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Yours" tweet? >> well, the tweets are obviously ridiculous. but they're also really dangerous, when you stop to think about the fact that there are millions of lives at risk on both sides in this conflict. and we have to take a step back and try to think about, what's the end game here? our end game should be, aside from these tweets, trying to prevent a scenario whereby either side, whether it be the north koreans or the united states try to prove that their nuclear button is bigger. we want to avoid nuclear war, not encourage it. >> so you see the president's tweet goading the north koreans?...

Jong-un gave a speech on new year's day, saying that the, quote, nuclear button is always on his desk and the president tweeting that, and it's almost impossible to see, ana, how that tweet does not come up during the president's lunch today with vice president mike pence, secretary of state rex tillerson, and defense secretary, james mattis. now, to put that lunch in context for you, it's the only thing on the president's public schedule today. and we've seen the president and tillerson often differ on their approach to north korea, because as you'll recall, just a few months ago, after tille...

Even for a president who revels in the shock and thunder of outrageous tweets, donald trump is delivering a new jolt to the escalating nuclear tensions with north korea. this tweet last night shocking both enemies and allies by using schoolyard-like taunts to bat away the nuclear saber-rattling of north korea's volatile leader, kim jong-un. president trump saying that he too has, quote, a nuclear button, but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his and my button works. this tweet raising eyebrows and concerns. cnn's kaitlan collins is at the white house. kaitlan, what's the white hou...