and this is violence that can be attributed to both sides. nathan dimicco is a self-proclaimed what you would call nationalist, white nationalist. he believes in a lot of the same idealing as the fascist movement. and you see the violence coming from that side, and also from the antifascist movement, the far left where you can see them dressed in head to toe black to protect themselves but also protect themselves from being identified knowing that they're going into these events to become violent. >> they're going for war, and that seems to be the primary focus. thank you for that. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts now. hello, i'm martin savidge. fredricka whitfield is off. you're watching "cnn newsroom." members of the trump administration are traveling internationally this easter in search of a diplomatic solution

on north korea. one day after staging an elaborate military parade, north korean dictator kim jong-un attempted to launch another missile but it fizzled out seconds later. vice president mike pence is across the border in seoul, south korea. in a speech to south korean troops he said that the alliance between the two countries has never been stronger. national security advisor lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster is in kabul, afghanistan telling the media he would be exploring a full range of options. lots to discuss here. we have the team to discuss it. cnn's correspondent, elise labott is in washington. and nick paton walsh is in erbil. >> all options are on the table undergoing refinement. >> how close do you think north

korea is to having a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the united states? >> estimates in these sorts of things vary widely. what is clear, as long as their behavior continues, as long as they continue, missile development, even though it was a failed missile, they get better and they learn lessons. what's critical is for them to stop the development of these weapons and denuclearize. >> elise, military action not off the table but that's got to be last resort. right? >> certainly there are military options that the u.s. can take. but the consequences of the retaliation by north korea are really -- >> you know what, elise? we're zbog lgoing to let you fi mic situation. we'll turn to nick paton walsh. president trump's top security advisor was in afghanistan today. he met with the president to talk about security issues. there are plenty of them to be

discussed. what are you learning about their conversations? >> doesn't at this point appear conversations are yielding any actual obvious change in policy. they are conducting what's referred to as a full strategy review of u.s. policy there. obviously that's something barack obama had to do when he inherited the war from george bush in 2008. the afghan president after meeting general mcmaster talked about the big threats they currently face with terrorism. it could last five more generations if not confronted now. a two-pronged problem really. political negotiations, hundreds of thousands of troops that haven't really managed to turn a security situation around. now things are more complicated by sort of an insurgency within the in trt insurgency who had t moab bombs dropped on them in the last week.

an awesome display of american firepower that killed apparently over 90 isis militants. it heralded new options on the table for the u.s. military but the game from afghanistan has not changed at all. it's only gotten worse and worse. >> nick paton walsh, thank you for that. back to elise labott. elise, we were talking about north korea and u.s. options. i was asking you whether the military option was really there or is it a last resort? >> i mean clearly it is last resort, marty. it's not like the u.s. doesn't have a military option. they could take out, for instance, one of the launch pads where north korea launches these missiles. you use the mother of all bombs, the moab, last week in afghanistan. but there's also something called the mop which is really a bunker buster bomb that in fact the u.s. could use in that north korean mountain side where they have those underground test being sites. but clearly the retaliation that north korea could unleash, a

conventional attack on south korea, on thousands of u.s. troops there is really unthinkable. that's why general mcmaster said this is really the last resort. i want to play a blitd more lite of what he said on abc this morning. >> this problem is coming to a head, so it is time for us to undertake all actions we can short of a military option to try to resolve this peacefully. >> so what does that mean? i mean clearly diplomatic efforts with china and the other allies, more of these economic squeezing of north korea really trying to deny it of all areas of revenue that they can use to build up their program. so i think you're going to see a lot more stepped-up sanctions, economic sanctions, diplomatic efforts. but clearly the military option is the least favorable. >> elise, the president seemed to tweet this morning that he was perhaps still waiting on

