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>> yes, ma'am. >> melissa: tensions over north korea, putting the trump administration on edge as the rogue regime increases its threats. it's only the beginning of what is sure to be a busy day for the pentagon. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more. jennifer, what is the latest on north korea from the pentagon's point of view? >> reporter: well, melissa, this is a highly unusual classified meeting that we just learned about from mike emanuel and from sources here at the defense department. defense secretary mattis will be at the meeting. so will general dunford. it will take pla...

Stability there because the other thing they don't want is a reunified peninsula that is allied with the west and potentially western troops or american troops on the other side and that's something that they are concerned about. but i do think that they are getting increasingly concerned about the direction kim jong-un is going and they appear to be willing to do more. there's a lot more they may do. they have this kind of influence on pyongyang but it's slipping a little bit. the missile launch they did just before president xi's visit, that was really a message to the chinese more than it w...

China and your own allies some messages that they hear, receive and take seriously. >> sandra: are we doing that? >> i think we're in early days. we're just after the summit. it seems to have some legs. it may be paying off for the president. and it is a very delicate situation. you never know, if it's monday, will the north koreans test on tuesday or friday? so i think it's wise that he doesn't box himself in. i don't think he should be out there saying, well, if you do this, we're gonna strike militarily because then, if they do test and you don't respond and your bluff has been called, then...

What that strategy is. that's why -- >> he does seem to be warming up to the chinese. no longer ready to declare them a currency manipulator on day one as he said said during the campaign. he's hoping that china, which you correctly point out, does have leverage, does have influence on pyongyang. they use that to calm things down. what's wrong with that strategy? >> china does have leverage. there's no question china does have leverage on north korea. but china's going to want something also and they're going to want more than just not being called a money manipulator. china does not want the ...

Official stamp on the ballot, this is a symptom -- a system that is used to prevent people from voting twice, and calling the outcome of the vote illegal. >> we expect the decision, but the decision is changed by the vote. the referendum has been challenged. and in people's conscious. >> president erdogan emboldened by the outcome of this vote, now calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty in turkey. and that is something that could be a serious obstacle to turkey ever joining the european union. >> jenna: thank you. >> jon: well, the u.s. is angling to get to china more involved in d...