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Have a different take on a parade also i think with the angela merkel thing, that was a little bit over interpreted. she had many caveats and how she talked about the changes in the relationship and it's common sense. obviously nato countries need to take more responsibility for their own defense. they need to allocate resources more toward a defense posture. that's only right and responsible for leaders parade also i think the media take a little bit too much interest in what the politicians are saying, foreign leaders. they give them a difference they wouldn't give a u.s. politician not name...

Another failed missile launch, could a nuclear test happen? certainly is likely possibility at some point, wolf. >> we zbagot a statement from t south military, saying north korea fired an unidentified missile in the northeastern direction around 5:30 a.m. local time from a site in the vicinity of the chong province. it is believed the south korean statement is believed to have been a failure. we are analyzing additional information. the south korean statement goes on to say this. our military is maintaining a thorough defense posture while keeping a close eye on the possibility of north korea...

Nations, that's what makes this different. >> listening to rex tillerson, his comments there, made other comments on the radio saying he'd be interested in direct talks with north korea. but at the same time, president trump uttered ominous words about north korea in an interview with reuters. let's listen to those now. >> there's a chance we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. absolutely. >> congressman, what do you make of this? president trump talking about a major confrontation. rex tillerson talking about dialogue and sanctions. doesn't seem orderly. >> well, loo...

And so far, and so on. this is the heart of the question. does trump need to rile up or hold on to that base in order to do what need to do both in governing terms and in political terms? and it's not clear that that is the case. you know? i mean, where would a die-hard trump supporter, a nationalist, a populist supporter, where would they go now and have him do what he is not doing? you have a whole bunch of policy items that this administration has to get on with and that is governing. that is not the politics of the moment. so if the populace aren't happy the way he is trying to build a wal...

Happily and certainly noted by north korea. so you've got the carl vincent and the carrier group and destroyers each with capability sea launch missile capability. you have japan and south korea. the accelerated deployment of more sophisticated u.s. missile defense sent to south korea, not yet operational. you have a lot that's been irritating to the chinese and north koreans, but necessary from a defense posture. they are not taking any kind of military action tonight. there could be some sort of show of force from our assets in the region, the naval assets, but the -- ignoring it by the whit...