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Korea to stop developing nuclear weapons, and china says we're not willing to do anything to cut off trade that could cause the kim jong-un regime to collapse. they say it would make things worse. in reality, it also has a lot to do with their geopolitical strategy, as north korea has a buffer state there. but we're at a stalemate. it will be interesting to see if either leader can be forced to move in the other direction. >> is it a blue sky day there? >> reporter: you know, yes, it is. it's a blue sky day. it's cloudy now, but no pollution today. >> amazing what they can do when they want to...

The idea of suggesting, i think he was messaging the chinese and russia about serving relationships. i'm not sure what that means. i think the chinese are going to be hard-pressed to do that. and the greater strategic imperative for the chinese is north korea not implode violently and particularly and they lose their buffer state. i think that is the overriding strategic imperative for the chinese. but the speech was mostly stiff and not much carat. i wish he expanded a bit on his press conference remarks about the ordeal and offered something about the path to negotiation. if i ever drafted a...

North korean regime. the chinese are also very good and once attention shifts, to kind of letting this same old same old go back into place in letting their buffer state continue to be a problem for us. they will have to keep their feet to the fire. import lay before the president's trip. the chinese communist party has their every five-year leadership conference. to regain and re-hold power and to see some of his people in place. we will be watching that very closely. >> brian: you are a war fighter by trade. you know that so is james mattis. how important was it for him to say to be ready, t...

The chinese are also very good and once attention shifts, to kind of letting this same old same old go back into place and letting their buffer state continue to be a problem for us. the president has to keep their feet to the fire. importantly, before the idpresident's trip, the chinese communist party has their every five year leadership conference, and that is very important for him to regain and re-hold power and to see some of his people and plays. we will be watching that very closely. >> brian: you are a war fighter bycl trade. you know that so is james mattis. he is now secretary of de...

Thaad deployment. but what they don't like more is the thing in north korea. so i think they'll put the screws to the north koreans to a certain extent. but it's a strategic imperative. what they don't want to do is lose their buffer state. and the thought of having a reunified peninsula under the control of seoul, and they are on the yellow river by the united states, that's strategic imperative they avoid. >> is that worse than a nuclear north korea? >> well, no, they don't want that. but i say what they don't like more, or like less, is the thought of north korea imploding, particularly vio...