everyone got to understand that was not on the table, and what military option offers you if it s credible is the opportunity to make diplomatic progress, and that s the third thing that s happening here. the president has made diplomatic progress with china. first time in 20 years anything like that has happened. and they re talking to each other and chinese admitted they re going to try to leverage north korea to denuclearize and bring this crisis down. now, they can be gaming us, harris, that s for sure. harris: right. but the fact the diplomatic breakthrough is happening is because of those other actions that the president has taken. harris: so interesting to hear you bring up the chinese leadership because undoubtedly you know, in less than a couple of hours, the president is set to talk with the leaders of china and japan. you say because we ve had diplomatic success backed up by the muscle that we ve shown in other parts of the world militarily that it s making a
harris: defense secretary james mattis is paying a visit to the small african country djibouti, home to the only u.s. permanent base on the continent as well as 4,000 american service members. it is a strategic link in the fight against terror. base can serve as a launch pad for operations in yemen and somalia. paul tilsley is reporting live from johannesburg south africa. what prompted the trip at this time? reporter: well, harris, it s all about president trump s war on terror. secretary of defense mattis is showing himself to be a man on a mission. he s on a two-pronged attack, diplomacy with djibouti officials and get up and go get them pep talk at the camp lemmonier base. 4,000 u.s. personnel are mounting raids on al qaeda groups in yemen to the northeast and immediately to the southeast in the isis linked al-shabaab in somalia.
i hope the president would back off to. think he would consider shutting down the government of the united states of america over this outlandish proposal of a border wall, which we can t pay for at this point, and is opposed by democrats and republicans all along the border, that could be the height of irresponsibility. reporter: so what we re seeing is really a high-stakes game of chicken. who will swerve first? the president on his most famous campaign promise, right when he needs a deal the most, or congress as it tries to prove it s capable of completing one of the most basic tax of governing. harris? i want to talk about the president s approval ratings as we head into the 100 days, and i ve been looking at the washington post -abc polling that you re going to talk about. one of the things that stuck out, the most people in 15 years think the economy is getting better. reporter: yeah, that s one of the reasons, one of the things president trump campaigned on, one of the
to contain the dictator there, kim jong il. he s calling allies to make sure the u.s. isn t fighting this battle alone. a few hours from now he ll make separate calls to chinese president xi jinping and japan s foreign minister shinzo abe, they make up 80% of trade deals. two japanese navy ships joined the carl vinson strike group for exercises in the pacific. to sail to waters off the korean peninsula, president trump said all optionsort table with the country, two days before the 85th anniversary of their army. important dates there often marked with weapons testing. kim s last test launched with a missile exploding after four seconds. the minute north korea gets a missile that can reach the united states and put a weapon on the missile, a nuclear
harris: defense secretary james mattis is paying a visit to the small african country djibouti, home to the only u.s. permanent base on the continent as well as 4,000 american service members. it is a strategic link in the fight against terror. base can serve as a launch pad for operations in yemen and somalia. paul tilsley is reporting live from johannesburg south africa. what prompted the trip at this time? reporter: well, harris, it s all about president trump s war on terror. secretary of defense mattis is showing himself to be a man on a mission. he s on a two-pronged attack, diplomacy with djibouti officials and get up and go get them pep talk at the camp lemmonier base. 4,000 u.s. personnel are mounting raids on al qaeda groups in yemen to the northeast and immediately to the southeast in the isis linked al-shabaab in somalia.