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That ral, trump said i think hes starting to respect us. follow that up seven days later and north korea go aheads and fires a missile that flies right over japan which, of course, is a key u.s. ally. fast forward to the third of the september. japan saying it was a nuclear test. >> first of all, i think the president was completely wrong in his assessment of north korea. i think the notion that for some reason the north koreans may have been deterred by donald trumps bluster is nonsense.

The president has tweeted about this. how do you think the u.s. should respond? >> i think the united states needs to demonstrate a seriousness of action and effort in coordinating the neighborhood in the way obama did around the iran deal. russia and china were partners with us in that process. they can be partners with this. i think north korea sees a president who is flipping and flopping. he sees him sending inconsistent messages with tillerson, mattis. north korea is taking advantage of an ...

Le leadership on a whole host of things. but theres no question that hes stepping forward and trying to chart a different path that previous administrations have and in my opinion, thats a good thing. >> i think north korea is an example of how his bluster may well be act secelerating this situation, so i think theres a difference from international leadership. >> from where, were seeing nuclear tests before, and now were seeing more nuclear tests, wheres the acceleration. >> if you look at the ...

With the emergency responders and greets families. in this case its actually surprising that i think now for the second time hes brought melania with him out to these fields, but she is frankly more empathetic than he is. donald trump has made his name on his bluster and tough talk and melania has had a bit of a softer touch. so i think she does soften his image and can bring a little bit more empathy to these visits. >> can i just say i like what i saw. chivalry not dead. the gentleman got into...

U.n. resolution did not change his z mind and the missile test continue. barbara starr, thank you very much. i want to bring in former state department john kirby, a retired admiral in the navy. i want to ask you, it seems we hear it time and time again that all options are on the table after north korea tests a missile. at what point do those words seem hollow or do they already seem hollow. barbara starr is saying its rhetoric more than reality. >> when we say all options are on the table, we ...

Things reported to trump russia business dealings. ken, this question from "the washington post" reporting about sater, about this friend of michael cohen who is basically saying, hey, look, this can win us the election. got to get you an election with a -- got to get you a meeting with the folks around putin. what do you make of this? im looking at it too and it looks like you had the trump folks reaching out to putins inner circle but not hearing anything back. the deal fizzling out. what do y...

White house about the missile launch? >> they have not issued an official statement. what i find interesting is that it was tuesday at the state department, the secretary of state of rex tillerson was talking about what i mentioned a moment ago. boy, for all the talk from north korea, we have not seen any missiles in several days now. the administration took that obviously is a big victory. fast forward to friday. initially, when we saw these three short-range missiles, we saw it as a bad thing ...

Prohibited him from racial profiling. now, a category 4 storm. for more on how president trump is dealing with all of these developments, lets bring in ed henry. at the white house. >> just another friday night at this white house, i suppose. you talk about the storms out there, the serious storms bearing down on texas. the political storms potentially around this white house -- in terms of north korea, this could be seen as a good night for this president because for all the bluster from kim jo...

And talk to these members, understand their state and their needs and understand themselves and then perhaps could help both build a better relationship to move forward, thats not what the president has chosen to do. instead of attacking members by name, including jeff flake, a potentially tough senate race next year. those things are not going over well at a key time when theyll have to come back and legislate next month. >> what about the threat of the government shutdown if he doesnt get fund...

The border. and at the end of the day, theres many more important things we need to worry about. we have to get to the debt limit, about to shake up markets if we continue the threat we may not fulfill our debt. in general, this is typical donald trump administration, a lot of bluster and instability. end of the day, he is not going to get what he wants. >> he won the white house in part on that familiar promise about the border wall and mexico paying for it. listen to this. >> we are going to b...