but china is still unknown. because they have said the right things up to a point. they have not been as blunt or as direct privately as the u.s. frankly hopes that they would be. so this is a new chinese president, and this is a big test for this new leadership. china was frankly very concerned about the obama administration s stated so-called pivot to asia. which implied more military strength and more of a show of force here. this was long before the north korean threat became so real. and so now china is kind of in a box. because this justifies everything that the u.s. is committing. the fly-over of the b-2s and the f-22s, the stealth flyovers which were sent as a signal of support to the south koreans and certainly a signal to the north. what he s saying is kim jong un will not win this fight. the first 24 hours when we have trops arrayed to the south of
i don t know that for a fact, but i assume that they have. but we ve also taken some other actions. there s been some airplanes that have flown there, flying over south korea, both b-2s, as well as there s f-22s, as well. there are b-52 there s a b-52 flight that has gone there. we have ships which have gone there, additional radars in place. so the united states has responded in kind of a firm way. we haven t used a hot rhetoric that the north koreans have. the heated rhetoric, which hopefully is bluster. and we, on the other hand, can t assume that it s only bluster. we have to be ready for whatever comes. and we are. senator levin, thanks very much for joining us. thank you. carl levin, chairman of the armed services committee. still ahead, i ll speak with the white house press secretary, jay carney, talking about the obama administration s secret communications with north korea. what s going on? we ll share with you what we
get off without that kind of a response. it would be presumably proportionate in some way to what the attack is. we re not going to up the ante and have events spiral out of control if we can help it, but north korea is not going to get off scott free if they attack a south korean or american ally target. there are 50,000 in japan, 6,000 on the island of guam, and it raises questions, have they gone into a heightened state of alert? well, we ve i assume they have. i don t know that for a fact, but i assume that they have. we ve also taken some other actions. there s been some airplanes that have flown there flying over south korea, both b-2s as well as f-22s as well. there s a b-52 flight that s gone there. we have some ships that have
know how to get back and a south korean president, president park, and i can t criticize her for this, she says she will retaliate if there is action taken by the north against the south this is a serious situation. no need to panic at all. give the administration credit for moving the b-2s, b-52s, the f-22s to move the anti missile batteries to the south pacific, but, again, japan setting up anti missile batteries, shows how seriously japan is taking this. if i m hearing you correctly, it sounds like kim jong-un, his temperament makes you a little nervous? it has to. first of all, basically north korea is an organized crime family which is not a government, it s an organized crime family running an area, a territory. not even a real country. in comparison to other countries around the world, and obviously has some stability problems, and as his father did too. his father knew when to pull
state of alert? well, we ve i assume they have. i don t know that for a fact, but i assume that they have. but we ve also taken some other actions. there s been some airplanes that have flown there, flying over south korea, both b-2s, as well as there s f-22s, as well. there are b-52 there s a b-52 flight that has gone there. we have ships which have gone there, additional radars in place. so the united states has responded in kind of a firm way. we haven t used a hot rhetoric that the north koreans have. the heated rhetoric, which hopefully is bluster. and we, on the other hand, can t assume that it s only bluster. we have to be ready for whatever comes. and we are. senator levin, thanks very much for joining us. thank you. carl levin, chairman of the armed services committee. still ahead, i ll speak with the white house press secretary, jay carney, talking about the