some. we don t know if all these folks. thousands come to our border every month and some are seeking asylum and some are trying to sneak in. had trump administration has done something and they believe even though as you re dealing with the question of asylum seekers, this was beyond morality and immigration is tough because you re trying to find a way to align your laws and your value. and they made a decision here that some people are uncomfortable with and many people in the democratic party are uncomfortable with and president bush did not do and no president should do. one of the thing they re saying is that your policy didn t work. the catch and release. you can t hold kids for more than 20 days. people come across the border illegally. you give them the court date. and so are the jails. so, we hope that you come back in six months and it doesn t
here in being actually ready to use the military option if necessary. i think he is being unpredictable which is essential and you see that in the actions of kim jong un reaching out to republicans to say what s this guy about? so, yeah, be ready. and from a congressional perspective, we have to give the military all the resources they need there is a readiness crisis right now that has got to be alleviated. steve: it s the boycott slogan be prepared. essentially that s what he is saying. that s right. steve: the president of the united states did tweet yesterday and we ll put the big tweet up on the big screen over there the president has tweeted our country has been unsuccessfully dealing with north korea for 25 years, giving billions of dollars and getting nothing, policy didn t work. so it looks like he says the policy didn t work and we have heard that a number of times, congressman. it s like okay, what s left? next thing that s left is a shooting war. potentially. here s the
far driven by strong winds with 5% of the fires contained. the trump administration racheting up thinly-veiled threats of war. right now it s a diplomatically-led, economic-sanked butt rest to try to turn north korea off this path. there is one thing that the u.s. army can do, you have to be ready to ensure that we have military operations that our president with employ if needed brian: in addition to mattis s direct comments, president trump took to twitter and said this, our country has been unsuccessfully dealing with north korea for 25 years. policy didn t work.
kelly wright joins us with more on this. reporter: the current strategy to deal with north korea is through diplomacy and tough economic sanctions but the military option is on the table, the president taking a hard line against north korea and kim jung un s rogue regime, wanting them to stop developing nuclear weapons taking a tougher stand than previous presidents tweeting our country has been unsuccessfully dealing with north korea for 25 years, giving billions of dollars and getting nothing. policy didn t work. the president pushed for tougher sanctions through the united nations, china and russia fully supporting it. defense secretary james madison speaking to the u.s. army s annual meeting in dc explaining the army may be called to action if diplomacy fails. one thing the us army can do,
following. our country has been unsuccessfully dealing with north korea for 25 wreer, giving billions of dollars and getting nothing. policy didn t work. this comes after more cryptic tweets over the weekend where the president said only one thing will work with pyongyang. so far, we don t know exactly what that is. you ll figure that out pretty soon. the latest version of you will see, believe me. let s bring in will ripley. he spent a lot of time on the ground in north korea. great to see you. this all, this was all weekend and continued into this morning. oh, yeah and it was last weekend as well that the president was firing off about north korea. how are north koreans receiving this, it s vague, but consistent threat from the president? you know, i ve been having conversation with the north koreans because they re also hearing from the state department and defense secretary that this is a diplomatic push, that the united states is