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Answer to that, we dont. whats the answer? >> the answer to that is the most effective way to prevent war is to be prepared for it. to make sure that there is a viable military option that if necessary you could execute to protect the american people knowing this is the gravest decision that any leader has to make. what were endeavoring to do is resolve this north korean crisis, a crisis that has grown over the years. as dr. kissinger said in the wall street journal this weekend, the approach to...

Weekend, the approach to north korea has been characterized by provocation and procrastination. we cant procrastinate anymore. the effort is to combine what we are doing diplomatically, economically and with key allies and partners and others including china to resolve this short of any military conflict. >> theres been confusion. has the president drawn a red line? is it a threat from kim jong-un? is it a missile test to guam? can you explain how his words should be interpreted? he said even a ...

Of guam in provocation an assurance of safety. and rob reiner, what do you make of the presidents response versus the ones that i just read? >> well, unfortunately, this man has been stoking racism for many, many years. he dragged along with him all of these white supremacist anti-semitic groups and the fact of the matter is theres only one side and anti-semitism and racism and that is pure and simple and i want to know, wheres jeark on this? the guy calls himself an orthodox jew and you have pe...

Radioactive cloud, hotels 95% full. and you would never know this place is a focal point of an international crisis. >> it is a crisis, but i think, you know, to many of us who -- we all realize that theres very little we can do thats within our control; right? >> all the people that are here enjoying it, im pretty sure they feel the same, that, you know, if theres going to be a war, theres going to be a war. if not, you know, lets enjoy whatever we have left. >> so guam is making -- or looking ...

Provocation to china to say as you said, we want stability more than anything else, so we will do "x" which they havent done. that would be an amazing conclusion. it matters what north korea thinks. heres their statement. and their response to the rhetoric. do we have the statement to put out? wait for it. wait for it. we should play some light music. look, ill characterize it for you. there it is. trump is driving the situation on the korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war. making such ...

Because of this increased rhetoric, the threats on both sides. moon having to sort of fall in line with president trump of the united states rather than reaching out to north korea. hes already been rebuffed once. i think as far as were hearing anyway, the effort to have any sort of talks with north korea right now is very much on hold on the part of the south koreans. in fact, one other note, today we heard from the south koreans. they are going to move forward with the planned military exercis...

So people are hanging on every word of this fiery rhetoric. president trump doubling down, saying perhaps he should have spoken and issued an even tougher ultimatum, saying there would always be consideration for negotiation. certainly that is the direction the south korean government would like to see all of this move in. but they are standing closely with the u.s. government, with president trump. they have condemned pyongyang for the provocative actions and further provocation would warrant a...

For negotiation but wouldnt rule out a preemptive strike. certainly that is the direction the south korean government would like to see all of this move in. but they are standing closely with the u.s. government, with president trump. they have condemned pyongyang for the provocative actions and further provocation would warrant a military response and we are learning now that the u.s. national security adviser and the south korean national security adviser have spoken in the last few hours sinc...

The baltics. >> germany, germany. >> germany. we have people training in ukraine, we have potential now to go to venezuela and weve been in iraq and afghanistan now for 17 years. it never ends fast and we have to be aware of that. >> general marks, a final word to you. what do you make of these now additional threats to say venezuela? >> well, that puts additional pressure on the department of defense and our ability to respond but lets be frank about the level of readiness on the peninsula. its...

This crisis. south korea saying that the u.s. will not act unilaterally without consulting their allies first of all. here, the government does announce that civil defense drills later this month, theyre regular, will be expanded and also south korea confirming those military exercises with the u.s., which of course the north sees as a real provocation, they will go ahead involving tens of thousands of troops. >> lets get a reality check. bill was saying that locked and loaded is always the stat...