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Different. you have seen the tensions rise here. the u.s. has has upped its ante with the redeployment of warships to the waters off the peninsula, the docking of a powerful submarine and decision to move forward with this controversial missile defense system that will likely be operational within a matter of days according to the commander of u.s. pacific command. but what we learned from that meeting that the senators were called to came from the secretary of state and secretary of defense who spoke afterwards saying that the goal of the u.s. remains the denuclearization of the peninsula and...

I think that is the mistakes of the past that the regime in north korea has to position themselves at a different place an order for us to be willing to engage in talks, so we are asking a lot of the chinese. i think in the past, the assumption has been the chinese would take limited action. we are going to test that assumption. we're going to test their willingness to help us address the serious threat. it is not only one to the region and to us, but a threat to china themselves. so we are asking that they evaluate the situation. i think what is different is, we have expanded the network of c...

Themselves. so we are asking that they evaluate the situation. i think what is different is, we have expanded the network of calling on others to fully implement the sanctions on the u.n. security council resolutions, which have never been fully implemented, so we are holding them accountable to implementing these sanctions, and we are broadening our call to the nations to put pressure on pyongyang, because pyongyang's missiles can now go in any direction. this is a threat that is now moving out of the region and becoming global. >> bret: the head of u.s. pacific command, admiral harry harris ...

Delivering a nuclear weapon to the south pacific. warning the rogue nation against testing america's resolve. all this as the entire senate heads to the white house this hour for a rare classified briefing on north korea. national security correspond anne jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. who will be at the white house meeting this afternoon? we saw the buses. who's going. >> reporter: well, melissa, it will be all 100 senators all were invited. and classified briefing, of course, will be led by defense secretary jim mattis, just back from a week long trip to the middle east. chairman ...

Airfreight -- air force spokesman but the timing is important for congress meant meeting at the white house for a briefing. in the head of u.s. pacific command issued a warning to pyongyang not to test the u.s. navy during testimony today on capitol hill. >> north korea does not have a ballistic missile anti-shift weapon that would for [boos] threatened the curtain strike group. the weapons that north korea would put against the strike group are easily defended by the capabilities resident in that strike group. if it flies, it will die. if it is flying against the carl vinson group. >> he anno...