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One. jennifer. >> well, melissa. this is the first time three u.s. aircraft carriers have patrolled together off the korean peninsula. to train with the south korean navy. the four-day training operation kicked off on saturday and coincides with the 13 day trip to the region. the uss ronald reagan and the theodore roosevelt strike groups have 11 missile warships armed with hundreds of tomahawk cruise missiles. it is the first time it's conducted an operation involving three characters in a decade but that took place in the pacific near guam. these three carriers are sailing in between japan an...

Which is not a word i usually apply to him, but to try to get china to help out to north korea, and i hope that's the message throughout the trip. i think that he is very mixed in terms of the way he feels. he always does bring up the trade issues. he did that in south korea also. i think that that is, in his head, the major issue he wants to deal with is to, quote, fix the trade. in the meantime he has to deliver other messages. >> let's talk about. what do you think the upshot will be of the 12-day asia trip? do you think he will have gotten any traction with stopping north korea's missile t...

It tells me we're tightening the screws from a military elements of power standpoint on north korea, tells me that things are very tense in that region. we know this. the elements of power, the economic piece and north korea is being squeezed hard economically. you have the information power, the words going back and forth. you have diplomatic power and three military powers. three strike groups, we're poised to do something. that's expensive. >> martha: and as well, the president heads to the region. he's headed to south korea. one more subject. niger. a report tonight that in the wake of the...

Carriers in the region. six destroyers will help those three strike groups. cruisers, aircraft. 96 vertical missile launchers. each one of these carrier strike groups typically travels quietly with submarines as well. these are nuclear vessels. look at those pictures. >> kat: and sending a message that this is us trying to start a war. >> michael: we have been engaged in military exercises in south korea since he '70s. they are like, we are basically threatening us. >> eric: one was the last time you had three carrier strike groups? >> michael: they have nukes. >> eric: this is not an exercise...

Strike group move around the area in the korean peninsulpeni. it doesn't necessarily mean we're getting ready to launch an attack -- >> but it puts them within range. >> it certainly increases our chances of defending in the event of a ballistic missile attack. >> that strike group has aircraft carriers and the ability to send guided mu ed mi. and we have bombers in guam. >> the strike group has cruisers and a aircraft carrier air wing. it is a significant show of military strength. it is not unprecedented. we've had strike groups in the sent before. >> right. >> i think the public messaging t...