is unwavering and our resolve could not be stronger. >> shannon: the north korean regime saying it's ready to react to any mode of war by the u.s. john roberts is standing by with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. as you saw from vice president mike pence more tough talk on north korea today visiting in tokyo with the japanese prime minister. the vice president making the point the u.s. has spent decades cutting deals with successive north korean leaders only to watch them cheat and make demands for new deals. pence insisting the obama policy of strategic patience at it was called. wait and watch, is over. down playing the imnens of any kind of military action. successive white houses haven't found a military option that wouldn't -- neither the vice president nor the press secretary yesterday were taking military action off the table. listen here. >> all options are on the table.