what s your take on this. i don t remember it myself, wolf. but given the fact that we ve got a superb jennifer, that s general mike scaparatti. like i said earlier, we ve got seoul within the ranger of anything that north korea might send across. so i think the conversations between the state department, the south korean government and the military saying hey, we might want to suspend this and re-evaluate a little bit to make sure there are no civilians in jeopardy. that s the prudent approach. very different from the very erratic approach being taken in the north by conducting these artillery raids. this has to be a problem ban da victory for north korea if they can announce the u.s.
suspended military exercises with south korea in the face of threats. they re going to play this, aren t they? they could, wolf. but it s the way it s played. if it s a half day and you say we want to make is sure the people of south korea are defended against this kind of craziness coming from the north that s a different story than saying hey, we re giving up, we won t do the exercise the leaders in the north are intimidating us. there s no intimidation. you have to care for the safety of the people. it s a smart move by the south korean government and the u.s. in south korean military. i ve been along the dmz. as you point out, seoul, the capital of south korea is what, 30, 40 miles away. well within artillery range. you have millions of civilians. you have a huge urban area that could be threatened by the north korea artillery shells and
stop releasing violent criminal illegal aliens. let s discuss what s going on, alex castellanos is the founder of newrepublican.org and chairman of purple strategies and cnn political commentator hilary rosen is joining us. her firm consults for the democratic national committee. alex, what do you make of this debate over the term anchor babies right now and the fact that donald trump is defending using that phrase as is jeb bush for that matter. it helps donald trump and it helps jeb bush wolf. right now a lot of americans think that telling the truth is somehow becoming an insult. something prohibited and they are hungry for the opposite of phony politics they get coming out of washington. they want things called by their name, even if it offends some people. so politically this was a moment of strength for trump and jeb bush who hasn t really planted