blaming china for not, quote, easily solving this but five-party nations, all of the nuclear powers getting together, that there is sort of a world community as expressed through either the u.n. or some other body bringing sort of a concerted effort to try and surround this regime, contain this regime. perhaps undermine this regime just through information by working with defectors, by talking about human rights and sort of the universal values that even north koreans might be interested in if they could just get the information. something like that is much more likely to succeed than the saber rattling and sort of sending planes to fly next to a dictatorship. we have pictures here of china and the military mite that they are showing off this morning. i m wondering, first of all, tom about the timing of that. when we hear the statement from north korea on they call themselves new world power for
day of my administration. if a fight does come, it will always end the same way. we will win, win, win. we will never lose. we will win. president trump stressing america s military mite. speaking during the commission of the uss gerald r. ford. and to derive the drop spending and beef up his funding. in his budget he is pushing congress to include an additional $54 billion for defense next year. cnn military analyst mark hertling is with us now. when you hear that figure, $54 billion, it s impressive. what do you takeaway from that? how much good will that do? it is impressive. it will contribute, but, truthfully, not to disavow anyone, but it is normal of that
that s over 6 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 250 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. jon: some quick headlines for your saturday morning. new overnight. hints from north korea it might be willing to play nice. a senior diplomat for the country saying it could agree to talks with the u.s. if conditions are right. in related news, russian president vladimir putin not wanting to be left out saying he wants to play a constructive role in resolving that threat. and a new global analysis of military mite shows the united .
although the associated press is reporting that the swedish embassy in pyongyang has, in fact, confirmed an american has been detained. we know from reuters today, a new threat from north korea, that of which the u.s. aircraft carrier with a single strike as the vinson is heading in the region. what more do we know about that? well, this is actually from a commentary that appeared in today s edition of the newspaper for the ruling workers party. it was on page 3, it was after a two-page spread on the north korean leader kim jong-un visiting a pig farm. again, in commentary form, yet another threat geared towards the united states saying the north is combat ready to sink a u.s. aircraft carrier with a single strike and then going on to say it s a show of north korea s military mite. thomas, as you know, north korea has been issuing these kind of
behavior. i think you re going to hear a lot more from capitol hill when they get back after the recess about can we talk about what we really can be doing? interesting now, senator john mccain said on meet the press today this could be the first real test for the trump presidency. you re a white house columnist. what are you hearing from the white house about all of this? clearly, the white house does see north kea as a threat, alex. they see it as an opportunity and a way for president trump to show some muscle. he s, obviously, very adamant he will never back down, but i do think paul raises an important point about this notion of unpredictability. does perceived unpredictability work because other regimes are fearful of it, or do they think they in turn have to show their military mite as a counterweight? i think the jury is out on that point, and we ll see how it develops. what about your latest