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That work. hard to see, though, in 2018 that kim jong-un is going to change his mind. all indications are he will proceed with his weapons development. boris? >> yeah. barbara, we also got some mixed messaging from him today. he talked about his countrys nuclear capabilities but then he also talked about potentially sitting down and talking to south korea? >> he did. he hinted that he would be open to some discussion about north korea sending a delegation to the winter olympics being hosted in a...

Missile capability, and only a matter of time before they can strike against the united states. we should be clear here. and eminent threat in the united states, the capability of firing a missile against the united states carrying a nuclear warhead. the states are extremely high at this time and north korea does pose a grave threat to the united states and us allies in the region. >> talking about how quickly they are advancing the united states has attempted to be a leader at the international...

Substance, by which i mean, north korea, foreign policy substance. tell me what the significance of this missile test was? because what i -- i looked at it, and it seemed like an old soviet ss-18. and its not entirely clear that the rocket was able to reenter. you know, these things often burn out in reentry. so given all that, and given that the soviet -- the ss-18 is -- what is it, 35, 40 years old. >> thats right. >> why is this a big deal? >> well, the first thing, fareed, is we didnt really...

Tell me what the significance of this missile test was? because what i -- i looked at it, and it seemed like an old soviet ss-18. and its not entirely clear that the rocket was able to reenter. you know, these things often burn out in reentry. so given all that, and given that the soviet -- the ss-18 is -- what is it, 35, 40 years old. >> thats right. >> why is this a big deal? >> well, the first thing, fareed, is we didnt really see this big almost ss-18 coming. the pace of the north korean mis...

Support from other states, rogue countries like syria and pakistan on the black market and nuclear materials. >> still worrisome with all the u.s. efforts to denuclearize north korea failed. going back to bill clintons administration and the bush and obama administrations, u.s. leaders have been working on this and right now north korea has an intercontinental missile capability potentially with nuclear warheads despite all of those efforts. why have they failed? >> they have all failed because ...

Ballistic missile ready by early 2018. that could be week away from right now. >> thats a significant development. if they have accurate information a lot more quickly than earlier anticipated. i want to go to the senior correspondent over at the state department. what are you hearing over there? you are hearing the media saying north korea launched a ballistic missile and saying south korean officials, they are working on the missile capability and developing a capability more quickly than anti...

We wonder what their game is. it might be trying to complete this missile program before china really cracks down on economic sanctions or they are trying to keep the pressure on china to say, you do know what command do not squeeze us so hard, because we are half crazy and if you squeeze us too hard, we can do things you do not like in response. try to play the game of perfecting their missile capability but also keeping beijing on edge, tighter and tougher than sanctions get doesnt necessarily...

Congress about the fact that the u.s. doesnt have the right kind of intermediate missiles and thats because of a treaty we have signed on with russia. no one else has signed on. can you briefly explain it and how it factors in? >> you are referring to the intermediate nuclear force treaty which was signed in 1988. the height of the cold war. i think anything that is 30 years old, including yours truly, or at least 30 years old, should be reassessed from time to time. i have advocated that we sho...

Sunni and she side we have spilled enormous amount of blood and treasure in that region and afghanistan. and iran is absolutely operating at odds with our u.s. national security interests. eric: at the same time, the obama administration agrees with this deal, cant go to the military sites. if they suspect maybe there is some nuclear stuff there, then they could go. they went depart once. no you no, you cant come into the military sites. how do the inspectors know whats going on military sites t...

Trying to find some kind of a deal are being margin iced in both clals. and theres another point to make on the iraq war. i made the same point to my north korean interlock aers. it feels just like when i was in iraq and the eve of the iraq war and it just felt like this tragedy about to unfold. and they said, you know, you completely misunderstand that the lesson of iraq was that we have to have nuclear weapons. if sad am had had nuclear weapons, then he wouldnt have been invaded. and i think t...