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But, china needs to understand that their calculus has to change. right now they are worried about a collapsed regime. they are worried about a unified north korea under seoul thats friendly to the west. and if at this point that calculus outweighs whats going to happen on the peninsula, if north korea gets a nuclear weapon, then china is not going to change. but if they understanding that we mean it this time that we will -- that we cannot cross that red line, then they may shift. ainsley: the ...

People for totally different reasons but they do want to help them. >> i do agree with john. >> agree with what, this was a clever spin? >> there was a clarifying statement today by pelosis office that says no, there was no final deal. they had agreed to principle. let me back up a minute. >> thats pretty good. agree in principle. >> two things to keep in mind. the president is being criticized for bipartisan or efforts to make a bipartisan deal, what people have been calling for many months. bu...

Or disagreed, this president decided he can no longer negotiate through the republican leadership and hes going to become the negotiator at this point on many things. >> republicans watching would like to know. why did he go to mitch and ryan, the speaker first, have the dinner with them about this and then say you may not like this but tomorrow im having dinner with nancy and chuck. were going to work this thing out. why didnt he start with the republicans? >> the lack of the repeal of obamacar...

Military analyst cedrick leighton joining us from the lovely town of san antonio, texas. >> good morning. >> thank you very much for being with us. >> this has been an odd week for north korea. you get a 15-0 vote at the u.n. with both china and russia agreeing with the rest of the world that this has to be stopped. the president takes the rhetoric to this level threatening the north koreans that if they continue to threaten the u.s., the u.s. will act. does this undo, undermine, stop any sort o...

Making it very clear that the u.s. will act against other countries. so what were likely to see in the near term is not the military option, since that is so risky and is so much of a last resort, but were likely to see sanctions on other countries entities doing business with north korea, a greater military presence in the region and more sanctions on north korea itself. the u.s. has been encouraging other countries to try to limit their diplomatic engagement with north korea. john. >> michelle...

Listen. >> their illegal missile launch was not only dangerous but reckless and irresponsible. it showed that north korea does not want to be part of a peaceful world. their actions are quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution. the united states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies. >> in this same meeting you heard russia and china together criticize the u.s. for those kinds of statements and threats, saying thats only maki...

Asked by reporters about it, he said, they didnt do it. your reaction? >> this is a different administration. this is an administration that when they say theyre going to do something, they typically do it. i think there is no doubt about what secretary mattis and president trump said. keep in mind, of course, we have troops over there. we have folks there too as well. not only do we want to defend our troops that are there but, yes, we have to enforce the treaty on chemical weapons, and the wor...

Course of the campaign and some of them you just cant have. i dont think there is a rhetoric. it doesnt show does show hes willing to learn. and some people that once he got in office vladimir putin was an obstacle to a lot of the things that he would want to do. its kind of like nancy pelosi. have to let trump carry out his foreign-policy to find out what it is. at the rest of the world is trying to wait and figure out whats gonna come down on this one. >> they now had to think an american pres...

>> i was told by a u.s. official that was very well briefed on this that it was a happy coincidence that it was during the meeting with the chinese president, that the u.s. will act with its military, will not waste time. and i think president trump was happy to show that at that time. in syria what the situation is right now remains unclear. is it now a policy to go after bashir al assad? it doesnt seem to be. to back the rebels to go after assad? that doesnt seem to be the case. it seems to be...

Syria thursday night. two navy destroyers launched several dozen missiles in apparent retaliation from syrian chemical weapons assault earlier in the week. un ambassador addressing the security council friday. >> the united states took a very measured step last night. we are prepared to do more. but we hope that will not be necessary. >> president remains at his mara lago estate in florida. he had been hosting chinese president for their first face to face talks, the two agreeing to little of su...