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President blaming what he called anger and open hostility in a recent statement by north korea. joining me now, cnn international correspondent will ripley who is live for us in north korea. will, hello to you. a night has passed since you learned of the -- and relayed the president's decision to north korean officials. what has changed? >> reporter: well, you know, there really was a lot of strong rhetoric between the united states and north korea. had vice president pence comparing north korea to libya, of course gadhafi in libya gave up his nukes and was dead a few years later after being o...

>> reporter: well, you know, there really was a lot of strong rhetoric between the united states and north korea. had vice president pence comparing north korea to libya, of course gadhafi in libya gave up his nukes and was dead a few years later after being overthrown by u.s.-backed forces. that trigdered a very angry response from the north cree yac koreans who called him a political hdummy and president trump saying the summit on singapore on june 12th is off. we got the news when we on the train. it was more than a 15-hour journey we had that take and it was incredibly uncomfortable and aw...

Welcome, general. >> thank you, carol. i think it means this is part of a threefold strategy. first to try to destroy the rebels by military force, subversion, bribes and intimidation. secondly to stall through a peace process. third, to build up strength by bringing in mercenaries and outside support. >> so the africa anne union is offer -- african union is offering this supposed deal. are they like in collusion with moammar gadhafi then? >> they're not exactly in collusion, but he has given a lot of support and assistance to them. of course, everyone wants to see the fighting stopped, and ga...

Supportive of gadhafi and unlikely to mediate fairly between the groups. we have more from zain verjee. tell us why the rebels aren't so trustful and how the african union relates to gadhafi. >> reporter: as far as it relates to gadhafi, carol, he's had a very strong leadership with a lot of african leaders. goes back many years. moammar gadhafi has poured so much money into africa to support countries, there are so many investments in countries like chad, zambia, south africa, even kenya, where i'm from, in just the last couple of years. every time i go home to nairobi and driving around the ...

Nic robertson has reported air strikes are simply enforcing a status quo. and even if nato decides to put boots on the grounds, it nbc 5 late for that. what are we looking at here, sglernl. >> well, i think what you're looking at is a policy struggle. as nato comes to terms with how badly does it want gadhafi out and what is it willing to do to do that. there are already some outsiders in with the lebrebels in bengha. they're not actually doing the training, they may be assisting in delivery and unpacking of weapons. these steps have to be decided. then the alliance or coalition would have to ...