kristine frazao takes a look back. kristine: the combative dictator of north korea warned again from washington. president trump: if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no cois but to totally destroy north korea. destroy north korea. kristine: but they still seem emboldened. how did we get here? this week president trump blamed the clintons for allowing north korea to research and build nuclear weapons. >> what the clinton administration did, basically, allow north korea to keep certain elements of the program and to reward it with billions of dollars in order to stop conducting other behaviors. >> behaviors which never stop said michael ruben who added the george w. bush administration is to blame as well for taking north korea off the state sponsor of terrorism list. >> it's always disastrous. we look at the diplomacy with certainer isty and the -- with sincerity. kristine: in 2013 in the obama administration, defensive agency report revealed what we know to be true. >> t n ballistic missiles. >>

kristine frazao has more. kristine: this is a that group headed up by the new jersey governor chris christ administration and also the state and the local leaders. the people who are on the front lines of what has become a war critics say this country is losing. in some case, a picture speaks a thousand words. in others there are simply no words for what is unfolding. >> a mother allegedly caught on tape shooting heroin in front of her 3-year-old. this couple passed out in the car from what the police believe was a heroin overdose. while the woman's grandson sits in the backseat. and former girl scout with good friends and a loving family. >> i love you! >> swept up. >> i told her that if you try that just once, you will die. kristine: that is just what happened to amber roberts and to tens of thousands of others. snapshots of what argue is the crisis of a generation. the opioid epidemic in america. >> drugs, i can't be happy without drugs. >> often the addiction starts with a prescription to opioids. but many

right now kristine frazao has a look at the end game of the protests. >> ♪ the flag was still there ♪stine: a weekend of protest spilled over to primetime monday night. >> they take a knee collectively. kristine: with the dallas cowboys and the arizona cardinals continuing a silent protest. >> we don't agree at all with what the president said. we just wanted to show that we weren't going to be divided by that. kristine: pr weighed in saying the boos he heard were the loudest he ever heard. >> some criticized the athletes as unpatriotic. but their actions are uniquely american. >> the national anthem, our flag, and the people who defend it and represent it, that should be celebrated everywhere and always. kristine: when it comes to what people think the protests are about, it varies on and off capitol hill. >> players are being disrespectful. >> they are looking for equality. there is a lot of questions about how the laws are enforced against minorities. kristine: this video from a tucson, arizona, police officer generating buzz online. >> if you feel the american flag represents nega

kristine frazao takes a closer look. kristine: it may not look like a wild, wild west, but when it comes to enforcing the law it's become clear. there are few out there. now some are wondering if it's time to bring a new sheriff to town. in light of revelation that they spent money on ads leading up to the election. >> this is a very successful operation. this is a problem for nation. what we as a nation have to address. >> the federal election commission vowed a forceful response. citing a federal election campaign act that prohibits foreign spending on the u.s. elections. but new stringent laws might not be the best answer. says the founder of the national security institute george mason school of law. >> the government is not good at technology. the idea that the members of congress or regulator toes of the f.t.c. will regulate technology strikes me as nutty. kristine: for its part, facebook has taken a more active role, handing over ads linked to russia to special counsel robert mueller. >> we are looking to foreign a