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These are further sanctions but if tightening the screw on north korea are really making any changes or difference. well north korea has already absorbed other rounds of sanctions and theyve proven to be pretty resilient when it comes to enduring economic hardship and so finding alternative forms of income other ways to fund their nuclear missile programs one thing thats interesting about these sanctions is that they specifically target north koreas imports of petroleum products which are very i...

>> i am willing to go there. in fact, ive made public statements, joe, because our deficit, i believe, is our number one national security risk, more so than anything else. in fact, when were looking at the department of defense, i believe that we need to give more money to our fighting men and women and less money to those in the pentagon, just a few miles from here. you know, i believe that we could probably cut some of the fat from there. some 100 to 200,000 employees that do very little of t...

Koreas government launched the cyber attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers. the attack was named wannacry and targeted older versions of microsoft windows. it froze computer and demanded a ransom. tom bossert said microsoft tracked the attacks to north korea and other governments confirmed that. bossert says theres not much more the united states is do to punish his rogue regime. >> president trump use about every lever he can use to change their behavior. we dont have a lot of...

The white house says kim jong-un regime has to show a willingness to end its weapons program and has to stop provoking the u.s. before any talks can even start, something tillerson himself said in april. >> north korea must take concrete steps to reduce the threat its illegal weapons programs pose to the united states and our allies before we can even consider talks. >> reporter: tillerson now says its not realistic to expect kim to commit to giving up his weapons before talking to the koreans. ...

Ultimately will be able to strike north korea. >> reporter: despite repeated pressure from the president and a recent diplomatic mission by china, kim jong-un has made it clear he is not backing down. instead, the north koreans have been accelerating every aspect of their weapons programs, testing a massive hydrogen bomb in september, fine-tuning their rocket fuels and engines, and honing their targeting and guidance systems. the u.s. believes kim and his generals could be able to place a miniat...

To support kims weapons programs. there is a diplomatic solution here and when lindsey graham yesterday said were just drifting to war. i think thats wrong. there are so many things the united states can do. a i dont like the fatalism coming out of washington. >> what will more sanctions do, gordon? >> what it could do, first of all, deny kim jong-un money to have, to detonate nukes, to launch missiles. even more important, to engage in this gift politics. kim jong-un showering subordinates with...

You could really achieve still remains to be seen. the real question is any of this really going to work as deterrents. will additional sanctions provide additional deterrents to the nuclear weapons program. he has fuel shortages in the country, and already has tough problems with food and other industrial supplies. will these sanctions have enough impact that suddenly things would become so dire, more dire in north korea, that he would react by saying i will give up my weapons programs? i think...

Nuclear program. yesterday in tokyo, a lot of tough talk from the president and japanese prime minister shinzo abe abe who said he is 100% with the united states and president trump on north korea. >> the regime continued development of its unlawful weapons programs, including its illegal nuclear tests and outrages launches of ballistic missiles. directly over japanese territory. they are a threat to the civilized world and international peace and stability. >> translator: i consider this time w...

>> martha: breaking tonight, president trump said to leave within the hour for south korea, a crucial part of this age or journey as the threat of a north korean nuclear strike escalates. it comes after a busy couple of days in japan with the president alongside our ally took a strong stance against the aggression that is presented by the rogue regime. >> the regime continued development of its unlawful weapons programs, including its illegal nuclear tests and outrageous launches of ballistic mi...

Yesterday in tokyo, a lot of tough talk from the president and japanese prime minister shinzo abe abe who said he is 100% with the united states and president trump on north korea. >> the regime continued development of its unlawful weapons programs, including its illegal nuclear tests and outrages launches of ballistic missiles. directly over japanese territory. they are a threat to the civilized world and international peace and stability. >> translator: i consider this time we were able to re...