the cia director mike pompeo about the situation in north korea.

i have mike pompeo. i have great confidence in him. that does not mean i have confidence in his predecessor, which i didn't, actually. although he did say good things about me. he had no information or know anything on collusion, so i shouldn't, maybe, say that, but i should say i have tremendous confidence in mike pompeo. dan coats, fantastic. i think your new head of the fbi -- i think i have done a great service for this country. i think christopher will do a fantastic job as the head of the fbi. look, nobody has greater respect for intelligence than donald trump, but you have to have the right leaders. i think we have great leaders right now. you can look at the intelligence over the years. that gottelligence people to make one of the worst decisions ever made in the history of our country, going into iraq, because they said there were no weapons. it ended up being there were no weapons of mass destruction. they said -- if you listen to them, weapons of mass destruction were all over the place, but they were not there. that was int

mike pompeo said he hopes the situation will not escalate any further. >> is it rational? is it disciplined? i wouldn't describe him as rational. he responds to adverse circumstances, and as the trump administration continues to put diplomatic pressure on the regime, i'm confident he will see that and the people around hi. when you clock out, i'll clock in... sensing and automatically adjusting to your every move. there. i can also help with this. does your bed do that? i'm the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let's meet at a sleep number store. [ gasps, laughs ] you ever feel like... cliché foil characters scheming against a top insurer for no reason? nah. so, why don't we like flo? she has the name your price tool, and we want it. but why? why don't we actually do any work? why do you only own one suit? it's just the way it is, underdeveloped office character. you're right. thanks, bill. no, you're bill. i'm tom. you know what? no one cares. depend real fit briefs feature breathable, cotton-like fabric. in situations like this, there's no time for distractions. it's not e

joining me now for his first sunday show interview is director of the cia mike pompeo. welcome to "fox news sunday." putin >> director pompeo: its way to be with you. >> chris: how close is that regime to being able to deploy a nuclear weapon that can hit the u.s. mainland? >> director pompeo: i don't want to get into specifics but it is the case, they are closer. they've been growing closer for two decades plus now. previous administrations haven't taken us on, president trump is made clear it's his intention to protect the american people. we've made real progress, hats off to the president, secretary to listen, they have united the world with sanctions against north korea. that's real progress, we'd seen the chinese no say for among the first times that they believe the correct answer has to be 8d nuclear rise peninsula. from my perspective is director of the cia we have been given the resources we need to perform our mission, to collect intelligence, to understand the threat and make sure we can deliver that. >> chris: when you say closer, are we talking months, are

mike pompeo said he hopes the situation will not escalate any further. >> is it rational? is it disciplined? i wouldn't describe him as rational. he responds to adverse circumstances, and as the trump administration continues to put diplomatic pressure on the regime, i'm confident he will see that and the people around him will see that. we'll handle the legal stuff that comes up along the way. legalzoom. legal help is here. moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis was intense. my mom's pain from i wondered if she could do the stuff she does for us which is kinda, a lot. and if that pain could mean something worse. joint pain could mean joint damage. enbrel helps relieve joint pain, and helps stop further damage enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders and allergic reactions have occurred. tell your doctor if you've been someplace where fungal infections are common. or if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b

i have mike pompeo. i have great confidence in him.hat doesn't mean i had confidence in his predecessor. okay? which i didn't, actually. although -- -- although he did say good things about me. he did say he had no information or no anything on collusion, so i shouldn't maybe say it. but i will say it. but i have tremendous confidence in mike pompeo. dan coates, fantastic. your new head of the fbi dain i think i've done a great service for this country. i think that christopher will do a fantastic job as the head of the fbi. so, look, i have -- nobody has greater respect for intelligence than donald trump, but you have to have the right leaders. i think we have great leaders right now. and, you know, you can look at the intelligence over the years. it was intelligence that got people to make one of the worst decisions ever made in the history of our country, going into iraq, because they said there were no weapons -- you know, you look at it. it ended up being there were no women's of mass destruction. if you listen to them, women's of

the cia director mike pompeo about the situation in north korea.he is in the first sunday show interview since taking the post. then, intentions ramp up for the us preemptive attack on north korea, we will discuss the president military options with one of the top national security voices in congress. republican senator lindsey graham. it is a "fox news sunday" exclusive. plus the president speaks about the violence in charlottesville. details to call the white supremacist. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of bigotry and violence on many sites. >> will ask our sunday panel whether the president's comments went far enough. all right now on "fox news sunday". hello again from fox news in washington. a war of words between the president and north korea keeps escalating. with growing concern it will become a military confrontation. in a few minutes we will talk with mike pompeo, director of the cia about the situation on the north korea peninsula. but the president is dealing with another controversy. a white nationa

