so they've refused to tighten the screws on the north koreans and they could do a lot. they could close the border. they could deny them fuel oil. the chinese could really hurt the regime. the chinese have to be convinced that they now have to do whatever it takes to stop this regime and when you hear the administration say, if you won't deal with the north koreans, we will, that's the message that they're sending. now, the we will is kind of ugly because if you want to look at military options, you're looking at seoul, which is very vulnerable and very close to the border, to the doe militarized zone. the north koreans could do a lot of damage, a lot of civilian casualties, very quickly in seoul. so the options are not very good. it's complicated by the new president in south korea who is a man of the left, who has said, we ought to be negotiating with the north koreans. trust me, i've tried that, they walked away. and we are going to have to try to find a way to protect south korea, protect japan because again, no president can let the north koreans be able to reach t

>> north koreans stiffed me. they never said yes. they never said no. >> reporter: i was back in north korea myself last september. driving two hours south, we arrive at the demilitarized zone. so, here's the line. on the other side is south korea? >> i met with the director general, high ranking official who told me americans like otto will be treated as prisoners of war. >> they began calling the americans that they had in custody prisoners of war. all belts were off in terms of the -- the rules that they were required to follow. >> reporter: back in ohio, the family was running out of patience. while otto's friends prayed for his survival. if anyone can fight through it, it's otto. he had the courage and bravery to do it. >> thank you. >> reporter: then, in november, the u.s. selected a new president. and the clash of the titans began. both leaders are unpredictable. >> right. >> reporter: both trump and kim jong-un. >> right. >> reporter: in february, the new president directed secretary of state rex tillerson to take all appropr

the chinese, i think, had been trying very hard to talk to the north koreans and it's the north koreans that have been denying all contact. so i think while there are many from the previous progressive government that will be or are in the new government, i think there are new realities on the ground and i think they also understand that it's a different north korea than it was in 2004, five, six, seven. >> thanks very much victor. >> i want to repeat greg's question because apparently the mike wasn't working. his question was why would north korea think that the united states would not get involved in a conflict, given the trip wire function of u.s. forces in south korea who would be involved immediately in any attack on south korea? >> let me address the south korea part. i think there are degrees of engagement. the k aesong is -- you can't guarantee where the money's going from there. my suggestion for the administration when he comes next month for the summit with mr. trump is sort of not try to address these -- any of the thorny issues, we're asking for clarification. when you say

-north korean relationship. the lack of that relationship is caused by north korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons. they've shown zero interest in negotiations. they've shown zero interest in any serious discussion about a discussion about nuclear weapons . instead, they've wanted to talk to us as when nuclear power to another, in the meantime the u.s. has worked very diligently with china, doesn't have much to show for it to be sure, but i think that is further exacerbated the u.s.-north korea relationship. even if they had returned otto warmbier in good condition, i don't think that would have had an act and certainly this is not going to lead to any improvement, quite to the contrary, there's a sense in the trump administration that there is nothing that can be done with north korea. i think you will see them doubling down on china, notwithstanding with the president's tweet. charlie: david? they will double down. i read the tweet a little bit differently than kristin. i read it that the president who had said t

experts say its north korean diplomats who act like gangsters. >> there is a long history of north koreans using diplomatic pouchs to smuggle drugs and endangered species parts. things like rhino horn or ivory. >> homeland security officials say the north koreans were not held by u.s. authorities, but they refused to board their flight out of new york. it's not clear right now where those north koreans are. neither homeland security officials nor the north koreans are saying anything about them. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> another bizarre chather in an already-bizarre story. brian todd, thanks. >>> coming up, an exclusive interview with the elusive social media tycoon, mark zuckerberg. his views on combatting fake news and the social network's mission to connect the world. >> i used to think if we just work to give people a voice and people hepp people connect that was going to make the world all better by itself. but now i feel we have a responsibility to do even more. y in control. so i asked about tresiba®. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ tresiba® is a once-daily, long-acting insulin that

