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Assemblies that heavily criticize me happen every weekend. >> brett: the theory is that you are trying to line things up and not taking it out of text books and you say, in the words of president trump, thats all fake news. >> our objection for aspiring for unification is the same across all nations. and the prescription is that we need to work towards peaceful e reunification with north korea and one of the responsibilities as a president. as for the people who criticize me, i can tell you, mos...

Recent weeks and months. but hes absolutely determined to do it. the problem is, and again jim, you know this, when he goes after china on trade, if hes going to do it as aggressively as we think he might in the speech coming up, how much is that going to hurt his chances of getting things done in north korea? because china is now and always has been and always will be the linchpin in that region and with north korea. >> ryan lizza, as i speak to people who follow the u.s./china relationship clo...

Credit here for getting their attention, in effect, on these issues? >> well, in previous administrations, they were always restrained by the bipartisan consensus that tariffs were not an effective way to get chinas attention. that starting a trade war would just lead to losses on both sides. trump so far has avoided some of the political fallout from these tariffs, but theyre still relatively recent. i was in iowa recently on a reporting trip, and ill tell you, all the farmers i talked to there...

True. >> sean: anita, if you look at the 36 years, all of these people that knew him in high school and all these people that knew him in college, and knew him in law school, and all of these people that worked with him over the years -- you worked with him the bush administration, and others -- women that have clerked with judge kavanaugh and worked with him on the court, they say that his character is really a noticeable cut above the average person. what was your experience? >> absolutely. yo...

>> sean: anita, if you look at the 36 years, all of these people that knew him in high school and all these people that knew him in college, and knew him in law school, and all of these people that worked with him over the years -- you worked with him the bush administration, and others --women that have clerked with judge kavanaugh and worked with him on the court, they say that his character is really a noticeable cut above the average person. what was your experience? >> absolutely. you gave ...

And they approach that differently than previous administrations. previous administrations the staff meets first and try to resolve issues and set agenda for heads of state to meet and a as the it agreement that takes place as a result. the president believes in starting at the top and let the details be worked out after by counterpart staff. thats a different approach. he believes in relationships. he is a transactional president to be sure. it is likely that it possibly could happen. but liste...

Special counsels investigation to be undermind for political reasons. and we see a commitment to national security. thats it, the same exact things any american would expect from the doj and fbi i think we see playing out here, despite what the conspiracy theorists out there may want to come up with. >> is it a conspiracy theory that youre open to here? >> no, im not a tinfoil hat wearer. i worked inside the department of justice for decades. those who say things like, well, lets just wait out t...

Baggy pants, shaven heads and full body tattoos and their allegiance. beginning in the 90s, the clinton and bush administrations deported thousands to countries recovering from brutal civil war but which never had a gang problem. this was a time bomb. in 2005, i witnessed its explosion. we hadnt even been in el salvador half hour before we learned a member of ms-13 had been shot. central america is now one of the most dangerous regions on earth. three teenagers are the latest victims -- now, in ...

Say that, but there are other republicans -- youre in that camp. so this is now the view not just of democrats but of everyone who is interested in protecting trump no matter the fact. is it weird, as a democrat, as a former democratic operative, former democratic justice department official, to be the one standing on the line protecting republican officials like bob mueller and rod rosenstein? >> no, because there is a long tradition that people inside the administration, you expect to have res...

Short leash right now. people are undecidedly happy. we want to work with european friends and others to continue to put pressure. brian: they keep talking about whats happening in the administration is chaos. mattis is on the way out. the president doesnt have dinner with him anymore. the secretary of state is closer than tillerson. i also have reports and not from you that you, mattis and pompeo have been conferring in a tight unit and do mirror the presidents thoughts. where is the reality? y...