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Notification officer, a casualty assistance officer, you have to break this news on a very personal level. my mother-in-law, when she received notification, its something you cant ever redo. and so you pray that its done with a level of dignity and respect and with graciousness and immense amount of understanding. theres no empathy, we cant talk about empathy because have you not been there, you just simply have never been there. and so it needs to be done and approached in a way as described by...

>> general marks, you know general kelly, i want you to take a listen as a part of his remarks today that were really i guess aimed at educating the public, he talks a lot about, hes not wrong for doing so, i think hes right. 1% of the dharnt sacrifices and serves in the military in the 99% of us that often take it for granted, and he took it -- the opportunity at the top of his remarks to educate people about how fallen soldiers, fallen heroes, come home. lets listen to that. >> most americans ...

Secretary mattis to kim jong-un that if he threatens, if he attacks the u.s. would have the capability for a massive response. poppy? >> he made that very clear with those remarks yesterday. barbara starr at the pentagon. thank you very much. joining now to discuss, james "spider" marks. and former national security director for china and south korea under president obama, foreign policy adviser for hillary clintons campaign. general marks, let me join with you. the supposed h-bomb test that was...

The words the president uses in terms of the message it gets to pyongyang is much different than the message that gets to our allies. i agree, that concerns me. we need a tight, cohesive alliance. frankly its never been stronger in terms of our regional focus in that part of the world. this is as strong as its ever been. >> general marks, thank you. laura rosenberger, thank you very much. >> global threat reaction coming fast and furious around the world to north koreas hydrogen bomb test. >> an...

Trump selling to the american people that my plan is going to be smarter and cheaper. >> general marks, you know a thing or two. youve commanded troops in war zones before. lets be honest about these numbers here though. if it is true that were talking about 4,000 troops or so, 8400 there right now, im going to remind the american public there was a time when there was more than 100,000 coalition troops in afghanistan. when president obama came into office, his afghan surge and had that time lin...

>> well, i dont think they mean that, and its the first time theyve heard it like they heard it. frankly, the people that were questioning that statement, was it too tough? maybe it wasnt tough enough. theyve been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years. its about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries. so if anything, maybe that statement wasnt tough enough, and were backed by 100% by our military. were backed by everyb...

Were ready for the type of conflict being advertised right now. >> general marks, on that front, the president says if the united states strikes he gives a totally different perspective, he says its going to be successful and done quickly which harkens back to words we heard in iraq, very different situation and were still not done. here he is today. >> i have no choice but to take it on and im taking it on and well either be very, very successful or very, very successful in a different way quic...

An attempt to threaten to compel action is very dangerous because its highly unlikely the other side is going to actually do what you want, which means unless you want to lose your credibility as a world power, youre going have to act. so it was very helpful, i think. >> general marks, when the north koreans talk which they did many this latest statement very specific about four ballistic missiles being fired toward guam that will fall short of guam i guess as a threat of some sort, how likely i...

North korean regime and the president its hard to imagine scenarios. we want to do that in a responsible way, obviously, so we brought in general spider marks. general marks, lets look at the map here. the distances are so close. >> they really are. the capital of south korea, seoul, that distance is about 30 miles. >> from the border. >> from the dmz in red. the capital is pyongyang, a little more distance. this is compact mountainous terrain. >> if there was a conflict, what are we looking at?...

Almost exclusively on north korea, and that would be what we would have to do, this is a single war, and it would be a devastating conflict which would take a lot of our equipment, forces, manpower, and will, the rest of the world is still there. there are certainly a lot of challenges that we face that i think the national security council and the president and his cabinet need to consider before you just focus everything on one spot on the globe. >> right. obviously afghanistan, which is even ...