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Korean leadership. >> and, will, you've confirmed a breakdown in diplomatic efforts between the united states and north korea. what are you hearing from north korean officials? >> reporter: well, officials on the united states side who i met with just a couple of days ago said that north korea refuses to talk right now it's and, it's been the case since the united nations general assembly speech. north koreans also here in pyongyang confirming they're not interested in discussions with the united states. they feel the talk is going to lead them nowhere. there are mixed messages from the admini...

Than what we've seen in the press. the big question is, have we worked through a pathway in which we understand what we're looking for as an outcome without creating a major war? after all, realize, seoul is 30 kilometers from the artillery of north korea. and if they were to test a missile and we were to respond to attack north korea and north korea, within seconds, could attack seoul, you could have tens of thousands of people dying in a very short period of time. and so this is a very -- i don't know. a very dangerous situation. >> so how do you believe the trump white house is sort of pros...

Us breaking a curfew at 10:00? why is it that we're justifying us getting beaten whereas police are going out and ruling with impunity and we're not doing anything about it. >> reporter: did any of you get beaten by police officers? >> no, but if i was 10 feet closer to the square, i would have been one of those people too. >> they come in rapping on their riot shield, it's like a war drum and they're trying to build everyone up. >> i want you to ask them a couple questions. so, they're saying police are beating them. we didn't see them beating anyone, we saw them taking people into custody. t...

Ground. i don't want boots on the ground. i do want to give them 9 assistance which would give them a dramatic shift in the balance of power in syria. but we have to, as an international group plan and be ready operationally, not just plan, but to go in and secure those areas. >> this on the heels of the reports that syria has possibly used chemical weapons gets its own people. a red line the president called that. what are you hearing? >> that is a very measured john mccain, not beating the war drum. the obam administration is in a strange position. it's almost like they're dealing with a chi...

Were a defensive nuclear state. and china it a key in this. >> megyn: they're the only ones to get results from north korea. what's going on? north korea is a mess and one wonders whether it's a big distraction from the problems that kim jong-un is having in his own country. is he banging this war drum so it's sort of look over here, look over here. if you look back over the past ten years repeatedly they do this with the nuclear facility in 1994 shut it down in exchange for an aid deal. then they reactivated it in 2002 after the deal broke down. then in 2007 they suspended it again, then in 2...