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Advance collective security. >> reporter: 8500 u.s. troopighr near-derm deployment in case diplomacy fails. itate, nato's secretary-general says 5,000 allied forces are set to go. >> we have plans in place that we can activate, execute on very short notice. >> reporter: no one is quite sure what vladimir putin will do. next week, he is set to travel to china for the start of the olympic games. and the state department says that may impact timing of an attack. >> i think that probably president xi jinping would not be ecstatic if putin chose that moment to invade ukraine. so that may affect his...

Economy if you were to cripple russia? >> i think you can understand i would not get into negotiating here on live television and certainly not from the pentagon. i would refer to my state department colleagues to speak to that. i would point you to what the president himself has said, is that when it comes to economic consequences we are thinking about and considering more severe economic consequences than even those we considered in 2014, so there are much more severe consequences being considered. again, i'll let diplomats speak to that. our job at the pentagon is to be ready in case diplom...

Israeli leadership's tone has softened in recent weeks. now the israeli leadership are looking for some sort of alternative in case diplomacy fails. although this is a farewell visit for merkel, many israelis are hoping it's not going to be a farewell to the strong relationship between germany and israel. both israelis and palestinians are now eyeing who will succeed angela merkel, especially if that person comes from a more left-leaning political stance, and how that will affect germany as stance in the region. >> there has been a lot of pressure on the left hand of german politics to perhaps...

Relationship with germany will continue to be strong. one of the main topics in the relationship between israel and germany is the iranian nuclear deal. the israelis have been opposed to this and a return to the deal, germ anany is a signatory it, their tone on the opposition has softened in some ways in recent weeks and now the israeli leadership want to have some sort of alternative on the table in case diplomacy fails. kim? >> interesting. thank you so much. the man known as the father of pakistan's nuclear program will be given a state funeral in islamabad later today. aq passed away aft...

>> harris: a fox news alert, balancing diplomacy with military might, president trump meeting at the white house with james mattis and tillerson amid the rising tensions with north korea. this the day after mattis warned that u.s. army "must stand ready in case diplomacy fails." president trump reportedly considering a visit to the demilitarized zone. back from "outnumbered" ," congressman ron desantis. while we were together last hou hour, the president met with dr. henry kissinger. you have been in this position to know what some of those