MISSILES.
>> Charles: IRAN IS SHOWING
OFF A NEW NUCLEAR REACTOR.
ISIS IS REPORTEDLY MAKING A
COMEBACK IN IRAQ.
COMMANDER, THANKS FOR JOINING
US.
>> THANK YOU, CHARLES.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> Charles: LET'S START WITH
NORTH KOREA.
SOME ARE SAYING THIS US DOMINIC
IS SORT OF EXPECTED.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME RUMBLINGS
OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW FAR HE WILL GO
WHEN HE WANTS THE SORT OF
ATTENTION.
>> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT,
CHARLES.
WE DO HAVE AN END AN
END-OF-THE-YEAR DEADLINE TO COME
BACK TO THE TABLE TO NEGOTIATE A
PATHWAY TO NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
FOR NORTH KOREA.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, KIM JONG UN
HAS SHOWN THAT HE IS NOT GOING
TO GIVE THOSE NUCLEAR WEAPONS UP
WILLINGLY.
CHINA
ASINA
AS UA
AS USUAL, HE WANTS TO STIR
THINGS UP AND BRING ATTENTION TO
HIMSELF, HENCE THE STATEMENT
ABOUT A CHRISTMAS SURPRISE.
>> Charles: WHENEVER WE GET
THAT PHOTO OF HIM ON THAT WHITE
HORSE, WE KNOW SOMETHING IS
COMING.
[LAUGHTER]
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TRIED TO
PLAY TO THAT EGO.
MAYBE SOMEONE LIKE THIS, A
TYRANT, A DICTATOR, WE'VE GOT TO
GO AT HIM REALLY HARD.
HE HAVE TO RESUME THE MILITARY
EXERCISES THAT WERE ENFORCED.
WOULD YOU THINK?
>> WELL, CHARLES, I THINK WHEN
YOU LOOK AT IT, THE ORTHODOX DO
NETWORK.
IT DIDN'T WORK WITH THE BUSH
ADMINISTRATION, THE CLINTONS,
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
NONE OF THEM WORKED
INEFFECTIVELY TRYING TO REIN IN
CONTROL FROM NORTH KOREA
BUILDING AND GAINING NUCLEAR
WEAPONS.
THEY HAVE THEM.
THAT IS A FACT.
SO, PRESIDENT TRUMP TRIED THE
UNORTHODOX.
IT IS NOT NECESSARILY WORKED.
WHAT WE HAVE GIVEN THEM,
UNFORTUNATELY, HIS TIME AND
SPACE FOR THE RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT AND NOT ONLY THE
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY, BUT
POTENTIALLY THE MILITARIZATION
OF THE WEAPON ITSELF.
AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IF THEY
HAVEN'T COME BACK TO THE TABLE,
THEN COME AS WE HAVE SEEN AS
BOLTON POINTED OUT, WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO RE-IMPOSE SANCTIONS
AND THIS TIME MAKE THEM BITE.
NOT ONLY TO NORTH KOREA BUT THE
CHINA AND RUSSIA AS WELL AND
MAKE THEM ALL START PAYING THAT
PRICE FOR ALLOWING NORTH KOREA
TO BEHAVE THIS WAY.
IT'S THE ONE I WANT TO MOVE ON
TO IRAN, BUT QUICKLY, AND WE HAD
THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE, BUT IS
THERE AN END GAME HERE THAT DOES
NOT INVOLVE SERIOUS VIOLENT
CONSEQUENCES QUESTION MEXICO I
THINK THERE CAN BE AN END GAME,
BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
FIRST AND FOREMOST,
NORTH KOREA KNOWS WHAT THE
CONSEQUENCES ARE GOING TO BE.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, LET'S FACE IT,
THE ONLY MILITARY ALLY THAT
NORTH KOREA HAS EVER HAD IS
CHINA.
CHINA IS GOING TO BE MADE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE HAVE TO GO
TO NORTH KOREA, THEY ARE
EXPECTED TO STEP ASIDE AND STAY
OUT OF THE WAY.
THEY HAVE AVOIDED EVEN COMING TO
THE TABLE TO DISCUSS IT.
THEY ARE THE 800-POUND GORILLA
IN THE ROOM.
>> Charles: IN THE MEANTIME,
IRAN HAS BEGUN OPERATIONS OF A
NEW NUCLEAR REACTOR.
AGAIN, HOW CONCERNED SHOULD WE
BE HERE?
WE KNOW WHAT THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL
IS.
MANY BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE ON
THE PATH TOWARD BEING ABLE TO
HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AFTER THEY
SIGNED THE PRIOR AGREEMENT WITH
THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION.
>> CHARLES, THERE IS NO
GUESSWORK.
IRAN IS ON A PATH AND CONTINUES
TO DO THOSE THINGS THAT WILL GET
THEM A NUCLEAR WEAPON AT SOME
POINT IN TIME.
WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HIS NEW
HEAVY WATER FACILITIES THAT
IRAQ, EVEN THOUGH THE BRITISH
ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO DEVELOP
A PEACEFUL NUCLEAR ENERGY
SOLUTION COME AT THE END OF THE
DAY, THEY ARE TAKING BABY AND
INCREMENTAL STEPS, SOME IN
VIOLATION OF THE NUCLEAR ARMS,
OR THE IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT.
WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE AT THE
END OF THE DAY IS THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE, JUST LIKE
NORTH KOREA, THEY'RE GOING TO
MAKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
PROGRESS TOWARD A WEAPON, AND
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT, BECAUSE THE BREAKOUT
WINDOW STARTS TO GET SHORTER AND
SHORTER, WHICH MEANS THEY COULD
GAIN CAPABILITY QUICKER THAN WE
EXPECT.
>> Charles: COMMANDER, QUICKLY
BEFORE I LET YOU GO, THE
RECONSTITUTION OF ISIS.
THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO TRY TO
PUT IT BACK TOGETHER.
BUT HOW FAR ALONG DO YOU THINK
YOU COULD BE?
>> I DON'T THINK THAT FAR ALONG
AS ALL.
I THINK THEIR LEADERSHIP AT THIS
POINT HAS BEEN DECIMATED, EVEN
WITH HIM KILLED.
YES, YOU ARE RIGHT.
THE IDEOLOGY IS GOING TO BE OUT
THERE.
IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXIST.
WE STILL HAVE THE FORCES THERE
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE PULLED BACK.
THE KURDS ARE STILL WILLING TO
FIGHT ON OUR BEHALF IN THAT
AREA.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THE DEVIL AND MAKE SURE THAT
THEY ARE IN COORDINATION WITH
BOTH RUSSIA, SYRIA, AND TURKEY,
THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT ANY FORCE
THAT STARTS TO DEVELOP GETS
CRUSHED QUICKLY AND RUTHLESSLY.
>> Charles: WE SAW A UNIQUE
COMBINATION OF COOPERATION.
COMMANDER, YOU ARE FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE ALL FEEL A LITTLE BIT SAFER
