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China has to work very carefully and closely to bring all of our tools to bear to make sure north korea understands it has a choice to make here. it can either have rej jegime survival or nuclear weapons but it cannot have both. >> rick, there's also reports that the new administration is proposing deep cuts in terms of all of the assistance to some of these important -- frankly, important agencies of child welfare and peacekeeping at the u.n. do you have a perspective on that and how that might affect us internationally. >> yes. and well-said by wendy. what is relevant to this particular disc...

To see for myself i went out on the water to see the u.s. seventh fleet which is a big tourist attraction here. the u.s. and south korean joint military exercises also toed t north of here in south korea taking place. there you can see the pictures of the tourists but then as well we have new pictures today of the "uss carl vincent," the joint exercises with south korea. 17,000 u.s. troops involved in those exercises. that prompted a warning from the north that they would unleash merciless attacks if the ships stray near the north korean territory. that's the backdrop as tillerson arrives. the...

Furthermore, he may want to do something to show defiance in the wake of the u.s./south korean exercises that are taking place. but i've tried to guess what he's going to do and i've been wrong most of the time so he could surprise us and not do something this time. >> that is the rising threat and the first big test for this administration in terms of foreign policy. thank you so much, gary and wendy and rick. that's it from tokyo. a lot more coming up. let's go back to washington and chris jansing. chris? >> thanks, andrea. fascinating conversation. also kind of a reality check. coming up,...