has been struck. instead, we're just ceding our place at the table. >> richard, the president last night mentioned north korea seven times, talked about quote the depraved character of that regime there. hot rhetoric, which kind of flies in the face of some of the negotiation that's been allegedly happening behind the scenes between north korea and south korea and us. where are we? what's the message? what is he trying to say about north korea? >> still no diplomatic dimension, saying we can't live with this. implying the use of force. interestingly enough in the last 24 hours the person who had been test nag nate e designated to be the new u.s. ambassador to seoul has been undesignated because he questioned the wisdom of a nuclear strike against north korea. the biggest thing on national security is north korea and we still don't have an ambassador in seoul. >> if you wanted an ambassador that actually lined up with what