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I think in anybody's book an attack on north korea, a first attack, a preventative war attack constitutes an act of war which is contemplated under the congressional authorities within our constitution. we can argue about other cases, but this seems to be a very clearcut case. you have two state actors -- south korea and north korea. you would have a preventative strike on north korea. so we should be focused on trying to make sure we maximize our pressure, especially economic pressure, on north korea. i don't think this administration has exhausted the sanctions enforcement which is why senat...

Minister said about that. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: the democratic people's republic of korea is a responsible nuclear weapons state. we will take preventive measures by merciless preemptive action in case the u.s. and its vessel forces show any sign of conducting a kind of decapitating operation on our headquarters or military attack against our country. eric: finally he said merciless, preemptive action if there's any type of decapitation strike or attack. i mean, what exactly is he talking about? >> well, it's actually even worse than that, eric, because he talked about a p...

Test. the north has moved what could be a long range missile closer to launch sites. we'll keep an eye on the dow as we head to the closing bell. let's bring in sue mi terry. she recently traveled to south korea. these are ominous times when that country may possess a hydrogen bomb now and has the capability to launch it. >> absolutely. a very powerful bomb. whether it's hydrogen or not, it's clearly five times more powerful than the bomb we dropped on hiroshima. we are stuck with limited options. preventative strike, which is obviously has risks with military option or having to live with a n...

A buffer state. they don't want unification. if there's a collapse, you might be seeing tens of thousands of refugees thrown into china. china wants status quo. they have their own internal problems to worry about. china is not playing ball. >> the defense secretary used some pretty strong language in talking about north korea saying that it would be possible for the united states to annihilate the regime. he said that's not what we want to do but we can do it. the language is getting strong. >> very strong. but what secretary mattis says, if north korea was to attack us, we're going to do tha...

Going to have 100 nuclear weapons, and they are likely to have a ballistic missile capacity to extend the range perhaps to the united states. so the question is what do you do? that's the central question facing the trump administration. only two options, guys. number one, launch a preventative strike to essentially eliminate north korea's nuclear infrastructure and its ballistic missile capacity or create a strategy combined of vinegar and honey, designed to offer incentives and disincentives to create a freeze. you are not going to denuclearize the korean peninsula. that is what's missing. m...