advisers, but notably he's with his national security advisor h.r. mcmaster and several national security officials out there today. so it's very clear that north korea is top of mind for all those guys. >> and what was interesting was and on one hand you're not surprised, the president essentially said, no, no regrets on fire and fury. if anything i would have been stronger and i thought well, that's the trump we all know. but again, we know him. what does the world hear? that's -- >> one thing i find interesting is that general mattis, the secretary of defense, was talking about the end of the north korean regime. now, mattis doesn't have a reputation as somebody who is full of bluster who just shoots his mouth off. he evidently either wants to be on the same page as president trump or thinks that it's important to get that same kind of warning out there. >> what was interesting, though, i'm glad you quoted mattis, because that was how you word a statement that if you wanted to