. >> the era of strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed. many years, and it's failed. and frankly, that patience is over. we're working closely with south korea and japan, as well as partners around the world, on a range of diplomatic security and economic measures to protect our allies and our own citizens from this menace known as north korea. >> brangham: the government of kim jong-un has already test-launched more than a dozen missiles this year, all in defiance of international sanctions. president moon has long advocated for diplomatic engagement with pyongyang. and, since taking office last month, he's delayed full deployment of the u.s. "thaaad" anti-missile defense system. today, though, he, warned of a "stern response" to any provocations. >> ( translated ): the north korean nuclear issue must be resolved, without fail. i also urge pyongyang to promptly return to the negotiating table for denuclearization of the korean peninsula. president trump and i decided to will employ both sanctions and dialogue in a phased and comprehensive

warmbier was in the detention of north korean authorities. we cannot know for sure north korea killed mr. warmbier, but i believe it is quite clear that they have a heavy responsibility in the process that led to mr. >> how does this -- affect your efforts to restart the dialogue with north korea? >> i believe me must now have the perception that north korea is an irrational regime. working with such a country we must achieve the goal of the complete dismantlement of north korea's nuclear program. >> how do you sit knee to knee as you promised with an irrational leader and negotiate. >> i believe that dialogue is necessary. we were unable to resolve the north korean nuclear issue through only the sanctions and pressure. >> the idea of engaging in dialogue with north koreans before they are denuclearized, is fundamentally at odd with long standing u.s. policy. so what are you going to say to president trump when you meet with him next week? >> translator: i bel policy of the united states or that of president trump. it seems to me that preside

the north koreans called that a mugging. they say they initiated the confrontation. >> all right, thank you, brian todd reporting fors us. new reaction tonight from president trump to the death of oto warmbier. let's bring in senior white house reporter jim accosta. the president has just reacted. >> that's right, wolf. the president just reacted a few minutes ago. he reacted to the passing of oto warmbier, he made the comments on camera a short while ago. here's what he had to say. >> pass on word that oto warmbier has just passed away. he spent a year and a half in north korea, a lot of bad things happened. but at least we got him home to be with his parents. they were so happy to see him, even though he was in very tough condition, but he just passed away a little while ago. it's a brutal regime, and we'll be able to 457handle it. >> we should also point out the president offered his condolences to the family of oto warmbier. at the end of that statement the president uses tough language saying it deepened my determinatio

north korean relationship. the lack of that relationship is caused by north korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons. they have shown zero interest to the negotiation. frankly they've shown zero interest in any serious discussion about a scuk about nuclear weapons. instead, they've wanted to talk to us as one nuclear power to another. the u.s. has worked dill jectly with china. they don't have much to show for it to be sure but i think that further, that is further exacerbated the u.s. north korea relationship. so even if they had returned otto warmbrer's, this isn't going to lead to improvement. there's a sense in the trump administration there's just nothing that can be done with north korea. i think you'll see them doubling down really on china notwithstanding the president's tweet. >> rose: david. >> i think they'll double down. i read the tweet differently than chris did. i read it that the president who had said to me in an interview last year he thought the chinese have complete control over the north koreans

to them that's a good idea i think it's a good idea because we don't want to give the north koreans any more bargaining chips and also the usual the more use for me tourism for their ballistic missile and nuclear weapons program because money is fungible so every time you see a north korean missile towards a cigar that is tourist dollars at work all right gordon i'll be calling you on july seventeenth about what we did with that devil at a preceded they thank you so much for joining us thank you very thank you for joining me on this edition of politicking and thank you to larry king for letting me sit in this chair it's an honor remember we love hearing from you join the conversation on larry's facebook page and as always you can share your thoughts on twitter by tweeting at kings things and using the politicking hash tag i also got you to join me on twitter at real amy holmes that's all for this edition of politicking. about your sudden passing i phone lee just learned you worry yourself and taken your last turn. your act right up to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry i c

