>> were going to get a movement out of the regime in north korea. i think the president has made it clear he prefers a diplomatic solution. what the president is doing to is trying to support our efforts by ensuring what the stakes are. >> i think what we've seen over the last 48 hours is the formalization of trump's tweets that we saw earlier in the week, he read from a statement earlier today that had more of those formal trappings of foreign policy language. there is this cohesion now around that. we also have reports that they are back channels going on, and has been for some time. to byron's point, emphasize the idea that trump is talking publicly, putting this pressure on north korea that we haven't seen from past administrations. there's some diplomatic work that is taking place behind the scenes to try to resolve the situation peacefully. >> bret: ap having a detailed