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North korea could result in those weapons being transferred on to somebody else in the elites and we don't know what the consequences would be. >> kelsey, after this week's summit in florida, look at this, a report in the stars and stripes makes this point. china is reluctant to go too far due to fears that a north korean regime collapse could lead to a refugee crisis and possibly bring u.s. forces closer to its borders. what change would you expect china to make moving forward? >> i think the united states expects too much of china when it comes to north korea. because china is north korea's ...

To protect that. that would really put you at odds with russia. >> they have no love of asad but they don't want to see that regime collapse in an unstructured way. russia has a long defense relationship with syria. they don't want to give up their foot hold in the middle east. >> secretary cohen, a quick question. should the trump administration now wait for congressional action passing of legislation authorizing the use of military force before taking additional direct military action against various syrian military targets? i think the president always has the power to act unilaterally when...

Xi jinping is no fan of kim jong-un. the two have never met. at times the regime has frustrated china, even embarrassed china. but china does not want regime collapse in north korea. they see that as devastating. they would have refugees coming across the border, and taking a longer look at it, they're looking at the long game and thinking if there is regime change in pyongyang, that could lead to the reunification of north and south korea behind south korea as the leader, which is aligned with the united states. so strategically, this is not what china wants to see in the end. it was very tel...

Is there any way to move that forward on a trip like this? >> no, i don't think so. all the serious north korea watchers do agree on one thing only beijing and china has any serious leverage over north korea and you'll hear a rationalization and they're accurate that china fears a collapsed korea. they fear a wave of refugees after a regime collapse. all true. bill, the crucial point everyone is missing is that china still sees north korea as an extremely useful military ally. in a war north korea would tie down an enormous proportion of u.s. assets. china is not ready to give up

By the department of defense, but it's said to center around homs and it's not clear thats an isis target. while russia's actions did not affect american's actions in the region, reaction on capitol hill was a mix of outrage and no feeling of surprise. take a look. >> it was perfectly clear what russia's intentions are, to prop up bashar assad, the father of isis, to make sure they have a secure base in the region. there's no strategy, there's no success. in fact, we now see the result of this failure. >> we should not have been surprised that he decided to raise the bid a little bit by puttin...