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With north korea focusing on american targets such as guam and possibly hawaii. the do you think the u.s. should consider postponing these drills? >> not at this point. i think if they were like two weeks in the future, perhaps we could consider it, but when both general mattis and tillerson, negotiators, negotiated all over the world, have a sense we have to keep the pressure on, i agree with that. i will give credit to administration that has talked about how important it is to protect the continental united statess and we're going to have all the options on the table and i think it's gotten...

The two countries to the brink of nuclear war. this morning on cnn ohio governor, former presidential candidate john kasich warned of pating too long to act against the north korean regime. >> if i were the president of the united states, and we had a regime like north korea and they were able to develop the technology to target the united states of america, we would have no choice but to take those systems out. no choice. and it would change the very -- the very fabric of that peninsula. >> you would not only not rule out but enact a pre-emptive strike if north korea were proven to be establi...

Possibly hawaii. do you think the u.s. should consider postponing these drills? >> not at this point. you know, if they were like two weeks in the future, perhaps we could consider it. when both general mattis and tillerson, tillerson and negotiators who negotiated all over the world have the sense that we have to keep the pressure on, i agree with that. i do give credit to an administration that has talked about how important it is to protect the continental united states and that we'll have every option on the table. and i think it's gotten the attention of the chinese. a lot of people po-o-...

It's one of the reasons they're trying to undermine nato and fracture it. >> but the general is warning that russia will keep pushing up against what he calls international norms. he thinks there should be more troops in europe. the general explains that it's hard to figure out what russia is doing and why. because some of the weapons they have in the field can be used in conventional conflict or in nuclear conflict so they will put these systems out and the u.s. doesn't necessarily know right away what that system is there for. the focus of today's hearing is just on deterrence, making sure t...

And as far as general mccaffrey's point goes, let's just look at what readiness is all about these days. it isn't about legacy systems. i'm sorry, general. you and i have been surpassed by technology. it's about systems like 3-d printing and artificial intelligence and robotics, which are, incidentally, cheaper than what we've got now. we're fielding these legacy systems. a 21, 22-year-old girl in a basement on moscow with a dr. pepper on the left and glazed doughnut on the right and a keyboard in between is going to take those systems out. chief of staff of the air force talked about the f-35...