well, tonight. north korea going wild and poe depositionly very dangerous. the north korean army says it now has approval to launch a merciless attack against the u.s., possibly using cutting edge he nuclear weapons and warning that war could break out today or tomorrow. and former u.n. ambassador john bolton joins us. how can we tell when they re rattling sabers or about to do something? i think in terms of reaching the united states that that s unlikely, to say the least, impossible probably. but it s not to underestimate north korea s capability to do something to south korea or japan and i think that the risk of this increasingly belligerent rhetoric, they re well past prior north korean play books on this. and some of the steps they ve taken, cutting off hot lines,
help protect your eye health. well, tonight. north korea going wild and poe depositionly very dangerous. the north korean army says it now has approval to launch a merciless attack against the u.s., possibly using cutting edge he nuclear weapons and warning that war could break out today or tomorrow. and former u.n. ambassador john bolton joins us. how can we tell when they re rattling sabers or about to do something? i think in terms of reaching the united states that that s unlikely, to say the least, impossible probably. but it s not to underestimate north korea s capability to do something to south korea or japan and i think that the risk of this increasingly belligerent rhetoric, they re well past prior north korean play books on this. and some of the steps they ve taken, cutting off hot lines, barring south korean workers
cornblut on this? they re similar to what governor romney says he would have in place if he were elected. the only real difference tonight where you would see the heat, if i should say, people are craving slib ya. i think it s yes and no. based on the romney today. not based on governor romney in the primary. it s tuesday, so it s a different romney. putting that aside, i mean, i think the reality here it s not just tonal but emphasis. i think the question whether it s afghanistan or iran, what are you emphasizing in the course of foreign policy? you re rattling sabers and that s your first course versus emphasizing diplomacy, you may say we want to do diplomacy, but that is a distinction with a major difference. i think what s going to happen here, i think that romney will go into this debate and try to hug the president where he can, and kind of pivot back to the economy. i think the president in this debate has got to be not just focusing on foreign policy, because that s the
john roberts tells us what he is hearing from the administration tonight. good evening. at this point in time, military strike against syria certainly looks like likely in all sides are rattling sabers in ways we haven t seen before. a couple big questions remain. was it actually a chemical attack and is there a way to avoid air strikes? in military strike against syria is on a hot boil at the warehouse but the press secretary sarah sanders thing today it may not be inevitable. speak out that is certainly one option but it doesn t mean it s the only option. in a tweet, president trump suggested a missile strike was imminent, taunting russia. the president tweeting: russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at syria. get ready russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and smart! you shouldn t be partners with a gas killing animal who kills his people and enjoys it! the tweet brought howls of hypocrisy. isn t this the same president
to cut off all oil and fuels going into north korea. that s according to the new york times. a senior administration official tells the paper this is the last best chance to resolve the nuclear standoff without getting the military involved. back the john roberts now live at the white house. john? the past 48 hours, the president has been rattling sabers against north korea. had several calls with the presidents of japan and merkel of germany. they were all specific about the fact that the president mentioned the u.s. has nuclear weapons and is ready to counter any sort of common threat that comes from north korea on that point. that follows james mattis in sunday afternoon statement out here on the driveway, one that was to me i never heard anything like that before, it was extraordinary where he