U. N. Resolutions. My people think it skould have been a violation. I view it differently, perhaps as a man who wants to get attenti attention. Who knows . Im happy with the way its going. Intelligent people agree with me. Really significant. Boris sanchez is following the president. Hes in the japanese capital where its just after 10 00 p. M. Whats the reaction to what japan considers an existential threat. Poppy, Prime Minister abe remained measured and polite when asked about the president s feelings recording the missile tests. He essentially said the missile tests are a great regret. He didnt go further in condemning them. Its clear that President Trump trusts kim jongun despite the outlook from some of his closest advisers Like National security adviser john bolton and even the Prime Minister of japan, shinzo abe. Its not the only thing the president is siding with chairman kim on. Last week north korean officials put out a statement taunting the intelligence of former Vice President and current president ial candidate joe biden. Listen to what he said about that. Kim jongun made a statement that joe biden is a low iq individual. He probably is based on his record. I think i agree with him on that. Reporter the president swiftly pivoted to iran, talking about bidens role in securing the nuclear deal. He says he doesnt believe regime change is necessary in iran, something that also goes against what ambassador john bolton said before. New japanese emperor naruhito, the president is tomorrow touring a joint japanese and American Naval base. Live in tokyo, thank you very much. Joined by former director of National Intelligence and our National Security analyst james clapper. Good morning, director clapper. Its very good and important to have you on all this news that happened overnight. Lets talk about the significance really Standing Shoulder to shoulder with kim jongun while hes in japan and siding with him over not only Prime Minister shinzo abe, but his own National Security adviser john bolton, all while hes in japan. How big is that . Its big, but its not surprising or inconsistent with the president s previous behavior, not the first time hes contradicted the National Security adviser or others on his cabinet, his team. Its clear the North Koreans are not happy with the state of affairs right now since the failure of the hanoi summit and typical north korea, when they want attention, they do Something Like this. Despite all the wordsmithing, this was a Ballistic Missile test and it does contravene u. N. Security counsel resolutions. The fact hes in japan on a state visit and these missiles do pose a threat to japan even though they may not pose a threat to the united states. It really puts, as you and boris pointed out, kind of an awkward position for Prime Minister abe to be in. Right. Well get to abes response in a moment and how much japan depends on the united states. You have the united states, 20,000 in south korea, 50,000 troops in japan. Shouldnt the president be just as alarmed by any missile tests by north korea as japan is, even if it cant reach the united states, this particular test . Yes, he should be. Its still a Good Practice for the North Koreans its a question of range, is the only distinction. Yeah, he has lots of troops and families in both countries. But i think he is so wedded to his love affair, air quotes, with kim jongun, and in a sense is putting it to kim jongun, i will say this, not to Test Nuclear Weapons underground or launch long range missiles. I dont know what theyll do if that happens. When the North Koreans feel theyre not getting the attention they deserve, theyll do Something Like this. Its this step today but what is the next step to get that attention. Lets address shinzo abe chose to respond or not really. The president said right there in japan, hes tried for good reason, trades favor with the president , economic reasons, security reasons. Hes gotten so little in return. Youve seen other longtime allies that would try to work around the united states. For japan, theres not a lot of options. There isnt. Prime minister abe is in a tough place and i think hes doing the best he can by literally and figuratively rolling out the red carpet for the president , appealing to his ego in light of current trade negotiations. Theres an election coming up in july in japan. So this is all complicated, of course, by the behavior of north korea while this visit is going on. Hes in a tough place and i think he responded as diplomatically as he could. Lets turn the page to iran here and what the president said. Lets listen to him because he made very clear where he at least stands on regime change in iran. Here was the president. I know so many people from iran. These are great people. It has a chance to be a great country with the same leadership. Were not looking for regime change. I just want to make that clear. Were looking for no Nuclear Weapons. That was a very deliberate statement, a deliberate word choice, no regime change. That probably comes as a disappointment, perhaps a surprise to some closest to him, including john bolton who months before taking this position wrote about needing regime change in iran. Well, exactly. I think that may be a statement more for public consumption. I think this administration would prefer regime change. Certainly mr. Bolton, prior to becoming National Security adviser made that pretty clear, that that would be his position. The thing with iran, i always like to think about is which would you rather have a, state sponsored terrorism with a Nuclear Weapon or state sponsored terrorism without a Nuclear Weapon. I sort of opt for the latter. Even if there were regime change, theres absolutely no guarantee at all that what would succeed the current regime would be any different. Im not quite sure what were trying to achieve in iran. It sure shows a difference, when youre dealing with a country that has Nuclear Weapons like north korea versus one that doesnt. It certainly does. Director clapper, so good to have you this morning. Thank you very much for coming in on the holiday. Thanks, poppy, for having me. Lets talk about the politics of this. Molly ball is here, cnn political analyst. The same for you. Thank you for being lear on this holiday, memorial day monday. Thank you. Lets take down what