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>> darryl, senator grahams assertion there, saying basically, look, youve got to talk to kim jong-un in a way that he understands. do you agree with that? >> we have to speak with kim jong-un. thats one thing we have not yet been doing. the trump administrations name for their policy with respect to north korea is maximum pressure and engagement. but there hasnt been any engagement with north korea to this point. so we have to be very careful with the rhetoric. the presidents remarks. lets call ...

Stood behind jfk. this is analogous to the cuban missile crisis. we need to come together. >> michael steele is an msnbc political analyst. also former chair of the republican national committee. ron klain served as chief of staff to vice presidents gore and biden. mr. steele, let me start with you, sir. just your general take on the presidents blunt language. do you think his comments likely were off-the-cuff, or do you think that those comments were a scripted and vetted by a national security...

Nuclear weapon, and with this kind of bombast, you know, the north koreans, they love provocation, and they are going to believe thats where you are going to go ultimately. that regime wants to survive, but if the president believes that the department of defense can hand him the intelligence and the capability to carry out any type of strike and expect no consequences from that, then they are being highly unrealistic and it will cost thousands of people their lives. >> take 45 seconds and do wh...

North koreans continue their weapons testing. this type of activity by the north koreans described here, while very important is not the intercontinental ballistic missile, the threat that north korea can pose to the united states directly with long range missiles tucked with a nuclear warhead. this is anti-cruise ship missiles. shorter range could be very active in that region. its something the south koreans want to keep an eye on if theres north korean shipping with the missiles on board if t...

North korea than originally planned. its vowing to stick with its nuclear program and even threatened to retaliate. so what does happen now? >> right. the response is not unexpected from north korea. this is the kind of rhetoric that they use. i dont think that anyone was surprised to see that pyongyang would vow some kind of retaliation for what they see as a provocation. they have called this a violent violation of their sovereignty with regard to the sanction. certainly this is the kind of re...

This is very short-range stuff, very close to north korean shores, in their waters. important for the south koreans, because theyre always looking for some north korean provocation at sea, but again different. so it would be interesting to know when the president retweeted this what he really had in mind on about they. was it something that perhaps he thought was not serious enough -- seriously classified enough that he could out there and retweet it? and there some mixing up of the threat here...

Missile intercept at launched from the uss paul john jones failed, jon. now critics on capitol hill said president trumps defense budget actually cuts missile defense but the house armed services committee chairman matt thorn berry says he wants to put language and get more money for missile defense. jon? >> jon: so what are they doing there at the pentagon? what options does the u.s. military have? >> well, jon, the military also has offensive options, including having over 400 intercontinental...

A decision like this. capability of his weaponry. stuff that goes up in the air and down into the ocean or will it really hit alaska or los angeles. intelligence is presumably advising the president of that. he wisely is not sharing that with the public. these are military secrets, and a legitimate, lawful secret. i do not know why he would try to provoke this guy, unless as a barry goldwater once said, i would trade provocation so i can wipe the main enemy out. >> trish: that is an interesting ...

Is the best option going-forward. diplomacy hasnt worked so far. what can the united states do. >> i think jim gave you the package of things that have to be done. none of them are likely to reverse the situation were in. if the objective is to eliminate the north koreans nuclear potential, and ballistic missile capabilities, thats not an achievable objective for anything short of general warfare in northeast asia. if thats the objective, thats where were headed. we have to look at whats a reaso...

Reckless. its irresponsible and international community really laid down the groundwork of saying were not going to watch you do this anymore. now north korea has to respond. and, yes, they are going to say -- they are going to threaten, they are going to do awful these things. we are not going to run scared from them. >> dana: and not overreact to every provocation. do we have a plan to keep china engaged to make sure? because, general jack keane will be here a little bit later in the show. he ...