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Pretty much and these 20 missile bases we've been studying, these are the sorts of the things that the president would have liked to have seen to be part of the conversation if we were going to lift all the sanctions as the north koreans would want. it's a disaster. this is no doubt a disaster but in the end the president made the right decision not to take a bad deal. >> what do you think china is feeling. are they relieved, happy or disappointed? >> i think they are disappointed. they are worried as of the of the region is worried what direction this will go in now. i worry the president wil...

Gordon, i want to ask you and point out a tweet you mentioned trump cannot cajol kim jong-un into giving up weapons, he has to clean up him. it was a huge mistake to let up the pressure on north korea last may. why do you say that? >> well, he did let up the pressure and we have seen virtually no progress since then. it's good the north koreans aren't testing. they need to digest all of the telemetry, all the information they got from their nuclear detonation and from all their missile launches. the thing here is that we would like to think that if we're friends with north korea they'll be fri...

Republicans. does that mean he will turn to the emergency declaration? >> it absolutely could. he has been threatening to do so. i would expect in the state of the union he would threaten it again. you have to remember the state of the union tomorrow is on february 5th. we have until february 15th as the deadline for this conference committee negotiations on that. so you would think that the president would keep that threat overhead but not announce a decision, as long as there is a chance for these negotiators to reach some sort of agreement. >> jon: the president is talking about another sum...

Self-explanatory, and place that over the leak with the same purpose, to siphon the oil up to the surface. another idea they were talking about a couple days ago, something they refer to as just -- basically they would be blasting a great deal of rubber made from tires, even golf balls, to try to seal the leak. then they would use a compress of mud and concrete to seal things off. they're certainly hoping one of these will work. right now the one they're really pushing for is, of course, just that six-inch pipe and trying to bring it to the surface. >> and these chemical dispersants, the chemi...