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U.s. in terms of leverage in the u.n. and with its international partners to kind of wield the budgetary stick? this is i think kind of a very counterproductive move on the part of the trump administration. and weve seen it in other republican administrations as well. we helped created united nations. the united nations has extended the ability of the united states diplomatically all over the world. the united nations has been able to put peacekeeping forces into places of conflict so that we di...

Donations mccabes wife received. the deputy director under robert mueller for six years says its disappointing to see how the criticism of the fbi is being used to try to undermine the credibility of the mueller investigation. i think they figured out they cant undermine bobs integrity so theyll go after whoever they can get dirt on. there was an reaction to the attacks on fbi leaders. one side ive served in both republican and democracy administrations and have seen some unusual things but th...

They have the ear of kim jong-un. they have influence there. they have sway there. if they do follow through in this and if this is in any way, shape, or form real, they could perhaps play a construction tuf ro -- constructive role. at least they believe they could. they say this depends on the u.s. and north korea, whether or not they want to do this. to a certain extent, this is taking a swipe at the u.s. but also they really dont have any interest in all the spiraling out of control and the r...

Of the longest range missiles in recent weeks, looking for more weapons testing efforts in 2018 and it does appear were headed into 2018 the very same way 2017 unfolded. north korea being one of the most significant national security challenges for any u.s. president. okay. thank you. u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley touting the roll the u.s. played in a budget cut. cutting $285 million for next year out of a budget of over $5 billion in another $8 billion spent on peace keepi...

This before we move on. in this "washington post" article hitting on russian interference and the lack of action taken by previous administrations and the current administration, theres a quote here from a senior trump administration official that told "the posts" if it changes one electoral vote you tell me the russians didnt tell hillary clinton not to campaign in wisconsin, and tell me how many russians changed the vote in michigan, and the president is right. and downplaying the russian inte...

White house does not issue guidance specifically addressing the daily schedules of cabinet agency heads." they added "the white house expects federal agencies to comply with foia requests." foia of course being the freedom of information act. walk us through the nuts and bolts of your reporting here and is this activity more unusual, less unusual than what weve seen in previous administrations? >> right, and so we were having a newsroom meeting when this came up, and i typically cover epa admini...

Wanted. the idea is to divide everybody up based on whatever issue or policy position so they dont act. thats the goal. dont act and we can move forward. if you look at what the russians have done since the election, its to take their foreign policy objectives. >> how does this happen? how do we not see this coming? its been discussed not just over the obama and trump administrations but going back many administrations in some form or another. obviously the rise of social media has changed thing...

What goes up must come down. what happens if theres an inevitable drop to come? will the president take credit then? is he taking the risk of what could follow? >> the drop isnt inevitable. it could go up more before it comes down. but, yes, one of the bigr risk s its going up, but it can drop quickly. he will say, well, its the people in congress, or hell blame it on hillary somehow. >> right. as we wrap up, when you look at the jobs and the rate of jobs, 1.7 million jobs created since trump to...

Their agency heads after the fact. >> why would they do that? >> well, a lot of the government oversight groups want to know that. they say if you dont have anything to hide, why arent you providing this information? epa and the education department have said we have security concerns, thats one of the reasons we cant necessarily say where our agency head is going to be and also our schedule can change on a day-to-day basis, but in many case this is is in breaking with tradition at these agencie...

Investigating whether baker communicated with the reporter who broke the trump dossier story. in fact the reporter denied baker was his source. the president photoed bakers reassignment in a tweet on saturday afternoon adding, wow, and tweeted mccabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefit, 90 days to go, question mark. along with donations his wife received. john pistole said -- . >> exhigh ranking national security officials reacted. former acting cia director shared trumps tweet writi...