nuclear threat from north korea. even putting aside these reports about the intelligence material there's also commercial satellite imagery showing activity going on at these north korean sites related to uranium processing and the missile facilities so does this administration believe that there is no longer a nuclear threat? also, john bolton yesterday on "face the nation" said that the overwhelming bulk of the program could be dismantled within a year while experts say it could take ten to 15 years. could we get clarity on that? >> again, we are continuing to make progress. we had good meetings yesterday. and as i said, secretary of state will be there. later this week to continue those discussions. i'm not going to confirm or deny any of the intelligence reporting that's out there. and as far as the one-year timeline, ambassador bolton said if north korea makes the decision to denuclearize their