of a version of american relations we heard from tom donilon and john kerry that they understand will the negative impact of the whole of various factors on our relationship among those is the magnitsky list the continuing abuse of adulthood russian children in america rights violations against russian citizens which range from outright kidnappings and other factors both john kerry and tom donilon should meet that barack obama and the white house are aware of how this hurts our relations and that they will act to minimize these faxes we'll see at least we'll judge by deeds not words. now hear it out here we always enjoy getting your opinion on all the stories we're covering and on our web site r t v dot com right now we're asking what you think about the whole war of blacklists will end up having happening in the end what will transpire what will the aftermath be russia u.s. backlash of the blacklists so far the majority of voters at r.t. dot com are the blue forty two percent saying it's going to spark new tit for tat issues distant second saying it's not going to affect the major is

there have been some promising signs and conversations according to tom donilon, according to secretary kerry. i'll be with him on this trip next weekend. we'll be on sunday morning in china. and the whole hope is that he is finally and the new leadership, but this is a critical time, is trying to prepare to exert maximum pressure, because as bill richardson and senator graham and michele flournoy have said, no one knows really what is motivating him, except trying to serious his leadership. who is the puppeteer? the military more than likely. is he going to do something irrational or will there be a miscalculation? i've been there a couple of times, to pyongyang with bill richardson, and the proximity, 800,000 forward deployed north korean troops, and the south koreans and the americans, senator graham is absolutely right. we would obliterate north korea. you have 35 million people living within miles. >> how dangerous -- you once said that north korea was as dangerous as iraq the last decade. do you still think they're that dangerous? >> crazy people and nuclear weapons, those who pro

. >> as national security adviser tom donilon said, i think less than a month ago at the asia society accept the dprk as a nuclear state. >> you understand the concept of the news cycle, if something is said today -- >> this has not changed since he stated it quite emphatically a month ago. there is a long way to go between a stated intention and actually being able to pull it off and all that would entail, but, you know, were they to be able to put themselves back into a position to use the facility, that would obviously be extremely alarming. as i said it is a long way from here. >> these words seemingly in conflict with the u.s. navy's actions sending the "uss john mccain," a guided missile cruiser to the korean peninsula. though there have been no new threats against the u.s. today. as kyung lah reports. >> reporter: the message is clear. north korean soldiers firing on a paper target with the words, usa on the helmet. a live fire drill that aired on state tv vowed to show its enemies, the united states and south korea, it was ready to fight, showing off skill with weaponry. and t