trying to destabilize the middle east. when it comes to north korea, are they allowed to keep their short range missiles. the issue is, the north korean regime keeps their nuclear weapons because they believe that is the only way to preserve them. it's going to be hard to get them to give up their short range missiles. that's why the administration says they will protect kim jong-un even if we come to an agreement about the disarming. how far they go with that, we talked about denuclearization. but there's other weapons capabilities on the table as well. >> that is a very valid question. i don't know that any of the questions. their concern is regime preservation. >> in terms of nuclear weapons -- >> nuclear is exisstential. they got the chinese and the