reasonableness to prevail here. now china had mentioned that was one way for the u.s. to step back a little bit, create some room for kim jong-un to step back, as well. it seems that even before he's arrived in beijing, the secretary has made good on that pledge to china. back to you. >> all right, jim clancy for us in seoul this morning. thanks, jim. new this morning, developments from the pentagon over that surprising intelligence assessment of north korea's potential nuclear capabilities. our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence joins us and chris, it really seems like the obama administration is attempting to do some damage control over a surprising release of sensitive information. >> john, the assessment that was released was only one line. and that's all we reported, one line. the amount of clarifications and denials we've been getting from u.s. officials, number paragraphs. the latest coming just this morning from a u.s. official who is traveling in korea, who says