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We do not seek a regime collapse. we do not seek an accelerated reunification of the peninsula. we do not seek a reason to send our forces north of the demilitarized zone. if our diplomatic efforts fail, though, our military option will be the only one left. >> those measured comments come after the president's tweet this morning about north korea's kim jong-un, saying "i spoke with president moon of south korea last night, asked him how rocket man is doing. long gas lines forming in north korea. too bad!" joining me now is james fay, former country director at the pentagon for north and south...

China supplies about 80% of north korea's oil needs. they shut that off and the economy effectively shuts down. china does not want regime collapse. they don't want refugees coming across the border and they don't want the geo political ramifications of putting an ally right at china's door accept. we're getting some initial analysis on this nuclear test that north korea carried out with satellite imagery and with the seismic data. analysts saying it appears there were a number of landslides at the nuclear testing site and there might have been a tunnel

Is the beginning of a noncombatants evacuation, i would like to see to carrier strike groups off of the north korean peninsula, i would like to see the 18th airborne corps, 82nd airborne division begin movement in that direction. i would like to see marines begin movement in that direction, so that they know that we are serious. with teeth. >> martha: absolutely. we only have a minute, and i want to get to these other folks as well. in terms of china, make it, where are they on all of this? what can we expect from them? they seem to think that this is more serious than it has been. but they do...

South korea's president. yesterday president trump took a swipe at president moon suggesting that his policy of appeasement just won't work, so there appears to be a very badly timed rift between the u.s. and south korea. >> any company doing business with north korea would not be able to trade with the united states. this is directed at china. the main patron for north korea. it's unclear whether china will exercise some of the moves that it can. namely, cutting off oil shipments to north korea because, of course, they don't want to trigger regime collapse, which could mean thousands of refug...

South korea's president. yesterday president trump took a swipe at president moon suggesting that his policy of appeasement just won't work, so there appears to be a very badly timed rift between the u.s. and south korea. president trump also suggested that one weapon that the u.s. might deploy is trade. that any country doing business with north korea would not be able to trade with the united states. this is directed at china. the main patron for north korea. it's unclear whether china will exercise some of the moves that it can. namely, cutting off oil shipments to north korea because, of c...