the trump white house. they had hoped in rex tillerson's comments yesterday at the u.n. to offer a carrot in addition to the stick of u.s. military increased presence in the region. they have talked about offering in past administrations more than a billion dollars of aid to the korean people. so, the idea, a senior administration official explained to me was to offer pyongyang a narrow path out. they didn't make any specific requirements on what pyongyang would have to do to get to talks. they said we just want to see moves of some sort towards denuclearization. they hoped libya and moammar gadhafi when he denuclearized they would take this opening. but instead they got this defiant missile launch. >> let's listen to rear admiral john kirby. he had some direct words about what happened overnight. >> this is kim giving us the