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There's no good options to roll back north korea's nuclear and missile programs that they could take with limited risk to u.s. foss in south korea and to our allies, and at the same time, the north koreans need to understand,through deterrent threats and through u.s. statements is that they can't win a major war. they're really looking at a poor negative military situation, and so they shouldn't start one. >> but they -- the impression that i had in that week there, and, you know, whin a sense, yo don't know exactly what they're speaking. but in a way it doesn't matter, that north koreans in o...

Of the world must do more to counter that threat. that is happening, but the president recognizes that we're running out of time and will ask all nations to do more. we're out of time because approaches in the past have not delivered, have not delivered on halting and then reversing north korea's very dangerous nuclear and missile programs. >> national security adviser h.r. mcmaster ahead of the president's trip. nieier, let me start with you. this is a big trip. it's a long trip. it's now 12 days and historically big trips like this have been good for presidents because it puts foreign policy...

Clearly aligned. >> general, you mentioned in your opening comments that the world is running out of time to deal with north korea. if you could expand on that for a moment? and earlier this week before the senate, general mattis was asked about the process by which the president might use nuclear weapons. and he said, well, if we were to detect a potential launch from north korea, that is scenario under which the president might act. do you agree with that assessment? has that been something discussed here within the situation room where options presented to the president? >> okay. on the fir...

Aligned. >> reporter: you mention that had the world is running out of time. if you could expand on that. earlier this week before the senate general mattis was asked about the process by which the president might use nuclear weapons. he said if we were to detect a potential launch from north korea that is the scenario under which the president might act. do you agree with that assessment? has that been discussed? were options presented to the president? >> so on the first, we are out of time because they have not in the past have not delivered on halting and then reversing the nuclear missile...

Of the regime and is against the prime interests of the iranian people. do you think it's not intended to produce a nuclear weapon? >> iran and north korea have been working together for 25 years if not more, from the time north korea sold iran the first scud missiles. they are using soviet-era technology. they are both using the iranian enrichment program that they purchased respectively from the great pakistani nuclear proliferator. they are using the same nuclear weapons design. these two nuclear missile programs, two side of the same coin. eric: is it even possible to stop iran?