rattled. they are rattled. ultimately, iran s number one goal is regime survival. that s the number one goal. after that, you ask for their revolution. when you cut off the money, they can t have the revolution, they have a hard time funding their ventures in yemen. but then, when domestic problems start to surface and let people start to rise up against the regime, that s when they are truly rattled. that s what the sanctions are doing right now. trace: when you say regime survival, are you saying they re just trying to run out the clock, hoping that the democrats when met, and they get kind of a do over? i believe that they would love that. they would love to turn back the clock, to change domestic unrest that is sure to come from a lot of the sanctions, and see if they can get a more lenient administration in there. this is the problem with sanctions that we have had in the past is that every time that they start to work and they are truly impacting my country and
constitution. it s informative to go back and read iran s constitution post 1979. their goals. so their goals are they need regime survival and then after that, they want to export the revolution. we re starting to tamp down they need money to do that, money and resources to export the revolution. that s what we re strangling economically. melissa: focus on number 1, maybe we re better off. thanks, david. appreciate your time. thanks. melissa: as missouri s capitol, jefferson city, struggles to dugout from under the rubble from wednesday s tornado, there s concerns about another major problem, flooding. the missouri river threatening to breach a levee in the center of town. matt finn is live in jefferson city with more. matt? happening right now, the army corps of engineers say they
the six party talks, i spoke to him yesterday. i said, what is different this time around. he said kim jong un really wants this plum of normalization of relations in the united states. he wants to be recognized on the world stage, he wants normal relations would like to have an embassy texas is what that takes to get there that is the sticking point and this idea, too the north koreans still don t trust the united states and they worry if they got rid of all of their nuclear weapons, suddenly the united states would make a play for regime change. that is why kim and lot of the top military brass do not want to let go of these nuclear weapons because they see it as regime survival, and that may be a negotiation they can t get over. he will be where president trump will be at the podium
school of thought i talked to kim and much of his military leadership believes the only way to assure the regime survival is to have those nuclear weapons. they don t trust the united states, kim may believe in his military may believe if they were to give up those nuclear weapons than the united states might change its mind and say regime change might be a good idea. they want to hang onto some sort of assurance or insurance that the regime can stay in place and in order to do that they have to get the world s most dangerous weapons. a big hurdle for kim to get over but donald trump believes he will get over that hurdle. heather: you have been very busy, thank you. we are going to go to and henry who is standing by, been busy throughout the night. what do you think of this? took a turn and seems to have
denuclearization in north korea? a chance to end the armistice set in 1953, or do you reach another wall in the stubborn back and forth between the north korean government and the united states and its allies on behalf of japan and south korea here in the region? president trump looking to move the ball forward certainly on scrapping the nuclear program. an analysis kim wants the make it happen. above all else he wants sanctions relief. his economy is in freefall and he knows that his country is an outlier in a vibrant region. regime survival. this question of dangling carrots about economic development in front of him really boils down to whether kim has had a change of heart, whether he thinks that economic development, money, capitalism, prosperity is a better