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Client state north korea and returned to u.s. soil last week in an unresponsive state. >> this is going beyond any kind of understanding of law and order, of humanity. >> its a disgrace what happened to otto. >> reporter: president trump visibly moved by the case tweeted out that americas effort to rein in north koreas behavior said it has not worked out, at least i know that china tried. >> read it with the april 11 tweet where he said if china cannot solve north korea the united states will do...

Native held hostage by chinas client state north korea and returned to u.s. soil last week in an unresponsive state. >> this is going beyond any kind of understanding of law and order, of humanity. >> its a disgrace what happened to otto. >> reporter: president trump visibly moved by the case tweeted out that americas effort to rein in north koreas behavior said it has not worked out, at least i know that china tried. >> read it with the april 11 tweet where he said if china cannot solve north k...

Relationship between two countries. the united states trade with china. the two most significant economies in the world cannot be compared to the insignificant amount of trade taking place with cuba. the importance of tourkey in th middle east as a significant ally of the united states, as a nation that is a nato partner, but is also pivotal in the middle east situation also cannot be compared to the relationship with cuba. what cuba has been doing has been contrary to being an ally of the unite...

Youre always playing a game of chess and their response. they say its a provocative act. but obviously the north koreans have to say that any action they take against us would be met with force and self-defeating. play that out for me. >> lets talk about the chinese. they more than any other country in the pacific would take a bath should there be either a state of war or a near war situation. if people panic, the chinese would get the economic brunt of it. they know, everybody knows, that the n...

Japans prime minister vowed a resolute response from tokyo. >> we will keep our high levels of alert while cooperating with the u.s. and south korea. >> reporter: with china responsible for 90% of north koreas trade, the trump administration is counting on beijing to rein in client state and u.s. officials claim they are receiving greater cooperation from the chinese than ever before but at least one analyst cautioned the president and his aides against imagining the chinese to be true allies in...

Security session while japans prime minister vowed a resolute response from tokyo. >> we will keep our high levels of alert while cooperating with the u.s. and south korea. >> reporter: with china responsible for 90% of north koreas trade, the trump administration is counting on beijing to rein in client state and u.s. officials claim they are receiving greater cooperation from the chinese than ever before but at least one analyst cautioned the president and his aides against imagining the chine...

You have seen the bitter resentment expressed by the north korean government, and i think that is a good sign, because it shows that china is bringing influence to bear on north korea. so far, so better, where there is some progress being made, but a lot of work needs to be done. >> bret: it has always been the getting china to move has been tough for the u.s. on this particular issue. is this different this time? >> well, time will tell. i think it is important to understand that north korea is...

You have seen the bitter resentment expressed by the north korean government, and i think that is a good sign, because it shows that china is bringing influence to bear on north korea. so far, so better, where there is some progress being made, but a lot of work needs to be done. >> bret: it has always been the getting china to move has been tough for the u.s. on this particular issue. is this different this time? >> well, time will tell. i think it is important to understand that north korea is...

And squelch their client state? >> for the last two weeks, weve had cooperations from beijing with all that i can guess, but the issue and answered your question is not so much with the chinese will do. the chinese if left alone will help the north koreans and do it to the hilt. but if the trump administration continues to apply real pressure on the north koreans, maybe we can move beijing in a better direction. we saw something important today, and that was president trump signing the executive...

Looks like russia is in fact complicit in the chemical attacks launched against syrians this. kind of protection is questionable and unacceptable and deserves condemnation from our president. >> does russia ultimately hold the cards when it comes to the war in syria? >> not necessarily so, but i think they have a lot of leverage. i mean, you know, syria has for some time been a client state of the russian government and this relationship is one in which we cannot avoid with a direct confrontatio...