where we can t or won t bomb because the costs are simply too prohibitive. on one hand. and we aren t willing at least until now to enter into a negotiation other than to take away kim s nukes. that s not going to work either. we drift. which means more nukes, more nuke tests, more missile tests and perhaps i hope not the possibility of a miscalculation. well, you have your own op-ed out in the washington post this morning. which you say this. it s ironic but for a president who desperately awants to appear tough and muscular, trump is as rich averse as his president coming to leveraging military power. trump isn t the un-obama. he is obama redux. this is a president that threatened north korea with fire and fury and doesn t hear like from the obama administration. does it? it doesn t but if you look at examples of where the president this administration
presidents are paid for, but one would like to hear the president of the united states be a little more forthright on the issue of human rights. leland: and also that point, what s that going to change. you look at the vietnamese, thank you very much, go fly a kite. last question for you, overarching this entire trip is north korea and the threat of north korea. we haven t heard much from them. they ve said that the president was begging for war. no bellicose statements, no nuke tests, no missile tests. is perhaps the president s rhetoric working a little bit containing the north korean threat. it would be great if it is. and it s my suspicious that beijing and moscow put the pressure onto north korea saying don t do anything in the middle of the trip especially with all of these summits and meetings. i think the real big question is going to be as the president flies home from asia, is north korea now going to say, well, i held off for the last 12 days
world closer to conflict. reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson says the time has come to step up the pressure on kim jong-un, telling the united nations security council business as unusual is no longer an option. for too long the international community has been reactive in addressing north korea. those days must come to an end. failing to act now on the most pressing security issue in the world may bring catastrophic consequences. reporter: thumbing nose at the u.n. for 20 years and recent nuke tests and ballistic missile launches and the regime s threats to attack america have prompted the trump administration to take action asking member states to fully enforce resolutions in place and for tougher sanctions to be imposed. singling out china for supplying 90% of korean trade. thursday on special report, secretary tillerson said the chinese are willing to work with the u.s. we know china is in communications with the regime in pyongyang.
reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson says the time has come to step up the pressure on kim jong-un, telling the united nations security council business as unusual is no longer an option. for too long the international community has been reactive in addressing north korea. those days must come to an end. failing to act now on the most pressing security issue in the world may bring catastrophic consequences. reporter: thumbing nose at the u.n. for 20 years and recent nuke tests and ballistic missile launches and the regime s threats to attack america have prompted the trump administration to take action asking member states to fully enforce resolutions in place and for tougher sanctions to be imposed. singling out china for supplying 90% of korean trade. thursday on special report, secretary tillerson said the chinese are willing to work with the u.s. we know china is in communications with the regime in pyongyang. they confirmed to us they
reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson says the time has come to step up the pressure on kim jong-un, telling the united nations security council business as unusual is no longer an option. for too long the international community has been reactive in addressing north korea. those days must come to an end. failing to act now on the most pressing security issue in the world may bring catastrophic consequences. reporter: thumbing nose at the u.n. for 20 years and recent nuke tests and ballistic missile launches and the regime s threats to attack america have prompted the trump administration to take action asking member states to fully enforce resolutions in place and for tougher sanctions to be imposed. singling out china for supplying 90% of korean trade. thursday on special report, secretary tillerson said the chinese are willing to work with the u.s. we know china is in communications with the regime in pyongyang. they confirmed to us they