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In all of this in the big picture? >> china has been supporting north korea. secretary kerry talked about chinas commitment. but the words from beijing were those of a decade ago. tellingly, we did not hear any new commitments. whats worse, starting on sunday and continuing through yesterday, chinese leaders have made these stinging attacks on the u.s., blaming us for the problems on the korean peninsula. you know, china has been basically throwing gas leb on the fire, supply the north koreans w...

Responded to, locklear was clear in recommending not shooting down any missile if it was not, you know, targeted towards either an ally or u.s. bases in guam. >> im anxious to get your assessment, fareed. secretary kerry is not making one of those high-profile visits to the dmz between north and south korea. its usually a tradition for american dignitaries visiting the area, especially on a first trip as a secretary of state, to south korea, what does this say to you? >> i think that very clearl...

Administration wanted, and sent very clear signals from both the white house and the pentagon and the state department, that they wanted to move things into a more sort of diplomatic, sort of off-ramp kind of situation. because, it turned out, that one provocation from north korea was met with sort of, you know, here we can do this. the overflights, all the things the military was doing late last week. they decided to ratchet that down a bit, not wanting to provoke north korea into doing somethi...

House, the pentagon, the u.s. administration wanted, and sent very clear signals from both the white house and the pentagon and the state department, that they wanted to move things into a more sort of diplomatic, sort of off-ramp kind of situation. because, it turned out, that one provocation from north korea was met with sort of, you know, here we can do this. the overflights, all the things the military was doing late last week. they decided to ratchet that down a bit, not wanting to provoke ...

Any missile launch should it be responded to, locklear was clear in recommending not shooting down any missile if it was not, you know, targeted towards either an ally or u.s. bases in guam. >> im anxious to get your assessment, fareed. secretary kerry is not making one of those high-profile visits to the dmz between north and south korea. its usually a tradition for american dignitaries visiting the area, especially on a first trip as a secretary of state, to south korea, what does this say to ...

States has said, and admiral locklear said it very, very clearly, in congressional testimony, they have total plans to defend if necessary, not just the homeland which they do not believe will be attacked, but also the all yigs. and beyond that, as everybody tries to figure out if theres any missile launch should it be responded to, locklear was clear in recommending not shooting down any missile if it was not, you know, targeted towards either an ally or u.s. bases in guam. >> im anxious to get...

Acting like south korean people. in other words, take a deep breath. this is business as usual by north korea. obviously, the unknown is kim jong-un so people want to know what he is going to do and how hes going to do it. most people believe, whether its united states military, u.s. officials, south koreans, japanese, that it probably will be a test fire. now, obviously, that would be better than a hostile act targeting an ally or so. but there is always room for miscalculation. so, again, you ...

Insecure leader? >> the gut is in having talked to a lot of experts who really -- its their life to figure out whats going on in north korea, we should all be acting like south korean people. in other words, take a deep breath. this is business as usual by north korea. obviously, the unknown is kim jong-un so people want to know what he is going to do and how hes going to do it. most people believe, whether its united states military, u.s. officials, south koreans, japanese, that it probably wil...