there is no imminent threat of a nuclear war with north korea — so says the director of the cia, mike pompeoions in the region. mr pompeo says the us intelligence had a good idea of what was going on in pyongyang and that he wouldn't be surprised if it carried out another missile test. meanwhile, the head of the us military, generaljoseph dunford, has arrived in south korea for talks on the two countries' defence alliance, as well as north korea's nuclear and missile threats. he will meet president moonjae—in and the defence minister on monday. general dunford will also visit china and japan to discuss the crisis. richard galpin reports. on the pacific island of guam, people turned out in large numbers on sunday to pray for peace. they are now potentially in the firing line as the stand—off between the us and north korea continues. pyongyang has threatened to fire missiles toward this island which is home to major us military bases. we're here to pray for leaders of those countries to remain calm and think about the people and the lives of the people we have here. in japan anti—aircraft syst

the director of cia, mike pompeo to the broadcast. thank you for being here. >> thank you. dickerson: you've thought about terrorism in your career. republican senators have all labeled this terrorism in charlottesville. what's your view? >> let me add my personal condolences for the lives lost in charlottesville. an absolute tragedy. ghnvstnanrat to the event, thega last evening, or-r this mornicang, by the justice department that will make a dermination about whether it's appropriate to charge this as acts of terror. i have great confidence that they will investigate it with enormous rigor and get to the right outcome. >> dickerson: what's your personal view of this? i mean, if terrorism is using violence to send a political message, do you think that's what this is? >> yeah. i think it's best for the cia director to leave this to the justice department. >> dickerson: let me ask you, when you were in congress in october of 2016, three men were charged with trying to attack muslims in your state. and this is what you said about bigotry at the time. "we should deal with it

chris: we will talk live with trump's top intelligence officials, cia director mike pompeo. he and his first sunday show interview since taking the post. then, as tensions ramp up, will the u.s. launch a preemptive attack on north korea? we will discuss the president's military options with one of the top national security voices, republican senator lindsey graham. it's a fox news sunday exclusi exclusive. plus, the president speaks against the violence in charlottesville. it fails to call out the white supremacist. >> we condemn, in the strongest possible terms, this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. chris: will ask the panel whether his comments went far enough, all right now on fox news sunday. chris: hello again from fox news in washington. the war of words between president trump and north korea keeps escalating. there's growing concern it will become a military confrontation. in a few minutes, we will talk with mike pompeo, director of the cia about the situation on the korean peninsula. this weekend, the president is dealing with a new p

>> chris, i like mike pompeo, he's a bright guy. he served our country. have found so far that the committee has had great cooperation with the agency. so it does trouble me to read this. i think it's something we should learn more about. frankly, chris, in this situation, with the russian investigation, i mostly am worried about the principle and not the deputies. i am worried the way the president has been acting and he has been bullying and obstructing people. we learned this week he had called senators who had written legislation to make sure mueller would stay in place to back off. that he seems to be the leads here. some people are following his lead because the principal is acting inappropriately. >> do you believe in the democrat trying to protect the special counsel bob mueller from getting fired by the president, the fact that he wouldn't put his article on him not to support that legislation, no to the co-sponsor it? do you think that's an aspec of obstruction? >> he certainly made -- innocent people cooperate with investigators. they want to g

there was a "washington post" story about its leadership under mike pompeo, who is quite close to the president. viewed as a partisan republican. and there is concern that has leaked out at the agency. about his closeness to the president and whether that will mean that the russia investigation that's happening will be manipulated in any way because he is directly overseeing it. what do you make of that report ing? >> well, first, i think it's important to say that mike pompeo is a smart person, a person with a law degree who severed on the oversight committee and therefore understands the relationship between intelligence and oversight and of course has a distinguished military record. i think it's important also to say that this is a director who is got an extraordinary set of circumstances and is probably walking a finer line than almost any previous director. think about it for a moment. the cia thinks of itself i think rightly as your previous guest said, as the fact witness in the u.s. government. the group that comes in and says look, you heard all the noise. here's what's real

