>> i am 100% certain that if kim jong-un continues to develop missile technology that can hit america, if diplomacy fails to stop him there will be an attack by the united states against his weapons systems. i'm assuming the worst. let me tell you how the war ends. it ends with his utter destruction. >> lindsay graham, one of the most hawkish members of the senate. there will be plenty of republicans who don't agree with that state, but it does, perhaps, show the direction that this white house and its allies are sort of pointing when it comes to dealing with the north korean threat, richard? >> msnbc's garrett hake there at the white house just coming in about a half hour ago. thank you very much, garrett. i want to bring in gordon chang, daily beast columnist and auths a author of "north korea takes on