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Blue. we love them. in my administration we have a simple policy. we will protect those who protect us. you saw what i did with the military equipment, the excess equipment that was sitting all over the country in warehouses never to be used again. and other administrations, they just didnt want to give it to the police. they said its too much protection, it looks too strong, it looks like military. guess what? its now being distributed all over to our police forces. and its better than they cou...

And are not being murdered for their work so im of course where the committee to protect journalists we dont rank countries and the way that some groups mean work very closely with reporters about borders and nationally but on the first ever global press freedom mission to the united states this year and what we found are that media are under pressure journalists are under pressure but many of the reasons that theyre under pressure started under previous administrations the rise in the use of pe...

Almost too many. i think, this is almost too good to be true. >> were in new territory. weve never really seen negotiations from kim jong-un in any real manner before. yes, a lot of this is new. i would argue -- if i were with the administration, every time i talked about this potential meeting and the talks, i would start out by saying its a low percentage shot. we have to be pragmatic and realistic, but this is a good thing we should all celebrate. this may not work, but we have to take this c...

Can down the road, you start losing options on the decision tree, and it starts getting smaller. the calculation in his mind and also with the chinese, which is why theyve been willing to play ball, they realize were basically at the end of the options. so i think were at a very point -- any other administration out there, previous administrations, if they had gotten to this point with this issue of north korean peace talks, it would be a defining moment for that administration. obviously theres...

Level of deception here that is different in kind or degree of other administrations, other politicians? >> ive never seen anything like it. donald trump is still in the persona of a new york developer hustling money to build buildings. he tells lies, nobody checks on it. you can do that when youre building buildings in new york ci city. when youre in congress nands the white house every time you say something, people write stories and check to see if its true. he just doesnt get it. theres so m...

They are in the west wing. few people are closer to the president. measure that against what you just heard. >> yeah. this is why we dont put our family members in work roles that, you know, serve the president. he put them there, so if they dont behave in legal ways, if theyre not following and protecting the u.s. constitution and pursuing it to the best of their interests, if theyre committing crimes, then theyre vulnerable just like anybody else would be. so to hear rudy giuliani say, oh, you...

Am i crazy to think theres a level of deception here that is different in kind or degree of other administrations, other politicians? >> ive never seen anything like it. donald trump is still in the persona of a new york developer hustling money to build buildings. he tells lies, nobody checks on it. you can do that when youre building buildings in new york city. when youre in congress nands the white house every time you say something, people write stories and check to see if its true. he just ...

His staff his daughter and son-in-law. they are in the west wing. few people are closer to the president. measure that against what you just heard. >> yeah. this is why we dont put our family members in work roles that, you know, serve the president. they dont behave in legal ways, if theyre not following and protecting the u.s. constitution and pursuing it to the best of their interests, if theyre committing crimes, then theyre vulnerable just like anybody else would be. so to hear rudy giulia...

Interview, thats absolutely his right to decline to do it voluntarily, but he would have to comply with a grand jury subpoena if one were issued. >> then you have the subpoena fight. ned, finally on that, what do you think of this idea that ivanka is both a high level government employee but also just a daughter and rudy thinks they get to decide which days she is a daughter on? >> well, she is in fact both of those things, both of those things are facts, but when it comes to any sort of legal p...

Son-in-law. they talked about him. >> jared is a fine man. you know that. but men are, you know, disposable. but a fine woman like ivanka, come on. >> the president chose to put on his staff his daughter and son-in-law. they are in the west wing. few people are closer to the president. measure that against what you just heard. >> yeah. this is why we dont put our family members in work roles that, you know, serve the president. he put them there, so they dont behave in legal ways, if theyre not...