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Something this significant. the enter agency process is critical, but here is another thing that has come out in this process that didnt quite come out today, and i believe it should have. were pressuring north korea but for what? what is our objective? if our objective is what some have said, which is theyve got to give up their nuclear weapons and missile programs, well, thats probably not an achooefbl objective, not by pressure, not by diplomacy. and maybe my general warfare on the korean pen...

Threaten to derail some of the efforts that the secretary of state has been working. i think there is a way back from this. it also provides for a few more challenges than had been anticipated by the folks at the state department. >> "the washington post" editorial board wrote this about the presidents remarks. north koreas steadily advancing nuclear weapons and missile programs are serious. dealing with that will require patient, pressure and skilled diplomacy, perhaps for years. indeed, mr. tr...

What i think is a reasonably coherent strategy. the administration had a win over the weekend at the u.n. by getting the chinese and the russians to sign on to very tough sanctions resolution. now with this new war of words, weve pushed off of that strategy seems to me and tried to go back to threats, which are only going to get the north koreans to pursue their weapons programs and missile program more aggressively. so i think we should lower the temperature a bit and get back to what the secre...

Testing more nuclear devices. already conducted five nuclear tests and not ruled out the det devices. the problem, the united states said they absolutely wont discontinue their military drills saying they have to practice with the south koreans in the event of a conflict and north krn koreans say if they d, they wont stop with their missile programs. conditions that get them to the bargaining table, complicating measure, a new round of sanctions, china never approved sanctions after a missile la...

Playbook in terms of considering a new approach to north korean policy. trump announced that his approach to north korea would be maximum pressure and engagement earlier this year, weve seen a lot of pressure. additional sanctions on north korea. united states has worked with south korea on missile defense. but the engagement piece has been missing. so right now what i think the trump administration needs to do to address this threat is send a clear message to north korea that the united states ...

Them to evade these sanctions, by setting up fake companies, doing black market deals that allow billions of dollars to continue to flow into the country, despite round after round of sanctions, so china is promising, at least for now, that they will enforce the sanctions. but wolf, you know sanctions take a very long time to take effect. it is not an overnight -- it is not an overnight solution, and analysts believe that north korea is just a matter of months away from having this icbm that cou...

Is time you cut that out. he made the same case in thailand earlier today, that is a country where north korea has an embassy, a country the state department says has very lax visa rules, allowing north korean officials to go in and set up shell companies there, all of that to playing into that this diplomacy rex tillerson is conducting right now. >> jon: as ominous as this news is as concerned as we are, it is even more concerning for the immediate neighborhood, places like south korea, japan a...

Minnesota mosque just outside of minneapolis. officials say a bomb was thrown inside the imams office just as worshippers were praying. nobody was hurt, but minnesotas governor is calling it an act of terrorism. also, people in tulsa, oklahoma, are cleaning you up after a rare august tornado. the national weather service says an ef-2 tornado touched down around 1:30 yesterday morning. at least 30 people were injured. the city ak knowledging that warning sirens defendants exhibit -- did not go ...

Certainly hear from them if they have a desire to want to talk. >> the isolated nation vowed to continue building up its nuclear program and warned america could face, quote, harsh retaliation for new sanctions pad by the united nations. this weekend the u.s. security council unanimously approved new sanctions on north korea as punishment for escalating its nuclear weapons and missile programs and notably that vote did include china and russia. last night president trump spoke by phone with the ...

Ruva and the united states on the same page, but what did the sanctions mean? >> it was to get after the hard coverage. the money they use to -- investigator nikki haley said this will target about one third of north korean exports. coal, iron ore, even tapping the number of laborers north korea sends to other kinning like china and russia, so again trying to get at that money, looking a banks that do business but very clear they sanctions were not going to have any effect on the missile program...