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In the long term. i have to agree with john. this ratcheting up of the press, a lot of people saying the rhetoric is scary, but it does seem a little bit, you heard will ripley say, to be working. if you parse out kim jong-un's statements, not talking specifically about four missiles pointed at guam. you hear the regular bombast of, you know, kind of fire and fury we heard from the president. i do think that the diplomacy, this actually, this rhetoric, might boost a credible deterrent. not just a message. this is north korea. a message to china that this is getting out of control. you need to ...

In our election. that response by russia was to ban 755 u.s. diplomats and the president thanked him for it. it's wholly unacceptable but unfortunately, wolf, consistent. this is the president who doesn't value diplomacy. who wants to cut the state department budget by a third and hasn't even filled the key roles involving diplomatic security. it's appalling. the president ought to be standing up for the men and women who are serving our country in a different way, in the diplomatic corps, in a very important way especially in russia. instead he casts them aside at the same time that he yet ag...

Returning now to our top story -- escalation in the war of words between president trump and north korea. let's bring in democratic congressman ted deutsche of florida, keep member of it's house foreign affairs committee. congressman, the president escalated that rhetoric, the standoff with north korea, by saying military solutions are now fully in place. locked and loaded, should north korea act unwisely. his words. what kind of message is this strong language sending? not only north korea, but also to u.s. allies in the region? >> wolf, i think strong language is appropriate. i think dangero...

Make it clear to kim jong-un's regime they're serious. look, i'll hang on the last line in the president's tweet today. hopefully kim jong-un will find another path. i'm holding on to the hope what they're really trying to do, ratchet pressure up so much publicly and so muscularly they'll force a capitulation, force a dialogue with the north. what i'm hanging my hat on, and i suspect if that's true that would explain a little bit about what was done today. >> diplomacy is important. elise, you cover the state department for us. the president by 5:00 p.m. eastern later today up in new jersey wi...

What's described as backchannel diplomacy going on in private. elise labott is with us. what are you learning about back channel diplomacy? >> reporter: wolf, even since president trump took office there have been talks between u.s. and north korean officials. in fact, this has really intensified since president trump took office, and especially on the release of u.s. detainees in north korea. you remember otto warmbier, released from north korea, unfortunately he died, but then his release was the product of talks between the u.s. and north korea. a special representative for north korea, jos...