counterparts wanting to talking about talks and negotiations. we are not dealing with a rat n rational person. and matt rivers joins from us beijing and paula hancocks in seoul. paula, to you first. how are haley s comments about re-evaluating the u.s. response to north korea and all options being on the table, how are those being read there in seoul? reporter: well, certainly south korea is going to be completely in step with the united states. it s a very close alliance and the south koreans rely on that washington umbrella that the capability of being protected by the united states. but the interesting part of what ambassador haley said was the fact that it was a personal comment about the north korean leader kjong u.n. we have seen many criticizing the nuclear missile program but