more. when you consider how much the u.s. needs china right now on this issue of north korea, these sorts of actions are not likely to help. anthony. >> mason: ben tracy in beijing, thanks. michael morell is a former deputy director of the c.i.a., and now our cbs news senior security contributor. he joins us from tokyo. michael, the president said his "fire and fury" warning wasn't tough enough. from your vantage point in tokyo, what do you think? >> anthony, i think the president's statements of the last two days are reckless, and i think they're reckless for two reasons. one is that kim jong-un has been shown to be provokable, and so this playground game of "dare- double dare" is dangerous. the second reason that-- is that statements such as this box the president in, from a policy perspective. at a time when he should be trying to maximize policy options, he's narrowing them.