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$23 million from a chinese bank and for about two years, the north koreans were squirming under the pressure. what it requires is not necessarily focus on the means or tactics but a complete strategic mindset shift. we have tried to bring the north koreans to the negotiating table. with the goal of getting them to accept denuclearization. we need a policy of active regime intolerance. use appropriate military pressure to make it clear there is no path forward for the kim regime and force them to come forward. last 25 years of thinking we can negotiate away nuclear weapons is an abject failure....

Exercises ongoing with the south koreans. test what they are calling the army tactical missile system. this is ongoing. we expect to have video from the military momentarily of this u.s.-south korean test. kim jong-un obviously celebrating what he is seeing is a major, major change in the dynamic here. let's bring in the panel. tim farley, daniel helper, michael needham, syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, read between the lines. secretary tillerson's statement and the actions u.s. is taking. >> i think the juxtaposition of the two clips illustrates the issue and the reason why ...

Helper and christie set zer. thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. >> you both watched the debate last night. you heard the sound bytes where he defends clinton. why didn't they go after her? daniel, start with you. >> it was as though they realized she was probable pli going to be the democratic nominee and therefore the future standard bearer of the democratic party. they didn't want to annoy her or hold the key to the democratic party. if they realized they wanted to win if they realize the conclusion they wanted to win or do anything to win they would look at the barack obama mode...

The same way the healthcare law came through epa and i attacks on industry. a remarkable development for a president who achieved a great deal, whether you what let he has achieved north he has been very consequential, and consequential without any bipartisan support. on some of the signature deals of his administration they involve not a single republican vote. so the weekly standard's daniel helper on that and what he makes of that. that is weird when you think of that. >> in the moment it's weird but president obama is hoping years from now, obviously, look back and say this guy did a lot. ...

Although it's not quite clear why he is not taking advantage of it. again, this is early. we don't know exactly what is going on. is this a slight market correction or a side of really bad things to come? we don't exactly know. that's going to dictate how this affects politics, but you'd rather be donald trump in this situation, elizabeth warren, people who have been warning against this current system, from the right and left, than i think some of the establishment people who have been playing in the middle of this for such a long period of time. >> daniel helper, thank you very much for join...