what's the threat? >> well, it means that the north korean nuclear threat and missile threat has been improving over the source of the so-called talks between the united states and north korea. that directly impacts the united states as well as our allies and americans in the region. but what it also means is that president trump needs to directly engage with leaders like xi jinping and vladimir putin and other members of the security council on how to hold north korea accountable and how to close things like sanctions loopholes that the chinese have been helping the north koreans manipulate throughout the course of these negotiations. and finally, president trump needs to sit down with his national security council and decide how he can try to pressure north korea to stop this provocative behavior. we do have other options than just talking to the north koreans like, for example, offensive cyber capabilities. there are a lot of tools in the tool kit that president trump has been reticent to employ