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>> absolutely. and president trump and to his credit invited the south korean president to the white house. he has said he will come. there will be a discussion and it will be a very contentious one. the south korean president has a position thats inconsistent with ours. he wants to give a to the north. but we tried to do a strangle the north so they cannot build nukes and missiles. there has to be some sort of compromise i suppose. those two positions are 180 degrees apart. also south korea wan...

How this gets shaped in the upcoming month. you have merckle all meeting with russia. >> sandra: weve got the u.s. military confirming the thad missile defense system is now operational in south korea. that made big news, big headlines. can you explain to us what the purpose of that is and how it works. >> sure. this has been in the works for awhile. it seems that the process was sped up a bit now mostly because of the escalating crisis with north korea. the way it works in laymans terms. south ...

Prioritize american citizens security and interests. and -- but to do that, we need strong alliances. but also to do that effectively, in a way thats sustainable economically, we need everybody to pay their fair share. >> senator, i heard you say it may not be the timing to talk about renegotiating this deal with south korea and who pays for the thad missile defense system, but, this is a billion dollar system to defend south korea largely. shouldnt they help pay for it? >> well, south korea pay...

Is what secretary tillerson i think was trying to convey in the security council on friday. we need to enlist the chinese to the greatest extent possible to exercise their leverage and influence. thats something weve been working on for many years, and its something that president trump has, i think, correctly emphasized as an appropriate course. we need to reassure and secure our allies, particularly south korea and japan, who feel most directly threatened by north korea. and there, im concerne...

They believe, and they tell their people here, that they are under the imminent threat of invasion by the united states, and that is how they justify spending a tremendous amount of their resources on weapons of mass destruction, even if it does mean cutbacks in other areas. this is an i mpoverished countr overall, even though we do see a lot of construction and a higher standard of living here in pyongyang, were never allowed to go outside the kacapital whe 122 million americans live. although ...

Was sane but he called him a "pretty smart cookie" noting kim assumed power at a young age while having to deal with some pretty tough people. senator, when you hear that, what do you make of the presidents comments? >> well, the presidents comments are very difficult to decipher sometimes because in many cases they contradict or in some cases are ill-informed. his comments about, for example, the employment of the thad system into south korea where he was suggesting the koreans should pay for i...

Additional missile defense capability, the thad system, is to have a multi-layer defense capability against north korean missiles. this is one part of a layered system we have of missile defenses largely designed to protect our homeland, and protect our allies, south korea and japan. >> marcel lettre, thank you so much for being here. we continue to keep our eye on capitol hill for that classified briefing we were just talking about on north korea. well keep an eye out for it. and trump stri...

Decision to deploy this anti-missile system. >> this system will be operational in the coming days and able to better defend south korea against the growing north korea threat. >> shepard: its a t.h.a.d. system. it can shoot down ballistic missile. this video shows it arriving in south korea last month. coming up here, an image of the system in action during a test. this was from a few years ago. the most recent thing we have. officials in china and russia and obviously north korea have said tha...

Program. they are going to have a lot to answer for. we had a system. in alaska, we dont know if it works, but thats our line of defense. if the north is able to develop a missile that is intercontinental. were going to have to hope and pray we can shoot it down from the thad system in alaska. >> bret: national security advisor. >> do you think we need more u.s. troops in syria? sticker that remains to be seen. i think what we are doing now is supporting partner forces in syria and certain porti...

With him placing a roughly 150,000 troops on the eastern border or western border of china there between china and north korea showes a strong response from their president of china. i think that sends a strong signal to kim jong-un. the other thing is, his cooperation, hopefully with allowing these companies in doing business with north korea helping us put sanctions on the company secondarily to where they are excluded from the american or world financial banks. this is something he can come a...