the spanish got a warning from mike pompeo.e gets their act together you will continue to see this. david: what does that tell you, this particular place was a soft target. but clearly if they act on that warning, it didn't work. >> it sounds like they had some forces postured which is good but not great. mike pompeo is trying to push them into doing their job, spying. the second fact over this is cyberspace. how do we figure out how to get ahead of these jihadis when so much of their capabilities are compromised bid snowden and others who leaked to the media. david: i would assume they are addressing that by allocating this to a separate command. >> this is something that concerns me. you must always use sieber in conjunction with something else it's not a stand alone thing. you have to tie it to intelligence collection. elevating it is not going to fix the failures. david: the other thing hurting it is what happened this week when these companies pulled out of any relationship with the white house because of their posturing o

joining me now for the first sunday show interview is the director of the cia, mike pompeo. welcome to "fox news sunday". >> great to be with you this morning. >> all of the news this week, that north korea cannot put a warhead in a missile. how close is the regime to being able to deploy a nuclear weapon that can hit the us mainland? >> i do not want to get into specifics but it is the case they are closer. they have been getting closer for two decades plus now. other leaders have not taken is on. the president is taking this on now.we have had united the world with sanctions against north korea. it is a 15 to zero vote. among the first times that they believe the correct answer has to be a day nuclear -- day nuclear eyes peninsula -- to understand the threat make sure we can deliver that. >> he say close are we talking months or early talking years? >> is difficult to put a timeline. every time the testing of the missile or conduct a nuclear weapons test they develop expertise. it is fair to say they're moving towards that end and ever alarming rate. >> i want to pick up o

that was mike pompeo talking at the aspen institute last month.has been talking with key leaders about what to do. thecisco, your sense of role of the united states in this. we seem to be portrayed as an observer rather than participant. >> the u.s. has taken an active role in the sense that the u.s. has been pushing for strong sanctions. we know from yesterday, the sanctions on president maduro, it is also imposed sanctions on a number of --. all of these things appear to be on the table. they are under discussion. the u.s. has been coordinating with other countries to make this a bit multilateral. sanctions imposed on government officials, these sanctions are not allolowing u.s. firms to do business with them. there were announcements by panama and colombia that they and they wouldte also frees the economy and individuals. up until now, individuals, it to the firm that generates most of the nation's. serious effect. >> your response to the world -- to the words of pompeo? >> it is unsurprising. this is nothing that changed dramatically. we have

but on "fox news sunday" the cia director mike pompeo says he expects north korea will continue to developheir nuclear program and test the accuracy of their long-range missiles, but were not on the cusp of a nuclear war. >> it's difficult to put a timeline on these things. but each time they conduct a missile test, they acquire expertise and expand the envelope and they are moving toward that at an ever-alarming rate. reporter: 85% of the island of guam is catholic. the archbishop urges the parish to pray for peace. while everyone handles stress in their own way, those who we spoke to said they found comfort in their faith. >> if you have 14 minute, what would you do with the rest of your life. and would you be at peace with yourself? >> i think it's interesting. it seems the people are taking it into prayer. >> he mentioned now would be the opportunity to reevaluate our priority and what's important to us the most of. reporter: joe dunnford, the joint chief is on his way to china. eric: a reference to the time they say it would take a missile fired from north korea to hit guam. for more

mike pompeo was messaging that. weeks ago. >> tammy: is not just north korea. they are working with iran. iran has this technology. you might have -- cut off the money through sanctions but iran has millions of dollars courtesy of us. also dealing with issues of al qaeda, isis, pakistan. it's broader than north korea at this point. the money comes in from multiple sources, money that we can't necessarily control. >> kat: it's obviously a delicate problem. that's why i think so many people were kind of thrown off by the fire and fury comments. if i hear any president, no matter who they are or how i feel about them, saying something it seems that could be an incitement to nuclear war, i'm going to say what was that? i'm going to be concerned. >> lisa: i read that statement of him saying if you attack the united states, be prepared for what's to come, not saying we are going to -- >> kat: he used the word "threat." and then essentially they threatened guam so i guess if he meant what he said, we should be going after them now. i don't think we should. >> lisa: th

mike pompeo has been talking for weeks about preparing for the north korea threat, including covert operations in the country potentially. we can up our missile defenses, the trump budget actually reduces the funding for missile defense in this country, anti-proliferation, we would board ships if we think they're carrying nuclear material. there is so much we could do and so much is being talked about. >> sandra: as far as for their sanctions, which we've talked about on this couch. we talked about it this morning, pete. colonel oliver north was on fox news morning, sanctions take too long. >> trish: we should have sanctioned the heck out of north korea. there is a lot of opportunity. we sanctioned one banker from china recently, but there is a whole lot more they're doing business here and we should be going after china hard. we should demand that they play ball i north korea. as far as rhetoric goes, this is a crazy man, he might as well know that we can do what we say we do in terms of the rhetoric itself. there is nothing wrong with conveying what we have. we don't want to get to that stat

