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They'd continue so. we need to stop the hard stuff, the penetration of the states. that you have to say no. that is a real threat to our democracy. the other stuff we can sort of figure poout. we can figure out how to have media literacy. >> doesn't presidential leadership help with the soft stuff, too? >> it does but i also think that i'm not sanguine about getting rid of the soft stuff. i think we're in for soft stuff for the next 50 years but it's the hard stuff that worries many he in relation to 2018. >> all right. one more thing to be worried about. brought to you be i jauy john s evelyn...

The hard stuff. for medicinal purposes. >> the bitcoin stuff is fascinating. what is currency? it's built around trust. millennials don't have trust in the government and not a ton of trust in wall street. the interesting things here is, they're not viewing it as a currency. they view it as an asset. >> neil: they don't know what it is. >> yeah, my friends that invest in it are nerdy about it. i'm beginning to learn about it. that's probably -- >> neil: a lot of people have used bitcoin as a metaphor on this crazy market. >> like an internet bubble where -- >> were you alive with the internet ...

No issue is more important to the president and we haven't had an ambassador in seoul for more than a year. >> unbelievable. >> this is a very simple thing for the trump administration to do is get an ambassador through the senate. they're executing poorly on simple things. on the hard stuff, i think they're doing pretty well. you have this sort of paradox. easy things done poorly, hard things done well. >> in our closing seconds, is it tough to find a candidate for these jobs? >> now it is, especially what happened with victor cha. no everyone may agree with victor but he was very, very well ...

An ambassador in seoul for more than a year. >> unbelievable. >> this is a very simple thing for the trump administration to do is get an ambassador through the senate. they're executing poorly on simple things. on the hard stuff, i think they're doing pretty well. you have this sort of paradox. easy things done poorly, hard things done well. >> in our closing seconds, is it tough to find a candidate for these jobs? >> now it is, especially what happened with victor cha. no everyone may agree with victor but he was very, very well thought of. i think people will have second thoughts about even...

I think we'll have a hiatus between now and the olympics but the hard stuff will come after. the question is can we build on this? let's hope so. i would say there's still a significant 10% kind of chance of a war on the korean peninsula, but compared to where we were a week ago, this is better. >> gordan, what's your take on this? >> yeah. a sliver is a good word. the thing i'm concerned about is we have not seen a fundamental change in the outlook of kim jong-un. for instance, during his new year's address, he actually talked about how sanctions were hurting him. of course he wants to come t...