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It one step further, as they have threatened repeatedly, including in an interview with cnn back in pyongyang in the last month, when a senior diplomat told me that north korea will not rest until they conduct an above-ground nuclear test, the kind of which the world hasnt seen in nearly four decades. they say that test is the kind of message they need to send to the united states and president trump to prove that they have this, in their words, effective nuclear deterrent, before they would eve...

>> if people believe they can trust kim jong-un, he said he would use his weapons, i believe him. thats why we have to make sure that he doesnt have that ability. >> those weapons would likely be used first on our south korean allies. >> most of the enemy forces are located here. 70% of the fire -- >> as james mattis was reminded when he recent lly visited. mattis did his best to reassure his hosts. >> our goal is not war. but rather the complete verifiable and irreversible de-nuclearization of ...

Being unpredictable. when everyone think theirselves going to do something, they often dont do it. but that said, kim jong-un is under a lot of pressure to show strength given that president trump is here in the region. its really anyones guess. thats why were here watching and waiting. >> we heard, will, president trump say that progress is being made with diplomacy. have you seen any progress on that front? >> reporter: indications on the ground here are, no, wolf. obviously, there are still t...

South koreans to that. the south korean presidents spokesman came out and praised it as being unprecedented long, showing that the united states was serious about north korea. they also said that de-nuclearization is the only path and that strong sanctions and pressure is the way to get there. also said that theres close collaboration between the two countries. and the one thing that was missing from their statement is any mention of war or military option. the only time weve heard about a milit...

The president said the united nations has potential that is unlimited and he wants to see the united nations do something epic. the epic thing he would like to see the united nations do in the immediate term is to put the screws to north korea to get them to give up their nuclear program. the president said they would destroy north korea if it came to that, if north korea were to threaten the united states, its territories or allies. the president prefers a diplomatic option. listen to what he s...

Not to overreact to it, either. >> you said earlier, theres still room for dialogue. are you talking about direct talks? is that the only viable option at this point? thats something the u.s. has always avoided. >> i do think that is -- i wont say the only channel, but i think its the most promising would be a direct dialogue with the north koreans. we say they really want, as barbara indicated in thinking around the pentagon, is what theyre most concerned with is face and leverage and recogniti...

This week. you we heard them say engagement could be possible. it could be the goal of achieving de nuclearization or talks about it. you we heard south korea repeat that engagement can only happen if conditions are ripe. actually, thats exactly the language that was used recently by a top korean dip lo massachusetts he said the doors could be opened to talks if conditions were right. we have this barrage of confrontation, we can say constant missile tests. they will come out immediately and con...

Successive administrations that have ignored north korea. for the first time, the president says lets talk to china. thief the ones that have aided an abetted that nation for decades, giving them the technology to build the weapons and now its time to deal with china with the de-nuclearization of the peninsula. >> neil: and he left out there that im going to go slow on this crackdown on whether they rig their currency or trade to see what they can do on north korea. but hes obviously, you know, ...

Lets wait and see what china does first. thats making a leap of faith and speculating. i think we give china an opportunity to pull some of the levers that they control with respect to north korea. they do not want north korea to become a destabilized regime that would result in a max influx of refugees coming into china. so its in their benefit, to their absolute national security interest with north korea on the border to ensure that if theres going to be a stable transition of power, that its...

As well as china and others engage in this de-nuclearization. >> what are you seeing china do now its never done before? >> they have stopped oil shipments as well, too. you have to understand that north korean trade is almost exclusively with china. they have said openly warning north korea and saying they are engaging with our president to try to tamp down pressures over there. so i think china has stepped up more than they ever have before. that is because of this white house. >> in terms of ...