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Playing a xylophone. hes not comfortable pronouncing his name. hes not comfortable talking about the guy. now hes going to somehow contain him. is the bar set now if he can contain north korea the way barack obama contained iran, that somehow that would be a success? i mean, you got to measure these things against each other. >> hes setting the bar much higher with north korea. hes saying he wants them to give up their nukes. thats never happened before. no country ha already got nukes has given...

Until theres a united front its hard to imagine meaningful talks bringing progress. >> melissa: the second piece of the puzzle has to do with fair and free trade between china and the u.s. the whole idea of getting things back on a level playing field. i never knew how much to take that seriously or was that a pressure point with north korea and the nuke program? where do you think is the balance there? >> i think the president is sincere in his effort to try to rebalance the trade. its an inter...

U.s./korea policy for the council on foreign relations. yes, thank you. jeffrey, let me start with you. you wrote this article nearly a year ago now. ominously warning, quote, north koreas nuke program is way more sophisticated than you think. this weeks news that north korea has militarized the nuclear warhead and holds a bigger status than first thought, i imagine that did not surprise you one iota. the question is, why didnt the government seem to know what you were spotlighting in december 2...

U.s. citizens. what are the options for the u.s. military in a situation like this one? joining me now, retired general barry mccaffrey. good to see you. we can start with the premise that all of know that any military option is not a good one. having said that. when you heard the president say fire and fury, did you consider it a threat of military action and when a president says words like that, what are our armed forces doing, if anything, to position themselves in the case they get called o...

Koreas most advanced missile it is are actually variance of chinese ones. weve got to ask president xi jinping some very pointed questions about how come north korea has chinese looking missiles in its inventory. >> do you expect that they are helping? >> they are definitely helping. we have so much evidence over the course of decades. not just the ballistic missile program. recently china has been supplying north korea with missile material and equipment for his nuke program. this is assistance...

Look at this scandal. >> thanks, elizabeth. >> you bet. >> a quick look at the market. the corner of wall and broad. we were down today. the dow, nasdaq, s&p 500 never got into positive territory, not even once. the nasdaq down four out of the last five days. the american college student held in north korea was released in a coma. we didnt know his medical condition. what else dont we know about north korea and their nuke program? well deal with that next. hi im joan lunden.

We need to ask beijing how these missiles are showing up in north koreas inventory. theres a lot of a lot of other help not only for the missile program, but the nuke program as well. train to the long-range missile they tested last weekend was called a significant advance. at what point are we really at risk? are we at risk now? >> the north koreans can take one of their crude atomic device is entry position in any u.s. city. of course they can also take missiles for their u.s. forces in japan ...

Target 11 individuals specifically in the company specifically. its how the u.s. government is deeply analyzing north korea and finding every possible to apply at the elements of national power. diplomacy military and accountability. the economic attack albeit small but a precision strike against north koreas news program to all these entities and accompanying those guys were there to further north koreas nuke program. arthel: colonel utterback i appreciate your time and the war to talking to ag...

>> reporter: that could include less criticism of russias controversial intervention in syria and more importantly a possible easing of sanctions imposed by the u.s. and europe over the crisis in ukraine. the russian president even seeing a reflection of himself in donald trump, he says. >> translator: he just likes a strong man, a winner in a situation where no one believed in his victory because thats how it had been with putin himself. >> reporter: since his election, trump has been careful n...

Bomber. five police officers were injured and french k-9 dog were killed. police are gathering evidence they may have disrupted another plot. controversial report on irans nuke program. suggesting that the irans stockpile of enriched-uranium has actually grown the past three months. iran was supposed to reduce it significantly with a deal with the superpowers. more on this story as we get it, happening now. harris. harris: jon, wheel see you then. andrea: attorney general loretta lynch is push...