but cyril, i think this speaks to the gravity of the situation. you have a president who came to power here in may who is really advocating for something like the return to the sunshine policies that were previously had in south korea which meant more engagement, more dialogue with the north there was a big shift in that policy when the conservative government came to power for a ten-year period. then you had a democratic party take over back in may. this president, who so badly wanted dialogue with the north has really been forced to keep his focus on how the up his country s defenses in the face of this mounting and persistent threat from the north. cyril? alexandra field reporting live from seoul. thank you very much. and now to iran, which is fighting back against the u.s. president s threats to withdraw from the landmark nuclear deal. the country says it will stop letting international monitors inspect its facilities unannounced if the deal is canceled. let s go to fred pleitg
melissa: president trump set to make a big foreign policy announcement with the white house from the white house this afternoon unveiling the u.s. strategy moving forward on iran. all signs point to the president declining to re-certify that landmark nuclear deal. here he is talking to sean hannity. president trump: it s a very bad deal. i m not saying anything different than i have been saying for two years. it is a horrible, horrible embarrassment to our country. we did it out of weakness when actually we had great strength. melissa: joining us for more on this topic the vice president of research, foundation for defense of democracy. we also have christopher swift. national security studies professor and national
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activity but, rather, it s ballist iic missiles program. it undercuts any positive contributions from the landmark nuclear deal. now, back to health care with precious few legislative accomplishments, the president s ability to make deals is in question after the failure of health care reform. now, the president did not embark on major tours to sell the plan. it gave very little tours touting its virtues. yesterday, he told the press he was disappointed at the outcome and republicans who are poised to vote no. i m sitting in the oval office right next door, pen in hand, waiting to sign something. and i ll be waiting. and eventually, we re going to get something done and it s going to be very good. and yet the new york times cites a staffer who said the president was, quote, growing bored in selling the bill. and there s some level of surprise that the white house
to say they re even pulling out of the nuclear deal altogether. now, the focus of the sanctions is using the revolutionary and those supporting them. whether procurement of hardware from anything to drones to faster boats to ballistic missiles. as well as they said u.s. and western software programs. in a statement, the treasury department said this administration will continue to aggressively target iran s maligned activities including their ongoing support of terrorism, ballistic rights and they will also continue to pressure and target. they did, however, stop short of designating the revolutionary guard as a trim organization which would have considerably upped the stakes. a day before the new sanctions were imposed a senior warned if iran poses new sanctions, if the guard were designated as a