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Strike, but you have to have a credible strike option which we do and we have the capability to do. beyond that, ratcheting pressure on china -- we sound like were beating a dead horse, it really is the key and it is changing chinese calculus from saying it is in our interest to have a, quote, buffer state between south korea and us. you do that between us and china financial institutions, chinese businesses. you ratchet that pressure in. im willing to go to talks if thats the way we seem to go....

Intercontinental ballistic missile test launch preparation is in the last stage. >> reporter: a security challenge donald trump could face very early on. trump has made clear on the campaign trail he wants china to deal with kim. >> we have to be very vigilant on north korea. we cannot let this guy go much further. china should handle that problem. >> reporter: and offering his own blunt assessment of the north korean leader. >> he is probably crazy. >> reporter: something donald trump and the c...

Challenge donald trump could face very early on. trump has made clear on the campaign trail he wants china to deal with kim. and offering his own blunt assetment of the north korean leader. >> you have the guy in north korea, and hes probably crazy. >> reporter: something donald trump and the current director of the cia appear to agree on. john brennan telling erin burnett this about kim jong un. >> he is delusional, because he believes that the world is going to accept a nuclear north korea and...

>> something donald trump and the current director of the cia appear to agree on when it comes to kim. >> he is delusional, because he believes that the world is going to accept a nuclear north korea and allow it to maintain that arsenal. >> u.s. war plans have long detailed a strike option, bombing the regime if it poses an immediate nuclear threat. but the intelligence community warns, the u.s. may have few cards to play. >> i think the notion of getting the north koreans to denuclearize is pr...

Early to tell if these developments will succeed. >> any agreement must verify the assad regime keeps its commitments. >> reporter: the u.s. is now working diplomatic angles but the president insists a strike option must remain on the table. two thirds of americans oppose military action. the specters of iraq and afghanistan loom large. the president insisted this will be different. >> i will not put american boots on the ground syria. this would be a targeted strike to achieve a clear objective...

im erin burnett and "outfront" tonight, hot rod show and tell. yes, you heard me right. hot rod. iran today defiantly flaunting its first iranian made nuclear rods. if iran is going to -- this is a crucial step towards building a weapon. now, a lot of this of course is propaganda and wearing the white labcoat for the cameras, president ahminedjad was on hand at a tehran nuclear facility as fuel rods were lowered into a nuclear reactor. rods contain the pellets of nuclear fuel. thats es...

tomorrow night. thanks for watching. erin burnett starts now. "outfront" tonight, iran defies the world and showcases a new nuclear capability. and breaking news on whitney houston, her doctor subpoenaed. what she took before she died and the siege in syria continues. senator lindsey graham offers his plan for american action right now. lets go "outfront." im erin burnett and "outfront" tonight, hot rod show and tell. yes, you heard me right. hot rod. iran today defiantly flaun...

im erin burnett and "outfront" tonight, hot rod show and tell. yes, you heard me right. hot rod. iran today defiantly flaunting its first iranian made nuclear rods. if iran is going to -- this is a crucial step towards building a weapon. now, a lot of this of course is propaganda and wearing the white labcoat for the cameras, president ahminedjad was on hand at a tehran nuclear facility as fuel rods were lowered into a nuclear reactor. rods contain the pellets of nuclear fuel. thats es...