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In its rhetoric. when it saw far more threatening leader mao tse-tuztse-tung buil nuclear weapons, mao said he had no fear of nuclear war because china would still have more survivors to defeat western imperialists. and yet, u.s. administrations kept their cool. the world is already living with a nuclear north korea. it has for a decade. if that reality cannot be reversed through negotiations and diplomacy and sanctions, the task will be to develop a robust system of deterrence, the kind that ke...

Intervening in venezuela is a setback for the united states and for regional efforts to try to bring a peaceful solution to what is a dramatic crisis in venezuela. what it does is shifts focus away from caracas and the anti-democratic government there and the humanitarian crisis there and brings it to washington and in my view it is not helpful. >> yeah, absolutely. and the question is where does this country and where does this administration stand? we really dont know then if this was donald t...

Violence. by the way, iming whether to say the same about antifa. if theyre going to consider violence, they should be penetrated too. but right now the big threat is the alt-right. >> thank you all, fascinating conversation. next on "gps," the korea crisis. is all the back and forth between trump and kim jong-un bluster or is a war in asia really possible? ive got a great panel when we come back. speak now. (coughs) so sorry.

They like the tough talk and i think he is getting the feedback so he will double down and triple down and he love playing the tough guy and the bluster and the thingser saying, fire and fury, locked and loaded they sound like new title for a vin diesel film but he is playing a game of chicken with an erratic man in north korea. >> and he also disdained and this is what they like about donald trump, the role of leader of the free world. so answer the question of why not continue to orchestrate a...

Ask your doctor about ibrance, the number-one-prescribed, fda-approved oral combination treatment for hr+/her2- mbc. ♪ ♪ clayton: welcome back from fire and fury to lock and loaded. the media is having trouble with it. >> president trump sounds more like a north korean leader unfortunately than an american leader. >> it used to be that we looked at the north koreans and said those are the nuts with nukes. now it looks a little bit like we have our own nuts with nukes. >> this is the first ti...

Trump talk about his love of being a counter puncher. and i think it is true that humiliation as a political tactic has worked for him. againsted a ver sears, business adversaries, but he seems fully unaware of the asian conception of space. so his bluster could be interpreted as humiliating towards kim jong-un and it could corner him. and we know less about north korea than nearly every country on ovearth. we dont know for sure when kim jong-un was born. we know very little about the command an...

Fighting and a war the u.s. wants. and is on standby to launch fire at the u.s. mainland, plus state tv showing photos of thousands of military officials marching through the streets of pyongyang. military analysts say this is just a lot of bluster. >> why would they take military action which would guarantee the destruction of their regime? >> julie: secretary of state rex tillerson says diplomacy remains the primary goal. >> if for you get another movement out of the regime in north korea, thi...

Things with carrier pigeons, because they will not be able to talk to each other. >> seoul, south korea, everybody knows if they strike us or if we strike them, they will strike south korea. why are they resistant to the defense missile system. dont they know whats going on? >> because, again, nobody thinks were serious, as ambassador bolton said, theres been so much bluff and bluster, this is not a president that anybody ought to take anything but deadly serious. >> colonel oliver north, be sur...

Tillerson is saying the president meant by his words. but these are not diplomatic words. but then again, a lot of national security experts say you really cant reason with north korea. this is just another tactic or another strategy i guess you could say in the longer issue. but the truth is that this issue has been building up for over 25 years and the rhetoric is finally showing the public what the americans have been dealing with for a long time. >> some people will say 25 years, theres been...

Rhetorical threats. theres some question, did he mean actual threats against our allies, military maneuvers. hes talking about kim jong-un making threats. that would be intolerable. >> yes. i think this is being -- theres a message to north korea which scott is mentioning but theres a message to the republican base. the idea of olive branches to our foes drove practically every one of us crazy. this is being well received by republicans. donald trump is getting that feedback which means hes goin...