warmbier was in the detention of north korean authorities. we cannot know for sure that north korea killed mr. warmbier, but i believe it is quite clear that they have a heavy responsibility in the process that led to mr. warmbier's death. >> how does this affect your efforts to restart the dialogue with north korea? >> i believe we must now have the perception that north korea is an irrational regime. working with such a country, we must achieve the goal of the complete dismantlement of north korea's nuclear program. >> how do you sit knee to knee as you promised with an irrational leader and negotiate? >> i believe that dialogue is necessary. we were unable to resolve the north korean nuclear issue through only the sanctions and pressure. >> the idea of engaging in dialogue with north koreans before they are denuclearized is fundamentally at odds with longstanding policy. so what are you going to say to president trump when you meet with him next week? >> translator: i believe that my position is not at odds with policy of the united states

if you could speak directly to the north korean regime or the north korean people, what would you say to them? >> i would say i'm so proud of -- what i would say to the north korean regime, i would say i'm so proud of otto, my son, who has been in a pariah regime for the last 18 months, brutalized and terrorized, and he's now home with his family, and i'm just tremendously proud of otto, his spirit is with us, and i can share my spirit with his spirit, and i'm just so happy for that. >> yes, ma'am? >> abc news. previous prisoners in north korea american prisoners have been tortured psychologically, not many of them have been beaten visibly. this seems like something different happened with otto. did something different happen? what do you think happened? >> sure. was otto treated differently? the quick answer is the results speak for themselves, and you'll hear more about it at the medical conference today. >> yes, sir? >> dan with nbc 4 in columbus. going back to the beginning of the situation, can you speak as to when you found out otto was going to north korea, or had ended up ther

korean -- i'm sorry, the student who died in north korea north korean -- after north korean mistreatment and get your thoughts. senator john mccain with his back and just a moment >> jon: beckman to senator john mccain, republican of arizona, member of the armed services committee. do you and know enough about the health care bill to tell us whether you would vote for it or against? >> no, i don't. sorry. >> jon: how much time i need to make the determination? >> i would like to see a vigorous debate and amendments on the floor of the senate, i would like to have been more involved in shaping it. i think we need to have vigorous debate and amendments on the floor of the senate. that's what we're supposed to be all about. >> jon: obviously, you spent a lot of time in a north vietnamese prison. otto warmbier was imprisoned in north korea for 17 months, came back in a coma and recently died. what should be the u.s. respons response? >> we need to examine all of our options. this inhumane treatment is obviously something that cannot go and responded to. i think we have to be careful, i think

the north korean nuclear issue must be resolved without fail. north korea should by no means underestimate the firm commitment of korea and the u.s. in this regard. i also urge pyongyang to promptly return to the negotiating table for denuclearization of the korean peninsula. national security leaves no room for either compromise or concession. on this occasion, the u.s. and president trump's firm resolve is noted. with great appreciation. the republic of korea will strive to strengthen u.s. capabilities, while building up its own capacity to defend tself. as we undertake these endeavors, bilateral cooperation and defense technologies will gather further traction. economic partnership between our countries forms an essential pillar for future oriented development of the alliance. we've both agreed on this. economic growth and job creation are promoted to ensure our peoples enjoy greater mutual benefits through the collective efforts we committed to make. third, as we fight against terrorism and other global challenges together, the alliance, as

it is not clear tonight where those north koreans are. neither homeland security officials nor the north koreans are saying anything about them. >> this came after the american college student was returned to the united states in an unresponsive state. would warmbier's case have anything to do with it. >> there is no indication he has that those two incidents are connected. but one north korean analyst says it is certainly possible that u.s. officials decided to get tough with those north koreans that night at jfk because they were upset at the condition that warmbier was brought home in. it was just a couple days after that. >> that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett out front starts right now. >> up front next breaking news, president trump about to appear life at the white house in moments. this as he tweets he has no tapes of his conversations with james comey. why did it take him 41 days to say that? >> plus, cnn has learned trump suggested two officials say there was no c

when you read in the newspapers that the north korean tests they're not getting very good yield, that means it's exploding prematurely, but they're betting-- getting better at it and soon they'll get it to explode when they want to and then affix it to a delivery vehicle. what's worrying people is that their delivery vehicles are getting longer in range and i don't know whether president trump is being told it's one year, or three years, or five years, my guess is someplace three to five years, he's going to be able to marry that weapon to an intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the united states. now, no president of the united states is going to let a reckless, unhinged north korean leader be able to reach the united states with auc

