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Different story. >> lindsay graham is not trying to alarm people. he's basing this statement on the real possibility we could be at war with north korea. i think what he's advising the president is to get the families out now. this situation is getting worse by the day and with these military exercises in the south, the united states is carrying out south korean military, we are a lot closer to a full-on war with north korea, and if you're an american in south korea, now is the time to get out. >> what would a preemptive strike look like and what benefit would there be for a preemptive strike ...

Over. and that really changes and limits the choices the president has, including whether or not he wants to try to shoot one of these down, if it's approaching american territory, whether he wants to go do a preemptive strike, or whether, as i suspect, we'll just end up living with it. >> julia, at a time like this where you have this huge crisis, it seems an odd thing to have a changeover at state to sideline or fire rex tillerson, and in any case, tillerson doesn't seem to be effective at state in order to function. >> he doesn't have a point man for east asia or a point woman for east asia...

Ability to reach the united states is just about there. so this game is pretty much over. and that really changes and limits the choices the president has, including whether or not he wants to try to shoot one of these down, if it's approaching american territory, whether he wants to go do a preemptive strike, or whether, as i suspect, we'll just end up living with it. >> julia, at a time like this where you have this huge crisis, it seems an odd thing to have a changeover at state to sideline or fire rex tillerson, and in any case, tillerson doesn't seem to be able to function. >> and he does...

He emphasized the need for china to use all the levers to convince korea to stop its provocations and go to denuclearization. the president said he will handle it. what do you think the president's strategy is? >> you know, i would like to see the president take this even a step further. yes, we have to pressure the chinese. the chinese need to believe -- i think they do with this president unlike his predecessors, that either you take care of it or we will. i think there are other things we can do in the meantime. we can build an international coalition that also begins sanctioning internatio...

>> that's right. the mobile unit meant we didn't have very much time. they are doing this in a smart way of rolling these out at the last moment. there was a huge amount of chatter two or three days before this. they only launched from a few places. they are making it harder and harder for the u.s. to do a preemptive strike. and they are launching them closer to pyongyang. the message is if you do a strike, you're going to kill a lot of people and be the first to do it. >> you have the duration of an hour where the president was informed and the military can act quickly. let's bring in the gen...