THE NIGHT HE WENT MISSING.
BUT THAT FRIEND IS NOT A
SUSPECT.
>> Jon: BREAKING NOW NORTH AND
SOUTH KOREA SET TO HOLD
DIPLOMATIC TALKS TOMORROW FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN TWO
REGIME AIMS TO STRENGTHEN ITS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM.
BECAUSE OF PRESSURE FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> THEY'RE BEHAVING OUT OF FEAR.
THAT IS THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED
THAT AMERICA FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN A LONG TIME IS SERIOUS ABOUT
DENUCLEARIZING THE PENINSULA.
WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW
THE CONVERSATIONS GO ON TUESDAY.
>> Jon: LET'S TALK ABOUT IT
WITH NILE GARDNER AT THE
HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT
MIKE POMPEO HAD TO SAY THERE?
ARE THE NORTH KOREANS NERVOUS?
>> I THINK THEY ARE A BIT
NERVOUS, ACTUALLY, WITHOUT A
DOUBT THE UNITED STATES HAS
RAMPED UP THE PRESSURE ON THE
NORTH KOREAN REGIME.
BUT LET'S ALSO BEAR IN MIND
THAT TRADITIONALLY IN THE NEW
YEAR THE NORTH KOREAN REGIME
MAKES TRADITIONAL OVERTURES TO
THE SOUTH.
VERY LITTLE ACTUALLY COMES OUT
OF THESE GRAND GESTURES COMING
FROM NORTH KOREA.
THEY ARE REALLY USED OVERALL
FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES.
WE SHOULD BE UNDER NO ILLUSIONS
WITH REGARD TO THIS LATEST
STATEMENT FROM KIM JONG-UN.
HE IS A DICTATOR WHO CAN'T BE
FURTHER INCREASE THE PRESSURE
ON THE NORTH KOREAN REGIME,
ESPECIALLY THROUGH APPLYING
SANCTIONS AGAINST PYONGYANG.
BUYING TIME.
WHILE THESE TALKS ARE UNDERWAY,
THE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR
MORE THAN EVER ON TRYING TO GET
A DELIVERABLE NUCLEAR WEAPON.
>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, JON.
BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THE
NORTH KOREAN REGIME IS HELL
BENT DEVELOPING ITS NUCLEAR
WEAPONS PROGRAM AND DIRECTLY
THREATENING THE UNITED STATES
ITSELF.
AND SO WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT
EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE ASPECT OF
PRESSURE IS APPLIED AGAINST
PYONGYANG.
WE REALLY DO NEED TO SEE THE
UNITED STATES ENFORCING
SANCTIONS AGAINST PYONGYANG,
ESPECIALLY SECONDARY SANCTIONS
AGAINST CHINESE BANKS THAT ARE
CONTINUING TO DO BUSINESS WITH
THE NORTH KOREAN REGIME IN
VIOLATION OF U.S. LAW.
WE HAVE TO SEE THOSE SANCTIONS
BEING FORCEFULLY IMPLEMENTED BY
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
AT THE SAME TIME WE DO NEED TO
SOUTH KOREA AND THE UNITED
STATES.
THOSE HAVE BEEN POSTPONED
DURING THE WINTER OLYMPICS BUT
WE NEED TO SEE THE RESUMPTION
OF THOSE EXERCISES AS SOON AS
THE OLYMPIC GAMES ARE OVER.
AND WE SHOULD ALSO, I THINK, BE
ACUTELY AWARE HERE THAT THE
NORTH KOREANS WILL SEEK TO USE
THE PARTICIPATION IN THE WINTER
OLYMPICS FOR ITS OWN PROPAGANDA
PURPOSES AND STILL CONTINUING
ON ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
>> Jon: HOW WOULD MARGARET
THATCHER HAVE HANDLED AN ISSUE
LIKE THIS?
>> DEEPLY DISTRUSTFUL OF THE
NORTH KOREAN REGIME AND
ADVOCATED FOR THE WEST TO BE
OF WHAT SHE VIEWED AS ONE OF
THE MOST EVIL, TYRANNICAL
REGIMES OF OUR TIME.
AND SHE WOULD HAVE URGED AS
WELL THE UNITED STATES AND ITS
ALLIES TO INVEST SIGNIFICANTLY
IN REBUILDING MILITARY STRENGTH
AND CAPACITY IN ORDER TO COMBAT
ANY KIND OF THREAT POSED BY
NORTH KOREA, IRAN OR A WHOLE
WIDE ARRAY OF ROGUE REGIMES.
BUT HER VIEW WAS YOU CAN NEVER
EVIL, ULTIMATELY DEFEAT THAT
EVIL AS WELL.