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The deescalatory ladder. >> do you see that, ned, the people around the president doing this on a daily basis who are working on this problem, concerned with this problem, have had enough conversations, have said enough publicly about the possibility of a diplomatic solution to kind of ramp back from what the president said, which were some pretty bellicose remarks? >> well, chris, i absolutely agree with john mclaughlin. and ive seen -- i think weve seen that come to fruition in recent days. yo...

Tillerson, who is the secretary of state, and saying dont listen to him. this was him on bbc radio. >> you should listen to the president. the idea that secretary tillerson is going to discuss military matters is simply nonsensical. it is the job of secretary mattis, the secretary of defense, to talk about the military options, and he has done so unequivocally today. he said woe betide anyone who militarily challenges the united states, and that is his portfolio. that is his mandate. secretary t...

For everything. there is this weird dichotomy in trump word. you have him run with these alt-righters like steve bannon who would only want to do military strikes if they use mercenaries. you have people like sebastian gorka now on the u.s. payroll. this was him talking about rex tillerson, who is the secretary of state, and saying dont listen to him. this was him on bbc radio. >> you should listen to the president. the idea that secretary tillerson is going to discuss military matters is simply...

Peninsula. theres no precise attack that can take place, no antiseptic engagement. military engagement will have a significant cost for the people in seoul. i think we should move forward and acknowledge that north korea has an operational nuclear capability, nukes that are embedded on the top of missiles, and that they now have annic -- icbm capability. we have to assume as an intelligence guy, im going to have to assume it has a nuke on the top of it. if we make that assumption, then were goin...

>> bill nealy in seoul, south korea. everyone, thank you so much for joining us. and former senator max baucus. and ned price a former special assistant to the president, a former cia analyst and a national security analyst. the president will be giving a briefing at this hour and were expecting a comment from him afterwards. but you just heard the pent gone is preparing to strike if necessary. but this bomber, not capable. but a bomber that could strike north korea. what is your feeling on this...

Max caucus and ned price, thank you very much. a reminder again were waiting on a state department meeting. well bring you any headlines that develop from that. that predawn raid at the home of paul manafort. were learning more about why the feds came knocking.

But its all online. the only thing hard about it is developing weapons grade physicfissele material. they clearly have maybe a dozen weapons. within five year, they will be an active sub launch threat and icbm threat to the united states. right now problematic. but we have to take it into account. >> ned, let me come back to you here. in terms of how we got to this point, again, hindsight always 20/20, sometimes even better, looking back on not just the obama administration, but the bush adminis...

Nations. they are take your getti are ta. so all their tests are directed at president trump at a time when not many people believe what is coming out of presidents mouth. >> and ned price is still with us. again north korea successfully miniature rising a nuclear warhead. ned in new jersey right now, what is happening?rising a nucl warhead. ned in new jersey right now, what is happening? youve been in situations like this where the president is getting some sort of briefing and being bombarded ...

Feels good to them in their pocketbook. its larger than that its his personality. those are the things talking about. >> mainstream media acting as the -- >> not just that i dont think its just that, ned. i think absolutely the mainstream media is in the bag for trump opposition. im not disputing your point. im saying that trump in addition to that though is creating a narrative that makes it hard for people to get behind him. >> talk about narrative? >> brian: i can answer that way. if you have...

Intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead on that missile, but that this may be a ratcheting up of the situation that could lead to a very, very difficult and tense standoff and possibly a war. now, if that happened, and weve been talking about this in the past few days, its very difficult to see how it ends. and keep in mind, just for example that there are almost 30,000 u.s. service men and women in the korean peninsula, so there are many u.s. men and women, that is not includi...