disinclined to remove the north korean problem. is other issue is for china as they rested up sections on north korea, the increase the floods of refugees across the border into china which is a problem for china. not only does it serve their interests to enable kim jong un, it also causes great problems for them if they lean too heavily. host: of the four strategic options that you laid out, one of them, decapitation, would involve seeking out john own. .- seeking out kim jong un if that were to happen, who would fill that leadership? guest: that is a great question, kimberly. that is why decapitation is itself a bad option, because we would be rolling the dice. we don't know who would replace him. we may well end up with someone worse and also, i think given the reverence accorded kim in that country, a direct attack on him weibel trigger -- may will trigger the massive response that it would be designed to avoid. host: livingston is calling from cambridge, massachusetts. -- america is the only country that would use nuclear weap

the most troubling thing is thee north koreans. it's the north koreans feel strong enough but they don't even want to talk to the chinese because that speaks to seans of isolation. >> goldberg: we conclude with the comedian actor aziz ansari. he spoke to charlie last week about his popular series "master of none" which premiered on netflix last mon >> as you get, even in our '30s, we feel like how many more times will i feel that strong connection with someone? even with these dating apps and all this stuff, you feel, like, how many times am i going to feel that maverick? >> rose: politics and aziz ansari when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: goo >> goldberg: good evening, charlie is traveling. i'm jeff goldberg with the drank. we begin with politics. president trump's numbers drift down

the north koreans. and so, we followed that logic. and then at this -- there came a time where we're tired, that doesn't seem to have any impact, so we went public with an interview on "the tucker carlson show" and then did a couple written pieces, and then very quickly, we have otto home. [ inaudible question ] >> oh, never, never, absolutely not. no. no. >> yes, ma'am. >> fox news. did you still believe that otto -- [ inaudible ] can you talk about the timeline? >> well, personally, north korea is a pariah regime. they're brutal and they're terroristic. you can't believe anything -- well, it's your choice. we don't believe anything they say. we see the results of their actions with otto, so it's all speculation. >> yes, sir. >> from "voice of america." if you could speak directly to the north korean regime or north korean people, what would you say to them? >> i would say i'm so proud of -- what i would say to the north korean regime, i would say i'm so proud of otto, my son, who has been in a pariah

the north koreans, when did we find out otto was north korea? they lure americans to -- they proclaim no america gets detained off our tours and this is a safe place to go. so otto is a young, thrill seeking, great kid who was going to be in that part of the world for a college experience and said hey, i've heard some friends who had done this and i would like to do this. we agreed to let him do that. they lure americans and then take them hostage and then they do things to them. and that's what happened to my son. he was taken hostage at the airport as he was trying to leave the country. and then he was put through the trial which we've all seen. he performed amazingly well and here we are today. >> [inaudible question] >> i don't see a tough approach to north korea. they are still able to take americans hostage and abuse them. they are still able to be terrorists in the world. i don't know that -- listen, north korea -- it extended to the u.s.s. pueblo and now to my son, otto. it's not -- i'm not in government and that's not my call. >> [inaud

what he said about the north koreans, i think they should take that seriously. we're going to say -- >> what did he say? >> he said we're tough enough to hear. >> he said we'll handle it. what does that mean? >> well if you remember -- >> a potential homicide of an american. >> 100-day period after he met with president xi, he's asked for help from the chinese government, moved things around militarily to send a signal that we he's going to handle the north korea situation with or without the help of china. my hope is that china is going to take this seriously and work with the president. >> we haven't seen anything. the trump white house got otto warmbier home. that deserves credit. >> also the egyptian president. >> absolutely. but i'm saying in this case, otto warmbier they got him home, the obama administration could not do it. that warrants kudos. however if this is judged a homicide, meaning this young man's death came about because of human action, that's on north korea. and the question is if that doesn't demand a muscular response, that does. i'm puttin

