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We expected he would be asked about the situation in north korea. this would be something the president would be prepared to respond to. obviously, members of his staff had received a number of requests from people about how the white house was going to navigate the situation. but this is the kind of talk we've heard from the president before. this is sort of his signature style and how he expresses himself. i think that's also why people are reacting with such shock. it's not the kind of tone, it's not the kind of wording we are used to seeing from previous presidents. as we've said time and ...

That we're ready to attack, the south koreans are ready to attack. it is a very precarious situation. but it is amazing that people are surprised after they've announced for the last decade they're going to do this. it's incredible as a country that's supposed to be a superpower that all the generals before me tonight said we've allowed them to get so strong, we can't mess with them militarily. that's an incredible position for us to be in. we've obviously not prepared and dealt with korea in a way that has kept this threat to a minimum. >> ambassador baucus, senator demint, thank you very muc...

Korea, the bellicose rhetoric as a way of ratcheting down things. for the president to respond by saying any more threats and those threats are undefined. i don't know whether he means verbal threats or actual military threats against the united states by north korea will have these very powerful and repercussions fire and fury is what he said. did that just ratchet up the situation or does north korea cower in front of strength of the u.s.? >> i think it's very unwise. to ratchet up the rhetoric to a point we're get too close to the tripping point where something disastrous might happen. ther...

Drastic that would escalate the conflict or how darnths situation is right now? >> well, first, anderson, thanks for having me although i am reminded of the apocryphal line ascribed to elizabeth taylor's eighth husband when he said i know what i'm supposed to do but how do i make it different. to be serious, the rhetoric itself is quite serious. and what is bothersome to me is for decades, we've heard this kind of rhetoric coming out of north korea and typically, we ignore it. certainly at the presidential level we ignore it. so the rhetoric itself is not helpful. and i am in agreement with se...

Bervention, backdooring indirect communication. we've talked a lot about secretary tillerson has in talking with north korea. i think that's wise. we're going to need some exploratory conversations first potentially from sweden or other countries before we can sit down and talk. but clearly we have to work more carefully and prudently and wisely in how we deal diplomatically with this very precarious situation. >> senator demint, do you think it was wise of the president to make this statement today, because rex tillerson, the statement he had made several days ago, seemed really kind of polar...