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Promise that kim jong-un wouldn't do missile tests. >> here's where the president needs to go. we need to go back to having the stick option on the table. that doesn't mean threatening military option but resuming large scale military exercises, stay in south korea, make sure sanctions are enforced. we have to inflict pain on north korea to make it clear they are not going to do what they have been doing for 40 years down the wrong river with us. >> you were part of a remarkable vote in the house of representatives. 420-0? that's unanimous. >> it is. >> the house of representatives, republican...

Firing missiles over, no nuclear tests. you're supposed to scale back here. adam kinzinger, member of congress, more hawkish than the administration, said let's just stop. if negotiations aren't working, it's time to get tougher. >> we need to go back to having the stick option on the table. that doesn't mean threatening military action, but that means resuming the large-scale military exercises, making clear we're staying in south korea, making sure sanctions are enforced. this is a time where we have to inflict pain on north korea to make it clear they're not going to do what they've been do...

Needs to go on this, in my view. we need to go back to having the stick option on the table. that doesn't mean threatening military action, but that means resuming the large scale military exercises, making sure sanctions are enforced. this is a time where we have to inflict pain on north korea to make it clear they're not going to do what they've been doing for 40 years down the wrong river with us. >> that is hard line. good idea? >> i mean, i think it is a good idea to resume large scale military exercises between the u.s. and south korea because by canceling those, we are weakening the all...

Literally no progress other that be perhaps rhetoric on the denuclearization front? >> i'm comfortable with it right now because i think we have to seep this whole process through because the alternative is really bad. but i think after the second summit if there's no progress that's the point we have to understand there may just not be progress. >> if something doesn't change after summit two you would not want to hear the president say we fell if love. >> we can quit complimenting kim jong-un. let's understand when we have our military exercises going and we have a flens south korea, that's ...

Anything about the senator calling -- suggesting you've been gelded before the world? it's not anything that bothers you? >> i checked. i'm fully intact. >> the name calling may be unnerving, but even some of the president's critics concede it might be effective. >> i don't agree with all his statements and tweets necessarily on this, but i think the way he's handling north korea is actually really good because you finally have a stick being shown, a stick option to back up the potential for a carrot and to get a diplomatic solution to this thing. >> in january, the north and south koreans agr...