Jim DeMint: “The fighting has ended and the democracies that now fill the region are seeking to strengthen ties.”

Senator DeMint says let's use the Federal Government as an exemplar for how to reopen.

Well, Anderson, this issue is much bigger than North Korea. We're now living in a world we've got to understand that North Korea is going to have nuclear weapons.

I think Senator DeMint had a really interesting concept.

Absolutely not. We cannot shut the government down, regardless of what happens here.