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Never quit your post. there's desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, which is the more serious crime. so as he quit his post and as he wandered into the afghan wilderness, the teams that went looking for him were endangered. he caused that to happen. so as we look at the punishment that may or may not come from his trial, we have to ask where is the justice for those that were wounded and killed looking for sergeant bergdahl? because that is the real question here. just like in any trial, where is the justice? it's less about bergdahl and more about the men that we just heard about. >> ma...

>> a powerful show of force in yet another u.s. carrier strike group reaching the pacific taking the total to three, a reminder to north korea that all military options remain on the table. today the uss nimitz joined the uss roosevelt and uss reagan in the region, having completed operations in the middle east in a highly unusual deployment. >> two carrier groups is unusual. three is very, very unusual. >> the nimitz and roosevelt are equipped with the antimissile system which the u.s. sees as a key defense mechanism. defense secretary mattis on a tour of asia reiterated the goal is to comp...

Correct. we're going to have carrier groups as general keane said earlier, battle groups led by carriers such as the ford, out doing the hard work preparing to go in. let's be clear on this, during the original war back in the 50's. naval aviation was very important to defeating the north koreans and pushing them back and clearly i think that kim jong-un would understand that our aircraft carrier standing off his coast means we could quickly hammer them in any circumstance. and today with the ford, i think more effectively and efficiently than ever before. >> by the way, we just heard the pres...

North korea fired some missiles. >> the response from the trump administration is going to be what are we going to do now? it seems that the two are linke linked. it does seem that with the united states was saying was so entirely reasonable, don't know why they rejected it. maybe they will change their mind. >> bret: it is new south korean leadership here tied more to china and a little bit skittish about the thaad system. >> the kind of reconciliation with the north not at all a strong anti-north ally the way the previous government was. this was a sure to ship missile. we are putting three ...

At the end of the day, the chinese are more concerned about the collapse of the north korean regime than they are about the icbm in the hands of that regime. julie: do you think china's putting enough pressure on north korea? >> i don't. the chinese could do far more. they're still a major trading partner with north korea to the tune of about $60 billion, and they dwarf anybody else in the world in terms of economic engagement with this north korean regime. we've got to put significant pressure on the chinese, and we've got to shut down these illicit financial and economic networks that sustai...