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On the one hand because it points out again what -- what a rogue regime this is and how brutal the regime is and how little they care for the value of human life. so i think in that of itself makes a small statement, just the nature of this regime and the practical effects may be limited but we hope we're closing off a few loopholes with this. >> julie: for more on all this is christopher swift, a professor at georgetown university. thank you very much for talking to us. north korea joins iran, sudan and syria on this state sponsor of terrorism list. you see how well it's worked for them. but ...

Persons and supports our maximum pressure campaign to isolate the murderous regime. >> bill: there was president trump yesterday talking about north korea saying this now clears the way for more sanctions on the regime. john bolton, how are you doing, sir? good morning to you. some had wondered why this wasn't done earlier. what is your take? >> i wondered why president george w. bush was persuaded by secretary condy rice to take korea off the state sponsor of terrorism list in 2008. >> bill: did they think they were changing their ways? >> this is where the real mistake comes in. they clearly...

Committee chairman weighed in saying there is no reason to further delay it. take swift action. why the delay? >> i think part of the reason he didn't announce before he went on this asia trip is because he probably wanted to discuss that with other allies in the region. with south korea, japan, maybe even with china. it was something i think he wanted to have circulated. remember, part of his new approach to north korea is this big multi-lateral push. it is the united states isn't going to stand up to north korea unilaterally on our own. we're much stronger together with all these other count...

Administrations, republican and democratic alike, they have been able to nicely move on here. i suspect that countries have been providing the muscle, the money and the manpower to give them and provide for them what they needed, whether that is china or iran today. how do you stop that? >> neil, i think i think we're at a point where the world is finally waking up to the fact that this regime under this leader specifically for the -- as you said, the last 20 years, they have gone from a one kiloton bomb to something that is twice the size or hiroshima and now they can put one in space. they h...

Supported acts of international terrorism, including assassinations on foreign soil. >> this isn't the first appearance on the state department's list. president reagan added them to the list in 1988. the bush administration removed it in 2008. joining us now to take a closer look at this, isclemens, a writer at "the atlantic" and an msnbc contributor. the president says this is a long time coming, they should have been on the state sponsor of terrorism list for a while. why was it removed? >> it was removed in part because there was a last ditch effort on the part of the bush administration t...