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The nagasaki atom bomb drop. fire and fury the world has never seen before in response to threats. not in response to actions. you've seen since then in every statement from secretary of state tillerson or jim mattis, put out a statement that sounded harsh, every clause had that condition if they start something. we'll all relearn the language of the pre-iraq war. preemptive strike, maybe? on the launch pad. will point the out, not a case. preventive. military action trying to knock out the program. absent an imminent threat. i don't see them doing that. >> what's striking to me is that this r...

We're monitoring the situation closely, their provocations are obviously unwelcome -- right? political speak. that's not donald trump. that's how -- that's what the people who voted for him want, at the same time how is it perceived and read in north korea or anywhere else. because i guarantee you though margaret is right on the nuance point there that we're not going to make a preemptive strike, but if they do something, we're locked and loaded, locked and loaded is what you're going -- is going to be the big takeaway, right? and what does that mean? that's always the difficulty with trump. d...

History that for diplomacy sometimes to work, it has to be backed with a credible threat of military force. and one of the problems that we have had in dealing with north korea over the decades, really, is that despite north korea's constant intercepting every defensive military exercise in the south, is some sort of rehearsal for an invasion, they haven't taken seriously any threat that the u.s. or south korea would actually launch some sort of preemptive strike. and that is because every time the pentagon war games one of those scenarios, you know, the u.s. and its south korean allies win, b...

>> what would be tougher than fire and fury? >> well, you'll see, you'll see. >> mr. president, is one of the options being considered a preemptive strike? >> we don't talk about that. i never do. i'm not like the other administration that would say we're going into mosul in four months. i don't talk about it. we'll see what happens. but i can tell you that what they've been doing and what they've been getting away with is a tragedy. and it can't be allowed. >> mr. president, negotiations -- >> sure, we'll always consider negotiations. they've been negotiating now for 25 years. look at clinton...

China, enforce these sanctions, make it clear to north korea that both china and north korea understand that it's in their mutual interest to protect their regimes and that china can help in that regard and north korea does not need nuclear weapons. >> the president is doubling down, tripling down on those statements. as you also know, he declined to rule out a preemptive strike, but is there, from your analysis, senator, a preemptive strike that's realistic? >> i really think it would be very difficult to see how a preemptive strike could work. we know the risk factors within that region with...