he will see. it's not a dare. it's a statement. it has nothing to do with dare. that's a statement. >> now, defense secretary james mattis taking a bit of a longer view. very much knowing the guam threat is out tlrhere, the u.s. military ready to deal with that, but also reminding everybody there is a much longer term strategy here. >> the american effort is diplomatically led. it has diplomatic traction and is gaining diplomatic results. i want to stay right there right now. the tragedy of war is well enough known it doesn't need another characterization beyond the fact that it would be catastrophic. >> and obviously the u.s. intelligence community, the u.s. military watching all of this around the clock. they are always watching. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you. north korea's neighbors are caught in the cross hairs of this standoff.