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Trade between the two countries was worth nearly $650 billion. it is clear that it's not just in china's economic interest, it's also in the region's interest that they do something to stop pyongyang. whether they act to do that is anyone's guest. >> chinese are floating a freeze proposal at the u.n., haley describing it as insulting. back to you if anything comes out from the white house in the next couple of hours. heather? >> with more on the president's response to north korea, let's bring in steven nelson, white house reporter for the washington examiner of the thank you for joining us. >...

They're deliberately provoking us in the general doesn't like it. i appreciate that he's in charge right now. >> molly: secretary mattis said the president wanted to be brief on many military options. one of those options? >> one is economic sanctions. we know their $650 billion in trade with china. china has not done enough to stop this from happening. if we cut off the spigot with china will quickly see them realize they no longer have money and resources coming into the country that they want from our citizens. we could live longer without them then they can without us. also, we need to ens...

Inexplicably. there was another threat the president made say he is considering stopping all trade with any country doing business with north korea. that was talking about china who is north korea's biggest trading partner and ours too. $650 billion of trade with china in the year. that seems to be pretty unrealistic. there is room for more sanctions but stopping all trade with china? >> china has been a huge proble problem. >> absolutely. >> 90% of north korea's trade is with china. they do these piecemeal things. if we care about keeping, constraining them, we have to do secondary sections a...

They're deliberately provoking us in the general doesn't like it. i appreciate that he's in charge right now. >> molly: secretary mattis said the president wanted to be brief on many military options. one of those options? >> one is economic sanctions. we know their $650 billion in trade with china. china has not done enough to stop this from happening. if we cut off the spigot with china will quickly see them realize they no longer have money and resources coming into the country that they want from our citizens. we could live longer without them then they can without us. also, we need to ens...

For the elderly and entitlement program for the young. entitlement program for the poor and then expand eligibility for three and that is what we have today.>> look at the numbers. there are 11 million people on medicaid since obamacare has been introduced. a 30 percent rise in terms of those on medicaid. if you look at the cost, last year the federal government spent $389 billion on medicaid. in the next 10 years of up to $650 billion. these numbers are staggering. it is perhaps unsustainable. you look at where the greatest pushback in terms of the senate bill is coming from. it is coming fro...