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On north korea. china really supplies 90% of north korea'se energy. financial lifeline to the outside world. they haven't applied pressureidn the past, because they are worried the regime will collapse. maybe their attitude is changing? >> jeanine: if indeed kim jong un does make a decision to try to do something, i mean, i believe the president when he says, you are covered. we got your back. the present will be able to come up with our military and the sophisticated technology that we have to prevent that kind of thing from happening ifif you we to try to attack with an icbm. correct? >> let...

Another. it will have a tremendous impact on north korea. china really supplies 90% of north korea's energy. financial lifeline to the outside world. they haven't applied pressure in the past because they are worried the regime will collapse. maybe their attitude is changing. >> jeanine: if indeed kim jong un does make a decision to try to do something, i mean, i believe the president when he says you are covered. we got your back. with our military, the sophisticated technology to prevent that kind of thing from happening if he were to try to attack with an icbm. correct? >> let's be honest, ...

Does that move the bar at all? >> well, it certainly would seem to me to move it because right now the u.s. has only done this if they thought they were threatened. i would be interested to hear what congresswoman harmon has to say about this, but shooting down a missile not aimed at your territory is a risky act, but it would start us down the road to conflict. >> what do you think? >> a couple things. david is a former and future scholar at the history center so he's smart. it's risk, and intercepting at boost phase on the launch pad is riskier. what will the north koreans understand this to...

>> yes, and i suspect as the admiral knows, as well that we've already started some of those actions. again, the thing is to do these offensive slightly aggressive actions at the same time having conversations and having diplomacy, you know, diplomacy doesn't work without a stick behind it. and right now, we have to do both. we're not really doing both. >> and the final piece of it, of course, before i let you go will be defense. and stepping up what we're doing in terms of strategic defense against ballistic missiles. correct? admiral? >> that is absolutely correct. and andrea, as you know, t...

Badly. >> yeah. >> shooting off missiles. and the tweets, obviously, have the same effect as declaring a red line. they almost force you to take action. i want to ask admiral staviridis about the realm of real possibilities. i've heard your former colleagues saying recently that the president should announce a crash program to build a system that could stop north korean missiles in their boost phase, aerial vehicles that would be offshore, that would have new capabilities. do you think that's a good idea? do you think there are other new technologies that a year or two from now would make this...