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Welcome back. i'm alex witt at msnbc headquarters in new york. the breaking news following north korea's nuclear weapons test. the president is set to meet with his generals at the white house to discuss the north's action. nbc news con firming the north has tested an advanced nuclear device. sources tell nbc news what they have seen so far is consistent with north korea's claims. the north said it was a hydrogen bomb which can be mounted on to an intercontinental ballistic missile. president trump tweeting today among the options being considered stopping all trade with any country doing busi...

About a change in u.s. policy and us changing our goals and shifting a situation where we're deterring the north koreans. >> north korea and china is its biggest trade partner so it has to have some effect on their decisions. >> well, you know, i don't think so. i mean, i think what we've seen is the north koreans don't trust the chinese. at the end of the day the north koreans feel like being dependent on the chinese means they get ordered around and we've seen the north koreans take a number of steps such as launching missiles when chinese leaders are giving high-profile speeches and other k...

Listening. the response from the president will seek a much clearer leaves a lot to interpret. we should point out the president answers a lot of questions by saying we'll see. sometimes things happen and sometimes they don't. the president is looking at harsh penalties for patrons in the last hour the united states is considering that in addition to other options stopping all trade with any country doing business with north korea. ox news sunday this morning, the secretary of the treasury steve mnuchin is writing a new package of sanctions. >> it is clear that this behavior is clearly unaccep...

Options, stopping all trade with any country doing business with north korea. so how effective do you think this strategy is? >> i think you'd be better off holding his breath until the chinese come to his rescue. there's no chance that that's going to work. the north koreans are committed to having nuclear weapons and i don't think there's anything that will talk them out of this. this is just basically the equivalent of throwing a temperaturer tantrum and hoping someone else will fix the problem. >> what about china? they're clearly the lynchpin here. what sort of reaction do we expect out o...

Wants to do trade or business with them would be prevented from doing trade or business with us. >> so north korea's most important business partner is china, so file that away for a second. then later in the day you had the president asked whether he planned to attack north korea come out with a statement that said we'll see, not taking it off the table. that statement clearly aimed at the north koreans themselves, making it clear the president hasn't ruled out military force. then you pick up with mattis, who laid this out in more clear terms talking, obviously, to the north koreans and amer...