david: now, what he was talking about specifically mike pompeo and the vice president.t. he is of syrian background, his parents were from syria. he apparently has maintained his relationships with the syrian government of assad, and their allies, which include hezbollah and has other terrorists. and the charges he's given this guy is he's handing out pass forts terrorists, as many as 10,000 people who shouldn't have received passports who could qualify as terrorists are going around the world getting into places that they shouldn't be. >> well, yes. this is a very, very important point. the issue in venezuela gets characterized as a local crisis comes about as a result of socialism. but the reality is based on what you have said and many other facts on the ground. iran, russia, cuba intervening, this is very quickly becoming a dangerous place, a place that could represent the national security threat to our interest here in the united states. and the fact of the matter is that the world in many places has become a dangerous place. and unless we're prepared to back our

, the cia chief, very popular with the president. >> mike pompeo is a talented public servant. >> former congressman from kansas who you know well. >> exactly. there is something almost roman about the idea of exiling an official you don't approve of or don't agree with to the distant provinces to fight a war. it is very troubling in a lot of ways. doesn't seem like the way things ought to be done in america. >> john mccain weighed in on the criticisms of general nicholson, leading the afghanistan effort. i don't know if you interacted with him over the past years. he has a 35 year record and it seems unfair to blame the current commander in afghanistan for a war that has been going on for 16 years without any kind of remedy. >> from what i understand, president trump has never met with general nicholson. he's unhappy with the strategy. he hasn't spent a lot of time studying the strategy or understanding what is happening in afghanistan. one of the reasons why the effort there is not going as well as it could is because russia is coming in in a very destructive way and supporting the tal

i have tremendous confidence in mike pompeo, dan coats, fantastic.hink your new head of the fbi -- i think i've done a great service for this country. i think that christopher will do a fantastic job as the head of the fbi, so, look, i have -- nobody has greater respect for intelligence than donald trump, but you have to have the right leaders. i think we have great leaders right now. and, you know, you can look at the intelligence over the years. it was intelligence that got people to make one of the worst decisions ever made in the history of our country going into iraq because they said there were no weapons, you know, you look at it. it ended up being there were no weapons of mass destruction. theysa destruction were all over the place. >> you've been watching president trump, that was recorded within the last about the last half hour or so at his compound in new jersey. it's probably the closest thing we've heard to a full flej conference. he was speaking to members who cover presidents in these type venues. a lot of headlines made there, certai

we'll talk to the cia director, mike pompeo, and leon panetta weighs in. first a report from charlottesville and we'll talk to the city's mayor. good morning. welcome to "face the nation." i'm john dickerson. president trump faces two crisis this morning. we'll be talking extensively about both. we begin with cbs news justice reporter paula reid on the scene yesterday from charlottesville, and joins us from city hall. >> good morning, john. white nationalists protesters and counter demonstrators clashed violently in charlottesville saturday morning. jason kessler had planned a so-called pro-white rally here to protest the city's effort to remove a statue of robert e. lee from city park. for an over hour demonstrators threw tear gas and water bottles at one another. police did little to intervene. just before noon, the governor declared a state of emergency. >> you are commanded to immediately disperse. >> police cleared the park, and then a car drove head on into a group of counter protesters, killing one, injuring 19. police helicopters flew over the prot

cia director now mike pompeo says he wouldn't be surprised if north korea keeps testing its missiles. that happens, what happens then? >> well, chris, here's where i think we are in this drama. there are two phases. we're in phase one. phase one is to get through this period of rhetorical escalation. phase two is then to move on to the real problem that i think director pompeo alludes to, which is how to eliminate or control north korea's nuclear ambitions and its program. and then we're going to have to decide among three options. do we want to live with it? we don't want to, but can we live with it and deter them. second, can we accept something less like a freeze in their program or third, do we really want to eliminate it? if north korea continues testing missiles, it will only aggravate the situation. although i must say, the good news here is i think the momentum is shifting toward a diplomatic solution, as general dunford's visit indicates, and as we see in a number of other developments. so i think we're starting to come down the scale in terms of the deescalatory ladder. >> d

