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Be required for the military to deploy forces to the pacific to undertake military action. i dont think the president has made a decision to undertake military action, but i think he clearly wants that option available to him. weve had five of the most provocative acts conceivable here in the last interval of time. weve had two icbm tests, a nuclear test of a probable two stage thermo nuclear device. an underground test, the sixth by the north korean regime. and two tests over japan. i dont thin...

Second world war. this is important because this is a major test that has come after this thermo nuclear test. were talking about two different programs. were talking about the nuclear program by the north koreans thats become very sophisticated. and the intercontinental ballistic missile program thats become sophisticated. we havent seen the north koreans be able to marry the two together and show they can shrink a nuclear warhead and put it on top of an intercontinental ballistic missile. the ...

But thats why were speculating this might be a thermo nuclear bomb. joining me now is david cone who served as the deputy director of the kraib and under secretary of the treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence during the obama administration. also joining us is msnbc military analyst and medal of honor recipient jack jacobs. lets just talk about the distinction in the type of bombs. is it significant for you? >> yeah, it is. if its just a regular nuclear device, an atomic bomb, it wou...

Widely reported there was one national security warning that he gave to the incoming -- to the president-elect when they were still on good terms and what was that? >> well, it was certainly one of them, that north korea would be at the top of the list in terms of national security challenges. this is an issue that affects multiple presidents. north korea tested its first device, nuclear device, we dealt with the nuclear missile programs, what were concerned about, though, is whether or not nort...

Unfortunately say many times in the past they would do it and enforced sanctions but we know that china has not been active in that. so we have to see where china really is if they are being serious. >> jon: the president has held off declaring china a currency manipulator, for instance, because he wants their help with this very problem. is that a fair trade-off in your view? >> i understand what trump administration needs to do is try to put maximum pressure on china and also give some incenti...

And that means pyongyang looks like this right now. these are live images. these are the first images were getting in of what appears to be a very large commemoration. were expecting this to be a large military parade that they will hold in pyongyang to celebrate that birthday. they do something along these lines at least something big every year on kim il-sungs birthday. but this year, north korea has also reportedly been on the brink of possibly testing some new weapon, maybe a new nuclear dev...

It is evening on the east coast of the united states. it is morning now on the korean peninsula. and specifically in north korea, it is the morning of the birthday of kim il-sung who is the founding president of north korea. and that means pyongyang looks like this right now. these are live images. these are the first images were getting in of what appears to be a very large commemoration. were expecting this to be a large military parade that they will hold in pyongyang to celebrate that birthd...

It is evening on the east coast of the united states. it is morning now on the korean peninsula. and specifically in north korea, it is the morning of the birthday of kim il-sung who is the founding president of north korea. and that means pyongyang looks like this right now. these are live images. these are the first images were getting in of what appears to be a very large commemoration. were expecting this to be a large military parade that they will hold in pyongyang to celebrate that birthd...

They do something along these lines at least something big every year on kim il-sungs birthday. but this year, north korea has also reportedly been on the brink of possibly testing some new weapon, maybe a new nuclear device, maybe a new long-range missile that could skeef bly transport a devic far around the globe. the united states has sent what the president described an armada to the waters off the korean peninsula. im not sure thats the word he meant, but there is an aircraft carrier group ...

Is, quote, not going to sit with its arms crossed in the face of a u.s. preemptive strike. now there has been mounting speculation for a number of weeks that kim jong-un may be preparing for a sixth nuclear test. this is based on commercial satellite imagery that shows increased activity at the site of the past five nuclear tests. there is also a lot of speculation about what north korea means by the big event it has promised for the weekend. in north korea that can mean a lot of things. that ca...