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Would response d to the assessm we have been reporting on and we understand a consaysment of the different agencies. for the president to respond, the wording that he would use t. tone, the affect, how would that be worked on in most ways? >> republican and democratic? >> traditionally the national security adviser general mcmasters would work a process that included both the cabinet officer, secretary of state, secretary of defense the chairman of the joint chiefs and build up with the deputies and assistant secretaries. none of those positions have been filled. there are some gaps there, the...

Military solution, all we have are diplomatic options, if those fail, deterrent options. none of which are easy, but they have worked in the past. >> david, slipping to a completely different subject. i want to talk about cuba w. we had a string of strange incidents that the state department refuses to confirm. apparently diplomats have had hearing problems. this has been reported by the a.p. and by others, hearing problems that may have been caused, they believe, by some sort of aggressive acoustic, some sort of device that created hearing loss and perhaps energy nant hearing loss, a number o...

Graham was saying let's destroy the country and, of course, that's an option. but really terrible one. as you pointed out, as senator feinstein pointed out, that would be devastating to millions of people. and not necessarily take care of all of the risk that is here. i think that what senator feinstein was suggesting in terms of a high level effort, quietly, if possible, to really engage and see what's possible here while we put all of the rest of our tools to work, sanctions, military posturing, missile defense, intelligence, cyber, everything, and go at this problem in a serious way is a be...

People shouldn't imagine there is some option. it really comes back to the question of diplomacy or military conflict and we need a strong state department and white house to figure out how to do that, what is possible, who to talk to, who to send. those are the issues i hope they're thinking about. >> david ignacious, ambassador wendy sherman, thank you, both, so very much. >> thank you. >> coming up, another deadly crisis on the home front, shocking new numbers revealing the number of americans addicted to opioids. that's next right here. stay with us. using artificial tears often and still ...

Unless north korea changes because you're making our president pick between regional stability and homeland security. >> my reaction is that lindsey graham should get a classified briefing like the ones i have had. >> senator dianne feinstein just moments ago trying to clarify what senator lindsey graham said about a potential first strike against north korea. joining me now, david ignacious and ambassador wendy sherman, former undersecretary state for political affairs and global affairs contributor. welcome both. ambassador, you've negotiated with the north koreans and know they lie, cheat, ...