nothing is known, of course, in this war. i ve been speaking to brendan kearney. he s a retired colonel in the us marine corps previously chief of staff of the us marines in europe. he s now a military affairs analyst. i asked him what it would mean for russia if it took over mariupol. they haven t confirmed it or denied it either way. it would be significant for the russians because it would be the first victory, quote unquote, that they will have encountered in the campaigns over the last seven weeks. and what does it mean, in terms of the geography? the geography? well, the geography the geography? well, the geography itself - the geography? well, the geography itself is - the geography? well, the| geography itself is critical. sitting on the north coasted the sea as aslef, mariupol right now interdict any potential ad bridge between the crimea and south west russia in
the u.s. state department last hour. the united states does not take military action lightly. we have been working hard at the united states security council, with the eu, with many of our partners around the world since this president took office more than a year ago. those efforts have failed to bear fruit so far. primarily because russia has stepped in the way. russia back in 2013 promised to be a guarantor to help syria get rid of its chemical weapons. russia failed to do that. russia has the ability to bring syria to the table. russia has failed to do so. all right, president trump is praising the joint military operations, saying mission accomplished in a tweet this morning. the pentagon calling the strikes precise, overwhelming and effective. all right. let s get some analysis now. our cnn military analyst and retired military colonel. and kim dover, military affairs analyst. when you hear act of
of uniting the international community in its voice to kim jung-un that we do not believe this is certainly not in the global interest but certainly not in his interest either, longer-term the path he s on is a further path to isolationism. let s talk about this. and with us we re so happy to have tonight the former director of national intelligence to president bush 43. he also served as u.s. ambassador are you ready to mexico, iraq, honduras, the philippines and key to our conversation the united nations. and also with us tonight our military affairs analyst and a recipient of a medal of honor for his combat actions in vietnam. gentleman, welcome to you both. a lot of people couldn t get past america first, but you told me in the break you found some nuances in today s speech.
and our military affairs analyst. thank you to both of you for being here. mira. let s talk about this, the president had been clear on twitter and in person talking about fury and flames how terrible it would be if north korea did anything. we missed this own friday but any fired a if you duds on friday and then fired a missile across japanese airspace today. this comes at the end of about a two-week pause in the war o war of words with north korea that erupted two weeks ago when president trump first made the fire and fury comments. you may recall two weeks ago the north koreans following those remarks issued a plan to potentially launch missiles over gaum. right. they said in overfans they would overfly japanese airspace. and the missiles would land
. we have breaking news coming out of the state department tonight. nbc s chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is telling us secretary of state rex tillerson has notified the speaker of the house paul ryan that president trump is reviewing whether the u.s. should stay in the iron nuclear deal negotiated by the obama administration or cancel it. the agreement with iron, as you may recall, negotiated with siksz world poursz, including the u.s. based only on the goal of halting iron s nuclear program for the next decade. but the trump administration says iron s continued support for terrorism might be grounds, might be reason for the u.s. to drop out of this deal. here to talk about this and one other big topic today, jeremy ba bash. jeremy is former counsel to the house intelligence committee. our msnbc military affairs