something from china. is that a possibility? >> well, clearly, marty, china is the linchpin in the u.s. strategy. i mean you've seen president trump's strategy on china kind of evolve since he took office. at first he was really tough on china. now you see kind of a carrot and stick approach with china. he had this meeting with president xi in mar-a-lago. they seem to have a good relationship that they're building. but president trump, as the administration has been reviewing the policy on north korea, finds that they've never really had the maximum chinese leverage. so that's what they really want. all efforts are really at getting china to crack down on north korea and whether that's denying them cash, whether that's denying them trade. china holds 85% of north korean trade. whether that's denying them oil. i think you're going to see a lot more efforts on china, and that's -- the carrot is that president trump is offering

president xi more favorable trade concessions. and he also said that he's willing to reconsider labeling china a currency manipulator. so those are the carrots. what's the stick? the stick is that the u.s. is preparing options to sanction chinese companies, chinese banks that do business with north korea. so i think they're hoping that china will become a more constructive partner, and that's why you've heard president trump say in the last few days. but they're ready to kind of put pressure on china if they don't play ball. >> china is key, without a key. elise labott, thanks very much. also thanks to nick paton walsh as well. we are learning more about north korea's failed missile test. u.s. officials are saying the missile blew up almost immediately after leaving the launchpad. the test came shortly before vice president mike pence arrived in south korea. cnn's will ripley is in the north korean capital of pyongyang and he has more. >> reporter: most north koreans will never know about sunday's failed missile launch. that missile test fired from the

eastern coastal city, home to a north korean submarine base and the same location where sim jong untried to launch a missile just last week ahead of president trump's meeting with chinese president xi jinping. north korea's supreme leader showed force over the weekend at the nation's day of the sun military parade. we saw a variety of new missiles that were on display, including what analysts are two new kinds ever potential intercontinental ballistic missiles that could potentially carry a nuclear warhead toward the mainland of the united states which we know is the goal of north korea's leader. they want these weapons of mass destruction to protect their nation from what they see as imminent threat of attack by the u.s. and its allies. mike pence was in the region and spoke to u.s. troops for easter sunday service, briefly talking about the north korean situation but not indicating that there will be any kind of specific u.s. response to this failed launch.

u.s. officials saying that why would they invest resources talking about a failed launch. however, if there is something more provocative such as a sixth nuclear test which analysts believe could happen any time in north korea, that may force the united states to take some kind of action. there still is the potential for the situation to escalate. the question here, timing. will north korea try to launch missiles while the u.s. vice president is in the region? will they wait until the 25th of april, a major military anniversary here in north korea? or maybe it will be neither one of those days. that is the thing with north korea when it comes to these kinds of provocative acts. it is not a matter of "if, but when. will ripley, cnn, pyongyang, north korea. south korea is america's closest ally in the region. we have 28,000 troops station there had. it also has the most to lose in the conflict with the north. tens of millions of people are within striking distance of the north korean border, primarily from artillery. i want to bring in cnn's paula hancocks who's in seoul, south

korea. paula, the south has been living with threats from the north for decades. is this latest saber rattling creating a renewed sense of urgency? >> not really, marty. it is interesting having lived here for some years now. south koreans are really quite resilient to this kind of threat. they know that a conflict is possible, that they've lived with this threat of conflict for many years now. but it is a distant threat to most people. if you walk out on the streets of seoul, you would have no idea that this is going on at this point. in fact, a lot of people probably wouldn't even have known that there was this failed missile launch on sunday morning local time. and the fact of that is, you take a look at since the beginning of last year, there has been almost three dozen missile launches. this is just a reality that south koreans live with. remember that the country's still technically at war with its northern neighbor. there was never a peace treaty

signed. only an armistice. so really there is a sense of much of the same. there is one difference though, and that's not from north korea. that's actually from the united states, the unknown for many south koreans is what will u.s. president trump do about this. obviously that has a little more uncertainly for many people here. they've lived with the threat from the north for many, many decades that they haven't lived with this reality that there is open talk of all options being on the table. but not just that. obama administration said that as well. but open speculation and illusion and hinting from trt trump administration that the military option could be an option. we are hearing that it is the last option but there is certainly more talk about it than it used to be. >> an excellent point to make. it may be part of the reason the vice president is there in south korea to sort of reassure the people and leaders of south korea. paula hancocks, thank you very much. earlier i spoke with former new mexico governor bill

