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Preemtive strike means all of the options have to be on the table. but we have to understand the consequences. seoul is closer to the north korea border than washington is to baltimore. i mean, it is very close. and it is a city of 25 million people. it could be attacked drastically and dramatically just by artillery. you don't need jets, jet airplanes, bombs or nuclear weapons. the deaths and destruction would be enormous and of course japan is a close neighbor. so while we want north korea to understand that there is overwhelming military force, i much prefer a tightening pressure diplomatic...

Behavior in north korea. but i think the fact that what the administration is doing is marshally a worldwide diplomatic effort. there is in the background military force. movement of the strike force into that region, i think is an important message. but a military response would be an absolute last resort. it would be pretty youawful. >> it would be awful indeed. but as you point out, the u.s. has that carl vinson, aircraft carrier strike force in the region pt uss michigan. a submarine with a lot of tomahawk missiles in the area right now. would you have a preemtive strike, under what condit...

The new u.s. administration. i can just tell you, by way, as i toss back to you color. we saw some protest for the vice president as he was making his way via motorcade around seoul. and for the most part, they were holding up signs saying, please, mr. trump, mr. vice president, engage in preemtive strike against north korea. that gives you a sense of how nervous they are about their own safety and stability here on the southern part of the korean peninsula, wolf. >> that's obviously a very dangerous move given the conventional weapons. for get about the nuclear weapons. dana bash is traveling...

Truthly concerns me. i spent time on the peninsula serving there. what i tell is you this is a high risk operation. there are an lot of courses of actions or options. you can't just react with an air strike because there are people involved and this is a strategy. it should be part after strategy as just -- opposed to just a tactical event. i'm very concerned about this because we do not have a strategy. we certainly have a war plan or campaign plan that we could apply in korea but it doesn't consider a preemtive strike or reactive strike with weapon systems that could result in a very irratio...

As north korea makes threats against the united states in response to the deployment of the mamerican warships moving closer and closer to the korean peninsula. mr. secretary north korea warned it is ready to react to any mode of war desired by the u.s. if the u.s. were to make moves towards preemtive strike. how serious of a threat is this right now? >> as we all know, north korea and the leader of north korea makes a habit of making those kinds of threats and you know, we understand that in the end, the leader recognizes that if he does anything, that involves any kind of attack, that his re...