we begin with the showdown over north korea. secretary of state rex tillerson about to kick off urgent meetings at the united nations as diplomats try to find a way to force kim jong-un to give up his nukes. great team to break it down. jeff mason, one of the reuters correspondents, who spoke to the president and mike panel, evan mcmull lin an cia operative and ran for president in 2016, bob url lick, a congressman from maryland and steve clemens at the atlantic and an msnbc contributor. good morning to all of you. jeff, let me start with you with this interview with donald trump. everyone is focusing on the remarks he made about north korea. he said it's -- there's a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflictithorth korea. absolutely. jeff, how did you hear those remarks? is it a warning? was it a threat? >> well, it's a good question. it's hard to say whether it was