richardson who's negotiated with north korea on several occasions. i asked him if he thought that korean leader kim jong-un was different than his father and grandfather who ruled the country before him. >> yes, he's different. he's totally unpredictable. with the father you could eventually make a deal. you know, bargaining chip. he'd take an american prisoner or he'd provoke the united states with missile tests. in exchange he would take a deal where he would get food and energy assistance. you could work something out with him for the release of an american prisoner. with come jong un, you don't know what he's going to do. he doesn't talk with foreign leaders. he seems isolated. he's worried about his own internal stature within the country. he perjures members of his inner circle. nobody seems to know what he's up to, what he wants to do.

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bald with a full beard wearing a dark blue or green striped polo shirt, believe to be driving a white or cream colored suv. cleveland police warning people not to approach this man if you see him but that you call 911 immediately. again, this is based upon cleveland police reports that there was a murder that took place on facebook live and that the suspect has claimed to kill others. we'll continue to follow developments here and bring them to you as we learn them. meanwhile, vice president mike pence landed in south korea this morning mere hours after the failed launch of a missile by the north. cnn chief political correspondent dana bash is the only network correspondent that's traveling with the vice president in seoul. dana, how's pence responding today? >> vice president mike pence was on his plane, on air force two, on his way here to south korea when he got word about north korea's failed missile test. it was actually within and hour

of taking off after refueling in alaska that he was told his advisors came back and told those of us reporters on his plane that it failed within four or five seconds of the attempt, and that's why they made clear that they were not going to make a big deal out of it, that the response was going to be very much to down plplay it. that's certainly what we saw from the vice president himself. his first remarks here on the ground in south korea was in and around having easter dinner with u.s. troops. and he talked vaguely about what happened. >> this morning's provocation from the north is just the latest reminder of the risks each one of you face every day in the defense of the freedom of the people of south korea and the defense of america in this part of the world. >> that's a far cry from the really tough talk we have seen and heard from the president, president trump, both in his words before cameras and on twitter over the past week or so

being very aggressive vis-a-vis north korea. but the vice president and his aides are making very clear that they don't think that that is appropriate for several reasons. one is they don't want to give the north koreans the satisfaction of reacting or maybe overreacting, particularly because this was a failed test and kind of an embarrassment for the north korean regime. but also because they understood making their way here, for the vice president of the united states to be on the korean peninsula at this tense time, and a day after north korea's biggest holiday of the year where they like to show their military might, according to an aide traveling with the vice president, this was not a matter of if but a matter of when. and had there been a nuclear missile test and not something that clearly was not of that ilk, the u.s. reaction and action could be quite different. dana bash, cnn, seoul, south

korea. back to that breaking news we told you about just a short while ago, cnn has learned that cleveland police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly just killed another man on facebook live. he claims to have killed others. the police say that the suspect's name is steve stephens. they are focusing their search on the east side of cleveland, east 93rd. police consider the suspect armed and dangerous, described as 6'1", roughly 244 pounds, bald with a full beard, wearing a dark blue and grey or black striped polo shirt, believed to be driving a white or cream colored suv. cleveland police are warning anyone if you are in that area not a approach the man but to call 911 immediately. tom fuentes is our law enforcement expert. tom, this is one of those sad statements of social media and the age in which we live that appears that maybe he had a platform to carry out some kind of an attack. what are police doing at this moment now as they deal with this circumstance? >> well, i think right now they're just trying to flood

that area with as many officers, patrol officers, as possible, as well as trying to contact other family members, friends, colleagues, everyone that they can figure out, again, using partly his social media and the fact that they have his identity to try to see if anybody out there can say anything about where he might be. >> it's terrifying actually to think that somebody would carry out a murder or any kinds of an attack with the idea of broadcasting it, which this may be a case of. i'm wondering, are police departments more and more monitoring social media much like they might monitor, i don't know, radio reports or other incoming intel? >> well, in a way, martin, they're not in a position to really monitor everybody out there. there's just too much social media and too few officers and analysts to be able to do that. but when something like this happens, and they get word of it, whether it is someone who is on facebook and did see this and

