mr toner stuck to their government? mr toner stuck to the line.e says look, it's on the list of states that sponsor terrorism. it has shown to be able to export terrorism. this is about the security of the american people, but interestingly he was asked, is this about iran getting better vetting procedures in place, which is what the line about the travel ban is or is it about coming off the state sponsors of terrorists list, a whole other issue? he wasn't really able to answer that. the next clip i wa nt to able to answer that. the next clip i want to play concerns south korea, oi’ want to play concerns south korea, or the korean peninsula really. there's been a deployment by america ofan there's been a deployment by america of an antimissile system in south korea. let's hear the response to questions about that. we've been very clear in our conversation was china that this is not meant to be a threat and it's not a threat to them oi' threat and it's not a threat to them orany threat and it's not a threat to them or any other power in the region.

mr. tonerid not say with those would be. he said the administration is focusing on tougher sanctions and implementation of sanctions that already exist. china is key, because they are a key economic accor of north korea -- economic back her of north korea. take steps to make sure those sanctions are implemented. laura: this is the first briefing you have been able to go to because they haven't been holding them. what took so long? barbara: we have been asking this for six weeks. this is the best attended briefing i've been to at the net. everyone wanted to ask questions. even mr. toner said "it is really good to be back." is diplomacy on the back foot? he said, the administration has been getting its sea legs. means mr. that tillerson is getting up to speed with the state department and the state department is getting up to speed with the white house. not address the glaring lack of public diplomacy, which we have noticed. the bigger question is the issue of budget cuts. is mr. tillerson going

. >> well, but you're making a very important distinction that it was mr. tonerho i used to work with when i was in the government at the state department. that statement that cape out which i applaud, i think it was the appropriate kind of statement, that would have been a statement you would see during the obama administration. does not sound at all like what president trump has said about vladimir putin and russia. i don't think he's ever used the words human rights, democracy in russia in the same sentence. he praises putin as a strong leader. what we don't know, is this the beginning of a policy shift for the entire administration or does this show a policy rift between the state department and the white house. >> or even was it approved at the highest levels. i assume it was because there's very little done that is not approved at the top because there's nobody in the middle anymore. so there's still -- there's been a nomination of an attorney john sullivan to be the deputy secretary but there are no official deputies undersecretaries, assistant secretaries