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And while there was obviously condemnation when those short-range ballistic missiles were fired donald trump, the u.s. president, didn t seem too perturbed. he sort of, you know, really just brushed it away, believed that he could continue, you know, at their relationship with kim jong un, that they had something meaningful and that this was really just trivial. so it s an interesting dynamic. obviously, there hasn t been a lot of background talks between the two countries. and we know that the north koreans at this stage are refusing to deal certainly with their south korean counterparts and even with the americans. kim jong un, it would seem, jim, really only wants to deal with the american president. and as you know, as i was saying, the critics of what is happening here believe that this is not the way to go, that we ....
The republicans way actually as this no negotiation stance by the white house and senator reid continues. in the senate, behind the scenes, what s going on? well, i think the one thing that has been notable is you have seen folks like rob portman, bob corker, john mccain, some of the more deal-making inclined senators, not necessarily moderate, trying to refocus whether it s within senate features or even behind the scenes background talks with other democrats. trying to refocus the debate away from obama care and back to spending and tax reform, again, the spending level of the cr and making sure that the sequestration cuts stay in there. now, again, that s a challenge because as you know the tea party faction both in the house and certainly senator ted cruz and mike lee have just been completely focused on obama care. that has made this tough because in the past, think about it, usually these negotiations get stuck over numbers. so there is some way to split the difference whether ....
Because they think the south is ridiculing them. with all the threats they still keep it open but the regime they rake in millions of dollars in hard currency and don t want to give it up, that s what this is all about. the north is saying tonight they can cut that off. they re also saying they put their strategic missile forces on the highest state of alert. sound familiar? that s because that s exactly what they said about two days ago here, but they re repeating those threats, keeping the temperature dialed right up. victor, alison? jim, we saw the photographs just a few seconds ago of kim jong-un with four generals behind him and the map in the background talks about targets in the u.s. what is the likelihood that kim jong-un and his army could pull that off? in a word, zero. they cannot hit the u.s. mainland with what they have now. if they were to launch that missile that they put up to put ....
Rebuilding here at home. and i think it s a choice for which way he plays this. so the romney campaign has been so critical, andrea and richard, on iran, on the president s approach to iran, it not being enough. what hasn t this administration done that the romney presidency would do before go to war? wait. you say romney, you raise your eye brows. romney. because they ve been mischaracterizing did you see that? that the romney campaign? that s all you ve got? seriously, they ve been exploiting this and mischaracterizing what the administration has actually done with iran. is there a question in here, chris? well, i m trying to get to it. i would just say, i was quite surprised by the republican take on the talk shows, on the sunday talk shows. marco rubio saying not pouncing on this saturday night/ new york times story that there were background talks about getting together, having the u.s. and iran negotiate. you might have thought that they would pounce. what is ....
let s talk about iran. as an experienced analyst, one who has supported the administration on some and criticized them on other issues, what was the first thing that struck your struck you when you read on saturday night that there were talks, background talks, according to my reporting, to begin having talks with iran after the election? i think they have mishandled the iran the whole circumstance around iran. they have distanced ourselves from israel which i think is really dangerous going into this. they deny that. they say we are closer with israel than ever. when they are talking about our military and intelligence there are joint exercises today. yes, they are tied together. but when the prime minister goes to the u.n. general assembly with a picture of a bomb and emphatically says this is the trouble, what are you all willing to do to help, that s a clear signal i think to the administration you need to be more clear. i happen to be in the conversation when the ....