meanwhile, the director of the cia, mike pompeo, says there's no imminent threat of a north korean nuclearttack on the united states. the kenyan opposition leader, raila odinga, has urged supporters not to go to work on monday. it comes despite calls for him to respect the results of last week's disputed presidential election, which was won by uhuru kenyatta. in nepal, the number of people who have been killed in floods and landslides has risen to at least 49. at 10pm mishal husain will be here with a full round—up of the day's news. first — our world. china calls it the project of the century. as the west steps back from global leadership, this is china stepping forward — remaking the map of the global economy. with no other country offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. translation: i'm under a lot of pressure. a massive roll—out of infrastructure built by china. to drive trade across more than 60 countries. translation: it's like a promised land. china's president claims it's a win—win for all. translation: we will not resort to outdated geop

i have my mike pompeo. i have great confidence many him. that doesn't mean i had confidence in his predecessor. okay? which i didn't, actually, although he did say good things about me. he did say he had no information or no anything on collusion. so i shouldn't maybe say that, but i will say it. but i have tremendous confidence in mike pompeo, dan coates, fantastic. i mean, we have people. i think your new head of the fbi is going to be -- i think i've done a great service for this country. i think that christopher will do a fantastic job as the head of the fbi. so, look, i have -- nobody has greater respect for intelligence than donald trump, but you have to have the right leaders. i think we have great leaders right now. >> so, director, probably to no one's surprise president trump likes his own team better than the previous team, including you. but what's your reaction to him saying no one likes the intel better than him? >> well, i think he likes intelligence on a selective basis. he seems to accept the intelligence on korea or on syr

but i will say -- i have tremendous confidence with mike pompeo. dan coats is fantastic.our new head of the fbi will -- i've done a great service for this country. i think christopher will do a fantastic job as the head of the fbi. so look, i have -- nobody has greater respect for intelligence than donald trump. but you have to have the right leaders. i think we have great leaders right now. you can look at the intelligence over the years. it was intelligence that got people to make one of the worst decisions ever made in the history of our country, going to iraq. they said there were no weapon. you look at it. it ended up being there were no weapons of mass destruction. listen to them, weapons of mass destruction were all over the place. they weren't there. that was intelligence. i have great respect for intelligence as led by the people that i have in charge now. we have great people, and i think it's going to lead to us tremendous victories. that's what we need. >> what is intelligence telling you about north korea? >> telling me a lot of things. you'll probably find o

. >> you know it is different intelligence, i have mike pompeo, i have great confidence in him, thatan his confidence in his predecessor. although he did say good things about me. i will say, i have trum tes confidence in mike pompeo, we have people, the new head of the fbi, has done a great service for this country, i think that christopher will do a fantastic job, as head of fbi. so, i have no body has greater respect for intelligence than donald trump, you have to have the right leaders. we have great leaders right now, you can look at intelligence over the years, it of the intelligence that got people to make one of the worst decisions made in history of our country going into iraq. they said there were no -- you look at this. it ended up there were no weapons of mass destruction. they said, if you listen to them, weapons of mass destruction were all over the place, they were not there, that was intelligence. i have great respect for intelligence as lead by the people i have in charge now, we have great people, i think it is going to lead to us trem doubt victories. >> what is th

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anniversary of the surrender of japan and despite that, and the president's tough talk to the north, mike pompeoon the cusp of a nuclear war but no intelligence would indicate we are in that place. >> reporter: the intelligence community is been criticized for being blindsided at how quickly the north korean nuclear and missile technology has progressed with president trump today returning to washington to ramp up additional diplomatic pressure on china. there is a risk, will it help to persuade china to lean on the north to back down or will the efforts drive china from the conversation about how to handle kim jong-un. >> reporter: in the meantime the chairman of the staff in south korea saying all militaries are on the table -- military actions are on the table in dealing with north korea. >> we are for china is an economic lifeline for north korea so what or that efforts going forward to resolve the issue?>> reporter: it is still unknown and they seem to be moving ahead of the sanctions package approved over week ago but will they really lean on kim jong-un behind-the-scenes. it is unclear ho

i have mike pompeo, i have great confidence in him.t doesn't mean i had confidence in his predecessor, which i didn't actually, although he did say good things about me. he did say he had no information or no anything on collusion. so i shouldn't maybe say that. but i will say it. but i have tremendous confidence in mike pompeo, dan coats, fantastic. we have people, i think the new head of the fbi is going to be -- i think i've done a great service for this country. i think that christopher will do a fantastic job as the head of the fbi. look, i have -- nobody has greater respect for intelligence than donald trump, but you have to have the right leaders. i think we have great leaders right now. you can look at the intelligence over the years. it was intelligence that got people to make one of the worst decisions ever made in the history of our country going into iraq. they said there were no weapons -- you look at it, it ended up being there were no weapons of mass destruction. listening to them, they said weapons of mass destruction w

