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Tree cutting detail on the border. it could have been much worse. i think this was relatively restrained. north korea does shoot at defectors. they got him out alive. thats a good thing. with the tensions in the united states and north korea today, its what kim jong-un is thinking right now about doing thats more provocative like having another atomic bomb test. these are the things that really -- >> well, it has been two months since they tested the missile. so holidays are often a time when we...

Him from being the next saddam hussein or the next qaddafi. we need to make him understand that if he achieves that capability he will not survive. he will fail. we have to importantly change the chinese calculus. the thing that they most fear is a unified korean peninsula that is friendly to the united states and the west on their borders or a failed north korean state and they have to deal with a 25 million refugee problem and we have to make the chinese understand that war on the peninsula is...

>> the thing thats a problem right now is i think that kim jong-un has a low threshold of risk. the execution of five of his subordinates. as well on the february 12th launch of the intermediate range missile. it was not there, thats an indication at problems at the top. now you have issues where malaysia. i dont know what kim jong-un is thinking right now, but he doesnt view the world the same which we do. >> you have no good signs. can you point to one good sign that -- >> yes, i can. one of t...

Its gone from being a show you could sit back and get a good laugh out of to being, frankly, bad television. >> a lot of folks worry about trump and his aides not respecting dissent, not being able to handle criticism. the silver lining of his tweets, hes about to hit 20 million followers on twitter, is that we always know what the president-elect is thinking. >> thats true. in that "saturday night live" skit, my senior producer who is a brilliant producer, did you notice on alec baldwins lapel,...

Portfolio. >> there are. i hope he takes the opportunity to bring in some, if not dissenting views, at least views that will be independent of what hes expressed on the campaign trail. people respected in the various agencies. there is a great talent pool out there of people that have served in republican administrations, conservative people, but mainstream people, and it scares plea when i see him pick people outside the mainstream. >> ho woo you prefer? rudy jewgiuliani or mitt romney? >> i wo...

Thought and that the next step would probably be some miniaturization of a warhead and putting it on top of the -- on top of a missile. i think the problem is sooner or later we are going to face a north korea with a deliverable nuclear weapon. and i think were going to have a very serious problem. and id like to also say even if its not successful, you know, a lot of tests -- i mean, the purpose of testing is to test. if its unsuccessful they will have learned a lot. and theyll be back again th...

U.s. military installation, u.s. bases have been threatened by north korea. >> appreciate the live report from seoul. thanks. its impossible of course to know what kim jong-un is thinking, what his next move might be. we do know that many north koreans are desperate to escape their homeland, willing to risk their lives to get out. many are helped by activists that run an underground railroad of sorts. theres an amazing documentary that shows how dangerous the journey out can be. the film follo...

The south korean government basically telling the international community to set your clocks, because in 24 hours, they believe it is the greatest possibility that north korea is going to launch some sort of missile from that coast. now, the assumption is that it is going to be a test, but the united states military in this region not taking any chances. we went to the u.s. osan air base and we saw patriot missile batteries pointed to the sky, to the north, and thats just in case something comes...

Is going to be a test, but the united states military in this region not taking any chances. we went to the u.s. osan air base and we saw patriot missile batteries pointed to the sky, to the north, and thats just in case something comes towards a u.s. military installation, u.s. bases have been threatened by north korea. >> appreciate the live report from seoul. thanks. its impossible of course to know what kim jong-un is thinking, what his next move might be. we do know that many north korean...

That did not happen under his father and there is kind of a an assumption, i think, that a lot of this is bluster, that this is trying to do things that have to do more with political, diplomatic and economic aspirations than it does with proving military superiority because the truth is that north korea is not superior militarily and the danger of any conflict with the united states is ridiculous. it doesnt have a missile that has the range to hit the united states and i think its range is actu...