today in seoul, the top u.s. envoy on north korea warned that if the north conducts a major weapons test in the coming days, it would be, quote, most unhelpful in the effort to resume peace talks. the north has said the u.s. has until the end of the year to make concessions in these nuclear negotiations. and mind you, this is all happening just as we are hearing a devastating story about president trump's unique perspective, shall we call it, on north korea. in peter bergen's new book, "trump and his generals: the cost of chaos," he writes that back in april of '17, "trump was regularly briefed that north korea possessed vast numbers of artillery batteries that could potentially kill millions in seoul in the event of a war. referring to the inhabitants of seoul, trump said, they have to move. the officials in the oval office weren't sure if trump was joking. trump repeated, they have to move. no one knew what to say."