the end of the day we must do almost whatever it takes just about anything to prevent king junk unagainst the mainland of the united states of america. >> so what is the end game there, senator? is that removing all missiles? what would be the best possible outcome? >> i think the best possible outcome would be he walks away from his long range nuclear missile problem. in the middle of the country where you go that e-mail from and potentially washington d.c.. that is an unacceptable risk. that cannot happen and so the end game, the real one in terms of the show down was that he walks away from the long range missile program. if he continues to make testaments. >> senator, the ratcheting up about conversation of north korea that's been taking place is that because of the rhetoric or missile tests in north korea or as you understand it is north korea closer to to an intercontinental ballistic missile. >> there's no do you think they're closer and they continue to get closer. that's always a part of moving forward. possessing a long range missile is not technologically prohibited. you have t

. >> by only 1776, america was fighting britain in a war for unagainst, but without a navy, around -- independence but without a navy, artillery or gun powder. only france and spain, who were the historical enemies of britain, had both the motive and the naval and military trent to defeat the dish strength to defeat the british. we needed their alliance. but they would only do so if america was seen not as fighting a civil war, but rather, as fighting a war as an independent nation. as john adams pointed out, foreign powers could not be expected to acknowledge us until we had acknowledged ourselveses as an independent nation. and thomas jefferson said a declaration of independence alone would allow european powers to treat with us. so the declaration of independence was, in fact, an engraved invitation asking france and spain to fight alongside us. that's why i say it was not just the declaration of independence, it was also the declaration that we depend on france and spain too. now, the americans knew that france and spain wanted a rematch with great britain. they had come out very