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Seems still very far off. mat gattis still very much hoping for a diplomatic solution. >> indeed. we'll see if that needle can be moved by whatever the un security council decides on today. we're waiting for that. barbara, thank you very very much. now to our correspondent that covered the u.n. for decades. it's nice to have you here. what is your take on this. this is the second emergency meeting of the security council in less than a week on north korea. they could step up sanctions. there's a lot of questioning this morning about how effective it could be. but what are we waiting for? >> yo...

Opponents. >> jackie, what is their strategy. >> they're going to demand 60 votes. >> not going to listen to ted cruz? >> so weird, right? they're under so much pressure from their base to not only take vengeance for merit garland but also to resist president trump at every turn. they got heat for confirming general kelly and general mat gattis for their positions. they're not going to go quitely. will it end up a supreme court justice? probably. they're going to make a big show about opposing him for sure. >> david gregory, you live with a brilliant lawyer yourself. this debate politically is...

Chaos in the world based on the way that relationships were. he does have a couple of very consistently held hobby horses as we know over the last 30 years. they are basically root issues. trade, people are ripping us off. he doesn't have a lot of deeply held and deeply explored believes. it is unusual to see this much daylight but we don't know what it means yet. it might mean a healthy disagreement and that he gets the last word or it might mean confusion and we're going to see how it plays out. it is worth noting when he came to the new york times for the interview with us shortly after the...

Energy and his pick for the un ambassador. >> thank you very much. let's bring back our panel. >> so there's daylight between the campaign trail and his cabinet nominees. i think it's quite clear how it will work from having been around mr. trump for many years and reporting on him, he will go with his cabinet nominees vision. they have more experience. he is persuadable by whoever he has spoken to last and so the question isn't about the conflict between what he said i think on the campaign trail and what they're saying is what if he feels differently than mat gattis or flynn feels. >> that's...

It's a terrible step. don't ever avoid it. >> negotiate talk and diplomacy or whatever. it should be compelling for day one. >> cnn the pentagon. >> joining us now is former cia director and advisor to president elect trump. thank you for being with us. we have a lot to talk about. let's start with what's going to happen this morning. do you foresee any hiccups or challenges to general mat gattis's confirmation hearing as well as the person who would be taking place that you had filled and that was director of the cia with mr. pompeo. >> i don't see any problems for either one. i've known jim ...