Surprised that it was a failure. Nevertheless, despite it being an embarrassing failure, the reality is they demonstrate intent. When youre looking at any potential threat, whether it somebody that wants to commit murder or a nation that wants to start a war, you look at capability and intent. North korea has both capability and intent to destabilize. Fox news analyst Charles Krauthammer noticed it came after the Trump Administration warned the hermit state to change its behavior. Its a deliberate provocatio provocation. With all the threats, the president saying at least there is a threat of a major, major conflict here trying to challenge the Trump Administration saying, well, show us what youve got. Dana, obviously a very developing situation right at this hour. What do you think the Trump Administration should be doing in terms of its messaging right now as it relates to north korea . Remember when Rex Tillerson said the era of patients has come to an end . Rex tillerson has been very sparse in his words. They are not giving the dictator the attention he needs and besides the tweets, the only statement was yes, we know about the test and yes, the president has been briefed. No more think about it, we need to get together. It was really interesting that Rex Tillerson said in an interview with npr that the United States would be willing to speak and wants direct talks with north korea. We havent said that before. Didnt go further on that but i think what they are starting to realize is kim jongun, certainly under pressure, its so secretive a hermit nation is under tremendous pressure and he is losing face. Hes embarrassed and is trying to show that he does have this weapon capability and i think that maybe we are going to provoke him into doing something where we could possibly show him that we can push him back into the stone age. Bret baier, welcome to the program. You had breaking news earlier today. How do you see this unfolding . I think the administration has a lot of confidence. Between the president and the chinese president. They dont talk about all the things that china is doing. I think they are doing more than we know they are doing. They suggested that maybe they are turning screws on him. That is key for this to go along the track that the administration wants. I think theres a lot of concern that there is tension rising. Where the north korea is backed into a corner. And china is the linchpin. President trump is working quite nicely, cooperatively with president x i of china. Continuing, continuing lack considering the turbulent situation. Talking about the relationship with china and suggesting the china is in a key position to influence what is going on. It begs my reason because to me, the idea that they are doing more missile testing seems to me to be quite intentionally suggesting that they want to display their military might at this moment and they are not listening to anybody. So, the United States has sent an armada of ships in that direction. In the neighborhood. And then youve got a situation where people feel directly threatened. We know this man has nuclear weapons. Thats pretty serious. You can make jokes about trump being erratic and kim jong being erratic but this is way beyond humor. This is a threat to the stability of that entire region and i dont see china reacting in the same way we will. Thats not to our advantage. Poll numbers, i dont know if you saw this box pole but it says most americans think yeah, go get them. At the start of a major, thats a major world war. I dont think thats what that poll said. I think they will take proactive action because we have the capability of having a weapon that can reach our shores. I dont know if you saw this, there is a video. North korea on their propaganda video put out a video with the white house. They were blowing it up. I think these folks just want to they are sticking it to donald trump. Right, they are trying to it seems like a lot of bravado. Nevertheless, a very serious conflict that we have right now. Is it really . It is. Let me give you some perspective. He shot a former scud missile, 25 miles and it broke up in flight into the water. They routinely do this. We always play along. Do we need to care or respond the way we always do . We dont. This is like the kid in the neighborhood who has to show off by popping a wheelie. All the time, he always ends up on his over to teakettle. Trumps tweet, he china into it on his side and said hey, you are disrespecting china too. Superpowers in a way are like superheroes. Generally there against each other, batman versus superman but if there is an enemy that is a force that is more evil than both of them, then they unite. They team up. Theres something positive coming here. We dont know what kind of impact this is going to have and what china will do but it seems to me that china and america are working together. I think thats important as well. The other thing we dont talk about a lot is whether the u. S. Was behind us some the failure. The last one, they give you a smile and a wink in washington. Who knows what happened today but i think that the u. S. May be pushing that kid with the bike over. Which is always a lot of fun. Him because of north korea, the only action they have is the propaganda channel. All they know is that they are setting off missiles. They dont know that they broke up 25 miles off the sea. Thats why hes right, so many people in the Intelligence Community giving you that wink and nod. We dont think they are going to be able to get a Mission Launch successfully completed anytime in the near future. It doesnt mean they cant overcome any capabilities in terms of cyber hacking. Let me tell you, south korea and japan are not very happy. Far. We have a lot of troops. 