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They're still at least a year away from being able to do that. can we also get them to stop testing nuclear warheads so they can't be placed on those kinds of missiles. that should be, i think, the near-term objectives that we have. i do think the effort to get the chinese to use all their leverage is the right one. i think the problem is that the chinese are convinced that it is worse from their standpoint to have the north korean regime collapse which they see as a result of them applying all their leverage economically than it is to have north korea with icbms with nuclear war aheads. laura...

Tougher u.n. sanctions that came into play just a few days ago, in fact, which bans more exports coming from north korea to places like china. so from the chinese side they'll say they're doing enough. but they could do more and you saw it in the op-ed from the secretary of defense. but while they do have common interests on the north korean issue, namely not wanting a nuclear north korea, they have very divergent policy objectives including not seeing the regime collapse. so it may be on some level wishful thinking for washington to want china to kind of totally sin erjazz with their viewpoin...

We are talking about using american economic and other powers to return to democracy to the country. >> i was struck by what the vice president did not say. he never said that the military options with respect to venezuela were on the table. which is what the president said he was talking about marshaling all economic and diplomatic measures to counter what is going on, which is regime collapse in venezuela. he also use the same language with respect to north korea. he says, we were marshaling all economic and diplomatic measures. i think that mike pence is of the voice of reason in the admini...

>> jon: on fox news alerts, u.s. intelligence officials are reportedly finding that north korea already has produced a miniaturize nuclear warhead. small enough and light enough to fit inside missiles. >> melissa: let me pick that up for you. this report coming from "the washington post," a former press secretary for president george w. bush, a fox news contributor as well. thank you for reacting to this breaking news as we have it, what do you think? >> frankly i think there are only three options. acquiesce and hope you are defense system works and except north korea's nuclear power. two, us...

China has promised the game to every previous president. and now they're hoping that they'll have a heavy blow. leland: is the issue that china doesn't have the ability or they don't think it's worth it? >> it's a little bit of both. they have the economic engagement with north korea. they fear any increase in pressure could cause an explosion of north korea latching out or inability with regime collapse. leland: they're not the ones threatened with the north korean weapons. you've noticed that part of the team is ex-officials that have the talks before the talks. i want your thoughts on charl...