immediately called the police, or someone that knew this person and gave his identity, then, yes, they're in a position to monitor it. you see more and more where police departments use social media both ways where they make announcements on social media. they tell people to shelter in place or whatever it might be when there is a major incident. and they are using social media. but the actual ability to completely monitor everybody that's out there is impossible. >> so, in this particular case, as you mentioned, flooding the streets there, flooding that neighborhood with police officers, i presume maybe a s.w.a.t. team is ready, if not already on the way. but beyond that, what else can you do? >> well, again, the contact with as many citizens as possible that could be in a position to get information. whoever has been watching his live feed on facebook might have an idea where he's at or where he's been as he's made this broadcast. and can give police a better

idea of where to conduct their search and where to focus. >> it also, i presume, provides them with evidence already. i mean they have clear indications -- i haven't seen it, but clear indications perhaps of a crime committed. >> oh, i think so. i think obviously it's evidentiary at the end of the investigation. but as of now, they need to catch him. that's the main thing, is to stop this. so it's very interesting, we've had these active shooter situations in schools, hospitals, college campuses. but to have an actor shooter situation where the shooter is mobile and is broadcasting it while doing the shootings, while driving around, this adds a new element of difficulty in trying to locate the person who in fact is mobile. >> then on top of that, i guess you always have to take into account that there could be more than one person. >> well, that's always a possibility. although in this case, it sounds

like someone who is probably extremely ill, extremely disturbed, and wants -- and is also very narcissistic. they want this attention. they want all the focus or glory in their own mind to be theirs alone. so i think that there's probably less probability in this case that this would be an organized group attack compared to one individual who wants to bask in this all by himself. >> what struck me also is the fact that immediately, cleveland police put out a name. sometimes when it comes to suspects they tend to wait and reveal. but in this case they clearly have a person who they think or know is extremely dangerous and the idea being that anybody who knows him, please, either get away from him or give us a call. >> yes. we may learn later that the police got a call from someone who alerted them to this live feed and it was someone who knew this guy.

so to me, that's probably what happened, is that they got a call which maybe even initiated the entire investigation from someone who knew this individual and identified him, or he may have identified himself in these facebook broadcasts. we haven't seen all of the streaming video that he's made. he may have already indicated, this is me and look what i'm doing. >> there are a lot of ways that we enjoy social media, this is a clear example of the negative connotations that can come with it. there are many others that we've seen other time. i'm just wondering as a person in law enforcement how you balance between what people sharing and ugly and bad things they share as well? >> it's very difficult because as you mentioned, there are many bad aspects of social media, including false information that goes out, including hoaxes, which i think in this case the fact that the cleveland police -- sounds like they're verifying that they do have a homicide victim which may match

from these facebook broadcasts. but, yeah, there's many negative aspects. i think in this case for him, it is going to be one of those live by the sword, die by the sword, because i think social media is going to play large part in the group of people that he's been in contact with in the past and possibly today that will help the police actually track him down. >> all right, cnn law enforcement expert tom fuentes, thank you very much. just so everyone knows, we are talking about what is believed to be a shooter in cleveland, ohio that posted to facebook live what authorities are saying may be a murder. they are trying to find this person right away. we'll take a break, back with more after this.

we want to continue to update you on the breaking news we're following. cnn has learned that cleveland police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly just killed a man and uploaded the video to facebook. the suspect claims to have killed others but police are not able to verify that yet.

