you'd better do it now and if they think you're serious -- i deal with lots of people. if they think you're serious and they'll negotiate and it will never come to that. >> welcome back. that was president trump on "meet the press" in october of 1999. he was promoting his book the america we deserve and he was laying out why he would be willing as president to launch a preemptive strike against north korea. by the way, at the time he was a sort of kind of running for president as a reformed party candidate. that cycle for what it's worth. bring in tonight's panel. welcome all. john, let me start with you and what you heard there from donald trump 1999. what do you make of it? in some ways very consistent with the donald trump that we hear foed? >> well, i'm sorry, you can't look at the existence of a miniature iced nuclear warhead