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The union." i'm dana bash. president trump met with his chinese counterpart and said something has to be done about north korea after the hermit kingdom launched a missile capable of reaching alaska. joining me now, ash carter, former defense secretary under president obama. thank you very much for being here with me. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. back in 2006 and you former clinton defense secretary william perry called for a preemptive strike against north korea. do you think that is still viable? >> that was a very different circumstance now. >> sure. >> we do have a very high ...

Of preparation on the korean peninsula. i'm sure the department of defense has options available to the president. this washington -- i see what people are writing about now. there's option a and option b. then they look at diplomacy, war, conclude rightly that war is -- on the korean peninsula is not something to trifle with. it's a serious, serious matter there. and then decide there are no good options. in the real world of diplomacy and strategic affairs, these are not alternatives that the president of the united states choose. they're an unfolding pattern of coercive diplomacy. so you do...

Relatives for help. >> at this point in the ride, option a is out, so what about keeping a door open. >> the door is open, because he won't stop. >> keeping the doors open, probably not the safest thing to have the doors wide open, he could go around a turn and you could fall out. >> not even in the right direction to the place we're supposed to be going. the door is open, and i'm trying to get him to stop. >> you could send a text, help, i'm being abducted. >> after calling 911, option c is the correct answer. and there's another critical action you can take. >> keeping the window down, so yo...

Option a is out. what about keeping a door open? >> the door is open because he won't stop. >> keeping the doors open, probably not the safest thing to have the doors wide open. he could go around a turn and you could fall out. >> not even in the right direction of where we're supposed to be going. this door is still open because i'm trying to get out and he won't stop. >> there's only one safest bet here. >> if you have a friend you could text, a lot of the smartphones, could you drop a pin saying help me, i'm being abducted, it's going to show you on the corner of third and broadway, whereve...

>> trying to jump out of a moving vehicle is extremely dangerous in all situations. >> at this point in the ride. option a is out. what about keeping a door open? >> the door is open because he won't stop. >> keeping the doors open, probably not the safest thing to have the doors wide open. he could go around a turn and you could fall out. >> not even in the right direction of where we're supposed to be going. this door is still open because i'm trying to get out and he won't stop. >> there's only one safest bet here. >> if you have a friend you could text, a lot of the smartphones, could you ...