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Department needs to give congress the documents its been requesting and they need to do so immediately. >> jon: how does the f.b.i., which is a branch of the administration under the justice department, how do they get away with stonewalling on an investigation like this? >> this happens all the time in republican and democratic administrations where agencies and parts of the government stone wall and do not give documents that the congress requests. listen, congress has subpoena power and congr...

Lead to a mistake, which might be the most likely occurrence for a clash between north korea and the united states. a mistake! and so, the so-called madman theory, that countries should fear president trump, that hes unpredictable, it doesnt make any sense at all, and if youre talking about nuclear weapons, this is not what eisenhower and ronald reagan did. they were absolutely clear. so i think thats where the president needs to go. his rhetoric has been very dangerous, and i think its been irr...

Willing to sit down and try to negotiate a resolution. >> neil: but weve been squeezing them for decades. >> its not going to happen -- >> neil: under several administrations, right? >> look, neil, its not going to happen with talk. and words. thats not going to make it happen. north korean leader is not going to be moved by the presidents words. and the president isnt going to be moved by the north koreans words. they can say whatever the hell they want. the reality is, can the united states bu...

Beyond questioning. these are people that i s. i support general kelly and the presidents agenda. but theyre all due to be questions by the press and the citizens. i dont think we should be going down this road of saying this person is beyond questioning because of their resume. thats dangerous. i would also say this. most presidents and white houses are loathe to admit mistakes. this is not a condition that is new. the obama white house didnt apologize about obamacare. the bush 43 white house, ...

When they lose their lives, it ought to be on those families who basically suffer probably the most terrible sacrifice that anymore family can suffer. thats what we ought to be focusing on. as to how condolences are delivered or who said what, i frankly think that both sides ought to put this issue aside and focus on the important thing, which is how do we prevent the kind of wars that are going to take the lives of more americans in the future. >> neil: north korea, many critics including repub...

The obama white house didnt apologize about obamacare. the bush 43 white house, famously couldnt remember anything. he had done wrong in the one presidential debate. the clintons, of course, did not want to admit any mistakes or they lied to the american people. this is not a new condition. sometimes we treat it likes it is, but its a condition that playground the last several administrations and we should strive to get you have to it. >> i agree with everything you just said. its playground thi...

Democrats, should be worried about. >> when people hear about the uranium story, when its applied to past administrations, to democrats, and this was todays headline on the uranium story. can you give us the brief version? >> the word isnt uranium, its russia, its an effort by republicans and people who dont want the focus to be on the connection between the trump campaign and the russian federation, the meetings between don jr. and jared kushner and paul manafort and represents of the russian g...

Overseas. supporting our military with training and funding is one way to do that. making sure administrations, past and present, have the tools they need in order to do their job. and if changing a piece of paper that says terrorist groups in general all around the world, yes, can this debate happen? and these debates are ongoing. this is something that has been debated for the 2 1/2 years that ive been in congress. >> but whats the holdup? why not just authorize that? >> because, again, in my ...

Office, weve seen a lot of different things. going back to what ana said, charlottesville was a watershed moment for this president. this was a major moment. one of the marks for this president and how he handled it, it turned a lot of people off. i mean ive been talking to a lot of republicans, people who used to be in administrations in washington, and they are saying, you know, we have to do something about this. something is wrong. so its not just about the senators. and -- but im thinking a...

Lawyers would have been apoplectic about having that kind of interaction between the president and the attorney general. >> what about these recent reports that the president has apparently been meeting with potential nominees for u.s. attorney positions? you were a u.s. attorney in d.c., the d.c. u.s. attorney is one of the people who president obama -- president trump, excuse me, reportedly met with before he nominated her. >> unprecedented. the way it was done in the obama administration and ...