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Worked. diplomatic, economic pressure has not worked. the last step is a military approach. a whole lot of steps between now and then but at some point the north koreans have to understand what our position is and i would really like to see the administration come out with a definitive you cannot do this like we did with the iranians years ago and say we will not allow you to have a nuclear device. >> one more question that will made a point of saying this was launched from a home to a nuclear plant. anything that stands out to you in that regard? >> they have been launching from different loc...

Strategist. good morning to all. i want to start with this investigation at the pentagon into potentially if russia was involved or attempted to cover up this chemical attack. is there any plausible explanation for that russian drone being over the hospital where some of the victims were being treated hours after the chemical attack beyond some involvement or attempt to cover this up with the information that we know that soon after the drone was there, there was a bomb that was dropped onto that hospital. >> if you were a conspiracy theorist you would say one led to the other. i'm not sure th...

Went after targets like nazi germany or imperial japan, we did carpet bombing. we did do those things, or the ekw equivalent of that. what you saw in that particular point in time, because the targeting process was not as precise as it is now, you saw that kind of indiscriminate bombing occurring because that was the only bombing we knew how to do. now, we have precision-guided munitions. we have a precision targeting process. we go after high value targets. what senator cruz is advocating would be a violation of the laws of war. that would be a real problem and could really not only hamper di...

But i think what you have to remember too is the united states and the coalition members around the targeting cell tried to take great care in not hitting these kind of targets. they try and clear the area. they try and be mindful of the potential collateral damage. all of that is a part of the targeting process. sometimes war is not perfect. >> it must be extraordinarily difficult to hit only isis resources and targets when this group is bent on weaving itself into the civilian population as a way to protect itself. >> that's the challenge. if this was a conventional fight, victor, you were g...

There. >> reporter: bill something that is extraordinary about the limited information the white house has put out so far is that they give four names, and they say that none of the people were where they thought they'd be. they say, yes, the two american al-qaeda, ahmed farouq and adam gadahn, were killed but they were not specifically targeted and yet two innocent hostages warren weinstein and giovanni lo porto were killed, but the u.s. had no reason to think they were in the region where the drone strike that killed them took place. they're revealing that a few months ago they did not know ...