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Is a tender box, has been for a long time. but were at a time when there is the potential for provocation with the testing of this nuclear weapon. you know, obvusly the words from the administration are creangven higher volume in terms of the provocations that are going on. i think weve got to be careful here. this is -- you know, we shouldnt engage in any precipitous action. >> im curious, richard, what you think because, again, youve been following this region for a long time. you know the pla...

You expect to see. his national security adviser, chief of staff. they remain back in washington. does that have any connection to whether or not the u.s. is prepared to take any action? is that a clue of any kind? when we saw the syria strike, there was a full complement of staff. is that something to draw any conclusions? i dont know. the president certainly has the ability to engage in policy from anywhere in the world. he is in florida this weekend. at this point it is caution about the prov...

Nbcs kristen welker has more from the white house. >> reporter: good morning to you. president trump is in mara lago for the easter weekend. this week offered the most detailed preview so far of what is known as the trump doctrine. remember, mr. trump campaigned as a hawkish pro military candidate, promising to vanquish isis. his foreign policy successes so far outweigh his domestic agenda which has been on the rock from health care. in an interview with afb president bashar al assad denied hes ...

Inflame the situation, but instead trying to set some parameters for what the u.s. is prepared to do with the blessing of south korea, should anything take place beyond what were talking about now. and also this is an opportunity for pence to try to deliver from the president directly that kind of reassurance. thats why it stands out. it is an important trip, and the timing, which was unrelated to the events that youre talking about, really adds to the moment for mike pence as he visits south ko...

Ready to mark the anniversary tomorrow. there have been more reports, the word from north korean official, that will happen at the time in the place of the governments choosing. finally, as we watch north korean military officials, officers pay their respects. we also heard officials say that president trump is the one making all the trouble and they say that his vision and aggressive provocation of the administration are causing the problem. these are the provocative words we got from one north...

The weekend? >> i think its quite likely there will be some kind of provocation, probably a nuclear test, perhaps not this weekend, but very soon they will detonate their 6th device. they probably have 15 nukes already. theyll have 100 or more within a very short time, two or three years. so, again, i think the south koreans, kelly said something very important. the south koreans are not going to sign off on a minor preemptive attack on north korea. just not going to happen. if we did go after t...

Things that were not factual. to say as we look at this video of these children and what happened to them in this chemical attack, to say you dont even know if thats real or if these children are even dead, does that not box in the russians who have been defending him? >> its actually taken straight out of the russian playbook. this is not -- matter of fact, what he said, not only did he doubt whether this was true. he said this is a provocation. this is absolutely not true. this is something st...

How do we deal with somebody who doesnt have one? > he comes from a long line of very unpredictable and unstable leaders. but his father and his grandfath grandfather, just as i assume this leader understands, that if they engage in any kind of peremptory attack here in that region, that is committing suicide for their regime. i think they understand that, and its for that reason that were engaged in this period of provocation. i think the biggest concern i have is that in engaging in these prov...

Is. the question for the united states is, what is the actual policy with russia? because this, to be frank, is over the russia chemical attack. and the real issue is that it is over the entire relationship between the united states and its western allies and russia itself. so if you look at what former cia acting director mike morrell wrote in "the new york times," this requires, yes, the visit of secretary state tillerson to moscow. yes, of course, he was going to get a meeting with president ...

About the menace of north korea. what do you make in the preference? >> i got to tell you, if i were to choose a countries not to tweet about, it might be north korea, particularly yesterday the comment from him on twitter. i cant quote it exactly, its something like, were watching. brace yourself in effect for the reaction. this is a country that is very good at provocation, right? so they can match your provocation with their own and as john kirby know, that can be very dangerous. it can be a ...