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But i think what the president was just reaffirming is the united states has the capability to fully defend itself from any attack and defend our allies. and we will do so. so the american people should sleep well at night. >> a clear difference in approach between president trumps fire and fury rhetoric against north korea and rex tillerson who you heard there who seems to be trying to bring down the temperature. where does that leave us in the midst of the escalating tensions? joining me now, ...

What we want to see is more soft power. we need an ambassador in south korea. we need to get the ambassador confirmed for china and need one for japan. i think south korea and japan, our so-called enemy north korea, our frenemy china, we need more communication with all of them and let them know what we are willing to do and not willing to do. we need better communication. >> its a hard comparison, rebecca. certainly full of a lot of difficult choices, really in terms of no win. thats how the sc...

Of north korea but throughout the world. it is clear that what has happened is some of our enemies have tried to test this new president. you saw in january where the national security council put the iranians on notice. you saw the response to the syrian provocation and youre seeing the response to the north korean provocation. my view is that this is a president that is drawing the new red lines and telling these nations how far they can go and how far they cant go. and thats a good thing for ...

Shaking hands with president obama. its nice to see him out and about on this memorial day. he, of course, lost friends and colleagues in like so many others that served this nation over the years. we also heard from the defense secretary ash carter and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey speaking for the last time as joint chiefs of staff. he will be leaving that office. im joined by former brigadier general mark kimet who watched this along with us and general, i was ...

Chief will take to their graves. thats why it weighs so heavily on them. >> to a certain extent we owe it to the men and women who have fallen to continue to ask these questions, to ask those questions to policymakers and policymakers know, it is their duty to always seek the right answers to those questions. general mark kimet great to have you with us. thanks for sharing in this day and remembering alongside us all of those who have fallen. >> well, thank you for letting me join you. . . >> 53...

French jets take off the allied gauntlet comes down. a coalition of western and arab nations launching the first strikes on libya. welcome back to our special edition of "the situation room." its early sunday morning in libya and the government there is under siege. operation odyssey dawn is under way. the coalition of western and arab nations hammering away at gadhafis military. lets take a closer look. joining us is retired general mark kimet. general, the british now saying theyve launched th...

Mark kimet. lets start with this. its been called an icbm, believed to be potentially solid fuel. whats the deal? your thoughts? >> i think what the north koreans are trying to demonstrate that they not only have the ability to reach japan and korea but getting close to the west coast of united states. >> how big of a development is this? again, icbm and solid fuel. >> well, we have understood for quite some time that the north koreans were developing a very aggressive missile program. on one ha...

Now, this is an area of the world that is familiar with this sort of tension. but what distinguishes this escalation from past crises is the world of china. china is the main ally of north korea and the countrys economic lifeline. china is urging both sides to back down to avoid having a situation spiral out of control. as it stands, neither side appears to be willing to do so. the risk, of course, is that a small mistake could lead to terrible consequences. >> janice, thank you for the latest. ...