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The trump administration try to advance the posture on north korea from where the obama administration was, they ratcheted up the rhetoric, no more, no toll her rance, and they came out with that terse statement, weve said enough, wont say anything else. the only thing that seems to have changed they have a different munition, north korea, but does that change the politics or the possibilities for what the united states can do to make good on its new, tough talk? >> well, yeah. i mean thats the ...

After the chinese with the russians say theyre willing to work on the north korean program if we also agreed to freeze the u.s. and south korean north koreans drills and we do this. the weapons they use are interesting. these are long range tactical ballistic missiles and theyd be the weapon of choice. the weapons used are very accurate. i think were trying to send a message back to north korea. i dont know how effectivive thats going to be. nothing has deterred korea so far. they seem hell bent...

Trump administration do now to actually pull back on north koreas program to get them to give up their intercontinental ballistic missile and their development of a nuclear warhead? no answer to that question. >> that, of course, is the burning question. thank you very much for all of that reporting. north koreas latest provocation, bring the new urgency to president trumps trip to europe. the president will depart within the hour for poland and from there he goes to the g-20 summit where all ey...

To discuss this latest provocation by pyongyang even hes the president who tried to avoid addressing this directly yesterday did offer this not so subtle warning. >> we do have challenges but we will handle those challenges. , believe me. >> got to appreciate the candor there by the president. he didnt come right out and say it, guys. but i think the messaging was unmistakable. we have a team already in place already in europe. john roberts, kristin fisher and i will keep you covered here until ...

Widely criticized probably by democrats and even some hawkish republicans. and so, the message that is sent by the body language of their photos and also any statement is going to be interesting to see. >> daniel, we were talking earlier about the developments in north korea. in fact, back in january, trump tweeted that north korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the u.s. it wont happen. this morning, though that may have cha...

But what kim jong un wants to project is power through his missile technology. if he gets icbm technology, that basically increases his bargaining chips by tenfold. its a 10 x proposition. everyone knows that. people are watching closely. thats what my believe is that kim jong un wants a deal. he didnt want provocation. thats riley the fodder for the things he does want. he wants to stay in his power, basically have stability within his own regime, but not at the cost of his power. >> okay, jasp...

Lower. but we havent had the exact assessment from the south korean military. were trying to find out what they think the range was and certainly whether or not that will be updated by u.s. pacific command, as well. the tweet you mentioned by the u.s. president, that was just after the missile but before we realized just how significant this missile test could have been. it will be interesting to see if theres an updated response from the white house. we had a comment from the south korean presi...

Sensitive, all-weather. you could go against a fixed target. you could potentially even try and go against targets with some mobility. but its more about the message that this is sending. this is the u.s. and the south koreans trying to send a visible message north. we have weapons. if you attack, if you have another provocation, we could prosecute -- we could go against your targets. lets be clear. this is not aimed at going against north korean ballistic missiles, but it could potentially mayb...

>> i think in some ways yes, in some ways no. i think the fact that the president has been much more decide sif in dealing with some of the enemies that were confronting than the previous administration i think has upped our status. i think a lot of the political turmoil that you see here in the united states has not helped this president, i think -- obviously im very much in favor of what the president did on the paris accords, but thats not possible among a lot of our allies in europe in parti...

Jong-un to have the ability to deliver a nuclear warhead to the united states. every time they test fire its not just an act of provocation and aggression and message sending, its a test. they try to make tweets to their ability on timing, on how to become more efficient, and as they continue to improve their technology, they move closer to that ability the pressure gets ramped up on us to be able to prevent that. now, we approach this under the philosophy of d.i.m.e., diplomacy military informa...