this is your thing with the north koreans. the japanese, south koreans are on our side. that would not be a bad idea if china says to north korea, you want to play with the united states? you can. we are not going to defend you. >> eboni: if not now, i hear what you are saying, mark. >> mark: it is the white house's position. that's how they think. >> eboni: sometimes i think one is enough, honestly, frankly. this instance under these circumstances, if this isn't enough to call to action a unanimous response, i don't know what it would take. >> jeanne: the ballistic missile issue is a reason to consider it. i don't support it, i have to agree with kat. i can't support it. i imagine the president would. the really unfortunate loss of this child i don't think it's enough to start a military effort. >> eric: you wait until a missile is on its way to los angeles? hope the missile interceptor works. sacrifice los angeles and say we waited. we shouldn't have waited. or do you go ahead and say -- if you do this, a preemptive strike to wipe out their nuclear program or at least

so they've refused to tighten the screws on the north koreans and they could do a lot. they could close the border. they could deny them fuel oil. the chinese could really hurt the regime. the chinese have to be convinced that they now have to do whatever it takes to stop this regime and when you hear the administration say, if you won't deal with the north koreans, we will, that's the message that they're sending. now, the we will is kind of ugly because if you want to look at military options, you're looking at seoul, which is very vulnerable and very close to the border, to the doe militarized zone. the north koreans could do a lot of damage, a lot of civilian casualties, very quickly in seoul. so the options are not very good. it's complicated by the new president in south korea who is a man of the left, who has said, we ought to be negotiating with the north koreans. trust me, i've tried that, they walked away. and we are going to have to try to find a way to protect south korea, protect japan because again, no president can let the north koreans be able to reach t

peninsula given all of the north korean provocations. maybe there are other ways to get to a freeze. to give up military exercises for that would be giving a lot more on the part of the united states than we've given in the part for a lot less than what we've gotten in the past. and i don't think that's a good negotiation. >> joe, what do you say to those who say we've tried this in the clinton years. bush made an offer. the north koreans never quite agree or comply. >> victor is absolutely right. there are very sound reasons why we do those joint exercises. this would be painful for us to give it up. that's right. but if you're not going to give that up, what are you going to give up? this is really the core of the problem right now. isn't actually north korean intransigents, they're willing to talk. it's the fact that we don't have a north korea policy. we tried to outsource it to china thinking that they were going to solve it for us. that was always a pipe dream. what is our policy? it is incoherent right now. the south koreans don't

it is a shame and won't do any favors for the north korean regime. heather: you were referencing in 2009 with former president clinton, bill clinton. >> reporter: former clinton at the time, president obama was in the white house and president clinton was able to secure the release of two american prisoners and another american prisoner released in 2014 and we have had some success in the past but the fact that he came back in such bad shape, a lot of questions what the north korean regime is doing, why didn't they release him? why did they keep him for so long? >> he was having problems in the beginning when he was forced to make that confession. >> reporter: the north korean regime does not like human rights abuses exposed so what the trump administration will do is make sure, this is not a humanitarian gesture, the north korean regime is probably the most repressive regime in the world and has a terrible record on this. the big problem with north korea, human rights problems, the nuclear missile program and this is not going to help us move in the

because in part north koreans been able to adapt. there's growing capacity to work around sanctions. so could sanctions and pressure on north korea alone resolve the nuclear issue? is very unlikely. i think even if we look at the case of iran, extensive sanctions on their own didn't bring the iranians to the table. there were other factors. we can talk about them. this is even less likely in the case of north korea because pyongyang is not as reliant on the global financial system as iran. in this new policy also leaves room for engagement. that's the fourth element that i see. my thinking on this is with the new u.s. administration comes in opportunity to try to forge diplomatic path especially when it is clear the current approach is not working. relying on a pressure only approach is dangerous because it is inherently an approach of escalation that either leads to conflict or backing down by one side, and not necessarily to a potential political agreement, political solution. we risk of falling into a cycle of tit-for-tat escalati

