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Particular allegations but i will tell you hes one of the finest people that i have met. i know there is an experience problem because lack of experience. i would evidently say hes a fine man. i will always stand behind her. i would let it be his choice. >> bret: as of tonight, the white house saying they are standing behind him and he is going to continue forward with the nomination. >> interesting hearing the president talk that way because it seemed like he was giving him a way out. you dont ...

It is these coercive measures weve placed on north korea. we have a lot of things we can still do to push kim around and one of them is to go after his big power sponsors, russia and china. we havent really begun to do that yet. so there is a lot of tools in the tool box, as they say so we can get a good solution not only for the united states but also for the international community. >> sandra: sarah sanders talking about how we are going to in this administration is going to learn from the mis...

Years. but theyve never been in this position. >> reporter: a reporter asked basically how the president could compliment a dictator who starves and murders his own people, prisons americans. the president just responded that he hopes the u.s. and north korea can deal in an open and honorable process and wants to fix the problem that previous administrations failed to do, dana. >> dana: all right. i imagine he was very clear eyed about kim jong-un as a person. thank you, rich edson. joining me n...

Been very open. i think very honorable from everything were seeing. now, a lot of promises have been made by north korea over the years. but theyve never been in this position. we have been very, very tough on maximum pressure. we have been very tough on trade. weve been very, very tough at the border. sanctions have been the toughest weve ever imposed on any country. and we think it will be a great thing for north korea. it will be a great thing for the world. well see where it all goes. maybe ...

Named to the post in the first place. he had no business being named to this post much less not being vetted by the white house beforehand. he has no management experience. its like saying that youre going to have your barber run the defense department. >> lets be very clear. these are allegations, and hes gotten glowing approvals and reports from past administrations. >> right. what was so stunning today, i think, is the president essentially giving him an off ramp on live television basically ...

Seek a future of peace, harmony and security for the whole korean peninsula and in fact for the whole world. however, in pursuit of peace, we will not repeat the mistakes of past administrations. the campaign of maximum pressure will continue. france and the united states also agree that iran cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. and that regime must end its support of terrorism. all over no matter where you go in the middle east, you see the fingerprints of iran behind problems. i also...

Any wiggle room on denuclearization. >> were not going to make mistakes from previous administrations, and were not going to take the north koreans at their word, like i said before, and weve said many times before, the maximum pressure campaign is going to continue until we see concrete actions taken by -- were not naive in this process, weve seen some steps in the right direction. but we have a long way to go. we also have seen a major complaining in what has taken place in the past, by having...

Were back on the road. back, in this case, to school. this was daniels old elementary school in the nearby town of saint-pierre-de-chandieu. [ bell rings ] im automatically taken back to memories of my own school days. the smell of caustic pine cleaner, chalkboards, and fear. the cruel administrations of tiny-eyed lunch ladies slopping can-loads of prison chow into steam tables. chipped beef, tuna noodle surprise, and powdered mashed potatoes that haunt my sense memory still. >> daniel: pumpkin ...

Now you would like for me to lay out the optimal terms of the negotiation, but i think that would be inappropriate since im not the president. that said, i think any effort to incrementally improve the terms for -- from the perspective of the united states is a positive thing and thats where what the president has been doing. hes trying to keep jim cong un off balance -- kim jong-un off balance with respect to the negotiations and his counterpart, as someone who has been in negotiations before, ...

Mueller, period. >> i know, but that is different than saying and we never would because thats not what this is about. do you understand the distinction. >> theres no way i can sit here and predict what the future holds. >> i believe you. i believe you. im just saying in another administration you might well be sitting there saying, look, the guys going to do what hes going to do and -- >> lets talk about other administrations. other administrations have expressed similar frustrations with speci...