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And many ways very strange regime. i don't think the south koreans understand it. the japanese understand it or the chinese. all of us are standing around watching this guy who's dangerous. he's not likely to do anything and if i were betting i would bet he probably won't but it's a pretty high stakes bet. seoul, korea, capital of the country, the largest city, is within easy reach of his artillery pieces. he doesn't need a very long range to kill millions of south koreans or millions of japanese. nobody, by the way, ever notices that that same range covers a good part of china. so all of them...

Nature of the regime. it's a very hidden, very secret and many ways very strange regime. i don't think the south koreans understand it. the japanese understand it or the chinese. all of us are standing around watching this guy who's dangerous. he's not likely to do anything and if i were betting i would bet he probably won't but it's a pretty high stakes bet. seoul, korea, capital of the country, the largest city, is within easy reach of his artillery pieces. he doesn't need a very long range to kill millions of south koreans or millions of japanese. nobody, by the way, ever notices that that ...

For bill richardson as far as his ability. everything has to be looked at. i'm not here to be declaring war on north korea. that's for the president. the president will take all this into account, what type of rocket, where it's going, what we think the purpose is. if they're just firing it out into the ocean, then obviously it's a different story. and so, no, i don't think there is anything right now indicating that we should be going to war. we have to be ready for war. we have to assume the worst. i think the administration by moving the defense systems by positioning them in guam, i think ...

Fight, then they stop, get in the cars and drive away. that is sort of the situation here. are we going to go up to the edge, bump bell lease and then stop and drive away, or are we -- is this going to cross over into a fight. jenna: we have new leaders as well, we have chuck hagel as the new defense secretary, a new secretary of state in john kerry. what do you think the top priority should be for both of them, and how they approach north korea since you spent some time there, jim? >> yeah i want to say, jenna you're right to put your finger on that. we also have new leadership in north korea...

The navy ship, the multiple aircrafts, to remind the north koreans of u.s. capability but also, martha, he wants to keep the south koreans calm. martha: yeah. >> he didn't want them to overreact. so by bringing that military force there, he is demonstrating to the south koreans, make no mistake about it, we have your back here and we're going to help you deal with this pending crisis. martha: yeah. i mean we have sent in b-2s, stealth nuclear bombers into south korea. b-52s, fighter aircraft. we deployed a navy warship. 28,500 soldiers stationed in south korea which he no doubt and everybody e...