police are name being the suspe suspect. steve stephens. the search is ongoing in the area of east 93rd street. police consider the suspect armed and dangerous. described as 6'1", roughly 244 pounds, bald with a full beard wearing a dark blue and grey or black striped polo shirt, believed to be driving a white or cream colored vehicle. cleveland police warning not to approach this man but call 911 immediately. we'll continue to follow this breaking news and bring you updates as they become available. moving on now to the subject of north korea. u.s. officials say that the missile that north korea fired blew up almost immediately after it left its launchpad. the test came shortly before vice president mike pence arrived in south korea. so let's talk more about the north korea situation with our panel. joining me is political analyst ellis heniken, alice stewart, i should point out she is a cnn political commentator and a

republican street gist. also with me, julian zelzer from princeton university. the president's national security advisor says that all options are on the table as the u.s. considers how to respond to this attempted missile launch by the north. julian, does it appear that the administration has a clear strategy, i guess, on how to handle this tense situation? >> it seems like there's three strategies. one is more provocative from the president himself with more bluster and threats of military action. the "all options on the table" is saying that this administration hasn't clearly come down on something yet, but is willing to move from diplomacy to war if necessary. and vice president pence today tried a different track where he calmed things down and didn't respond really to the provocation. so i'm not sure the administration has a laid-out plan and i think there might be internal debates going on in the oval office about how this

should unfold. >> if this was meant to be a message it seems to have failed and failed spectacularly bad for north korea because of the fact that missile failed. this morning representative ed royce was on cnn's "state of the union" and he raised the possibility that north korea could soon be able to strike the u.s. with a nuke, and that's of course a huge concern. take a listen. >> we shouldn't take too much comfort because even in failure, this program continues to advance, and they will be clo closely in the not-too-distant future in a position where they could hit all 50 states in the united states with an icbm. so i do say don't take too much comfort in this, but it is a good development that it failed. >> ellis, not wanting north korea to have that capability has been the red line for just about every recent administration. how should this administration respond? is the military option realistic

or are there other ways to prevent this, and can you really prevent it from happening at all as far as having the ability to launch this attack? >> martin, what we've learned obviously is that president obama's strategic patience policy failed and it did not work. north korea continues its nuclear weapons program and i think what's good is that president trump is at least on the front end trying to encourage china to put some influence on north korea to halt their weapons program. if not, he's made it quite clear the united states will go it alone. obviously we have the concerns about missiles coming to the united states, but our allies in that region, japan and south korea, we need to step up for them as well. i think it is important that we stress all options are on the table. obviously military action would be the last resort. but there are many other ways to go about doing it. economic sanctions and diplomatic sanctions and i think working with china is the best way to go about that. >> ellis, the vice president is

there in south korea holding talks. of course showing support for allies in the region. the administration's been talking tough saying, as we've said, that the military option is one possibility. is this maximum pressure and engagement strategy likely to work with a nation as rogue as north korea? >> not much evidence of it. you guys understand these are just platitudes, right? all option o options are on the. it clearly doesn't mean anything unless there is a strategy. the president hasn't articulated a anything. you do get the sense with vice president's pence's arrival in south korea that the grown ln ups have arrived on the scene a little bit. but don't confuse that with any well thought-out strategy. >> julian, i've asked this question before and i don't want to stress it too much and say that this is kind of like the missiles of october and what president kennedy may have faced. but is there any lesson to be drawn from history on this?

>> sure. in that case, calmer deliberation was extremely important from the president of the united states. when faced with this confrontation over missiles in cuba in 1962, what we've learned is his ability to think through not only what the options are, but how each option would play out was essential. i think there are many concerns that it's not simply whether the north koreans will have the capacity to strike here, but what will happen with other alternatives. if we trigger a conventional war with south korea, for example. and i think what we learned from presidential leadership circa 1962 is the president has to be very deliberative, thoughtful and have a long-term sense of how the different options will play out before making statements and before responding to provocation. >> right. the message has to be clear. ellis, alice, and julian, thank you all. we want to continue to update you now on breaking news

