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I dont want them to be testing. what have the north koreans given up in exchange for all of this air time on the international stage with the leader of the free world? >> essentially, theyve given up nothing, to be honest with you. i mean, the testing freeze, while i wont dien deny that tes are much de-escalated. they havent done any tests. but the intelligence said theyre 90% to 95% where they needed to be in order to mount a nuclear weapon on to an icbm. and testing is not the same for kim jon...

Korean testing freeze is the single most important thing for the next year or two. and you both -- dont offer too much. we for example do not want to see this president put things like americas security commitment to south korea on the table. we want this to be measured. history says you dont want to pay off too much up front because the north koreans have a lucy in the football history. im curious what mr. stavridis thinks about what he is still worried about, what he thinks could go wrong at t...

Set for themselves and the standards we have to hold them to otherwise we are back to status quo. a testing freeze is a testing freeze and is immediately reversible and north korea can cheat as they have done in the past. >> it is going to be difficult. it is reversible. verifiable part the intelligence community doesnt know how many weapons they have, thousands of underground tunnels. it would be a very difficult thing to achieve. >> we want to go back to capitol hill where senator bob menendez...

Think about and the question then is what can we do for example, what do we care most about? it might be their long-range ballistic missile capabilities, it might be to extend the testing freeze, so they cant get certain capabilities, its not just whats desirable. its whats realistic and how were willing to stage it if were prepared to do this and do it over time, in a way that has some realistic appreciation for what the other side can conceivably give up, we ask k succeed. if we do this as a k...

One of the benefits, while not perfect, does actually have in place a rig program to verify that iran is not developing a nuclear program. maybe that is where you get the outline of a deal. some kind of rigorous verification measures that the north koreans agree to because theyre having trouble with this process of miniaturizing their nuclear capability to fit it on top of a missile. they dont make further advances that would limit the risk that we face even if thats the denuclearization is a lo...

Actions. dramatic words to hear from kim jong un who has been belij rant. issuing this statement a short time ago. it reads like this. under the proven condition we no longer need any nuclear tests, mid-rapg and intercontinental rocket tests. so a message about a testing freeze even closing down that testing site. what a remarkable distance we have come since the presidents kme comments about unleashing fire and fury, the speech to the un general assembly. he referred to kim as rocket man on a s...

Sources that i have that the letter probably contains an invitation for president trump to meet with the north korean leader. but you know, while thats great and honestly, i have to say im encouraged at least were having this kind of attention being paid to the diplomatic side of things, theres a lot of things that need to be done before you can have heads of state sit down in what wed call a summit. it the diplomats have to meet to talk about what it is they would ultimately agree to. i would c...