>> eli, i want to run a piece of sound at the risk of repeating ourselves. this was a turn of phrase the president did today. by doing so, he ratcheted up the temperature on north korea, but you heard in this what's become a familiar tell to him in the language of the president. here it is. >> frankly, the people who were questioning that statement, was it too tough? maybe it wasn't tough enough. >> what did you hear in that as you told nicolle wallace at 4:00 p.m. today? >> i heard a president who is aware of the reaction and a person who as we all know, when you cover him, he never goes back. he never walks anything back, but, you know, to phil's point, this was a guy who went out today twice. clearly wanted to speak. he wanted to create a lot of news, but honestly, didn't seem to have a ton to say that was new or substantive that provided clarity on a lot of these