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It one step further, as they have threatened repeatedly, including in an interview with cnn back in pyongyang in the last month, when a senior diplomat told me that north korea will not rest until they conduct an above-ground nuclear test, the kind of which the world hasn't seen in nearly four decades. they say that test is the kind of message they need to send to the united states and president trump to prove that they have this, in their words, effective nuclear deterrent, before they would even consider diplomacy with the united states. and keep in mind, north korea says they will never giv...

>> if people believe they can trust kim jong-un, he said he would use his weapons, i believe him. that's why we have to make sure that he doesn't have that ability. >> those weapons would likely be used first on our south korean allies. >> most of the enemy forces are located here. 70% of the fire -- >> as james mattis was reminded when he recent lly visited. mattis did his best to reassure his hosts. >> our goal is not war. but rather the complete verifiable and irreversible de-nuclearization of the peninsula. >> it's a message he was trying to deliver that the u.s. is ready for war while try...

Being unpredictable. when everyone think theirselves going to do something, they often don't do it. but that said, kim jong-un is under a lot of pressure to show strength given that president trump is here in the region. it's really anyone's guess. that's why we're here watching and waiting. >> we heard, will, president trump say that progress is being made with diplomacy. have you seen any progress on that front? >> reporter: indications on the ground here are, no, wolf. obviously, there are still three american citizens being held in north korea and the u.s. says any discussions about a deal...

South koreans to that. the south korean president's spokesman came out and praised it as being unprecedented long, showing that the united states was serious about north korea. they also said that de-nuclearization is the only path and that strong sanctions and pressure is the way to get there. also said that there's close collaboration between the two countries. and the one thing that was missing from their statement is any mention of war or military option. the only time we've heard about a military option really is in passing. yesterday, we heard from the defense minister who said that they...

The president said the united nations has potential that is unlimited and he wants to see the united nations do something epic. the epic thing he would like to see the united nations do in the immediate term is to put the screws to north korea to get them to give up their nuclear program. the president said they would destroy north korea if it came to that, if north korea were to threaten the united states, its territories or allies. the president prefers a diplomatic option. listen to what he said earlier today. >> it's time for north korea to realize that the de-nuclearization is its only ac...