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To see what they might do next any day now. we see all of the preparations and if it is more bluster or if they will really test. as we continue to wait for the president to leave the hill, i want to bring in david cohen who was in charge of sanctions against iran and russia in the ukraine crisis. lets talk first, we have a situation on capitol hill evolving as we speak where mike flynn, the national security advisor who had a top current clearance, and applied for and received security clearanc...

A missile with a nuclear weapon on top to hit america. he doesnt want a war anymore i do but he wont let them get a missile. thats where theyre headed. china needs to stop this before its too late. >> shannon: that was senator lindsey graham earlier discussing the rising dentions with north korea as u.s. defense leadings call with a rare meeting to brief the entire senate at the white house on the situation and all that as an american nuclear submarine docks in south korea. lets bring in john bo...

Japanese prime minister abe and in terms of the presidents personal diplomacy, do you think that that is helpful? >> of course, i think its helpful, but i also can tell you what i dont think is helpful. thats a lot of bluster on both sides. we have the administration giving mixed signals. we had the ambassador saying we would use military force if they even tested an ballistic missile. mike pence said something else. yo dont wave a gun around unless youre prepared to use. it its a good thing to ...

Giving up nuclear weapons. nonetheless the trump administration as i think any administration would have at the outset has decided to try to put more pressure on the situation to see if it can intervene. the problem however and the reason why i think were seeing unusual amount of bluster and saber rattling is because the united states has been doing quite a lot of saber rattling, too, threatening unilateral military action. >> unlike other parts of the world where people want the united stas to ...

The european union and the nato alliance -- the last thing we could afford is to send a message to the world that the united stes government is only partially functioning. that would have catastrophic impacts in my view on global affairs. >> there he is saying we cant shut down. if the president tries to force their hand and put in funding for a border wall, are republicans going to support him? >> well, the misconception here -- and look. who knows what donald trump could do. he could change hi...

Watched to see much of that technology appeared to be from china. the chinese have been working for several years now on a weapon specifically designed to sink u.s. aircraft carriers and if that technology has been transferred, then its something to consider. to put the right tone on this, yes, theyre taking it seriously, but i dont see it as a direct threat right now. its typically the bluster we see. >> secretary kelly called it a, quote, unquote, grave risk if and when north korea develops a ...

Im all for agreements but that was as bad as ive ever seen negotiated. they are not living up to the spirit of the agreement. i can tell you that, and were analyzing it very, very carefully and well have something to say about it in the not too distant future. >> hes just buying time there. >> buying time to what? you certified theyre complying, buying time to find some reason to pull out or hoping people will forget? >> his state department said theyre complying. he doesnt know what the answer ...

Months. this administration taking sh very seriously. president trump is expected to speak later tonight with the president of china, xi jinping and prime minister shinzo abe. the u.s. obviously working on a very tough strategy to try and force north korea back to the table, all really china being the central element but from secretary tillerson to mike pence to defense secretary mattis, everybody traveling out to the region to reach out to the allies to get everybody on the same page. >> yes, w...

Then were enough to get their attention because they did not then have a nuclear program. they now have a nuclear program and are very reluctant to give it up, so incentives will not be enough. we can disincentives like sanctions are not enough. take strong disincentives, and china has those to offer. we can also offer incentives, one of the major things they were interested in from the united states is recognition. it costs us nothing, but it would be a big factor to them and big incentive to t...

They think hell be a strong man to help them. when that doesnt materialize, theyre going to turn very quickly. >> youve got this situation -- by the way, the five largest trading partners, that completes it. weve now threat understand trade were with all five of americas biggest trading partners. the one place where the bluster was going to mean something concrete was on china. its been interesting to follow the coverage from reporters in china talking about how chinese media understand xis visi...