It could cause provocation, wolf. intense situation right now, brian. thank you. let s discuss this with cristian white. cristian thank very much to joining us. what do you make of this with these exercises going on? are they really serious? should the u.s. even be concerned? it does feel a bit different this time. that s the question you re always skk. after all north korea has been somewhat adequately deterred at least deterred from a general war. there is prove investigations they sank a south korea south korean but this does have a slightly different feel. they want they have their own nuclear arsenal. so it sort of leaves you to wonder if kim jong-un is seeing the world in a different manner one with more of a role of north