i think he s a straight up type of individual. all right. welcome back. i m fredricka whitfield in the nation s capital. high praise for the trump presidency from members of the national rifle association. that s a stark contrast from environmentalists around the nation who right now are descending on washington for what has been dubbed the people s climate march. cnn s brian todd joining me now from the starting point of the march. pretty big turnout, brian? reporter: it is. you can really feel the energy building at the foot of the u.s. capitol. tens of thousands of people expected down here today. our photo journalist and i are going to show you sights and sounds and look at the colorful slogans and signs and people gathering here getting ready to march toward the white house. gathering here and then we ll turn you in the direction that they ll march come this way. it s going to be logistical challenge. heat is factor. it will get up to 93 degrees out here. marchers will come th
we sent 59 missiles in on our own in a unilateral move. you re dealing with a country that s more complex because we have multiple relationship issues with china and with all of this commotion going on, we put pressure on south korea to help pay for the defense that the u.s. provides, which then puts another element of uncertainty in this fraught time. i think that s a good point because there s a mixed message being sent by the trump administration in recent days. when you pressure south korea to pay for missile defense and message is we won t provide it if you don t write us a check, north koreans can look at that and wonder how close our relationship is with south korea and how far we re willing to go to defend them and obviously the reason our options are so limited is because attacking
hit the united states and they re working hard to develop a weapon to put on that missile. i would say that i think if with can predict it would happen on this day, we need to stop it before they get to that point. all right. let s bring in our panel, david and jackie. also with us is lynn sweet. clarissa ward. welcome to allclarissa, what ise that north korea is sending by this latest missile test? well, this is actually a strategy that we ve seen the north koreans implement for years now. it s this kind of endless cycle of we do something erratic and crazy is that puts the hold world on edge and previously the world responded by saying let s sit down at the negotiating table and we ll give you more aid and you can extract some more concessions from us and this is why the trump administration said we want to