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Russia and china are working together to try to deescalate the tension trying reported of course by pyongyang missile program. lets bring in ivan watson from the russian capitol moscow. the two leaders of russia and china have met recently have they come up with a plan? >> yeah, they put out a joint plan what they call a step by step plan to try to deescalate tensions on the korean peninsula. in that the two governments -- they express concern about north koreas ballistic missile launch or possi...

Testing successfully. do you buy it? >> well, the primary objective of this test was to test the missile by itself and the possible of north korean regime to lock the missile with enough energy to reach --. at the same time these are helpful in testing technology. the steep angle of reentry into the atmosphere helps them sent rate longer range, and helps them perfect their reentry vehicle. so its clear they are seeking tha capable. >> when you look at where they are in terms of their missile pro...

Relationship where you can sort of move somebody in a certain direction. so they dont seem to have that bond or that trust, so what does president trump do. theres talk of diplomacy, do you head in a diplomatic direction. but trump was very critical of the iran deal. and sort of tamping down nuclear threats and does he head down that diplomatic path. >> and china said if we can get north korea to the table. the table for what? kim jong-un has given no indication that hes going to give up his mis...

Demonstrate to north korea these are canadiens to their pursuit of nuclear weapons. he adds, any country that hosts north korea guest workers, provides economic or military benefit, or fails to fully implement u.n. security council sanctions is aiding and abetting a dangerous regime. china is north koreas strongest ally. its responsible for the majority of its economic activity. china again called on the u.s. and south korea to suspend their joint military exercises in exchange for north koreas ...

Sensitive, all-weather. you could go against a fixed target. you could potentially even try and go against targets with some mobility. but its more about the message that this is sending. this is the u.s. and the south koreans trying to send a visible message north. we have weapons. if you attack, if you have another provocation, we could prosecute -- we could go against your targets. lets be clear. this is not aimed at going against north korean ballistic missiles, but it could potentially mayb...

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As they determine how to go forward. so, for instance, you could do something very low-risk and yet visible. like flying a bomber or two over the peninsula. as barbara suggested, boosting up assets on the peninsula. frankly, john, i think theyre probably looking at region-wide assets, and allocations there. whether or not theres a regional posture that needs to change. not just on a peninsula. certainly you could sail more ships to the region as well. lots of things you can do that are low risk,...

Advance their missile program faster than we can impose sanctions that can matter. at some point well face up to that fact. >> status quo. is it sustainable, jim? >> in some ways these tests put more pressure on the other parties to try to initiate a dialogue or a negotiation because, clearly, it would appear were early days here. but it would certainly seem as if the north koreans are advancing their ibcm capabilities. if thats the case, the sooner we can freeze it, the better. >> jack, kristen...

Could go a long way in agreeing to lean on those entities, those banks, which are making it easy, which are enabling north korea to carry on. >> as kristen mentioned, new sanctions on one of those banks just last week. jim, you wrote diplomacy is the best issue for resolving this. that, obviously, hasnt really worked before. why do you think it will work now? >> i think it did work during the agreed framework. if you look at a map that details north korea nuclear and missile test. you notice a b...

In april after the assad regime conducted a chemical weapons attack on his people, the president sent 59 tomahawk 34i6 missiles to a syrian air base. >> all right. and then hes been on the phone. talking with all of these world leaders over the past couple days. who are some of the folks he is talking with and what are the issues he wants to get at with them? >> reporter: well, as you know, the president has been very active on twitter this weekend and most tweets focused on the media, attacking...