one threat in the form of an overt threat, he will truly regret it. >> i think trump is in a difficult situation here. lots of people have drawn lots of comparisons to obama drawing the red line in syria. he somewhat backed himself into a corner in which there are no good options. experts are advocating for more sanctions, more negotiation, but trump's continued rhetoric about a military option has put him in a bad situation where he either acts on what he says and potentially creates a very bad situation or doesn't act and faces a credibility risk. >> so the president also said in an exchange with reporters that he's not hearing these things directly from kim jong-un himself. the suggestion that there would be an attack on guam or their plans came from a general. we know that this statement came from a person who wrote an article for the state-run newspaper and it was a quote not directly from kim. what, kelsey, is the significance of this not coming from kim himself?