on the eve of the north korea to have your director of national intelligence in open hearings undercutting your position was very bad form. >> sounds like he was referring to the global threats hearing on capitol hill where the director of national intelligence testified that in that hearing, that north korea was unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons. is that undercutting the president, in your view? >> no. not at all. what it does is to give the president an extremely important leverage position and knowledge that he has to have going into a discussion. god knows what he's going to give away at that. there's talk that he may open formal relationships with north korea. while we're still at war with north korea. i mean, this man needs to start to slow down, listen carefully. if he's not willing to read, then at least listen to his advisers. not just to bolton but also to