in 2007, they were caught proliferating nuclear technology to syria. the israelis took out the syrian reactor that was designed like a north korean reactor and there was intelligence showing north korean scientist that helped in the effort. despite what president bush said in the clip, north korea hadn t been behaving well and this was part of the problem. they behave badly and we reward them with preemptive concessions, as president bush did when he took them off the state sponsor list. if you look at north korea s activity since they been taken off the list, you can look at the assassination of kim jong ug nam. you look at nuclear technology come up further proliferation of nuclear technology. it s not country that s behaved as if it wants to staff the lis list.
wrong decisions. what seems to be happening is it s possible they ve combed down a little bit. haven t seen a lot of missile launches lately and i think maybe that president can get some credit for that. certainly his work with the president of china has helped in this regard. this certainly doesn t hurt, and again, the judgment of all civilized people has said these people should have the government should have never been taken off the list. bret: in the region, talking to leaders they are including the japanese prime minister, there s a feeling that increased sanctions, even though this is the most sanctioned country in the world, might work. here is the japanese prime minister. is there anything short of military action that you think can be done to force north korea to denuclearize? translator: north korean dialogue for the purpose of dialogue is meaningless. that s our experience. we have decided to cut back 30% of oil as well as other
notifying congress of my intent to rescind north korea s designation as a state sponsor of terror. if north korea makes the right choices, it can repair its relationship with the international community. the united states is designate north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. should have happened a long time ago. should have happened years ago. the north korean regime must be lawful. it must end its unlawful nuclear ballistic missile development. and cease all support for international terrorism which it is not doing. bret: president trump announcing what had long thought been coming, even may be on his asia trip, adding north korea to the state sponsor of terror lis list, added in 1988 after the
a good day for the markets. dell finished up 72. s&p 500 rose 3. nasdaq gained 8. manhunt is underway in two regions for a suspect in the murders of two law enforcement officers. authorities in pennsylvania are looking for a man they say he killed a rookie officer after a traffic stop. david lee miller is in new york with the latest. this marks dave four of a man hot in and around new kensington, pennsylvania. the killer of a police officer is on the list. the tragedy began friday night about 8:15. the rookie officer exited his police cruiser. after he attempted to stop an suv, the driver pulled away and a passenger in the vehicle ran. during of foot chase, officer shaw was shot and killed. an arrest warrant has been issued. the 29-year-old suspect has a
that may be what has restrained the hand of the previous administration and until now this one because of the way north korea goes about things. i think it used to be more directly and obviously involved in terrorism that it now may become a depending on how you define the word. you can see why they may have held back until now. bret: the bush administration took north korea off the list after meeting certain criteria. they were hoping north korea would jump through. is the carrot and stick approach one that works with north korea, or do you think this guy is just out to continue his nuclear ambitions? well, that s the question, isn t it? we really don t know. in the past, north korea has gotten squeezed in us come to the table and given assurances and compromise has been made and things like the removal of their name from the terror sponsor