following his comments, white house press said terry sarah secretary sarah sanders took questions on a number of topics including north korea, the korea, the alabama senate special election and tax reform efforts.

following his comments, white house press said terry sarah secretary sarah sanders took questions on a number of topics including north korea, the korea, the alabama senate special election and tax reform efforts. thank you guys for being -- >> good afternoon. thank you guys for being patient with us. i brought a very special guest. i figured you might be ok if we were a little delayed. as you know the president hosted a very productive cabinet meeting this morning and made some news by announing the united states has designated north korea a state sponsor of terrorism and one of the goals of his recent trip was to pursue the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. there will impose increased sanctions and penalties on north korea that will continue our progress toward that goal. additionally, it is a reminder that north korea has repeatedly supported international acts of terrorism, including assassinations on foreign soil. the president's position is this. the north korean regime must be lawful. it must end its unlawful nuclear and ballistic program. we have secretary of state re