think the white house is aware of this. >> hes the national security adviser that high up. >> and on the campaign trail he was the v...

Is the first time we have heard of them actually turning over some kind of records. how do you think thats going to impact the people in the west wing? >> i believe the request is about materials regarding turkey and the relationship between flynn and turkey. given that the presidents sensitivities are towards his -- regards his relationship with russia im not sure this is going to affect the white house that much. whats interesting though is that it does put the white house on guard that this m...

And i want to reach out first to your position as a former adviser to vice president biden, a democrat. how do you assess this good economic news and to who do you assign credit? >> first of all, nice to see you again as well, alex. obviously, any president is going to take credit for good numbers. in terms of the job growth, donald trump is just riding the momentum that he inherited. if you look at the pace of monthly job gains under president obama, its about the same in 2016 as it is now. and...

Tonight a new look inside the accelerating fight against isis from the special envoy to the coalition. michelle is joining us. you spoke with this key figure in the battle against isis. tell our viewers what you learned. >> this administration is showing off some gains in the fight against isis, showing the acceleration of the approach and setting up something of a comparison to the way things were done under obama. yet, they are not ready to state isis is in its final state or th -- the area th...

The issue here really is that north korea continues to insist on doing this without any notification. rosemary? >> indeed. i do want to just pivot back to the new u.s. sanctions about to be applied to north korea. what impact will they likely have on the nation and of course on its nuclear program? >> right. if the stated goal for all these sanctions is to work to achieve the denuclearization of the peninsula, thats a very high hope. and the raft of sanctions youve seen leveled against north kor...

Like to rebut ambassador haley that the time to talk is over. theres still time to try to find a diplomatic solution to this and i think the administration is right to point to beijing and try to work through china. the only nation sake in the world certainly let alone in the region with any kind of meaningful influence on pyongyang. we just have to find a way to help get them to use that influence. obviously the approach thus far hasnt worked but doesnt mean we should stop trying. >> and your o...

Icbm, to put solid fuel to have an interesting launch device, and to have a trajectory which as of the latest analysis would enable it to go about 6,000 mimes and maybe even hit as far east as chicago. we cant have that. >> as far east as chicago, feinstein saying ominous words, fred. you can see whether they are democrats or republicans taking this north korea threat very seriously now. >> and then whats your reaction to what senator feinstein was talking about? her concerns reaching as far eas...

Weve seen them lean heavily on china and talk about the sanctions that are in place. so far the threats havent worked and the flexing of military strength hasnt worked. since the beginning of the year the north korean regime has launched 12 different ballistic missile launches. truly an incredible acceleration in the rate of development of this program. >> lets dig in too what the response is now from the frumd add ming station. tell us what else the administration is going, now that experts bel...