region. i think the secretary had to say that, that there would be serious consequences, that there would be -- we have to protect our allies, that we have to stand behind our treaties and japan and south korea and guam. he had to say that because this is an act of extreme provocation. preemptive military strike is not our best option, is not realistic. some kind of diplomatic effort to deescalate the situation. the first step should be how can we deescalate this extreme tension that exists right now? >> governor, what's the answer to that? how can the u.s. deescalate anything at this point? >> well, a diplomatic dialogue of some kind. i think what we want to do is potentially try to freeze any kind of missile, nuclear