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And so what we have to do is increase our military capability. they are in the region, to make it clear to north korea and to china that were going to stand up and defend ourselves and our allies. >> i want ask you about china in a moment. let me ask you about this idea that in fact their missile can reach the u.s. main land. do we know that for a fact that they have the capacity to reach the u.s. mainland right now or is that speculation? >> well, there were -- i think the whole government has ...

Get your ancestrydna kit.here. learn about you and the people and places that led to you and see yourself in a new light. ancestrydna. save 30% through august 15th at ancestrydna.com. >> im quite confident he will continue to try to develop his missile program. it wouldnt surprise me if there was another missile test. he conducted two in july. >> when you say theres nothing eminent. >> ive heard folks say that were on the cusp of a nuclear war. theres no intelligence that would indicate we are i...

Believes north korean leader kim jong un is a rational person. he will continue to develop his missile program and expect it will be more missile tests. >> each time they test another missile or if they should conduct a nuclear weapons test, they develop expertise when they expand the envelope. and so it is probably fair to say that they were moving towards ever alarming. on a sunday show blame passing between those two sides of the president in his heated words of fire and fury and those who be...

around the world. yours in that you do not believe there is anything imminent in terms of north korean action. another missile test? another nuclear test? firing missiles towards guam? >> chris i am quite confident he will continue to try to develop his missile program. it would not surprise me if there was another missile test. he conducted two in july. it would not surprise me if there was another. >> but? >> there is no but. >> you say there is nothing imminent. >> i hear folks saying that...

It is not going away. and so what we have to do is increase our military capability. they are in the region, to make it clear to north korea and to china that were going to stand up and defend ourselves and our allies. >> i want ask you about china in a moment. let me ask you about this idea that in fact their missile can reach the u.s. main land. do we know that for a fact that they have the capacity to reach the u.s. mainland right now or is that speculation? >> well, there were -- i think the...

There are patriot missiles to stop there. what happens afterward is another big question. we dont know. were not saying the u.s. should respond or would respond but when talking about locked and loaded there are a lot of assets if they wanted to respond. naval base guam and andersen air force base and home to some of the most advanced air track. f-32--2, stealth aircraft sent in to try to take out the radar systems and their air defense systems which are quite robust and could be followed by the...

What do we know about the north korean regime? the kim family has been in power three generations. they are homicidal, but they are not suicidal. theyre there to survive. at the same time, if the united states unilaterally attacked north korea, it could unleash weaponry on south korea. i think the chinese dont actually believe that the administration would go that far or the north koreans would go that far. so theyre trying to nudge both sides towards the center. what ive been advocating, i dont...

Plan, kate. what russias foreign minister said is he wants the united states to freeze its joint military exercises happening this month, regularly scheduled. in change for north korea agreeing to freeze the missile program, this is something china and russia have been calling for for a long time. the u.s. is bound by treaty to work with south korea an defense. they have to train together to make sure they are ready for a conflict and north korea given no signs they are willing to slow down. chi...

This calls for china to step in and prevent the united states from toppling the north korean regime. and its editorial, not a government release. gives you a sense where china stands on the north korean issue and china and russia supposedly once again renewing their calls according to the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov saying china and russia want the u.s. to suspend its regularly scheduled military exercises set to begin later this month in exchange for north korea freezing its missile...

An action can cause or spark a war that neither side wants. >> jamie is exactly right, as usual. we have gamed out all of these war scenarios on the korean peninsula. we win. the united states is the strongest on the planet, but south korea is destroyed. there are 1 million people that die. that is not the definition of success. so the key now is how do you get the united states and north korea to step back from the brink. and i dont know whether the reports of a back channel are true, but i cer...