love to see it but i don t think it s in the cards. he said accept a nuclearized north korea. mcmaster has clearly said that s intolerable. where does that leave this administration? it puts them in a tough spot. the north has been racing towards these capabilities for a long time. arguably whether we want to admit it or not, accept it or not, they have a nuclear capability. we have to deal with that rea lt. how you do that diplomatically is for people smarter than me, although i associate myself with director clapper s comments. i think we have to look at it pragmatically and move forward. i also agree with gordon about pressure on china. china has been enabling the growth of the capability and not implemented sanctions the way they re supposed to. they have more influence than any other nation in the world on pyongyang, although they re finding some limits to that. he s right, they do need to
you d better make sure that they don t indeed maybe, maybe that you don t cheat on these new tough u.n. sanctions that we ve all agreed. because in the past we ve seen six runs of sanctions and yet the trade with china in coal and iron or e and everything else continues. you re absolutely right. dhien is the key to this. the dispute at the minute obviously appears to be between the united states and north korea, but china is the one who can solve it, if you like. right. it needs to put more pressure on pyongyang. that is certainly president trump s view. and let me ask you, i know i sound like a broken record with you because i ask it to you all the time, but i think it s really important for our viewers to understand. what role does the president of south korea have in this? he s newly elected and he has vacillated a bit, but he s had a more conciliatory approach to north korea than america has, for instance? yeah. i mean, just a few short months ago when he came to power befo
i think the president is also trying to change the dynamics in particular with china in this equation. you sent a tweet out that says new u.s. soongsz which by the way china supported on dprk are an important step to increase pressure on the regime. now need for effective enforce want and more financial measures. so enforcement and financial measures at this point the more almost has exclusively to do with china, right? china is the one if china doesn t follow the sanctions, north korea doesn t suffer. if china china is where north korea gets its money and sells its products to. and at in point, at this level of escalation, china seems key to being the solution. absolutely. i think the trick here is how do you ensure chinese cooperation in a way that isn t directly threatening to the chinese but in many ways motivates the chinese to exert more pressure than they have in the past on pyongyang. unfortunately, our interests have not aligned on north korea neatly in the past, and i
and within weeks kim elsun started moving 85% of the north korean military to within 50 kilometers of the dmz. we ve learned subsequently from intelligence gathering that he fully intended to invade the south once the last american soldier was gone. his grandson is sitting there in pyongyang with exactly the same intent. the mission of the north, the dream of the north, of the elites and the people is to reunited the peninsula, not to nuk the united states. the nuclear weapons are a means to induce this president or some president in the future to withdraw american troops. and then the real war will begin, ali. mera, something interesting happened a couple of months ago when donald trump strangely discussed strengthening trade restrictions against south korea or getting into some kind of trade battle with south korea and then linked it to the thaad missile system, which is a big line of defense in south korea. there s also a thaad missile
come face-to-face with his north korean counterparts and leaders around the world are waiting and watching to see if they will acknowledge one another if they are going to maybe ignore the other. the possibility here really high stakes. a meeting that could set the tone for the trump administration s policies on pyongyang going forward. reaction from across the world is pouring in. australia is taking to sanctions against north korea a step forward, slapping travel bans and financial restrictions targeting specific people and businesses in the regime. we have a team of reporters and analysts across the globe monitoring the world s response to the north korean threat. let s begin our team coverage with ivan watson in the philippines. the secretary of state just met with russia s foreign minister. of course, on the list is north korean sanctions. what are you learning about that exchange? reporter: good morning. that s right. the rex tillerson coming here for manila and amid the ma