john dickerson will have the latest on north korea with guests mike pompeo and leon panetta, c.i.a. directors present and past, this sunday on "face the nation"." american b-1 bombers flew from guam to the korean peninsula last month in a show of force after the north's last i.c.b.m. launch. vladimir duthiers was given rare access recently to the b-1s at andersen air force base in guam for "cbsn: on assignment." >> reporter: when a b-one goes into a particular region, it sends a very strong message that the united states means business. >> well, our first step is deterrence, obviously. however, if the commander calls upon us, the b-1 is a very credible and lethal force. >> reporter: what sets that apart. >> three things-- and i think it's all three together-- speed, resistance and payload. >> reporter: you're looking at what airmen call hayes igloos, stretching along this road for about half a mile, 15 million pounds of net explosive conventional musicians. they're built by the 36th musicians squadron. >> each of these bombs weighs 2,000 pounds. we generally crank each one out in ei

meanwhile, cia director mike pompeo was on sunday. >> they develop expertise, they expand the envelope. and so it is probably fair to say that they are moving towards that at an ever alarming rate. >> north korea had previously claimed that they're preparing to series of missiles to strike off the coast of guam in the next couple of weeks. >>> vice president pence is in south america for a week long trip. most likely dominating the agenda, the political crack-down in venezuela >> he's considering military action to resolve the growing unrest. fox kevin cork has more >> the trip to columbia by the vice president one of several stops in the region as the administration looks to bolster its economic ties to a number of economies, but the most pressing issue aside from trade, counter trafficking and security is the unfolding drama put in venezuela. the government there is seized by violence, food shortage, government corruption, you may ptrump said he'd consider a ent number of options in dealing with the escalating violence including possible military intervention. today, his national sec

i have mike pompeo. i have great confidence in him.ean i have confidence in his predecessor. which i didn't, although he said good things about me. he said he had no information or anything on collusion. but i have tremendous confidence in mike pompeo. dan coats, fantastic. we have people -- your new head of the fbi -- i think i've got a great service for this country. i think you will do a fantastic job as the head of the fbi -- he will do a fantastic job as the head of the fbi. nobody has greater respect for donald trump.han but you have to have the right leaders. i think we have great leaders right now. you look at intelligence over the years, it was intelligence that got people to make one of the worst decisions ever made in the history of our country, going into iraq. because there were no weapons -- you know come you look at it -- it ended up there were being no weapons of mass destruction. they said -- if you listen to them, weapons of mass destruction all over the place. that was intelligence. respect for intelligence as led by

mike pompeo and his first sunday show interview since taking the post.

to national security officials art tamping down fears of a war korea.rth mike pompeo and h.r.ter say there is no indication that war will break out with north korea. the u.k. will try to regain momentum and the brexit negotiations this week. the government will publish the outline of its position which includes proposals for the ireland and official documents after brexit. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. david: president trump's handling of the north korean crisis in the uprising of white supremacists in charlottesville over the week and raise important questions of what affect it will have in his legislative agenda and his approach to trade with nafta negotiations beginning wednesday. joining us is the beta partner director of economic policy, welcome to the program. all, hasxtent, if at president trump's handling of north korea and charlottesville affected his ability to get things through congress? a i think it has affected significantly. the republican party has been fractured since before

this follows what we heard from cia director mike pompeo and what we heard from h.r.aster kind of ratcheting down the rhetoric we have had from last week with donald trump talking about fire and theory -- fury and being locked and loaded when it comes to an attack on guam or u.s. land. a news agency saying kim discussed an attack on guam yesterday in a review with his military commanders in north korea. now we are also getting reports out of north korea that they are perhaps backing down on carrying that out. lots of reports and rhetoric still going on. rhetoric, wet the were watching a meeting in seoul between top u.s. military brass president.th korean is that less hawkish than what came out of the american president? reporter: the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff was in seoul and met with the south korean president. he has now landed in china. 's first visit to china as the chairman of the joint chiefs.this is the marine general, basically the top brass in addition to jim mattis. they were very diplomatic in their statements to the press. he said that everyone