35 miles from north korea. That stirs big trouble. Yes, that is the point. This is the pattern that you are getting from President Trump and it is bordering on the mundane. If he springs to the most extreme pole and then he stands there and waves and waits for everyone else to move a little bit toward him, which is what everyone wants. He now has created moderate progress with china. He is not interested in waging a war. He has a raised concern and then people stand up and go oh, my god. They moved toward him. He did this was china. He did this with immigration and syria. Its his pattern and it seems to be working. Is also tied into trade with china. Tomorrow marks President Trumps 100 stay in office. She met with Martha Maccallum earlier today. We have this artificial barrier, 100 days, which i am not a big fan of no, no, i fall victim to it also but its very much an artificial barrier. Getting a Supreme Court justice, a great one. I think you will be a great one. Getting him not only nominated but approved in the first 100 days, which hasnt been done since 1881. This is gonna be something really special. You notice the points there, bret, about neil gorsuch. The accomplishment of the first 100 days. Ive talked to some conservatives and they say if nothing else happens and that happened, that would be a total success. Let alone what is likely to happen, possibly Justice Kennedy retiring and anothers feet opening up or some other justice on the Supreme Court stepping down. I think when you look at the poles among evangelicals, among faithbased voters, there is 75 of them saying the president is doing the right thing. I do think the 100 days thing people are just tired of hearing about 100 days. Maybe its 200 days or whatever it takes but eventually youre going to get to or eight years, as he suggested. When you make of these accomplishments . I know you like neil gorsuch. I do think that the 100 days does as well, its for the president to pressure congress. Hes disappointed with the congress. When he looks at the legislation that was brought to him, 28 pieces, none of it was a big blockbuster stuff. Because you never get a Second Chance to make a first impression, the first 25 days that seems like there was chaos, the travel ban, some of the stuff like dont call a judge. All the tweeting. That took just a little bit of time to settle down. The next 75 days which included the gorsuch confirmation and you had of course the Health Care Bill failed. That is why the biggest martyr against the first 100 days, i think conservatives and republicans were like fine, we are not quite ready to do that yet. I think the next 100 days, when they start to lay out more on the tax reform plan, because when you will see even more republicans garner around him. If you look at what he has been able to do, now theyre saying you know what . We are for this. Partially it is the gorsuch but on the politics front, i think its good. I think its important for them to fill in some of these positions all across the government because that will help them achieve their legislative goals. Some efficiency. They need the personnel to be able to do that. I think thats one of the most important things. Greg, whats most important about the 100 days . Offshore drilling, we didnt even talk about what happened today. More jobs, stimulating the economy and tells the fish who is boss. We are offshore. I think his political philosoph philosophy welcome to the five. Trumps political philosophy has been interpreted in a number of different ways. An economic nationalist, i think they are all wrong. I think its a guy who loves his country, who wants to try his hand at running it. What he is is applying the same kind of business as multitasking. During all these things at once. It creates a sense of chaos. You have a lot of unease against the democrats, the Entertainment Industry and the media, its like a crazed personal trainer. They cant keep up with him. Its really interesting to see because among these failures, you talk about some of them, you have an executive order about offshore drilling. It deregulation. Gorsuch. Decreased border crossing. When you think that over 100 days, thats pretty good. Okay, youre giving him a fair grade . I dont know, ive been drinking. Martha maccallum gets all new graphics. A whole new deal the next 100 or 200 . Quickly recap . You know the reason the five is so great . If your homework was not turned in today, young people, you can come to this show and the dog ate your homework. That is what happened with donald trump on his first 100 days. Who talked about that in the first place . Oh, donald trump. He had an interview with reuters and said you know, this job is a lot harder than i thought. I liked my earlier life much better. I didnt realize thats honesty. No politician ever said jeannie, this tough job is tougher thani thought. He is saying its far harder thats what makes him unique lets forget honest, dishonest, judgment. I love honesty, so lets be honest. Where is the wall . Tax reform, obamacare, replace and repeal . You elect me as president , im going to wipe out the stuff the first day. No question. I have a secret plan. Just one clone . Thats what you have been saying at your birthday parties since you are a kid. And then he tried to pop a wheelie. I ended up as a hermit nation. The 9 00 version is a lot more fired up. Yes. That is what is in your mug, coffee . One of the keys to President Trumps election victory was rallying his face. The commanderinchief addressed the annual nra convention. I have a feeling that in the next election you could be swamped with candidates but you will be wasting your time. You will have plenty of those democrats comingoing to saint n. No, maam. It may be pocahontas, remember that. [boos] and she is not big for the nra, that i can tell you. But you came through for me and i am going to come through for you. Okay so, bret, he mentioned that he was the only one to go and address the nra and now i come before you as president of the United States. The nra is a big deal. One of the first endorsers as a big group. The first sitting president since 1983 that spoke in front of the convention. Those are the folks in the middle of the country, a lot of them are saying this is going fine. Obviously theres a lot of criticism about the