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Despite the progress that's been made on the progress, mattis warned cownts parts that gotiations with north korea would be bumpy road. at meeting with defense officialsm and japan, the u.s. and allies need to keep the pressure on and maintain a strong defensive stance throughout the negotiations so that diplomats can negotiate from a position strength. >> we must remain vigilant and we will continue to implement all un security council resolutions on north korea. north korea will receive relief only when it demonstrates a verifiable and irreversible steps to denuclearization. >> just over a w...

Today. martha: wendell goler traveling with the president, joins us live from stockholm. wendell, how did the president defend his decision to request military action in syria? >> reporter: the president defended the accuracy with the intelligence with russian president putin comparing situation in syria with iraq in 2003. president obama says no one denies chemical weapons were used and the dispute who used them. they were fired from areas controlled by the syrian government into the areas of opposition strength. he warnerred it is easier to find reasons not to act. >> i do think that we have...

Action the president would take. opposition strength, which secretary ker ril has noted. second, defections within the syrian government and military as secretary kerry has noted. other intelligence, other consequences. and this is about getting to an end game. that end game is a diplomatic settlement. it is driving this toward what we believe the president believes is the only way out of this if for no other reason than what secretary kerry has noted. we do not want to see the country of syria disintegrate, result in ungoverned space which i think the consequences would be devastating for our...

Along with whatever action the president would take. opposition strength, which secretary kerry has noted. second, defections within the syrian government and military, as secretary kerry has noted. other intelligence, other consequences. and this is about getting to an end game. that end game is a diplomatic settlement. it is driving the toward, what we believe, the president believes, is the only way out of this, if for no other reason, than what secretary kerry has noted. we do not want to see the country of syria disintegrate, result in ungoverned space, which i think the consequences woul...