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And order. homeland security secretary john kelly vowing to deport illegal immigrants one way or another. talk about with judge napolitano. good to see you today. i understand that you think shouldnt be news that theyre enforcing the laws on the books. >> it should not be news they are enforcing the law on the books. its what the president is hired to do and this is what he hires an attorney general and secretary of homeland security to do. the reason it is newsworthy is because their predecesso...

An end to the nuclear ambitions and the ballistic missile program of north korea. that clearly has failed, and the -- the add vent of nuclear weapons testing, the development of a nuclear program, even this -- this weekend to see another attempt at a ballistic missile launch all confirms the fact that strategic patience has failed. >> reporter: but what does it mean to end it in practical terms? its either use military force or find a diplomatic solution that has eluded all of your predecessors?...

Is over. what does that mean? real terms? >> it was the policy of the united states of america during prior administrations practice what they called strategic patience. hope to marshal international support to bring an end to the nuclear ambitions and ballistic missile program of north korea. that clearly has failed and the advent of nuclear weapons testing and development of a nuclear program and even this weekend to see another attempt at a ballistic missile launch. all confirms the fact that...

Offense. we heard the most threatening words yet from the united states leader on this issue. lets play what vice president pence said. >> just in the past two weeks, the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in syria and afghanistan. north korea would do well not to test his resolve or the strength of the armed forces of the united states in this region. >> david gregory, do you see this as an intentional form of brinkmanship? >> i do. i think that there...

Korean corvette, i mean, they are willing to take some sort of conventional kinetic action, but not willing to go to all-out war, and thats as long as we dont humiliate them. i think trump tweeting and making claims that insinuate regime change are things they are going to take very seriously, so if we back down that rhetoric, i think well see them back down that rhetoric, as well. >> is he different, though, than what we learned from his father and grandfather? i remember kim jong-il, he caused...

Yeah, hes back in the same place on a lot of these issues of his predecessors. hes back with assad has to go and well use a deterrent capability to stop him from using chemical weapons, but we dont want to intervene any further than that. on north korea, hes left with the same options. it was very telling this week when he said he talked to the president of china, who explained to him -- >> how complicated a problem it was. >> that actually donald trump for the last two years was wrong in saying...

>> i think the big picture is that were seeing reversals in president trump. in terms of what he thought he would be doing as president. hed be very, you know -- that he would be close to russia and that china would wind up being potentially a long-term enemy. but hes now -- in reversing his positions hes actually coming back to a lot of positions that president obama and his predecessors held. hes much more in conventional places. i think what is surprising, and we have not seen the degree were...

Through interpreters, but nonetheless, he made the president to the president that hes wanting to move in the direction of denuclearizing north korea. that is a stunning statement. the presidents three predecessors, 20 plus years of involvement with north korea could never accomplish chinas willingness to move in this direction. if turns out to be action and not just rhetoric, its a stunning achievement. >> so you think sanctions could work if they put pressure on north korea, perhaps they will ...

Strike group and the trump administration is being called more vicious and aggressive than its predecessors. trump is being briefed as his spends the weekend and mike pence heads to south korea. the u.s. is flexing its russles half had a world away and dropping a bomb in afghanistan. they showed off video of the powerful strike dupd the mother of all bombs. three dozen isis fighters were killed and president trump stlugd off suggestions that the strike was a show of force the to north korea sayi...

Hey, you bought gas-x®! unlike antacids, gas-x ® relieves pressure and bloating fast. huh, crisis averted. tonight the president went back to his golf club thingie in florida. it will be his seventh trip there as president. because of that, youve seen a bunch of reporting about how much more we the taxpayers are spending to send him golfing at his florida club every weekend, compared to all the vacation and travel expenses of his predecessors. but whether or not that bugs you, consider this....