reporter: of course it is china that comes to mind. perhaps another effort by this white house to put pressure on the chinese to rein in north carolina north korea to this white house doesn t have to. the president is meeting at some point today to discuss steps but to far no specifics. i know when they are released weal get them from you. from the white house now to south korea. that s where nb krs ron alan has the latest perspective from seoul. what are you hearing? south korea officials? . reporter: well the koreans will not like to hear president trump say things to suggest there is some kind of military option that might be employed here against the north koreans, the koreans are adamantly against that. there was a statement saying that in fact war on this continent, again on this pence nins la would be ca lam tous in
information. if there were something clam tous, i think you would see administration officials making frankly much stronger push than they have actually made to try to get this through. they support the usa freedom act but you haven t seen people from the white house going down into marathon meetings with lawmakers. they ve got the bill they like. i don t think it s going to pass but the sky is not going to fall if these provisions expire. shane harris great having you back on the show. the patriot act initially passed 14 and a half years ago a month after the 9/11 attacks. today brings a major milestone in the nationally recovery from those attacks the observatory on top of one world trade center is now open. it s so powerful to see rebuilding in that area. more than 3 million visitors are expected each year to take in this spectacular view. on a clear day they say you can see forever. nbc s ron allen is up there, 100 floors up. it s clear today zsh.