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What brought them to this point. and that program of maximum pressure will continue, and i think, have a real impact on kim jong un. chris: i want to ask you about exactly that, because before singapore the president said he would not accept north korea as a nuclear power. and heres what you told me last april. is there any possibility that the u.s. would accept north korea as a nuclear a power and allow them to keep some of their infrastructure? >> i dont see how thats possible. chris: but this...

The dialogue. were going to need strategic patience to land this diplomatically. and i think its going to be a very hard sell ever to get kim to give up his nuclear weapons. we ought to be thinking of plan b how we can surround that with intelligence, cyber, maybe international observers. but clearly, weve got a long way to go. this was not a good outcome, other than it was the right move to step away from a really bad deal. >> sumi, let me bring you into this. the point the admiral is making, t...

Maximum pressure which has included increasing number of things. is what rot north koreas been to negotiating table this year and so while its not entirely clear whether these were applied to specifically further those negotiations it is clear that american officials remain committed to what they see as the usefulness of these sanctions and aides say that theyre not going anywhere until they see more progress from north korea on giving up its nuclear weapons on north korea obviously has a differ...

Travel ban case, and the legal strategy in the supreme court, has to hope the justices are willing to step in this politically fraught area of immigration. shannon: thank you, shannon. >> the evolving trump doctor of foreign affairs, maximum pressure on america, put america first. some of the presidents dont just conservative event is worry too little he is paid to a third key feature. and moral voice on the international stage. kristin fisher has more. >> for weeks the world has been wanting wi...

Saying they are not tough enough. let me put this on the screen. republican senators cruz, cotten and rubio plan to introduce legislation that iranian banks from the global financial network known as swift. and, a group called united against nuclear iran tweeted this about your sanctions. whatever happened to maximum pressure? they caved big time. your response? >> the presidents policy of maximum pressure would fully in place tomorrow prewash iranians. that is to really understand the importanc...

Saying they are not tough enough. let me put this on the screen. republican senators cruz, cotten and rubio plan to introduce legislation that iranian banks from the global financial network known as swift. and, a group called united against nuclear iran tweeted this about your sanctions. whatever happened to maximum pressure? they caved big time. your response? >> the presidents policy of maximum pressure would fully in place tomorrow prewash iranians. that is to really understand the importanc...

The sanctions you are imposing and think theyre not tough enough. let me put this on the screen. republican senators ted cruz, cotton and rubio claimed to introduce legislation to cut off irani and banks from the global financial network known as swift. and, a group called united against nuclear iran tweeted this about your sanctions. whatever happened to maximum pressure? they caved. big time. mr. secretary, your response. >> the presidents policy of maximum pressure is fully in place come tomo...

See what the president says. >> sandra: you just heard the words of the president as he entered the united nations here, talking about north korea. talking about chairman kim, dealing with us, as he put it, "far greater than media would understand or know. it has been a good relationship. there been no tests. we got our hostages back. our great heroes." he was really touting the progress that he and his administration are making when it comes to north korea. >> certainly, i think we have seen mo...

>> the overarching theme here is that the president is trying to put the screws to iran, youre a member at the u.n. general assembly last year, the president all but threatened war with north korea, punitive sanctions putting on a program of maximum pressure, enlisting kim jong uns neighbors in the region to put as much pressure on him as possible. the president doing the same thing with iran now, accusing them of being the worlds worst state sponsor of terror among other things, raiding the cou...

Theres been apparently rampant smuggling of oil and fuel into south korea. isnt the same at policy of maximum pressure on north korea, isnt that releasing its grip?>> absolutely not. he should be very careful about what you read in the press around the world. the entire un security council remains committed to enforcing the un security council resolutions. i am confident we will renew that in the week ahead. its one of the things we will talk a great deal about to a country, every nation has tol...