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This, gordon chang is here with us, author of "the coming collapse of china." and an expert on the region. and jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the pentagon. also an nbc national security analyst. gordon, first of all, why has the north been so quiet? what was the last date they blew off or tested something and what do you think is at work here? >> the last day they launched a missile was september 15th. the last nuclear des death nation was september 3. i think they were quiet because china was in the run-up to its 19th national party congress. and xi jinping, who's trying to consolidate...

What trump said, but the chinese have more direct control over all of this. now it's quiet because they're heading into their winter training session and it's cold and not a good time to launch missiles. >> jeremy bash, what did you think of the strategy announced my the white house today? >> i think this was largely a symbolic move. it was justified, and as you reference, brian, this designation of a state sponsor of terrorism was removed by president bush, really as a carr carrot, or more appropriately, the removal of a stick to get north korea back to the ghoes t negotiating table and to re...

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