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China. last words, general tatum. >> what i think is michaels on for something. you have to leverage all options are, cyber, military, economic, diplomatic. i think president trump has made a brilliant move with president xi jinping and i think were going to expend every option like hr mcmaster said and secretary matus are going to advise the president to expend every single option before we try the military option in korea. you cannot have a north korea with nukes that are threatening markets o...

If hes as crazy as he says, what does that mean for south korea, china, and japan? >> as you know, theres 50 million people in south korea, about 125 million people in japan, and china has billions. so what were looking at is the world is on the break of geopolitical meltdown thanks to the lack of foreign policy care, guidance, whatever you want to call it from the obama administration that i think its very striking and telling that youve got hr mcmaster and cauble because weve got isis in pakis...

House newt gingrich. let me ask you the same question im asking john roberts, the promise by vice president pence, the era of strategic patience is over. general mcmasters saying its clear the presidents determined not to allow this kind of capability to threaten the united states. we know they have nuclear weapons. we know they dont have capability. if you take those words literally, it sounds like they feel that they have to take out any capability they have. how do you interpret it? >> i thin...

And that was a message heard around the world. >> sure. but, look, i mean there were issues that the president was dealing with with china because he was focused on north korea and trying to get chinese cooperation in dealing with the very pressing issue of north koreas nuclear program. so i dont know that we should be too harsh on the president for not pushing his china agenda as articulated during the campaign right now when there are more pressing issues. >> its not a matter of being harsh. i...

The fact that they bring up this missile system, something that china is vehemently opposed to shows the differences on each side and it calls into question their ability to cooperate. >> matt rivers live for us in beijing, 4:00 pm there. thanks, matt. >> unified front echoing national security adviser h.r. mcmaster, who was appearing to work from the same north korea talking points. suzanne malveaux has more. >> good morning, allison and dave. president trump returns from mar-a-largo where he c...

The bent gone on friday afternoon it was a pretty relaxed atmosphere over at the pentagon. you didnt see the president travel down the mar-a-lago with his work cabinet, if you will. he did not have his defense secretary with him, he did not have h.r. mcmaster. they know that north korea has not tested an icbm that could reach the u.s., so they had different scenarios, the bottom line is, i think if you look at general mattis statement, 22 words in length. very short, to the point. the president ...

Chemical weapons, that was done completely successfully, it was done quickly and it was done with enormous effect. chris: i want to ask you one last question and we are less than a minute left. michael flynn brought you in as number two national security adviser, theres a new head of nse, general mcmaster, the reports that you are out and youre moving to singapore to be the embassador there, what happened and how do you feel about it? >> well, first of all, president trump hired me and he gave m...

Afternoon it was a pretty relaxed atmosphere over at the pentagon. you didnt see the president travel down the mar-a-lago with his work cabinet, if you will. he did not have his defense secretary with him, he did not have h.r. mcmaster. they know that north korea has not tested an icbm that could reach the u.s., so they had different scenarios, the bottom line is, i think if you look at general mattis statement, 22 words in length. very short, to the point. the president would have no more comme...

Chemical weapons, that was done completely successfully, it was done quickly and it was done with enormous effect. chris: i want to ask you one last question and we are less than a minute left. michael flynn brought you in as number two national security adviser, theres a new head of nse, general mcmaster, the reports that you are out and youre moving to singapore to be the embassador there, what happened and how do you feel about it? >> well, first of all, president trump hired me and he gave m...

>> we saw north korea with a failed missile launch over the weekend. "the new york times" has done some astounding reporting that under the obama administration, this idea of sabotage of the entire north korean missile and nuclear program was undertaken. can you shed any light on that? is this failed missile launch perhaps an example of efforts that you started inside the obama administration? >> i cant shed any light on that. thanks. >> cant? wont? >> cannot. >> cannot. will not. but certainly,...