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Actions the administration is take with its european allies and congress to bring about a new arrangement on iran and to sigh see how they can curb north korea's nuclear and missile programs. back to you guys. >> thanks. joining us here this morning eugene scott political reporter for "the washington post." good to see you. the good news is rex is intact. everyone is relax. is the relationship with the president intact and can this good cop bad cop denam mick succeed? >> we certainly hope so. listen to him say the president has made it clear to him he does not want to go to war. should in th...

State sid that president trump is not looking to go to war with the country but that he does have military preparations ready to go. a couple weeks ago, the president tweeted that tillerson was wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocketman. that's how he referred to kim jong-un. john bussey is here. where are we with north korea? >> a lot is going on. tillerson is leading the charge on the diplomatic side. there's the good cop bad cop. the language from president trump. tillerson working a lot of by literal relationships to put the squeeze on north korea. a lot has been going on. ...

Honor, he doesn't want to lie. to take questions about what he called the president a moron and not deny them. last week when i talked to him, there is no good cop bad cop. trump has to play the backdoor diplomacy and when trump goes on twitter and said those things, it's not preplanned. there is no game that they are playing together. this is to under cut for the last time. >> giving voice is many senators are worried when there is a crisis moment, will the tillerson, mattis, and john kerry view prevail or will president trump and his tweeting habits prevail. >> look, it was a telling moment

I think what you're going to see play out is trump understands he has to get people to work with him to get the agenda done. i think trump has realized this good cop-bad cop approach and in this case may be steve bannon is the bad cop, it will be effective. he has to have both carrots and sticks. that's a nice evening out with this administration. i think that's the main dynamic at work. they need to get something on the board. mcconnell has to be part of that process. that's where this is going to go. >> i have no idea where this is going to go because he said one thing in the cabinet meeting...

President george h.w. bush. governor, is it good cop/bad cop? the president keeps open the possibility of military action as did his predecessors while the secretary of state dangles the diplomatic carrot for kim jong-un. >> it's firm cop, firm cop. that's exactly what george herbert walker bush did with jimmy baker. jimmy went over a few times to talk to the foreign minister. i think the last conversation was a day or so if i remember correctly, a day or so before hostilities opened up. this is not an unusual tactic. it is a good tactic and i think they're handling it pretty well. >> eric: wh...