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-- so often hes been talked about someone who is irrational. >> molly: many people said he was crazy like his father. hes a brutal, awful dictator, but is not crazy, nor was his father. we did studies on the father when i was in the government. many people have advocated a preventative attack reaven the we dont feel theyre about to attack us we need to start a war to prevent a war based on the idea that hes crazy and he may wake up someday push the button. when i say despite him not being crazy ...

And so, we have known that at least since april north korea has been ready to push the button on the sixth nuclear test at any moment. there was speculation to coincide with the day of the sun celebration on april 15th. that didnt happen. perhaps a warning from china of severe consequences may have caused north korea to back down. but north korean officials denied that china has any influence over their nuclear program. and since then what weve seen is a continued unprecedented barrage of missil...

House that prime minister abe from japan and the president had a conversation this afternoon, the two countries confirming an ironclad mutual defense commitment. so if the u.s. and allies beef up military personnel and arsenal in the region, as a stepped up show of force, kim jo jong un, is he willing to push the button and take out millions of people with him? >> i think thats a critical question. and i think the answer is no. i think hes not suicidal. he has had plenty of opportunity to do thi...

Could hit guam. president trump threatened fire and fury if that ever happened. so kim jong-un is testing the president here, clearly. >> reporter: right. this is north korea saying to the united states that even though rex tillerson, the secretary of state praised him for showing restraint, president trump said just in the last week that north korea respects the united states, and we get on the ground here in pyongyang, they are seething over those remarks from president trump. they are furious...

Major risk overnight as the sun sets. chad meyers is in the weather center with more tornadoes. >> absolutely. not f-4 tornadoes like in oklahoma and texas like in the movie "twister." these are ef-1s, and 2s and theyre not that wide. but they are significant enough that you need to pay attention. a couple of them on the ground already today. thats the flare-up over houston im most concerned about. thats the flood thats going to happen tonight. you need to wake up early tomorrow morning and look...

Presidents remarks live. now we send you back to our programming. now back to "lockup." due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. while the rest of california has been in the grip of a years long drought, it seems to rain almost daily inside the downtown branch of the sacramento county jail. thanks to inmates who intentionally back up their toilet bowls. >> here in 7 west, 200 pod. fee mall pod. currently being flooded with water from upstairs. some of the inmates upstair...

To collapse by themselves, but i do think that additional pressure is needed, because thats going to make it more likely that finally kim jong-un is going to come to the table and more likely that russia and china will also join in with us. i think kim jong-un is a rational person. i dont think hes a nut cake. i dont think hes crazy. and so additional pressure is something that he as a rational person will see and in my judgment hes going to say, okay, lets start to talk. enough is enough here. ...

Laura coats and analyst bob baer from telluride, colorado. donald trump jr. says he released them to be totally transparent. the e-mails. >> the real story as tweeted by the "new york times," they had the e-mails. were asked to hold for a comment from donald trump jr. and in the interim he released all the e-mails. so while everyone might applaud his transparency, we also know that the "times" had the e-mails. >> first rule of damage control here in washington, if theres bad news to come out, it...

To change gears here and do something different. that is, regarding kim jong-un, not totally as a nut, maybe as a rational figure. rationally, a messy power here. not going to push the button, rather building it up to put pressure on the rest of the world so he can get maybe, get rid of that armistice, a peace treaty, food into north korea, aid, whatever. we have to begin to talk to kim jong-un. start back-channeling, indirectly. start with other countries. but i think what weve didnt doing is n...

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