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Counseled, reprimanded, if the behavior doesnt change separated or court-martialed. there was nothing stopping the chain of command from doing that. they should have done that and were dead wrong for not having done that. >>clayton: want to get your take on the latest bluster out of the north korea and the back of forth were hearing between the different agencies. you have the intelligence agency saying one thing. then you have the c.i.a. sort of in the middle and then the state department led b...

Points in the relationship with north korea. you recall in the 1970s, they ax murdered a couple of our soldiers in the demilitarized zone so there have been hideous moments but i dont think weve had a moment where the north koreans are threatening everything, including us, with nuclear annihilation. i would put it up at the top of the scale. >> how concerned are you that the threats of nuclear annihilation are legitimate, that north korea is even capable of doing it or is this just bluster? >> y...

She is willing to talk to north korea, a departure from many in her party. while president obama pledged to protect u.s. interests abroad. >> the united states will take all necessary steps to protect its people and to meet our obligations under our alliances in the region. >> reporter: meanwhile, over in the north, behind all the bluster, tourists are still arriving into pyongyang. public performances were held for a festival. female soldiers went about their business in heels. lana zak, abc ne...

Wouldnt say if president obama was surprised by this assessment as so many people were. he walked a very fine line between saying the administration is concerned about north koreas recent bluster and also downplaying it saying it is part of a pattern of behavior that has become familiar to the u.s. he also downplayed north koreas potential nuclear weapons capabilities. where does the administration think they are in the process of being able to -- >> they have clearly developed nuclear weapons -...

There, we know that north korea is a proliferater and the world knows it. rick: what do we do in the short term about north korea to sort of get this to move beyond this sort of heightened sense of traysee necessary that everybody sees -- craziness that everybody seems to be in and focus our attention where they need to be focused. >> we need to be able to do both. north korea is clearly a problem. i would suggest that if they shoot a medium range missile, a long-range missile, whatever they sho...

April 15th. how are the south koreans responding? what is the sense there among the people? >> well i have to tell you, there were two trade shows of the two hotels that i was in today. some military officials, u.s. military officials had just come from a u.s.o. celebration, there was a spring fling at the american embassy. people here are going about their business, their government is certainly concerned. but they had a meeting, president park had a meeting with international business investor...

Bit because youre chairman of the foreign relations committee. theres a lot of north korea about whats happening in north korea and fear over those reports and they may have a nuclear device small enough for a missile although the administration has pushed back some on that. how worried are you about the situation there on the korean peninsula? >> north korea has added dramatically to the tensions of the core jean peninsula and the entire region. we have seen these types of actions and statement...

Touch that one. >> reporter: one of the biggest developments here in south korea, president park indicated she is willing to talk to north korea, a departure from many in her party. while president obama pledged to protect u.s. interests abroad. >> the united states will take all necessary steps to protect its people and to meet our obligations under our alliances in the region. >> reporter: meanwhile, over in the north, behind all the bluster, tourists are still arriving into pyongyang. public ...

As a ballistic missile saying it would not be very reliable if it exists and maybe it doesnt exist and still unclear what north koreas end game is here. do they want a war or attention or all bluster? the kim il-sung holiday they like to mark with missile launches, that holiday is monday. john kerrys visit to south korea starts tonight. the bluster in north korea has turned up to stun right now but it often is. if youre wondering why people are worrying right now the bluster right now might be m...

The kim il-sung holiday they like to mark with missile launches, that holiday is monday. john kerrys visit to south korea starts tonight. the bluster in north korea has turned up to stun right now but it often is. if youre wondering why people are worrying right now the bluster right now might be more than just the usual bluster, timing may be part of the answer. watch this space.