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Dotard with fire. president trump responding kim jong-un of north korea who is obviously a mad man who doesn't mind starving his people will tested like never before. all after a doomsday warning of president trump at the u.n. that if the u.s. is forced to defend itself orallies. >> we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. >> reporter: the head of the u.s. strategic command making the case for u.s. fire power as a deterrent to kim. >> we are right there and watchi watching all the time. and if you want to go that way we are ready so we can deter attack on north america or our...

Resort. ny reaction to what senator mccain dealing a big blow to their hopes to repeal tg obamacare? >> reporter: it's a big blow indeed. and senior white house said it undeniably hurts the effort but still hoping to get to 50 votes saying the president sntd giving up after seven years of promises. says the president is going to be pushing senators on this repeal effort over the weekend. meanwhile we are seeing increasingly war of words between two leaders president trump and kim jong-un. trump calling kim rocket man and a mad man. and kim calling the president a rogue, a beggangster, and a do...

Mount, steph. it comes after president trump yesterday announced some of the toughest sanctions yet against north korea, effectively saying that businesses and individuals who do business with north korea will be sharply sanctioned. but what was significant about yesterday, he also said china's central bank ordered its branches not to do business with north korea. so the chinese element there could be a significant shift. now, this morning we have an escalating war of words, president trump tweeting this, kim jong-un of north korea who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing...

An incredibly serious moment for asia pacific. we have to start deescalating, but i don't see where we are with the leaders locked in a war of words. this is very, very serious. >> hard to find an off-ramp when the president is tweeting something like this. kim jong un of north korea who obviously is a mad man doesn't mind starving or killing his people will be tested like never before. david, how do they deescalate things? when you hear from the white house, they love this criticism that comes from the beltway where the president tweets. they feel like we don't get it and the american people ...

It does not change its behavior. we've seen the rhetoric escalating. we have seen the president try to get help from other world partners to a more uniformly take action against north korea, especially when it comes to business. one thing we saw today from president trump, you alluded to it, a tweet where he says kim jong-un of north korea who is obviously a mad man doesn't mind starving or killing his people will be tested like never before. that gives you an example of the intensity between these two leaders. >> kelly, thank you. steve clemons is an msnbc contributor. wesley clark is a retir...