Donald Trump Tells Guam On North Korea Threat: 'We're With You 1000%' | The 11th Hour

>>> THIS MAN WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH WHAT HE'S DOING, BELIEVE
ME. AND IF HE UTTERS ONE THREAT IN
THE FORM OF AN OVERT THREAT, OR IF HE DOES ANYTHING WITH RESPECT
TO GUAM OR ANY PLACE ELSE THAT'S AN AMERICAN TERRITORY OR AN
AMERICAN ALLY, HE WILL TRULY REGRET IT.
AND HE WILL REGRET IT FAST. >> I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE
PEOPLE OF GUAM WOKE UP TO THIS MORNING, AND REMEMBER, 168,000
RESIDENTS OF GUAM. U.S. CITIZENS ALL.
THEY'RE LIVING UNDER THE THREAT OF NORTH KOREAN MISSILES
ARRIVING OFF THEIR SHORES IN SOME SORT OF SHOW OF FORCE.
THIS IS THEIR LOCAL PAPER, THE GUAM PACIFIC DAILY NEWS.
THEY RAN AN ARTICLE TODAY. IT'S LISTED ON TEAR WEBSITE
TONIGHT, AN ARTICLE CALLED "MISSILE THREAT TIPS."
JUST SOME SOLID HOW-TO ADVICE FOR CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE EVENT
OF A MISSILE LAUNCH. HERE ARE THE GUIDELINES.
DON'T LOOK AT THE FLASH OR FIREBALL.
AS BLINDNESS MAY RESULT. TAKE COVER BEHIND A CONCRETE
STRUCTURE, IF POSSIBLE.
WHILE FLIGHT TIME IS 14 MINUTES, IT CAN TAKE MORE THAN 30 SECONDS
FOR THE BLAST WAVE TO ACTUALLY HIT.
AFTER IMPACT. AFTER THE BLAST, SHOWER WELL,
USING PLENTY OF SOAP AND SHAMPOO.
WE ARE NOT MAKING LIGHT OF THIS THREAT, NOR IS ANYONE ON GUAM,
FAR FROM IT. IN FACT, WE ARE JOINED BY TWO
GUESTS TO TALK ABOUT IT. DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN TED LOU
OF CALIFORNIA IS WITH US TONIGHT, IMPORTANT IN TAIWAN, HE
WENT TO STANFORD AND GEORGETOWN AND HE'S A COLONEL IN THE AIR
FORCE RESERVES WHO WAS STATIONED IN GUAM.
WE HAVE A SECOND COLONEL WITH US WELL, JACK JACOBS, A RECIPIENT
OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HIS ACTION IN VIETNAM.
CONGRESSMAN, BASED ON YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF GUAM AND WHERE IT
SITS AND 14 MINUTES OF NIGHING TIME BETWEEN A LAUNCH ORDER IN
NORTH KOREA AND SPLASHDOWN IN THAT REGION, HOW VULNERABLE DO
YOU THINK THEY'RE FEELING RIGHT ABOUT NOW?
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. VERY VULNERABLE.
HAVING SERVED IN GUAM, THE U.S. HAS ZERO GOOD MILITARY OPTIONS
AGAINST NORTH KOREA. ANY MILITARY SCENARIO CAN SPIRAL
OUT OF CONTROL, LEADING TO A LARGE LOSS OF LIFE, NOT JUST IN
GUAM, BUT ALSO IN SOUTH KOREA. THAT'S WHAT MAKES A PRESIDENT'S
STATEMENTS SO RECKLESS. HE NEEDS TO STOP BACKING INTO
THE U.S. INTO A CORNER WHERE WE HAVE NO GOOD MILITARY OPTIONS
AND TRY DIPLOMACY. >> JACK, THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE
BEEN SAYING. THERE ARE NO GOOD OPTIONS.
WE KEEP HEARING THIS PHRASE, YOU KNOW, PROTECTIVE STRIKE, AN
ADVANCED STRIKE BY THE U.S. REMIND FOLKS HOW MUCH FIREPOWER
IS FOCUSED JUST ON SOUTH KOREA. >> WELL, THERE IS AN ALMOST
UNLIMITED NUMBER OF ARTILLERY TUBES AND ROCKETS THAT ARE VERY,
VERY CLOSE TO THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE AND ALL OF SEOUL, BETWEEN
25 AND 30 MILLION KOREANS, THEY'RE ALL IN RANGE.
OUR FORCES ARE CONSIDERABLY SOUTH OF THAT.
BUT ALL THAT NOTWITHSTANDING, THEY'RE ALL AT RISK.
AND BY THE WAY, THE WAR ISN'T OVER.
THERE'S NO ARMISTICE. THERE'S JUST A CEASE-FIRE, THE
WAR THAT STARTED IN 1950. IT'S ACTUALLY LEGALLY STILL
GOING ON. >> I WANT TO RUN SOME OF THE
SOUND. THE PRESIDENT DID CALL THE
GOVERNOR OF GUAM, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE GOVERNOR TAKING THE
CALL ON HIS SPEAKERPHONE, THE VOICE YOU'LL HEAR IS THE
PRESIDENT'S.
>> UH, THERE'S NO WORD ON WHETHER OR NOT THE PRESIDENT
KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE TELEVISED AND PUT UP ON THE WEB
TONIGHT DURING THAT CONVERSATION.
DURING WHICH THE PRESIDENT ASSURED THE GOVERNOR TOURISM WAS
GOING TO INCREASE TENFOLD WHEN THIS WAS ALL OVER.
CONGRESSMAN, YOU'RE ALSO ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
AND SO I WANT TO ASK YOU WHAT MUST OUR ALLIES, ESPECIALLY IN
THE PACIFIC RIM, BE THINKING? >> THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE A LACK OF A STRATEGY
IN MANY AREAS, INCLUDING NORTH KOREA, BUT THEY SET UP
CONFLICTING STATEMENTS. SO EARLIER, YOU HAD REX
TILLERSON BASICALLY SAYING THE TIME FOR TALKING MIGHT BE CLOSE
WITH NORTH KOREA. AND THEN THE PRESIDENT STARTS
DOING THIS TIRADE OF VERY PROVOCATIVE STATEMENTS.
SO IT'S VERY CONFUSING TO WORLD LEADERS.
WHAT I WANT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO DO IS GET ON
ONE PAGE, SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES.
AND THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID THAT HE THINKS IT'S GOOD TO BE
UNPREDICTABLE. IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THAT'S
REALLY STUPID. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE
UNPREDICTABLE, YOU WANT TO BE CLEAR.
>> JACK, YOU HAVE SAID WE WILL KNOW THIS IS SERIOUS IF WE SEE
THE EVACUATION OF A QUARTER MILLION AMERICANS.
>> WE HAVE ABOUT 100,000 MILITARY DEPENDENTS.
7th FLEET IS THERE, SO THEY CAN EVACUATE AMERICAN DEPENDANTS.
NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN, OR WE DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING IS
GOING TO HAPPEN, UNTIL WE HEAR THE CANARY IN THE MINE.
AND THAT IS THE EVACUATION OF MILITARY DEPENDANTS.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS,

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