because over the weekend of the 25th, we had the anniversary of the north korean, the war with north korea in the 1950s, that there could be a nuclear test, and so let's say for example that north korea were to test an icbm and what is the appropriate response from the trump administration? should we use the missile defenses and take it out? observe it? what is the best approach? >> yes. i'm going to leave some of those questions to our military experts. but we should bring every pressure to bear we can on north korea to deter them from doing just that. i have to say i don't think china has done much in the last six months or to that matter in the last 30 years in trying to deter this threat from north korea. they continue to try to have it both ways and there's much more we could do in terms of sanctions against north korea's illicit network as well as individuals and businesses in china whose facilitating north korea's military and their ballistic missile technology developments. at the same time, we've got to continue to take prudent precautions which is working with the new moon

with the north koreans and put a limit on their program. we have done so in the past with other nations. we have done so with iran and the nick of the program. this is the only way. this is why they're so much emphasis on missile-defense because missile-defense proponents don't want to have negotiations with these other countries. they don't want to have a deal that would legitimize these other countries. one, they don't believe it and number two, they would rather have regime change on north korea, regime change on iran, so you have to examine the whole complex of rationale and discussions with this before you buy the myth that there's a missile-defense system out there were soon could be that could actually protect us. there is not. >> thank you. i'm old enough to remember why nixon decided ballistic missile defenses and that was not just because of syria, not the cousins-- you know better than me what was the real incentive of missile-defense. one by one and nixon came to the conclusion that he had no choice to negotiate. doesn't feel he

we don't have a north korean policy. we tried to outsource it to china thinking they were going to solve it for us. that was always a pipe dream. what is our policy? it is incoherent right now. the south koreans don't know, the chinese don't know, the japanese don't know. the administration is running on fumes and partially it's because they haven't brought the people in who could do the job. haven't appointed people in the state department who know what they're doing who can do this. look, there's one person on the show right now who would be an excellent assistant secretary of state to help solve problem. it ain't me. >> well, on that note of recommendation, which we hope president trump is listening to, we have to end it now. victor, joe, pleasure to have you on. >> thank you fareed. >>> next on gps, many things to fear in today's world. one of the scariest is small, smaller than the eye can see. what you need to know about germs and why it's scary when we get back. as kpmg advises service providers, what's the concer

korea today given the increased tensions on the korean peninsula and the north korean policy review. that president trump has just completed. >> 'sover north korea watchers, when he 17 has been an interesting year. the president trump decided to review policy for north korea shortly after his inauguration and he came back with a policy that emphasizes maximum pressure and engagement but there has been signals on what exactly the united states let me looking for from north korea before entering into negotiations. south korea also has a new president. he has expressed an interest in talking to the north koreans but again, under what conditions still remains somewhat an open-ended question and of course in north korea we've seen a number of ballistic missile tests already in 2017 including some new systems. and all of this is leading up to the summit that trump and moon j in will hold in washington dc later this month so to help make sense of all these developments, i am fortunate to have with us today michael ellman and suzanne dimaggio. going to start today with mike ellerman, mike is

there are things which don't add up in the north korean view of events. for example, they're saying that mr warmbier had tried to overthrow the state. well, the initial charge against him was not that — it was that he'd simply engaged in a student prank, really — i mean, that is the best way to describe it — for which it got 15 years hard labour. we do not know when he fell into a coma. there must be a suspicion that he fell into a coma quite recently. his parents were only told at the beginning of this month, and the us was only told at the beginning of this month, that he was in that situation and american diplomats — or an american diplomat and two doctors — then went to pyongyang and discovered him in that dire situation — comatosed but with some evidence of life, apparently, though not with any ability to communicate. so there must be the suspicion that it happened just before the north koreans realised that there was a possibility of an american citizen dying in their hands, something which would present them with a lot more difficulty t

north korean officials say otto warmbier had been in a coma for more than a year. the americans say there is no evidence of botulism. look at otto, beautiful otto. he went over a beautiful, wonderful boy and you see how he came back. as this funeral takes place, there are now fears for three other american nationals also being detained in north korea. well, as people from his hometown say their final goodbyes to otto warmbier, there are people across this country who are asking how north korea is now going to pay the price for what many see as the murder of an american citizen. bbc news, ohio. prince harry has suggested that no—one in the british royalfamily wants to be king or queen. in a candid interview with an american magazine he said the royals were acting for "the greater good of the people." here's our royal correspondent, peter hunt. it's a moment seared on the nation's psyche, the funeral of a princess killed in her prime. her 12—year—old son on unforgiving display. 20 years on prince harry is critical of those who put him there. and he has voiced h

