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>> whats your concern? >> people like nikki haley were telling him -- >> the concern is always youre going to find shady financial ties with russia or that hes not given to charity. i dont need to go through. there were lots of concerns, that he hasnt given to charity. >> let me just say this -- >> an extension -- >> because no one can. [ everyone talking at once ] >> every president since the richard nixon era has released heir tax returns. this guy came into office saying hes going to be trans...

Predecessors in the white house. that is an important signal. at the same time the administration, you heard the national security advisor mcmaster saying they want to find all ways short of force to resolve this. i think what is clear this administration is engaging on this issue. very intensely, but on a lot of different levels. i think the pressure put on china is different. dana and i have covered this issue under previous presidents, including president bush, who had the same set of challen...

Chief white house correspondent john roberts joins us from the north lawn. good evening, john. >> get the evening to you. we heard it just a second ago. the interview with easily answered, successive administrations have tried to cut deals with north korea, they get a deal, to only see north korea cheat on it. it is like the childs book "give a mouse a cookie." this president is adopting a far different policy than his predecessors. the white house pointed to the recent actions that president tr...

Kick the can down the road on as not for lack of trying but the clinton administration, the bush administration, and the obama administration did vis-a-vis the north korean nuclear policy. the longer they wait its not possible. its nor imminent and thats obviously why he said what he said today. >> gordon, critics are right when they say so many of this presidents predecessors have tried and failed at this. but what is the lesson learned? what is the lesson learned from the clinton administratio...

President jinping on this issue. i know for a fact, president xi called after a follow-up to the mar-a-lago meetings that took place on the weekend, and indicated he is willing to work towards dean oakley rising north korea. hell start with economic sanctions. this will take some time to play out. this is a move in the right direction. he is another option that he will never talk about. that is to assassinate kim jong il and create a military coup or some kind of coup, another leader who is more...

Dmz. y he said that the era of patience, strategic patience, is over. what does that mean in real terms? >> it was the policy of the united states of america during prior administrations to practice what they called strategic patience, and that was to hope to marshal international support to bring an end to the nuclear ambitions and the ballistic missile program of north korea. that clearly has failed, and the advent of nuclear weapons testing, the development of a nuclear program, even this wee...

States of america to rack tis what they called strategic patience. that was to hope to marshal international support to bring an end to the nuclear ambitions and the ballistic missile program of north korea. that clearly has failed. and the avent of nuclear weapons testing and development of the nuclear program, even this weekend to see another attempt at a ballistic missile launch all confirms the tact that strategic patience has failed. >> what does it mean to end it in it practical terms? its...

That has alluded predecessors? >> we will abandon the failed policy of strategic patience, but were going to redouble our efforts to bring diplomatic and economic pressure to bear on north korea. our hope is to resolve this peacefully. i know the president was hartened with his discussions with president xi. we will take actions to bring pressure to north korea. there needs to be more. >> this is real for you. there are estimates that north korea could have a missile ready that could hit the con...

An end to the nuclear ambitions of noorrth korea. the development of a nuclear program, even this weekend to see another attempt at a ballistic missile launch, all confirms the fact that strategic patience has failed. >> but what does it mean to end it in practical terms? its either use military force or find a diplomatic solution that has eluded owl your predecessors. >> i think the president has made clear were going to abandon the strategic patience but were going to bring efforts to bring di...

His predecessors? >> i watched, i was fascinated by that. i think a question is, how much did the mar-a-lago visit with president xi matter. we know theyve done some things potentially talking about north korea but thats not, this is within a week. i dont know that we can draw broad conclusions from it. lot i think of what you see right now is rhetorically and tonally different from the trump us what and the obama white house. you said mike pence there, mike pence said the era of strategic patie...