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This is a regime that sees its very existence tied to nuclear weapons and advanced missile capability. they see themselves acting in self-defense. they see the regime dependent on having these arm aments, and they dont see much coming back from the united states. many analysts in this part of the world and elsewhere will tell you that the options that the u.s. has are perhaps limited. people see military scenarios playing out in this part of the world with just cataclysmic consequences. sanction...

Trump how far he will go, whether his words of threats and fury and fire, if, in fact, they persisted, if in fact thats true or hollow. again, we await to see what the trump administration response is going to be. its a very dangerous, challenging, difficult situation as to what the trump administration will do in response to this. its clear provocation. the north has been conducting tests in rapid succession. they have their capacity most experts believe has increased significantly, increased m...

That would be part of the details of the announcement on tuesday. >> the president has said that if we have to close down our government were building that wall is. he backing down from that threat now? >> no. the president is committed to building a wall. >> theres a report out in "the washington post" that said hes backing down -- >> you know how i feel about using other outlets as your source. >> is it wrong then? >> the president has been clear what his position is. i would take that as the ...

Continue to do nothing about it. >> north koreas missile capability and nuclear capability is significantly better than it was 25 years ago and theres no sign that its stopping. the challenge of course is north korea is not our only business with china just like syria is not our only business with russia. the and the presidents ability to have any leverage over china on this is minimal. i think the things theyre trying to do differently than previous administrations so far mostly involve re rick...

Not if you look at this picture with kim jong-un and a new missile that could be powered by solid fuel, which means it can go further and do more damage to a lot more folks. retired general jerry lincoln. what are we to make of that and what theyre up to? >> well, i think that this is -- this is a very critical time. its a huge mistake for america to think the crisis is over. kim is buying time and i think the fact that hes demonstrating now that he has the technology that we have basically were...

Nuclear power and figure out how to deal with them, bring them into the united nations as well, is it time to do that? thats what clapper suggested earlier on the program. >> i think you have to try to bring them into the international community. its going to be very difficult. but i think it involves some kind of certification, the end of the armistice of the korean war. find some ways that they can get some economic assistance of people are starving there. i think there is a tradeoff. energy a...

Ground there for a refuel when a reporter on board the plane asked him, hey, north korea is threatening to shoot missiles at guam. did you think about maybe rerouting? >> well, look, the north korean missile capability can point in many directions. so guam is not the only place that could be under threat. no, i never considered rerouting the trip back. i do not believe there is any eminent threat in my own view. >> i do not believe there is any imminent threat in my own view, says the secretary ...

Rerouting? >> well, look, the north korean missile capability can point in many directions. so guam is not the only place that could be under threat. no, i never considered rerouting the trip back. i do not believe there is any eminent threat in my own view. >> i do not believe there is any eminent threat in my own view, says the secretary of state, following a little more than this hours later by this from the president. >> he does something in guam, it will be an event the likes of which nobod...

Threatening to launch four missiles at the u.s. territory. arizona republican trent franks talked about north koreas capability of carrying out that threat when he said this. >> the reality is that north korea has multiple opportunities there to attack guam if they wanted to. they have the missile capability and, of course, you know, there has been recent reports about the potential ability to attach nuclear weapons to those missiles. >> bill: greg palkot reporting in london. what more do we kno...

Sanctions that have been recommended by and endorsed by the security council. we have to go after our allies and friends who are trading with the north koreans and saying, you can slow this down or stop it altogether because youre helping an adversary continue to build a missile capability threatening us and you, and we cant accept that. well ask you to cooperate with us or pay an economic penalty here. the more we can squeeze kim jong-un economically, he wont be able to have as much to devote t...