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Desmond, that he succeeded in that goal in getting these men access to the president? >> elliott brudy had two meetings with president trump. one right in the oval office. and he carried important political messages straight from, from the crown princes, as far as we can tell. at least if you can believe his summaries of the meetings. >> mike barnicle? >> desmond. in the course of your reporting, did you get the sense that the uae and other countries in the middle east felt that they had a more ...

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Administrations going back to nixon. he has connections to the intelligence community. and he was -- hes an american, but he was a professor teaching classes at cambridge university in london. and what ive confirmed is that he had encounters with three trump campaign aides, george p papadopoulos. and i think we have some sound of him today talking about this issue. lets take a listen. >> a lot of people are saying they had spies in my campaign. if they had spies in my campaign, that would be a d...

Buffoonery of trump. he set up a win-win for himself. he put this in motion. even if it falls off the tracks, he can still say i opened the dialogue. i was willing to go there. obviously if theres a summit, he wins. if theres no summit, he wins. if im him, i go, look, obama was asleep at the wheel. were engaged and this is the beginning of a process. even in his buffoonery hes able to spin it out as a potential win. >> i dont know about the buffoonery theory. i dont think its an obvious win-win....

And so looking forward at his career, i imagine hell probably spend some time out of the limelight and really not trying to get into the media to defend himself. hes someone who professor at cambridge, worked in past administrations and he has ties to these intelligence communities. so its a very sensitive situation. >> ken dilanian, quickly -- im sorry, go ahead, jump in. >> i was going to say, the issue, kasie, is not so much what he did talking to these people. because thats not going to put ...

Purposes, the fbi and the justice department have worked very hard to establish operational independence from the president. after president richard nixon was caught trying to use the fbi for political purposes and forced to resign the presidency, all subsequent presidents were careful to never appear to be trying to influence the work of the fbi or the justice department. when special prosecutors were appointed to investigate presidents or their administrations, which was traditional for the pr...

Media, they didnt even cover the hostage release. our reporters were up all night long. but were also going to cover this summit. i want to share this piece with mike pence. he was discussing the president reconsidering whether or not the su summit is going to take place. >> i dont think president trump is thinking about public relations. hes thinking about peace. hes thinking about how we achieve what has alluded american administrations. truthfully, the trump administration, even the bush admi...

Predictability. and they could always predict with past administration, not just obama, but past administrations beyond that, that we would do nothing to not much. everybody has said chinas a problem, we need to pushback. >> some people say its so crazy it just might work, except of course when its just plain crazy. >> sure. >> were going to leave it there. we are keeping an eye on two hearings about to start on capitol hill. on the left, treasury secretary steve mnuchin about to testify on the ...

How much confidence and trust do you have -- in resolving this north korea issue -- >> i have great confidence in your president. i think that hes brought a different perspective to the talks with north korea. he wants to be able to make a deal. now, youve had some very hard-line administrations, and you have president moon, and youve had others before president moon who also had more or less this attitude. i think hes a very capable person. i think hes an extremely competent man. i think hes a ...

No doubt about our seriousness. thanks to our colleagues at the department of treasury sanctions are going back into effect and new ones are coming. this is just the beginning. this sting of sanctions will be painful if the regime does not change its course. these will indeed end up being the strongest sanctions in history. after our sanctions come in force it will be battling to keep its economy alive. >> okay. so iranian president has responded saying quote, the world today does not accept tha...