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Week, thats new. the last that we heard the pyongyang nuclear site had actually appeared to have stood down from having a nuclear test imminent. so is the pressure from beijing working? north korea would never acknowledge that. they would never say that pressure from china is influencing in any way their activities, but apparently the u.s. and china have made it clear that this sixth nuclear test is a red line, but the so-called small missiles, like the modified scud that north korea attempted t...

And is what that causes countries to do is redouble their diplomatic and economic initiatives to try to keep north korea from launching more missiles or, certainly, more nuclear tests. molly: on "fox news sunday" chris wallace had a fascinating one-on-one with h.r. mcmaster, the national security adviser, of course, for the president. take a listen the this exchange. chris: president trump said this week that we could end up, his words n a major conflict with north korea, and hours later saturda...

The north koreans can devastate south korea by the use of conventional artillery. its appropriate for the administration to put pressure on china. china is a real key to choking off the economic lifeline for north korea. but an excess of saber rattling is very dangerous. we have an unpredictable leader in north korea. we dont want to provoke a confrontation that could result in a tremendous loss of life. and we also dont want to see the president back himself into a corner where if the north kor...

Promising to improve relations with russia, even speaking of cooperating on international terrorism, joining forces in syria. 100 days on, none of that has come to pass. trump officials criticized for fueling conflict in ukraine, even ordering missile strikes on russias ally. part of the problem, lingering suspicions of russian interference in the u.s. presidential election, also a sense that russia and the u.s., even under president trump have very different priorities. >> matthew chance in mos...

Korea did do a nuclear test. they just did a ballistic missile test not a nuclear test but those are some changes on the china front and those are significant, i would argue, forms of progress that could really make progress in the north korea front. >> whats the truth there? if china is putting pressure on the north koreans we had two attempted tests, military tests in two weeks whats the fruit of what were seeing, the pressure the president put on china. >> the fruit china would like to see fr...

Provocation. u.s. president trump tweeted this, north korea disrespected the wishes of china and its highly respected president when it launched unsuccessfully a missile today, he added, bad. president trump will shortly begin his 100th day. he spent friday touting his success at an event hosted by the national rifle association. he proudly declared he stopped the, quote, eight-year assault on the second amendment, the u.s. right to bear arms. pope francis is celebrating mass in cairo, his v...

Well see if that provoke some extra reaction here from the president or at least a phone call to say we need to lean harder on the north korean regime. >> bret: well head back to the white house and you if there any other braking details. lets talk about all of this with syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. he is also in washington tonight. your thoughts? >> it seems to be a deliberate provocation by the leadership in pyongyang, but it is not, as john roberts pointed out, the kind of icbm t...

Despite an embarassing failure the reality is it demonstrates intent. and when are you looking at any potential threats. whether somebody who want to commit murder or whether a nation that want to go to war you look at two things. you look at capability and intent. and north korea has both capability and intent to destableize. >> fox news analyst charles noted launch came after trump administration repeatedly warned the hermit states changed behavior. >> it steams me deliberate provocation with ...

Relations with russia. >> now forget it. its all about his chaotic foreign policy. his low approval ratings. his phobia. we have seen a real shift in the media coverage. >> russians clearly did not like the u.s. decision to launch those 59 tomahawk cruise missiles against the regime of bashar al assad, his air base in syria, because of the chemical weapons attack. >> no. clearly that was a provocation in their mind and lavrov and the rest of them came out and said it was illegal and careened abo...

Changing everybodys mind. president trump and president xi jinping had a very good summit meeting, the two spent hours talking one-on-one about how they saw the north korean threat, how they set their own interests, the interests in the region, and the chinese have offered to help, and they have done a few things. well give them time and see what happens. >> bret: this is the japanese foreign minister today at the united nations. take a listen, k.t. >> these launches are intentionally meant to b...