the pentagon chooses to fire immediate response to north korea. that is i haven t seen the story. i m not sure what you mean by fire and immediate response. i m not sure what that means. look north korea, they launch the icbms. north korea said 111 minutes later. why took so late to you mean the statement that we issued? yes. look, we respond with the time and care that we believe is required baseon these
0 we hand-off to martha. john: did you say something? sandra: we re looking live at the pentagon where we re expecting an update on what the u.s. military will say as their react to vladimir putin and his next move. john: russia saying they re backing off and u.s. officials say don t believe it for a second. good to be with you, sandra. sandra: you too. i m sandra smith. john: and i m john roberts. the story with martha starts right now. martha: thanks. i m martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. here s the story. a lot is moving at this hour. a lot of updates from the pentagon and the white house. those are moments away. the white house obviously a lot of editorials today questioning the president s abilities and it s coming from the wall street journal, the washington post and coming under continued scrutiny. this photo shows him holding verbatim notes on how to answer the regime change blush. and russians is they re backing off in kyiv. president ze
Sanders this afternoon. most likely along the lines are you insisting again that the president knew nothing about this. we ll see what she has to say. thanks, john. thank you. dana: back to north korea. the state department saying north korea have to demonstrate a genuine willingness to dismantle their nuclear program. rex tillerson said this will not be a negotiation. with respect to talks with north korea versus negotiations, and i think this seems to be something that people continue to struggle with the difference. my comments have been that the conditions are not ripe for negotiations. the president has said for some time that he was open to talks, that he would willingly meet with kim jong-un when conditions were right and the time was right. i think in the president s judgment that that time has arrived now. dana: dennis wilder is from georgetown university and a former senior director at the national security council. dennis, baseon your experience,