jim hanson led counter terror operations in the army in special forces joins us for reaction. jim, we can put up a map that shows the number of terror attacks around paris and the environment over there in the last couple of years. there should not surprise anybody. especially such a soft target a bunch of soldiers outside a barracks getting ready to go dowork. yes. unfortunately the only question we have here here was this a member of the local community or was this an infiltrator among the refugees or migrants. they are looking for jihaddist, they know that hopefully they will find him shortly. it proves those soldiers on patrol were necessary because the threat is real and it s everywhere. steve: indeed. meanwhile talk about that top story and that is north korea. north korean state run television has just announced in the last five minutes apparently after holding him for a couple of years they have just released a canadian pastor. this on the heels of the fact that kim jong un h
korea or iran, over the years through failed policies or through just willingness to allow them to continue because you at some point you are hoping it will go away as problem, this is where you get to. the decision tree keeps getting smaller and smaller, meaning we have fewer and fewer options. we have basically done the sanctions route and now we are at that point, because we have allowed this to get here over the years, the bush administration, the clinton administration, the obama administration, all this time and now we have almost no options. pass the sanctions. we have got to think what are our military options short of war? brian: dan i want you to weigh in because i have got to toss quick. basically trump handed a grenade. north korea is not going to negotiate the end of their nuclear program. it s existential element of kim jong un s national security strategy. it leaves us very few options. if we were to take military action. we have got to be sure to target all of those n
determine the facts. brian: are we there, you think, already? our team is there at the embassy working very closely with french liaison with whom we have a close partnership so that we can determine what the facts are. and also determine whether we need to issue any follow-on warnings inside france. because this might not have been the only attack plans. brian: all right. let s shift to the other major crisis. yesterday the washington post break as story not all but confirmed not only do they have icbm capabilities, north korea, they can put a miniaturized nuclear war head on a missile. this is a game changer for a lot of american cities and territories. and then we find out that the president of the united states came out and i believe it was scripted and essentially ratcheted up the rhetoric significantly. mike, does this help or hurt? well, i think that the comments about, you know, unleashing fire and fury, i don t know. it s speculation as to whether it s scripted or not. i
and on the 28th of july he had one that could hit california. and then, of course, the washington post yesterday had the realization, according to intel sources that apparently he had figured away to put a miniature nuclear bomb on the top of a missile. the good news is, there is no evidence that it could survive reentry into the atmosphere. ainsley: how quickly it could make it to you, to me, to your family. look at this map. we will show you how long it would take to reach new york, chicago, los angeles, and hawaii. not very long. let me see my eyesight is not great. to new york it s going to be 38 to 39 minutes. chicago 37 to 38 minutes. los angeles 33 to 34. and hawaii 20 minutes. brian: i remember bill clinton in the late 90 s talked about north korea if they ever try to use a nuclear weapon pointless to try to develop it. if they use them it would be the end of their country. remember when we were threatened by ca qaddafi.