happened in the last two days with the president , siding with kim jongun on the issue of missile tests doesnt bother him at all. Ignoring japans plea to remove the steel and aluminum tariffs and publicly goading abe when it comes to touting japanese investments in the united states. With friends like these, who needs enemies . I think a lot of American Allies have felt that way over the past couple years thanks to the president s, shall we say, unorthodox views of american alliances. This is not really a working visit for trump. This is much more of a ceremonial visit, seeing the new emperor and visiting with Prime Minister abe. But he has managed to ruffle some feathers as he tends to do, and i think as director clapper was saying, the response of the japanese has been to be as diplomatic as possible. But especially when it comes to north korea, the fear of a lot of experts who saw trump walk into these negotiations with kim jongun was that he would give away the store and not get anything in return. A lot of those people were really gratified and praised the president for walking away from that last summit in vietnam thinking, okay, this shows he isnt going to just let them get away with anything. I think that fear is resurgent now that he seems to be making excuses for the North Koreans over these Nuclear Tests and contravening others in his administration over how to view them. On other major issues on the Foreign Policy front, youve got what seems to be, molly, a growing divide and a significant one between the president and his National Security adviser john bolton. Clearly the word choice there, were not looking for regime change in iran, putting them on a different page, bolton is not saying that right now. His writing has made clear what his view as han on iran and at the same time, on venezuela, the divide between the president and john bolton. Both public divides on significant Foreign Policy issues. What does this mean for john bolton . Is he about to be tillersoned if you will . We havent heard that. Its more about different views. I dont think anybody is surprised that President Trump has a different world view than john bolton, particularly when it comes to the use of military force. Although, when hes been interviewed on this topic, bolton has described them both as real lifts on Foreign Policy. There is a clear policy divide. Potentially theres a strategy behind it a Good Cop Bad Cop going on where these International Actors can be kept off balance by not knowing which part of the administrations rhetoric they should trust. But we dont know that. Usually with this administration it turns out not to be a strategy. It turns out to just be the transparency, if you will, of these disputes that usually happen inside the white house coming out into the open and the president expressing them publicly, particularly when it comes to iran, theres been these rumblings that have really reached a current shen dough in washington the past several weeks and made a lot of people nervous in washington. So if President Trump is really speaking to them, speaking to a domestic audience thats been wondering, are we sabre rattling, potentially gearing up for a war here, i guess we now know where trump is on that. Its a question that should match to each and every american certainly. Molly ball, thank you. Good to have you this morning. If you have not seen these pictures, look at this. The images say it all. The top of mt. Everest is so busy, people are dying in what has become a literal human traffic jam. Well take you live to kathmandu. Rescuers didnt give up and neither did she. 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Everest. One mountain guide sadie weather conditions and lack of experience is contributing to this. Our Senior International correspondent arwa damon is live in kathmandu, nepal. I didnt know that can happen. Not only can it happen, but its proving to be deadly. Reporter yeah, and this is why its so deadly. That area where all those people are backlogged, thats known as the death zone. Theres a reason why its called the death zone. When youre at that altitude, every breath you take, it only contains about a third of the oxygen than it would if you were at sea level. Your body is literally degrading. Youre literally dying when youre there. Extra time can prove to be lethal. The waits on some days were hours long for people to reach the summit and come back down. Of those nine people and counting who died just on the nepalese side trying to make the summit, in the short climbing periods, only a few weeks, most of those people died while they were on their way down, while they were descending, most of them from altitude sickness. Thats how dangerous this potentially can be. Some of them, it would seem, more aware of the dangers. One british climber who died. His name is robin haynes fisher. He posted to his instagram about his concerns about the wait, saying with a single route to the summit, delays caused by overcrowding proves to be fatal. He had actually postponed his summit day for a few days, hoping it would be less crowded. What ends up happening is once the weather clears theres this big crush, this rush for the summit resulting in this backlog. Poppy, thats only one of the reasons why these fatalities occur. Arwa, obviously the question becomes how much of this responsibility lies on the government and how much responsibility lies on the individual people. Very quickly before we go, is anyone else going up at this point . Reporter as far as were aware, no. The last group, according to a Government Official we spoke to, is actually on their way back down. Now the pnepalese government sas the number of permits have nothing to do with the delay. Thats they say these are completely unfounded allegations and 600 people did make it to the summit this year. Theres also a burden of responsibility on the climbers and their level of experience. What the experts will tell you when youre climbing Something Like this is knowing your body and its limitations. Arwa damon, im glad youre there. Please keep us posted. It is stunning. Ahead for us, back in this country, more democrats calling for the president s impeachment. Will recent court wins push Speaker Pelosi there . Thats the key question next. 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