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-- so often hes been talked about someone who is irrational. >> molly: many people said he was crazy like his father. hes a brutal, awful dictator, but is not crazy, nor was his father. we did studies on the father when i was in the government. many people have advocated a preventative attack reaven the we dont feel theyre about to attack us we need to start a war to prevent a war based on the idea that hes crazy and he may wake up someday push the button. when i say despite him not being crazy ...

Guam are allies will be met with a massive military response. is now the time for military action? are we on the cusp of military action? >> molly: secretary menaces comments very strong and resolute, but clearly in the context to a response to a north korean rate attack. thats consistent with other administration policies. that is different from wire without we were a few months ago with the presidents comments and comments by national security advisor which seem to be suggesting a preventative...

-- so often hes been talked about someone who is irrational. >> molly: many people said he was crazy like his father. hes a brutal, awful dictator, but is not crazy, nor was his father. we did studies on the father when i was in the government. many people have advocated a preventative attack reaven the we dont feel theyre about to attack us we need to start a war to prevent a war based on the idea that hes crazy and he may wake up someday push the button. when i say despite him not being crazy ...

Guam are allies will be met with a massive military response. is now the time for military action? are we on the cusp of military action? >> molly: secretary menaces comments very strong and resolute, but clearly in the context to a response to a north korean rate attack. thats consistent with other administration policies. that is different from wire without we were a few months ago with the presidents comments and comments by national security advisor which seem to be suggesting a preventative...

Does make it any less troublesome and worrisome. >> jon: other than hiroshima, the world has never seen a nuclear war, partly because of the policy of mutually assured destruction worked with the soviet union and the chinese, they have thousands of nuclear warheads. is north korea different? >> when people advocate a preventative attack, they usually postulated that kim jong-un is crazy and we dont know what theyll do because we need to start a war to prevent a war. i dont think kim is crazy, no...

Pretty severe things. he wouldnt elaborate. he said he didnt want to draw red lines. in terms of what we could do that we have not done yet, what are we talking about here, besides sanctions? >> right now, we really dont know what the president or the administration is thinking. theyre signaling, trying to show resolve and, you know, determination to defend ourselves and our allies. also hoping to deter north korea from doing additional provocations and certainly attacks. were not sure. there ha...