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Would it be nice not to do that? the answer is yes. will that happen? who knows. >> reporter: the president's comments follow other remarks from his national security team in recent weeks. indicating a tougher tone on north korea. cia director mike pompeo warning about pyongyang's rapidly advancing threat of a nuclear-tipped missile that could hit the u.s. >> it's now a matter of thinking about -- thinking about how do you stop the final step? >> reporter: and the latest warning from secretary of state rex tillerson that diplomatic efforts to solve this crisis might fail. >> those diplomatic e...