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They'll likely demand a scaling back of joint u.s./south korean military exercises. these veteran diplomats say at the bargain table, the north koreans can be friendly, charming, persuasive and then sometimes can turn into gangsters. evan s revere was with u.s. envy william perry during talks in 1998 when the north koreans got frustrated. >> is one turned to secretary perry and said to him and said we can turn your home of palo alto into a sea of fire. >> reporter: and the north koreans have carried out threats made at the bargaining table. former nsc official mike green says in 2003 north kor...

States whoever he or she is they have to look learn something from history and it's clear that any attempt to negotiate with vladimir putin is a disaster by definition. the money you are at the bargain table with him, you concede interest of the united states and the free world. >> does he kill his enemy in russia? >> i look -- i mention that friend colleague, up in front of the kremlin putin is a dictator and he will do whatever to stay in power and creating chaos over the world is part of the his agenda and president-elect is seen by putin to spread it around. >> he does worse than throwing ...

Failed. i'm sure harold will disagree with me but he has failed to establish himself as a leader in this particular crisis, in the sequester thing. i just have a bad feeling about going out and trying to scare the american people right in the middle of the great recession when everybody is nervous enough. i don't think it's a good thing. i think the way he's talking about republicans, such as to al sharpton this week saying all they believe in essentially is protecting tax cuts for the rich, that's not a language that will get anybody into a discussion or at a bargain table. >> maria, it did g...

Protecting tax cuts for the rich, that's not a language that will get anybody into a discussion or at a bargain table. >> maria, it did get american people into a discussion. the white house said, look, he campaigned on this theory of the case, on fiscal matters, economy generally. it would be an abdication of leadership if he said, no, we're done on revenues. we prevented the tax cuts from going up or taxes from going up in december. we're not doing anymore. >> i think at this moment in time as we live from cliff to cliff, we do need leadership in terms of bringing the two sides together. i t...