three times in three months. what is your hufrj? >> there are a couple things going on. north koreans what a re leaf from sanctions and joint military drills. the north korean playbook, the kim family playbook is to be belligerent and hostile. china might be putting them up to it. the chinese trade talks aren't going well for beijing. beijing has traditionally dangled cooperation on north korea in return for something. now the chinese want a lot from president trump on trade. so i think that there is a certain amount of -- >> bill: is it possible that beijing is encouraging chairman kim to do this? >> i think so. we don't know. we've seen them work in coordinated fashion before. it wouldn't be a surprise if they're doing it now. xi has a lot of things going wrong for him including hong kong. >> sandra: the president was