president has made clear to me that he wants this solved diplomatically. he s not seeking to go to war. so he doesn t think it s a waste of time? no, sir. he s made it clear to me to continue my diplomatic efforts which we are, as i ve told others, those diep matich efforts will continue until the first bomb drops. wow! until the first bomb drops. the u.s. navy has used defensive drills, and the u.s. also announcing that next week it s going to rehearse the evacuation of americans from the peninsula nearby. we have jane lee, a journalist and fellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. okay, bob, so when you hear this, north korea saying we re not interested in negotiating so they re not interested in this diplomatic path until they have
i can t imagine it. this is about optics and he wants that you can t? i can. he wants that moment to look tough with the binoculars, but on the north korean side and they ll use this in their rhetoric and propaganda saying look, the u.s. president has gone to the dmz and preparing for war and getting military garb. it would be amazing to see in this current climate. jean lee, thank you. bob bahher, thank you. lawyers for the woman who is serving the president with a subpoena. the president weighing in moments ago. stay with us.
close to that and he actually needs a couple of more tests to perfect that technique that technology. so i think he is just too close to this massive milestone that has a major payoff back at home and in terms of negotiations in the future. so, bob, what do you think about that? does that change the calculous or does it change the equation, what the u.s. is used to that s predictably, unpredictable behavior from north korea? is it completely altered because of where north korea is in the process and how should the u.s. be addressing that? well, i think everybody s sort of hoping, brian a the chinese do something about this. they put pressure and economic pressure and close the borders or even putin of russia that he does the same. right now kim jong-un is not going to back down. he wants a nuclear weapon. don t forget that the reason saddam hussein lost his life is because he didn t have weapons of mass destruction and you know, the north korean regime is