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georgia's sixth congressional district would be reassuring for republicans and their control of the house. for democrats, however, that may provide an opportunity for them to capitalize on this growing anti-trump sentiment across the country. question experts are asking though, would that translate to votes? >> part of that litmus test is to see whether or not president trump has cache, whether or not he is a liability to republican candidates in this district, and whether or not it appears that people are supporting democratic candidates out of a sense of opposition to president trump and his policies. >> reporter: political science professor andra called this special election a perfect litmus test for each other, a chance to gauge for voters feel ahead of the mid-terms. >> for both sides, it is important that their infrastructure be in place, that they be doing the shoe-leather politics, phone calls and canvassing that needs to happen in order to get people to turn

out to vote. >> reporter: the result of the election will determine if democrats drummed up enough support, or if republicans can stop their attempt to turn district 6 blue. cnn, cobb county, georgia. coming up, donald trump blasted china on the campaign trail, but has since done a complete 180 as president, suggesting today that his about-face is a straeblg movteg. we'll talk about that next. on t. time's up, insufficient prenatal care. and administrative paperwork... your days of drowning people are numbered. same goes for you, budget overruns. and rising costs, wipe that smile off your face. we're coming for you, too. for those who won't rest until the world is healthier, neither will we. optum. how well gets done.

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this guy in north korea is not rational. his father and grandfather were much more rational than he is. >> as the u.s. looks for china's help on north korea, president trump has also been softening his criticism of china. just this morning he was tweeting why would i call china a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the north korean problem? we will see what happens. cnn's matt rivers explains the change of tone. >> china, which has been ripping us off, the greatest abuser in the history of this country. china is responsible for nearly half of our entire trade deficit. >> reporter: that was candidate trump. but there's been a stark about-face from president trump in just the last week on one of his favorite campaign targets -- china. remember when he said he'd label china a currency manipulator on day one of his presidency? didn't happen. and now he says they're not

manipulating the currency. then there's north korea. trump consistently blasted china from failing to stop kim jong-un's nuclear weapons program. now this. >> we have a very big problem in north korea. as i said, i really think that china is going to try very hard and has already started. >> reporter: so, what changed? had. >> i have really gotten to like and respect, as you know. president xi is a terrific person. spent a lot of time together in florida. and he's a very special man. >> reporter: the new detent appears to have started in the sunny confines of mar-a-lago at the crucial first in. person meeting on april 6th. trump said talking with xi helped change his mind on china's ability to handle north korea. after listening for ten minutes, i realized it is not so easy, the president told the "wall street journal." trump went on to praise china for banning north korean coal imports, a move china actually made back in february.

>> the vast amount of coal that comes out of north korea going to china, they've turned back the votes. >> reporter: the apparent ability of xi jinping to connect with donald trump is unexpected, if not remarkable, given that both men appear to be polar opposites. one is the brash attention seeking new york media personality, the other a scripted, enigmatic leader who has never given a face to face interview as president, someone who steadily rose through china's communist party ranks consolidatining power in a way t seen here since chairman mao. speeches like this one given at the world economic forum seemed to be changing. trump's strike against syria and threats of military action against north korea have alarmed

china. xi even called trump this week asking for a peaceful solution to the crisis. despite that coal import ban, china's total trade volume with north korea is actually up nearly 40% in 2017. figures sure not to sit well with the trump administration but a nuclear north korea appears to have bridged the divide. for now two very different leaders with budding cooperation over a common threat. matt rivers, cnn, beijing. and that is it for me. thank you very much for watching. i'm martin savidge. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" is just ahead. but first we got a preview of thursday night's premier of cnn's new original series, "soundtracks, songs that defined history." have a great day. >> music is an explosive expression of humanity. >> every movement lass to have a song. >> i canner ha you. the rift of the world hears you. >> the music will always remind us that it is possible. >> that is what anthems are made

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thank you for joining me. breaking news right now. a suspected killer on the loose in cleveland. police say he broadcast the brutal killing of an elderly man on facebook, and now cleveland police warn the suspect is armed and dangerous and claims he has killed several other people today. but police have not verified any other murders. just the one. here is what we know right now. a manhunt is under way for the suspect traveling in a white or cream colored vehicle. he is bald with a full beard wearing a striped polo shirt. joining me now, cnn's law enforcement analyst and former fbi assistant director, tom fuentes. tom, this is a develop situation. walk us through what law enforcement would be doing in terms of reacting. now we have a picture of him as well that we are putting up on our screen. what is happening right now among police? >> well, mainly, ana, they're trying to learn everything they can about him and who he knows, who his friends, colleagues, co-workers, anyone else that may know anything about him. obviously including