trump administration will handle what it sees as the most dangerous threat. he s walking in a lie on s dean of threats. the last 15 years have failed. the threat of north korea is frankly growing stronger. reporter: aides to tillerson tell cnn he is working to brand north korea as the same global threat that rallied the world against iran. last month, leader kim jong-un test fired a ballistic missile during president trump s visit with shinzo abe in mar-a-lago in what what analysts believe was a message. he delivered a nuclear missile cable of delivering a weapon. and during the u.s. and south korea meetings, he launched four more into the sea of japan.
troops without leaving chaos in its wake? next up, debt, shedding real light on our present situation in the united states and europe. we have the author of a phenomenal new book, phillip kogan. i ll explain. first, here s my take. some of you regular viewers will recall that at the start of the first show of this year i predicted hopefully that the u.s. woo economy would recover nicely in 2012. i m returning to that topic with some preliminary good news. if you look around the industrialized world, the u.s. economy is the most promising of the bunch. the american recovery is not as vigorous as one might hope, but it is remarkably broadbased. manufacturing is up, including for the first time in 30 years nontechnology manufacturing. retail sales are up. consumer confidence and spending are growing. consider sales are up. the stock market reflects this. two areas of the economy that continue to lag are jobs and housing. both critical areas. generating economic growth and prof