would be a good opportunity for collection, to see how the regime in north korea responds. but it's important for the united states to lay out very clearly how we would respond in the event of a north korean attack. brian: i believe the pressure on china is key in telling the south koreans you are getting mored that missiles. telling japan we are going to bolster your defense. telling taiwan we are going to be there. that's everything china doesn't want. >> and also empowering the north korean people. i don't see any effort right now to build an alternative government. try to rally behind north koreans in order to solve this problem. it's not just about nuclear weapons. it's about the regime itself. by the way, to me there are two headlines here. first headline is north korea miniaturized a north korean headline. second headline is iran miniaturized a north korean war head. anything north korea does. iran has that same exact technology. it is one program. they are not separate. >> that are is absolutely correct. this is the story that is not getting reported at all. is the fact that if you allow a regime, whether it's north