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Military power again is not going to solve it preemtdively in my view. the city of seoul, 25 million people, is within range of thousands of north korean artillery pieces, and we cant get at them with conventional power. again, this is a dreadful situation. we need prevention and defensive measures in a major way. and privately, we are going to have to tell the north koreans, use these weapons, and we will retaliate with a nuclear strike. >> wow, general barry mccaffery, when you call it a dread...

Well. the united states backing these rebels. at the same time the united states with forces enrolled on the ground assisting the locals in a planned taking on raqqah, the isis strong hold. so many different players in this same theoretical, to say that its complicated might be if understatement of night. how do you manage all of that? >> that is a great, great question, and in fact, if youve got the answer for that, then im sure donald trump would really like to know that. remember that the uni...

>> its great to talk to tonight. thanks very much. josh letterman out foreign policy reporter for the associated press. he used to work in the white house now works in matters of this times josh, to say that its complicated would be the understatement of tonight. you want to the degree to which the next stage have been game plant. tomorrow has already come in at syria. and whatever is going to happen is about to happen. >> you can be sure that the u.s. military and other parts of the u.s. govern...

General said he was informed aheaof t air strike. of course, the russians were informed ahead of the air strike through the using deconflicting hot line that the united states uses to communicate with russian forces over syrian air space in order to avoid, basically, airplanes bombing each other, hitting each other or bombing each others forces on the ground. so, this says a lot about how this is going to be moving forward because that russian/american link, that hot line, the russians announced...

One people is a very bad idea. what you need if youre ever going to have it, is something of a catholic solution, one that encompasses everyone, and that aint going to happen any time soon. >> i think calling syria a complex situation is an understatement. >> the worlds grossest understatement. >> colonel jack jacobs, stick with us. last night rex tillerson said its important for the u.s. to take some action on behalf of the international community to make it clear using chemical weapons is a ...

Have some impact on north korea. >> jon: but what is interesting is that the chinese like these things sort of scripted in advance. they like to know what they are walking into. this president, jordan, is kind of unscripted, that might be one way to put it. >> understatement of the year. that is right. its going to be an interesting environment down there. the president is going to be really feeling at home at mar-a-lago and xi jinping has never been, so maybe they went into a supporter or two d...

Syria? mike pence said all options are on the table, but does donald trump have something in mind? it is unclear. >> stand by. were covering breaking news on capitol hill where republicans made good on their threat to change the senate rules to assure judge neil gorsuch will be the next u.s. supreme court justice. fl and i, want to remind you that no ones the same without the game. like @annethefan3, who writes, "my husband recently constructed "a regulation sized field goal post in the front ya...

Want to remind you that no ones the same without the game. like @annethefan3, who writes, "my husband recently constructed "a regulation sized field goal post in the front yard. "to say its an eyesore is an understatement. is he ok?" anne, no. hes not ok without football. mini camps open soon though. until then, help him adjust for the wind. oh and laces out, kind of a biggie.

Elections. so far those challengers have not fared very well. >> well, thats an understatement. in 2012 let me put data up on the screen. in the 2012 election obama had been re-elected by four points over mitt romney, the republicans the freedom caucus republicans represented districts that romney carried by an average of 23 points. the house members of the freedom caucus did even better than that, they were elected by an average of 34 points. none of you face any pressure to ever compromise. is...

Voters to get a conservative health care plan through. so youre getting some pressure ramped up behind the scenes but the reality is tax reform is going to be really difficult in the wake of the failed health care bill. and there are discussions going on about potentially reviving a health care package. i was told by one source a lot of those conversations are venting of frustration about the failure to really do something. one more point, were about a month away from a potential government shut...