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Administration set this to say earlier. >> we have a new president. and kim jong un is trying to challenge him. is trying to get him back to the knowingiating table. remember, barack obama ignored the north koreans for 8 years did. not run to the negotiating table every time there was a provocation. kim jong un wants to give back to situation where we give them gifts when they do something bad. we are making it worse with our bluster and by sending aircraft carriers in there. we are raising the ...

Marked, and you combine that with the increased dialogue between xi of china and president president trump where we have not seen them get in the past. that has to have north korea sitting up and paying attention. the question is how do they respond? >> this is why im surprised, actually. president trump made some inroads with the chinese. id rather see him capitalize on that and to what the last couple of ministrations havent been able to do, and that is for the chinese to leverage for the nort...

Gone far enough. andou saw this latest provocion over the weekend. so north korea clearly not stepping down. clearly not listening to what has been a lot of bluster. based on my conversations, it seems like military sacks a last resort. they dont want to go down that path with north korea which has a nuclear weapon of at the same time, the statement by mike pence is certainly significant. it indicates you are seeing a shift in thinking behind the scenes. that they would potentially, if they felt...

Worse with our bluster and my sending aircraft carriers in there, were raising the crisis. >> kevin, do you agree, are we raising the crisis? >> ill defer to the deputy cia director. the military often says the last thing they want to do is go into conflict and the hope is to always tamp down tensions. thats what -- were hearing in the pentagon. there has been an aircraft carrier show and we saw a lineup, whats called an elephant walk of aircraft, fighter jets, bombers, two days ago in japan at ...

Administrations posture toward the communist nation is becoming more vicious and aggressive. >> we are also making it worse. with our bluster and by sending aircraft carriers in there, were raising the crisis. >> reporter: earlier in the week the president held out hope that chinese president xi jinping could help contain north korea. >> president xi wants to do the right thing. we had a very good bonding. i think we had a very good chemistry together. i think he wants to help us with north kore...

Announce more sanctions against the syrian regime in order to try to stop these attacks. not just the chemical attacks but all of these attacks against syrian civilians hoping that by depriving people of being able to do business with syria, that will put further pressure on the regime. now to russia, what happens with the united states relationship with russia? rex tillers in saying this afternoon saying he is disappointed with russians this response, they are still going all in back bashar al-...

Anniversary with a dangerous display of military might. a nuclear weapons test ordered by that countrys leader kim jong-un designed to provoke president trump. >> we have a new president and kim jong-un is trying to challenge him. is trying to get him back to the negotiating table. >> reporter: u.s. flexed its muscles last week with strikes in syria and earlier this week diverting an aircraft carrier toward north korea as the trump administration dropped a massive nonnuclear bomb on an isis targ...

Negotiating table. remember, barack obama ignored the north koreans for years. did not run to the table. kim jong un wants to get to a situation where we give them gifts when they do something bad. we are making it worse with our bluster and sending aircraft carriers in there. we are raising the crisis. >> by our bluster, with the show of military force, as you said, donald trump being a disrepublicdisruption. donald trump getting praise, but do you think this is a tipping point that could be mo...

Media and over the last several weeks of the presidency? >> i think with vice president pence, you have somebody who can go out there and maybe your -- appear to be a more traditional republican when he is delivering the same message that president trump is delivering. he is talking about the things that trump has done. it lands with more force, because pence comes from a more traditional background. at singles for the republicans who are maybe not on total on board with what trump is doing, thi...

But as for the decision making and the leadership, its a tough one. what we see in the public is what we know. and thats what the trump administration is waiting for, to see if they go this nuclear test. at that point, i dont see north korea packing down. theyve looked at the world completely different from the way we do. >> there has been such a rampup in recent days. im curious, general hurt ling, how you see this latest development, if this was a test that failed, if it was some kind of balli...