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But first, the presidents meeting now or just finished a meeting with the treasury secretary mnuchin. can you talk about what was on the agenda for that meeting and specifically if theyre discussing the presidents request to find new ways to limit chinese technology investments. hes a something that certainly is -- has been on the forefront of his mind lately. >> i dont have any specific announcements on that. the president spoke with the secretary on a number of issues. trade certainly. the eco...

This is a good bill for democrats. its good the military gets tons of funding and thats all great. military needs a raise, i understand that. but youre smiling, not just because youre hanging out with us on whatever the heck this is, a wednesday night, youre having fun. this is a good deal gor democrats, im sorry. >> how can you not smile when youre standing next to congressman meadows. look, i havent read the full bill, i havent made my final decision on this, but if its fully funding the milit...

Democrats. its good the military gets tons of funding and thats all great. military needs a raise, i understand that. but youre smiling, not just because youre hanging out with us on whatever the heck this is, a wednesday night, youre having fun. this is a good deal gor democrats, im sorry. >> how can you not smile when youre standing next to congressman meadows. look, i havent read the full bill, i havent made my final decision on this, but if its fully funding the military programs, right now ...

It also says that north korean technicians, at least three syrian military facilities right now. syrias regime has been regularly accused of using chemical weapons. most recently just two days ago in the besieged rebel held area of ghouta. it has been under heavy bombardment as the assad regime now pushes for total victory. at least 500 people have died in the last week alone. its 400,000 residents cannot escape. they have little access to food and water. they are all hiding and livings in basem...

Military. so the generals are kept in luxury and they are able to continue their military programs, but the party begins to wither because the resources simply arent available. >> how are we going to know when sanctions are really pinching kim jong-un? analysts say look for signs that his elites are no longer flaunting tvs, the cars, the other luxury items that they have gotten in the past. that may be a sign that theyre actually not getting those items. also when the prices of north korean corn...

Relief that was given through the iran nuclear deal doesnt seem to have filtered down to the people on the streets of iran? is that because it hasnt filtered down yet and it will, or is it just that its being diverted into military programs and syria, for example? >> yeah. i think its a blend of both. theres no doubt that iran has been engaged in costly endeavors both in syria and obviously supports -- in yemen, it supports hezbollah. were hearing protesters say they want to see things stay in i...

Mounted nuclear weapon to deter the kind of action that trump is talking about, and then when we makes specific threats against the north korean people which is what hes saying when he says he will destroy all of north korea, it plays into kim jong-uns hands, because he can then take that to the north korean people, increase and solidify whis standing and explain why he has to divert money from food and shelter and health care to the military programs. theres just absolutely nothing that makes s...

Type of language that has never, ever been uttered by an american president in the modern era toward north koreans over anything? >> right. they see it as justification of their worst fears. that the whole point of the united states is to eliminate kim jong-un. theyre very narcissistic in their own way. they think the whole world revolves around them. so when the president threatens them like that, they go, see? we told you so. what do they do? they accelerate their military programs. look, year...

Dealt with and probably dealt with rapidly. >> shannon: the general comment fox news military analyst, always good to see a. we can confirm the authenticity of it, but if it is true, what does it say to you about how north koreas treating people? >> listen, they are the most brutal regime on the planet. they routinely imprison, starve, kill their own population by the tens of thousands, the population at large is -- they keep food from them. they are also paying for the military programs, what t...

Too, that these are not all tests of us, but they are test of the military programs, and so he is going to be getting pressure from the military to say, look, if we are going to be keeping this kn-15 program on schedul schedule, we need to do a test. so i think that it is a, you know, he is very much focused on a deliverable nuclear weapon, and getting there as soon as he can. >> all right. lets go back to nbcs courtney cubii, and courtney, you are experienced in covering all of this, and how lo...