administration officials emphasizing diplomacy, but with tensions rising, everything is on the table. >> i think everyone agrees, and i believe the trump administration agrees as well that there are no good military options. if you take the military option off the table, you come back to sanctions. we've seen in the past it's not going to solve the problem. >> reporter: the russian and chinese president offering up another solution at their meeting in moscow, announcing the work together to freeze the north korean program but demanding the stop to u.s. south korean military exercises and an end to the thaad missile defense deployment to south korea, both non-starters for the u.s. >> translator: there is, of course, the whole question of the korean peninsula, the building of peace and stability. it is very important to push forward our joint initiative on settling the korean problem with the view of immediately freezing