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Molly: thanks for keeping tabs on that. kelly: rex tillerson making a strong statement to north korea at the united nations backing away from statements that talks to come even if north korea continues its nuclear test. he doubled down on the white house position that north korea must put a stop to its threatening behavior and earn its way back to the negotiating table. >> i said earlier this week a sustained cessation of north korea have threatening behavior must occur before talks can begin. n...

Resolution. as i said earlier this week, a sustained cessation of north koreas threatening behavior must occur before talks can begin. north korea must earn its way back to the table. the pressure campaign must and will continue until denuclearzation is achieved. we will, in the meantime, coupe our channels of communication open. >> north koreas u.n. ambassador calls its country nuclear program an inevitable self-defense measure and blames the u.s. for tensions on the korean peninsula. >> lets b...

Keep the channels of communication open. >> do they simply have to stop testing the missiles to begin? they stopped shooting missiles 75 days this fall thinking that they may be coming around but then they shot a new one capable of reaching the united states late november. not only will the north okay -- korean stop shooting missiles but with seer and meaningful actions before negotiations can begin. the secretary of state encourages them to pressures korea to leave them no choice but to come to...

But right now it does look that the republicans have the votes they need for this tax plan. meanwhile, today u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson again urged north korea to drop continued development of its nuclear program. in an address before the u.n. security council and north koreas u.n. representative, tillerson said pyongyang knows that it needs -- knows what it needs to do to get to the negotiating table. >> the sustained cessation of north koreas threatening behavior must occur before t...

The last several weeks. second, president from south korea moon is scheduled to visit president xi in china next month. add to that, one of the top party envoys going to north korea. thats good. >> china is sending this emissary to north korea right now. that seeps like a positive move right now because theres been tension between china and north korea. >> thats right. i think china wants to keep the dialogue open, keep the channels of communication open. its kind of tricky. china also wants to ...

Ambassador nikki haley did, this is about keeping your friends close and your enemies closer. admiral? >> that is incorrect as a philosophy in international relations. what you want to do is keep your friends close, your allies even closer. those with whom you have treaty commitments. and expand outward from there. certainly over time you should have conversations with your opponents. i thought the ambassador baucus in china was a good example of that. we can have conversations. but those we wan...

Stage against incidents of terror. and so expecting to speak on this at some point. of course, richard, as these developments unfold, presidents can never know when outside events will weigh in. the president had planned to turn on domestic issues next week, on infrastructure, so forth, we dont know yet what impact one of our close he will allies having an incident like this, after a confirmed terrorist attack in manchester. this could change things in terms of the trump agenda. so we have to wa...

He would not shut off his phone to the iranian foreign minister, so that is a sign despite some of the tough talk coming out of the white house, tough talk coming from this president when commit to iran, the secretary of state is saying, despite all their problems with the iranian government and the re-election of hassan rouhani in tehran today, that the secretary of state, the trump administration, will continue to keep the lines of communication open, at least at the foreign minister level, wi...

Secretary of state tillerson. either the russians are incompetent or they are complicit. on the other side russians say this has the potential to destabilize the entire region. and then you get the sense that come wednesday, rex tillerson will walk off the plane and they will be at the integration and a foreign ministry and he will sit there smiling in their chairs and shake hands in which they say we had lots of good discussions. its how this always works. so why does anybody believe this is an...

Continue our testing now the white house is saying nothing is off the table including military action. i mean, where do things go from here? >> i think that was one of the most significant bi-products for the first time you have an authoritative channel between the united states government though it doesnt have formal diplomatic relations and thats going to be one of the questions with secretary of state rex tillerson is whether to have that channel of communication open, by misfortune of readin...