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North Korea. Are America's provocations making things better or worse?

Hello again. I'm Oranalny, and this is To the Point. As North Korea continues, its nuclear program, the Trump administration says America has lost its strategic patience. What does that mean? A U.S. carrier and a nuclear submarine are conducting drills in the Western Pacific. China is urging President Trump to exercise restraint. The entire U.S. Senate was bused from Capitol Hill to the White House.

Was that political theater?

Or did they learn anything new?

We'll hear about possible options from diplomacy to economic sanctions to preventative war.

Later on today's talking point, another giant step for humankind in the solar system.

First, here's the news.

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I'm Warren Alney, back with To the Point. For 25 years, the U.S. has viewed North Korea's nuclear program with increasing alarm.

Now, President Trump says this country has lost its strategic patience, where

what he's actually doing and what might come next. Today's talking point, after circling the planet

Saturn for 13 years, the spacecraft Cassini has run out of fuel, but it's still sending new science

back to Earth, more than 750 million miles away.

After a round of cheers over its latest achievement,

one team member with proud understatement called it a very good spacecraft.

We'll hear more.

First, this news update.

During his campaign, Donald Trump called NAFTA, one of the worst trade deals ever made.

Yesterday, his staff said he was ready to pull America out. But last night, he talked with Canada's prime minister and Mexico's president, and here's president. And here's what he said today. So they asked me to renegotiate. I will. And I think we'll be successful in the renegotiation, which frankly would be good because it would be simpler. But we have to make a deal that's fair for the United States.

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