korea said. >> yeah, the north koreans said that. that's a lie. that's wrong. that's been medically disproved by cincinnati doctors, by many others. so this is why north korea needs to come clean. i wouldn't -- i wouldn't lose a lot of sleep over that, but i think this is something that involves the not just mistreatment of an american but a violation of the geneva convention of the treatment of prisoners and this is why it's so important that we do everything we can, the international community, the security council, to find these three other americans, get them out, and the canadian, and concentrate on humanitarian issues as a way to possibly start a dialogue with north korea over missiles, over nuclear weapons, but i wouldn't hold my breath, brooke. >> what about china? just last question. u.s. and chinese officials are supposed to meet in d.c. tomorrow and the president just tweeted, "while i greatly appreciate the efforts of president xi in china to help with north korea, it has not worked out. at least i know china tried." chin

it was angering the north koreans and angering the chinese. so this would be a big blow to certainly the united states, to president trump. certainly to the u.s. efforts to sort of check mark what the north koreans are doing. this was an attempt on our part to prepare for the worst and to put south korea in a place to deal with any missile attack or at least set up an anti missile attack. that was deemed 0 to be a provocative act. we'll get more on this hopefully from jennifer griffin, an update on that. again, huge implications for something half a world away that had nothing to do with james comey. stick around. needles. essential for him, but maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr. a once daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling and joint damage, even without methotrexate. xeljanz xr can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections,

this facility is among the first to detect north korean missile launches. you're, like, on a war footing all the time. >> slife: that's right. this is truly one of those places where the best way to prevent a war is being ready for a war. >> whitaker: the north's latest missile tests used a new type of solid fuel engine and were fired from mobile launchers, making them quick to deploy and difficult for u.s. satellites to detect in real-time. >> slife: with the development of ballistic missiles, with the development of nuclear weapons, things here have a tension that you can feel in the air as you move around places like this. >> whitaker: we wanted to talk to the general who leads u.s. forces in korea and would command korean troops in the event of a war. he asked to meet us at guard post four. it's a citadel on critical high- ground at the end of a road lined with land mines. we were the first american news crew allowed in. this was no cold war theme park. body armor was required and artillery was on standby in the event we came under fire. general vincent

this is wrong and there should be some kind of punishment for the north koreans.|j imagine it would make any kind of negotiation with the north koreans more difficult but also it is an indication of the fact that you and others did not know and it shows how little we know about what is happening in north korea, how limited our intelligence is. happening in north korea, how limited our intelligence ism shows that kim jong un is governing almost without any input, it could be that the foreign ministry that normally deals with these issues was sidelined and the security forces did not want to tell kim jong un of the problem. that might have happened. or maybe he knew and they felt the best thing to do was hoped that he would come out of that, and things would be ok. but i think the fa ct things would be ok. but i think the fact that they failed to disclose, they failed to give proper medical treatment, that possibly he was tortured right left his trial, that he is being in a coma for a year is a major violation under the geneva convention of the treatment of prisoner

koreans to free otto. >> the north koreans stiffed me. they never said yes. they never said no. otto was in a coma, and they didn't want anybody to know. >> reporter: the former governor has a stern warning to the estimated 1,000 americans traveling to north korea every year. >> don't go to north korea if you're an american tourist. you don't need to go there. go somewhere else. it's too dangerous. and you may end up like otto warmbier. unjustly killed. this is a human being detained, 21 years old, with a great family, a grieving family. north korea should not get away with this. >> reporter: and as america mourns otto's death -- >> i wish there was a way to know that you're in the good old days before you've actually left them. >> reporter: back at his high school his friends remember his bright spirit. >> he said we'll always have each other talking about our class. and i think now more than ever that's really showing to be true. and otto would want that. >> the memories we've created to be played over and over again. thank you. [ appla