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Than anybody. he had a huge operation to try to get that figured out. on this particular case i felt, a lot of people felt they were too cautious because she had negative associations earlier. they said we just dont feel comfortable. so many groups had her at the number one position on their list for commutations under obama. im glad it got done under trump. im very very proud you can still eke out a chicken mcnugget even in the trump era. >> according to obama administration the -- johnson was ...

Independent. this will be an opportunity to look at who was right and who was wrong in serving these administrations. at least for the american people looking for a true, honest assessment, think they can rest assured that this is the office that would do that. >> im sure the ig will go into the whole issue, the charge against comey that he leaked sensitive information to a law professor in new york in order for that law professor to leak that information to the news media. im sure theyre going ...

Administration the -- johnson was heavily involved in a long stanning drug cartel that was connected to a lot of violence and crimes, she was never charged with that. mike, my question to you, does this white house know all of the facts if they arent going through this official review process that all administrations, except for this one? >> i dont know. i think the president did a lot of this on his gut. i appreciate van for recognizes this is a good thing. he gave credit to a lot of people, he...

Confidential source because they were worried about protecting the sources life. we now learn that they actually had a whole stack of documents prepared for the gang of eight at that meeting, we all remember the two duelling briefings and all the drama surround the invitation list. but they provided the documents at that gang of eight briefing and now will do so again including more documents and are prepared to answer more questions early next week, kate. >> what has changed? lets see. laura, t...

The united states. look, weve grown $7 trillion, $7 trillion in wealth here in this country under this president. the deficit wasnt created in a day. its not going to be fixed in a day. but the president is certainly focused on reducing that. one of the big problems we had is the fact that previous administrations had let our military just drop down. and they had to have a huge surge in military funding and spending to rebuild our military and make sure that the president did his number one job,...

Administration didnt do. all right? they signed a flimsy piece of paper and were hoping to submit a document that congress would also have a say in, that would give currency and strength and elongation to the process so that when administrations do change as they inevitable briy six and a half years from now, that chairman kim will have comfort that american policy will continue to down the same past that -- on the course that we hope were able to set in singapore. >> well take one last question...

Capable of articulating the things he is prepared to do, present clearly the challenges that we all have to overcome. its why the two leaders are meeting. it is the opportunity to lay those out clearly between the two leaders so that we can see if we can find a path forward. together. that achieve it is outcomes that both countries want. and your second question? >> who has the upper hand? >> yeah. i -- we dont think about it in terms of who has the upper hand. we know this is a long intractable...

Assurance and political normalization, and denuclearization, completely, verify bring and irreversibly for that to take place weve got to make bold decisions and i am hopeful that chairman kim jong-un is prepared to make that decision for his country. a big shift in the strategic understanding of his security. >> are you -- >> thank you. so you said that you were -- the presidents prepared to talk about security guarantees for north korea. we have seen in this administration that you can -- that...

Involved in the particulars when it comes to the substance of these negotiations. his administrations has for months preparing for the summit behind the scenes. his comments serve as a reminder its a president that places more value on optics than substance. regardless of what preparations has team has made, if he doesnt believe hes winning, hes prone to quickly reversing course. i also think it reflects his attitude toward international relations in general. youve seen it with the iran nuclear ...

Senator warren, welcome to the program. senator gard youve been here before. as we look forward to the g-7 and the summit next tuesday in singapore, do you think president trump deserves some credit for getting kim jong-un to the table? >> well, i certainly think president trump deserves credit. hes done more than the past two administrations to put the level of pressure that we needed to make this moment happen, to get china engaged a. i remain cautiously optimistic. weve been down this road be...