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Cetera, and the democrats are saying, dont release this the way we gather evidence on targets. >> if you told me donald trump was going to be president two years ago, i would also be surprised. he was someone who was elected to break status quos and norms. the people who voted for him like the idea that the intelligence community, as they perceive it, is freaking out about this memo. i would say there is some status in place, whether you know it or not, for all of our good. you dont throw the ba...

Long-term that their willingness may be to denuclearize may actually increase, and be less involved in international terror or what have you. >> perhaps, but we have to remember that the north korea nuclear program goes back to at least the middle of the 1960s. this has nothing to do with the u.s. this is really the worlds most militaristic regime, wanting the most destructive weapons. we know they have status quos that they find to be unacceptable. we know the things they have done, but if they...

A great bargaining chip. donald trump has done something that nobody thought he would do. that is to attack syria. and you have to remember that the warnings from the administration on tuesday against north korea were more ominous than the ones on wednesday against syria. so kim jong-un, the north korean ruler must now be thinking about his future and china right now has to change its policies. >> how dangerous is it for kim jong-un to be worryinging about his future? does that make him more or ...

Reach a grand bargain, the president said if china is not going to solve north korea, we will. thats all im telling you. the president said the u.s. could totally solve the north korean conflict without chinas help. thats his word. meantime, the highest profile defector from north korea in the last couple decades said kim jong-un is desperate to stay in power. the defector is a former north korean ambassador to the britain. the entire planet needs to be on alert. >> are they ready to take on the...

Terrifying how close -- how much of a risk are we at of this kind of scenario playing out? >> it depends, but i think that right now we are pretty close to it. there have been instances over the last five years, like the sinking of the south korean frig ot that really did almost bring south korea and north korea to war. we have now rules of engagement that are much tougher to try to prevent the north koreans from these acts of violence because they have used violence to upset status quos that th...

Word choice is important here. he said this. who the hell knows what theyre going to do from day to day hes talking about north korea. right now you know north korea just fired a missile. its an intercontinental ballistic missile, and that means they have the capability to strike the united states. interesting if we could zero in on one part of that statement. who knows what theyre going to do from day to day? it sounds like a reckless statement by the defense secretary, but a reckless assessmen...

Than stopping north korea. we always go to bay sing to look for help. we have spent the only currency that matters now and that is time. jon: its been a wrong-headed approach would be your argument, or so it sounds. >> yeah, it hasnt worked, right now i think we have to start looking to ourselves for our security, because right now we are getting down to a period where we dont have the luxury and time to try to do these big things. what we have to do is we have to start the north korean missile ...

They said after 9/11 you cant say the protesters werent -- or not the protest protests, but the 9/11 protesters were not brave. okay they were brave. but what they accomplished was something bad. thats the case under obamas foreign policy. this is going to be a big problem that they will have to live with for the next 20 years. >> thank god i wont be alive. >> i think you are right. also i found interesting, the guy who wrote the piece in "time" magazine he says, all of the quotes have been begi...

Any different than the many threats that north korea has made in the past? joining us now to talk about it is gordon change. forbes columnist and author of nuclear showdown north korea takes on the road. gordon, good to see you today. >> thank you. >> we have had really strong words from north korea. this isnt just hey we disprove of what you are doing. talking about powerful nuclear deterrence in response. physical response. how worried should would he be about these very specific threats this ...