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Would see this for what it is. dont worry about it. its a bait to make you freak out. >> i think i would probably take it from a little different angle of what is having the statue of liberty in a hijab have anything to do with liberty or freedom? i is have talked with some of my muslim friends. >> eboni: is that a real question? >> it is a real question. >> eboni: can i tell you. >> women in iraq all these women liberated from isis the first thing they did was took them off and they burned them...

Korea with nuclear tipped icbms saying, quote, intolerable from the presidents perspective. ned, you hear that and it sounds as if a military option is the only option that this administration is considering. >> well, we have heard as i said before these mixed messages. and i think hr mcmaster in his interview over the weekend was much more hawkish than we had previously heard from rex tillerson. and so i think this administration needs to marry a diplomatic strategy with the contin continual th...

And the arsenal unless they have some sort of guarantee. so military options are few and far between. i dont think the united states is in the business or has much interest in taking the argument to the next higher level. but i tell you, there are two things we can do. one of them as i mentioned is continued economic strictures. and the other is that we have a fairly robust aggressive offensive capability in cyber. were almost undoubtedly going to try something like that in addition to increase ...

>> what is means is that they could have capability that could hit the united states. it doesnt mean that they are all the way there. there is still a technological hurdle of reentry and preventing the nuclear weapon from disintegrating. but miniaturization is considered one of the most difficult things to accomplish, making weapons small enough to fit on a missile. and u.s. intelligence is assessing that north korea has achieved that. >> all right. ken, thank you. stand by for me if you can, ge...

>> ned, also as i opposed to the general, it seems that it hasnt caught folks by surprise, but the speed with which it has happened is a bit surprising to a number of folks. how did we not see this coming quicker? >> well, im not sure we missed it. i cant go into classified assessments on or classified fos information, when you this was always on the table. u.s. intelligence agents knew this would be inevitableyou thi always on the table. u.s. intelligence agents knew this would be inevitable. b...

What did you want to say? >> yes, because i was part of that 1994 discussion that ned was referencing. and actually we looked at the options then of military strike on north korea, that wasnt a good option in 1994. when 1994, when we thought they might have reprocessed the spent uranium fuel in the on board reactor. instead we got an agreement called the agreed framework. we were going to combine two reactors in north korea. and in the interim, provide heavy fuel oil they could burn. congress di...

For a long time the president says we will not allow north korea to be able to strike the united states, increasingly it becomes clear that not just that they have the capability, but they may have the capability that includes using a nuclear weapon, as well. >> peter, stand by. ned price joining us as well. ned price of course spokesman for the national security council under president obama, and also an msnbc contributor. ned, word that north korea has now miniaturized this nuclear warhead. ho...

U.s. and soviet union to work out a model of deterrence. we havent done that yet with the north koreans. we hope they realize the military mite of the u.s. is mighty. >> jordan chiang, thank you very much for calling in, appreciate your expertise, sir. >> joining me now is ned price. thank you for being here. the president has tweeted again, this time, retweeting more jobs numbers from two days ago. i hate to put these two things side by side, but theres a lot going on right now, its a big devel...

The way that the american public has approached the affordable care act has changed in some way or form over the last month for a potential of a going away has become a reality. i believe it is about 57% in the most recent poll that said, 50% of americans want democrats and republican to come together for health care to reform and not just fix. the failing aspects of the affordable care act. i do agree with ned. it will be tough to make a heavy lift right now. on the issue of health care if we a...

With someone like vladimir putin a former kgb operative and has manipulated presidents from george w. bush to include president trump himself. so its very dangerous. its very risky. its not something that you would want to do. there are ways to ensure the privacy of these conversations without giving the other side a tactical advantage and not bringing your side to the table. >> ned price, i appreciate how you broke that down. >> michael isikoff, thank you, and charlie sykes stick with us becaus...