that would be a significant escalation in terms of turning up the heat on china to get serious about dealing with the north korean crisis, chris. >> kristen welker, thank you. richard engel, thanks to you as well. my panel, john finer served as chief of staff for secretary of state john kerry. careen john pierre from moveon.org. and contributing editor to bustle robert traynham. let's start with the diplomatic angle, what we'll see at the united nations 55 minutes from now. john, at this stage, what do you think the u.n.'s moves are? >> well, i think at this point the most important thing that can come out of the u.n. today is a real show of unity and increased pressure on north korea. obviously, this has reached a crisis stage. to the extent i have issues with the way the administration has handled it, it is that the first step in this situation should be reassurance, reassurance of our key allies, in this case principal