kim jong-un in additional provocations and action. >> do you think this was in some way reaction to north korean move to south korea to have some sort of talks or is that something obviously the language south korea's been using vis-a-vis north korea is much less bellicose that the u.s. has been using as of late. >> it could be a reaction which is highly problematic. i think the most important thing that the trump administration should be doing and the president should be doing is standing by our south korean ally in their efforts on diplomacy. it's very important that the united states and south korea stay on the same page when it comes to dealing with north korea. >> general hurtling, there was a new year's message yesterday from kim jong-un who said, quote, the entire mainland of the u.s. is within the range of our nuclear weapons and the nuclear button is always on the desk of my office. certainly inflammatory, but i mean i guess some might argue par for the course for north korea's leader? >> yeah, i think it's goading. and kelly would probably confirm that that this is what we're