president and how he started and what he hasnt accomplished. But for folks in that room . They look at neil gorsuch and the prospect of deregulating the things a robust supporter of the second amendment. Greg, they are pretty fired up. That is advertisement for the nra right now. Venezuela. It has no nra and second amendment. No way for citizens to protect themselves from tierney and right now, now, venezuela is imploding and the government is killing its citizens out of wil because they cannot fight back. You understand why we are so lucky because guns preserve our freedom and liberty from tyranny. If you didnt have guns, this country would be a different, strange or. Im surprised there are places where no guns are allowe allowed. I dont even have a soul. You think you have enough guns to take on the u. S. Government . I dont think the u. S. Government could ever attempt by the way it wouldnt come from the government, it will come from the left. They are the ones beating up people for free speech. If your argument is true, then we have enough guns to confront the u. S. Military. I think that its a balance. We keep everything at bay. Its Polite Society when it is armed. Its a deterrent nonetheless. Targets, people go and hit the soft targets because there arent weapons there, right . That is what they do. When you see places that have weapons, you dont want to go there. You pick places like the night club in orlando or san bernardino. The day before his 100 day mark, he goes to the nra. Would you like that scheduling and recommended . I was surprised to learn that the president hadnt gone in 34 years. I assumed president bush had gone or george h. W. Bush. Im surprised. I think its bold and smart. I think he has a locked down his base. What constituency can he pick off in order to get some of these legislative goals . If he thinks about people in the rust belt that had voted for obama, that decided not to vote for clinton and went for him. Take your pick of make America Great again. Jobs. How does he continue to keep them in his corner and how can he reach out to some of those people . Who would you suggest . Theres not a lot of moderate democrats left. The democrats are really in disarray. They are pushing purity of their ideology rather than broadening their base. I think that because rest assured he has republicans locked down. He doesnt have to worry, they are not going anywhere. What can he do to reach out to get another constituency to help him . He doesnt have enough votes in the congress to do it just for republicans only. There are 12 Senate Democrats up for reelection in states were donald trump won 82 or more of the counties. I think you will see him travel to those states and say this senator is not with me on x, y, and z and make the case leverag leverage. Because of the slow start and democrats really going down the road of the russian investigation, they felt emboldened and there may be somewhere leverage that the president and administration has. Let me say for a second, there are 30 million a tremendous boost to Trumps Campaign in places like pennsylvania, rural pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin. I think it was a difference maker in so many places. He is going to have to do something. What he said today was you guys backed me and now i will come through for you. What exactly is that agenda . Oh, concealed weapons. Making it easier to carry concealed weapons. How about this one . Everyone should have a silencer on their gun. Oh, my god. I dont think that is what he said. I think that is the nra agenda. But that is not what the president said. Wright, Dana Cuesta Mike i think you need a silencer. How are things looking for the democrats, 100 days into the administration . Heres an indicator from chuck schumer, who appears stumped about the future of his party. Who is the leader of the Democratic Party cuesta mike we need a bunch of leaders. I am certainly the leader of the senate. I deftly represent the Democratic Party but we have a very good i would love to start with you on this. The democrats seem to be grappling with the loss from last november. They dont have a national leader. We talked about the push for liberal purity. It so that they cant actually go beyond that. How would you think that their first 100 days went . I think pretty poor. When you have the dnc chair, tom perez saying that prolife democrats potentially are not welcome in a speech, when you have a leader who cant really say where the party is in an elevators speech, peggy noonan has a really great oped in the wall street journal. It is it really nails it. Yes, i would love to redo just a part of it. We have barely noticed his great good luck that the Democratic Party have been having a very public nervous breakdown. Ya, i think they are definitely in disarray. I dont think they have an inherent message. Trump beating clinton. That is evidence that the democrats havent come up with a strong method. Not good under the first three months of President Trump. Do with that democrats have a counter message or counterpunch to donald trump . I do not see it right now. They have been unified in the congress and that is where they will split among republicans on things like obamacare, the deficit and the rest. They are not able to talk about those things the message from the left right now are coming from campuses. Its about shutting down speech. If you look at the parties sidebyside and you look at trumps actions next to pelosi and schumer, you have the keystone cops and the keystone pipeline. It is in no way he reversed 2008. The prediction of implosion never happens. Its a cycle we all go through. What the dems have is a lot of vitriol. It feels really good and they still cant believe all the trump eight will translate into democrat love. The trump haight. If you mock the right, you think that that will build your brand. Just kind of spinning in the mu mud. Vitriol is like booze. It only feels good to you. No one else really feels it. Thats actually really good point about put that in