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So dont wait. call unitedhealthcare now to request your free decision guide. back now with end game. i want to begin because the week is going t it seems as if we are running in place on north korea. putting together a montage of four presidents, including this one, on all of their north korea promises. take a listen. >> all americans should know that as a result of this achievement on korea, our nation will be safer and the future of our people more secure. >> we look forward to the day whe...

>> all americans should know that as a result of this achievement on cokorea, our natn will be safer and the future of our people more secure. >> we look forward to the day when we can end the korean war, but that will happen when kim jong-il verifiably gets rid of his weapons programs and his weapons. >> north koreas nuclear and ballistic missile programs pose a grave threat to the peace and security of the world, and i strongly condemn their reckless action. >> and obviously, north korea is a ...

The u.s. didnt do anything then. the north koreans look at us and say these guys we can push around. when they get nukes and they try to push us around, thats when you have the period for miscalculation will be the greatest and of course the consequences also will be the greatest. >> so when you say u.s. should put pressure on china, use that as leverage and china then can get the attention of north korea, what does that look like? what is china doing thats going to get the attention of north ko...

Korea and what effect would that then have? >> well of course the chinese support the north koreans with their economy, diplomacy, all the rest of it. but the most important thing that china gives the north korean regime is confidence. confidence theyre safe from the international community. i dont think beijing could change kim jong-uns mind but what china can do is influence the senior advisers around them administration make them realize its no longer in their interest to maintain the weapons...

The u.n. talking about what a strong unprecedenced sanctions package this was but president trump acknowledging that the version that was approved was watered down to appease china and russia who didnt go along with the full oil embargo or grounding north koreas only airline, instead what theyre doing is capping oil exports by 30%. and there is an angry, a furious response from the north korean government. the official response reit rohl rati -- reiterating what they told us on the ground yester...

-- the national security team is monitoring events closely and will meet. this is at the state department. and the secretary of state, they believe in the campaign to deter north korea from continuing to develop weapons programs after a dramatic escalation in rhetoric last month, the secretary said north korea was showing restraint. since then kim jong-un regime has fired a missile over japan and north korea is not claiming it successfully to the hydrogen bomb. it can load onto an intercontinent...

More than 90% of north koreas two-way trade is accounted for with china. china supplies more than 90% of north koreas oil. much of it on concessionary terms. the list goes on and on. but the most important thing that beijing supplies is not material support or diplomatic support but it provides confidence to regime members in pyongyang they are safe from south korea and the united states. if beijing were to signal it no longer supported north koreas weapons programs im sure a number of generals ...

Maybe even a peaceful transition there. maybe its hard to see at this particular juncture. go back to the 80s, you have too many years ahead of that when people did not see the fall of the wall. is there something to use strategically to bring that about? >> one of the myths of the north korea sanctions is that it impacts the people itself. the u.n. said the sanctions are not what is harming the people its the north korean regime. when you talk about billions of dollars of money that goes into n...

Massive casualties. we should stay away from that. >> gordon, am i wrong in saying theres a way donald trump kind of talks the way kim jong-un talks? >> well, youre right, and secretary tillerson said that on his way back from asia when he said that the president was using language that the north korean leader would understand. i think the important thing here for him is to tone down the rhetoric but to amp up the pressure because north korea is a real threat and is threatening not just the unit...

I was meeting with some of gadhafis top advisers. i got to know them pretty well during that period. come the arab spring 2011, this is after moammar gadhafi has decided to give up his nuclear weapons to be rehabilitated into the international community, close relationships with the british government, helping the united states and the british on counterterrorism, giving up his own sort of terrorist leanings and supportings. that when the push was coming to shove, was nato going to come out agai...