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Currently that thats not the case. so just because someone tweets in retaliation to a tweet received doesnt necessarily mean they are going to threaten the president. >> right. so there would be a threshold or benchmark, but the secret service has to take it on. obviously social media is a new part of the equation that they have to take into the matter. >> no question. >> but because people are learning from the president this way, we cover his tweets. it really has been a fascinating first-pers...

Because they can take it to a whole different level but if north korea has a nuclear weapon and the ability to deliver to the united states of america which is an intercontinental ballistic missile those two things together is intolerable for our country and we have to stop them before they get to that point but short of that, wolf, it escalates and gets out of control if thats not the threshold that were out. >> the fear is out of control. with 15 or 20 million people at stake. congressman, the...

Our jeff zeleny has that. i dont think anybody has done what weve been able to do in our 100 days. were very happy. >> reporter: president trump may say hes happy as he crosses the symbolic threshold of his first 100 days in office. >> i dont think theres ever been anything like this. >> reporter: theres a lingering feeling at the white house that hes longing for the days of trump tower and surprised by the challenges of the oval office. >> i do miss my old life. i like to work, so thats not a...

How to adjust. >> now he seems to be at committed that he underestimated the challenge of being president. here is jeff zeleny. >> i dont think anybody has done what weve been able to do in 100 days, were very happy. >> reporter: president trump may say hes happy as he crosses the symbolic threshold of his first 100 days in office. but theres a lingering feeling that hes longing for the days of trump tower and surprised by the challenges of the oval office. >> i do miss my old life. i like to wo...

Different than they expected and tough. does this seem different than that? >> reporter: it does. one reason is, we have never heard so many presidential -- any presidential candidates in the five election cycles i have covered say how easy the job would be going into it. thats what mr. trump said again and again, how easy this would be. of course, he is finding out it is not. the question is, does he want to be president? his adviser and friends say he does. to compare his words to other presid...

We have blunt talk from the president saying the presidency is harder than he thought. other presidents have expressed surprise at the job being different tlan thhan they expec. does this seem different than that? >> reporter: it does. one reason is, we have never heard so many presidential -- any presidential candidates in the five election cycles i have covered say how easy the job would be going into it. thats what mr. trump said again and again, how easy this would be. of course, he is findi...

To north korea if it surrenders its nuclear program, but that appears a long way off, as president trump told reuters, "there is a chance we could have a major major conflict with north korea, absolutely." everything president trump says about north korea is directed most at beijing and pyongyang, but i think this was especially intended for the security council. >> and, he says, to meet commitments. as for the probability of war on the korean peninsula? >> the situation on the korean peninsula ...

This was starting up. and bitterness of being kind of cut out of the process. at this point, the finish line is almost in sight and they say to any privately they would much rather be in a position where they have to win over moderates than the freedom caucus because these are people who historically, theyll grumble and grumble but theyre team players, ultimately they come back -- >> is this a situation they kind of got burned the first time, where they want to be confident theyve got the majori...

Be the first time that theyll talk about fiscal responsibility and how can you do this? this will blow a hole in the deficit. is that a fruitful path for them? >> lets be clear. voters arent many because theyre not really see anything results here. despite sort of the gop spin, the job members are lower than theyve ever been during the obama term. the approval rating of the president and the congress is as low as its ever been, and so they do have a fairly high threshold here to convince people ...

>> im not sure its a radical change. i know it looks that way. >> shepard: rhetorically at least. >> yes. but its more dramatic in appearance. im not sure a military option is really on the table because of the risk we talked about. >> shepard: a test of a nuclear weapon as hes getting an icbm -- >> and thats the critical threshold. when north korea tests an intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach new york or washington, thats a critical time. trump would be under enormous pressure to ...