strike, but you have to have a credible strike option which we do and we have the capability to do. beyond that, ratcheting pressure on china we sound like we re beating a dead horse, it really is the key and it is changing chinese calculus from saying it is in our interest to have a, quote, buffer state between south korea and us. you do that between us and china financial institutions, chinese businesses. you ratchet that pressure in. i m willing to go to talks if that s the way we seem to go. i m concerned with i ve heard people talking on all the news today saying basically we have to already accept it. that to me is a place we ought not be yet. it is interesting to hear the different rhetoric between president trump, the fire and fury comment, then secretary of state tillerson saying americans can sleep well tonight. where are you on that spectrum? so i guess i m in between. i m in the sleep well still.
intercontinental ballistic missile test launch preparation is in the last stage. reporter: a security challenge donald trump could face very early on. trump has made clear on the campaign trail he wants china to deal with kim. we have to be very vigilant on north korea. we cannot let this guy go much further. china should handle that problem. reporter: and offering his own blunt assessment of the north korean leader. he is probably crazy. reporter: something donald trump and the current director of cia appear to agree on. john brennan telling erin burnett this about kim jong-un. he is delusional because he believes that the world is going to accept a nuclear north korea and allow it to maintain that arsenal. reporter: u.s. war plans have detailed a strike option, bombing the regime if it poses an immediate nuclear threat but the intelligence community warns the u.s. may have few cards to
challenge donald trump could face very early on. trump has made clear on the campaign trail he wants china to deal with kim. and offering his own blunt assetment of the north korean leader. you have the guy in north korea, and he s probably crazy. reporter: something donald trump and the current director of the cia appear to agree on. john brennan telling erin burnett this about kim jong un. he is delusional, because he believes that the world is going to accept a nuclear north korea and allow it to maintain that arsenal. reporter: u.s. war planes have long detailed a strike option, bombing the regime if it poses an immediate nuclear threat. but the u.s. may have few cards to play. i think the notion of getting
something donald trump and the current director of the cia appear to agree on when it comes to kim. he is delusional, because he believes that the world is going to accept a nuclear north korea and allow it to maintain that arsenal. u.s. war plans have long detailed a strike option, bombing the regime if it poses an immediate nuclear threat. but the intelligence community warns, the u.s. may have few cards to play. i think the notion of getting the north koreans to denuclearize is probably a lost cause. there is intelligence showing how far kim has moved ahead. the north koreans are very close to being able to make a nuclear weapon to their longest-range missiles and hit the united states. the north koreans have already tested an intercontinental long-range missile but it had a satellite on the front end not a war head.