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Be tested imminently, because we dont really have time. this is becoming more urgent and more time sensitive as the days go on. >> congressman lee zeldin of new york. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. i want to get a different perspective. maybe a similar perspective. democratic congressman john garamendi joining us. so whats your reaction to this story in the "washington post" and for viewers here in the united states and around the world, congressman, who are just tuning in? the "wa...

For right now. colonel cedric leighton, and rick francona and retired major general james "spider" marks. spider, when we talk about the military option, for all practical purposes that would result in potentially hundreds of thousands of civilians maybe millions of civilians in south korea and in japan for that matter, killed. >> absolutely, wolf. the estimates are out there. i wouldnt hazard to guess at the size of those estimates. what you described is probably unfortunately a pretty good est...

Said they were going to vote for this. they announced that they were going to enforce, and they encouraged every other country to enforce, so this was serious. you have to remember that for china, the last missile launch took place right next to their border. their ground actually shook. the chinese people felt it. they know this is serious. >> youre there in beijing. so give us the reaction from -- of the chinese government, the chinese leadership to this most recent north korean ballistic miss...

Program. we all know how in the end that wound up for him. his regime is gone. and the north koreans dont want to follow in his footsteps. so, will, stand by. i want to bring back cedric and colonel frank lancona, our am i right analysts. s cedric, lets start with you. this whole notion of north korea, at least at a minimum, freezing its nuclear program and that could result in a direct dialogue, for example, with the united states, maybe easing some sanctions. do you think thats at all realisti...

Them to evade these sanctions, by setting up fake companies, doing black market deals that allow billions of dollars to continue to flow into the country, despite round after round of sanctions, so china is promising, at least for now, that they will enforce the sanctions. but wolf, you know sanctions take a very long time to take effect. it is not an overnight -- it is not an overnight solution, and analysts believe that north korea is just a matter of months away from having this icbm that cou...

North korean threat right now. elise, stand by. will ripley joining us from beijing. been to north korea a dozen times over the past few years. will, youre getting more regional reaction, reaction coming in from other countries over there where you are? >> reporter: and we know that the chinese government, wolf, continues to reiterate their stance, that the united states shares some of the blame here for the escalating tension on the korean peninsula. what china, we expect, in the coming hours w...

>> well, i have no doubt, wolf, that he is doing his best to convey to north korea exactly whats on his mind. and one should never forget that this is a man, who in the first six months in office, has pulled the trigger twice already. and hes a man who in his pocket has the nuclear codes. this is a serious situation. >> but is it smart -- >> he states whats on his mind. >> i agree with you, senator, this is extremely dangerous right now. given an unstable regime in pyongyang, is it smart for the...

That maybe some back channel, indirect contacts with north korea are developing between the u.s. and north korea? >> reporter: look, theyve been all year, wolf. you remember that the release of otto warmwarmbier, ended up uppitying-o uppitying-o uppitying-ouppitying -- ended up dying once back in the united states. and joseph yune, theyd been meeting with north korea officials and the hope was that they could get all of the prisoners released. they could kind of use that as a springboard to some...

>> reporter: wolf, a think its no surprise that north korea has been moving in that direction. u.s. officials have been talking about some time theyre working on mastering that miniaturization to fit a nuclear warhead on a long-range intercontinental ballistic mi l missile. thats the scariest part of this. it emphasizes a need for a solution as everybody has been saying, a military solution is really the last option, and thats why secretary of state rex tillerson is in asia right now. he just wr...

This mobile launch capability. they could roll one of these things out and launch it far before we could treect react to. its a major development, and this is going to set off alarm bells throughout not only the pentagon but the entire u.s. government. >> and it certainly will, and already is.cedric leighton, you lot of experience, assessed nuclear weapons for ballistic missile delivery, how reliable or accurate of these dia estimates based on your experience? >> well, wolf, the accuracy varies,...