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Them on edge. >> because this does prove americans take the north korea nuclear threat seriously. i imagine that plays into what kim jong-un wants, to have america believe he has the capability to launch a missile that could hit hawaii. >> thats right, i think you hit on what is really the one bottom line i would offer you. if you go into a relationship or understanding of north korea where you say we cannot have talks with you, we cannot accept that you have a nuclear and missile capability. ho...

Friday congress and our european allies have 120 days to fix it or the u.s. will pull out and we are back now with the panel, john, the president is demanding two big changes to the iran nuclear deal. i want to put them up on the screen. first, inspectors must have access to any site they want in iran and second, elimination of so-called sunset provision that is iran would be able to restart parts of nuclear program in 10 or 15 years, is there any reason to believe that either iran or our europe...

Let their secretaries or national security advisers meet first, maybe in a third country, and look for a country to have this -- just negotiate the talk. i think that would be a major step. >> no preconditions? >> no preconditions. i mean, look, it doesnt make sense. i dont believe this policy the u.s. has had that youre rewarding bad behavior by meeting somebody. have a dialogue. find ways to seek common ground. it could be that this north korean is ready to negotiate. she showed that he made a...

The third would be to include irans ballistic missile program in the deal, as well. and this is an agreement or building upon this agreement is what he wants to do only with his european counterparts. he doesnt require iran to accept these provisions. rather, he wants to pressure europe to accept harder penalties against iran. >> while a nuclear deal is still in place for now, the u.s. did impose new sanctions on iranians, mainly for human rights abuse and ties to its missile program. iran says ...

If he gets asked about this. and well get the latest from iran from the tehran bureau chief, ali arouzi. what are you hearing from the leaders over in europe? walk us through it. >> reporter: well, hallie, here we go again. the fate of the nuclear deal hanging in the balance as we wait for the president to decide whether hes going to wave nuclear-related sanctions or violate the agreement. now, as you mentioned, the general consensus is that he will continue to suspend sanctions, but at the same...

This credible deterrent. >> bill: well keep a close eye during the month of february and what happens after that. it appears the renewal of sanctions will continue. not much of a change in our nuclear policy. is that the right decision? >> well, look, i opposed the iran nuclear deal. i dont like it one bit. but the toothpaste is out of the tube in the sense that the previous administration, the obama administration basically gave the $100 billion to the government. as we see from the protestors ...

Nuclear and intercontinental missile program. it has some catching up to do. >> you spoke to michael wolff? >> i did, yeah. >> he is in political focus because of these questions about mental fitness. >> i think everybody is staggered by your declaration that 100%, those are your words. >> 100%. >> of the people around the president believe that he is incapable, unfit for carrying out the duties of this office. >> 100%. it is staggering. that is why -- well, i think thats why this book has hit s...

Efforts in the region the chinese have been making these concerted efforts with the freeze for freeze proposal the chinese and russians have been advocating this idea that north korea would freeze its nuclear weapons development activities in return for the united states and south korea freezing their military exercise. were seeing some of those pieces take place and from the chinese side there is an effort there to frame whats happening now as the beginning part of their process of the freeze f...

Missiles in 16 tests since february and each one of those has shown a steady advancement in their technologies. paula hancocks is in seoul and has a look at the regime leaders reign now. >> reporter: north koreas leader turns a year old on monday. he is young and ambitious and brutal. he has gone further and faster than his predecessors by launching their nuclear weapon program. in the last year alone, north korea fired 23 rockets during 16 tests. the most recent one in november flew higher and ...

Military exercises that were scheduled to kick off during the olympics. those will happen at a later date. so far north korea has been quiet despite early reports of impending ballistic missile test. everyone is hoping for a peaceful olympics. the question moving forward, will the initial discussions lead to something bigger, bigger talks, perhaps a meeting between kim jong-un and south koreas president and what will they be discussing after the olympics? talking about divided families in the no...