difficult problem. i sense that president trump is beginning to realize this after you know, the campaign rhetoric. it's not unlike what he said about afghanistan. i think by the way, we came out in the right place there. i think the right path now, despite, you know, this rubicon being crossed is to continue the carrot of negotiations. i think as advocated by secretary tillerson and the stick of sanctions. and, of course, china is crucial here. and china can't possibly like what happened with this missile shot over japan. >> right. >> of course, that's underpinned by our military. one other comment i'd make is that i was heartened by the toned down rhetoric today from the president where he just said a reminder that all options are on the table. what inelps to do is to try, where we avoid this vicious circle we've gotten ourselves in where the north koreans do