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-- the budget. i got a briefing yesterday from somebody in our intelligence service. thats talking about how were no longer putting china at the top of our list anymore for spying. >> really? >> now, why wouldnt we do that? why isnt china at the top of our list? >> they should be. they learned it. always hacking into our computers. >> same reason why during the bush administration when we were running these deficits i was talking about, bush stopped with the deficits, why arent we complaining ab...

Dont need to be told whether the economy is good or not, they feel whether the economy is good or not. my question is, why arent we hearing the feedback from america in polling and in general, hey, the economy is great? the administration keeps telling us its great. why hasnt that feeling permeated down? >> im not connecting with you on that because if you look at consumer confidence, its over 80%. leland: fair point. >> business confidence, highest levels. if you look at manufacturing confidenc...

And if its negotiated properly, it will be a win-win situation for kim jong un but for the united states also and the rest of the world. so this is historic. >> harris: before i let you go, real short answer. does this overlegitimizef you will kim jong un? because thats been some of the criticism. youre going to legitimize a guy who is a dictator. >> no, i dont think it does. i dont think it overlegitimi it. but it brings him into the forefront that we are see serious about this and look forward...

Yesterday was a long list of surprises. your colleague bob menendez, this came on thursday and he said this. >> the art of diplomacy is a lot of harder than art of the deal. its pretty amazing that the administration might be shocked that north korea is acting as north korea might very well normally act. bill: sometimes i think that sounds like you would describe it, is he right about that? >> well, i think the quote is not all that surprising that you suggest that somehow the president isnt rea...

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Rigged investigation. >> yeah, but did he express level of optimism with you, is he too eager to make this summit happen? >> well, no. somebody too eager wouldnt have turned it down. hes playing this like ronald reagan played and his achievement will be as great or greater. when its all finish, but lets hope. it might take six months. >> youre right about that. theyll be stops and starts along the way and we should be certainly aware of that. the summit needs to be decided before the mueller mat...

A glimmer of hope as both the president and defense secretary jim mattis seemed to signal optimism that talks could happen after all following statements from pyongyang. all that just ahead of saturdays report that the leaders from north and south met that pyongyangs commitment of the meeting and full denuclearization remains resalute. >> i think people want to see if we can get the meeting and get done something. if we got that done and if we can be successful in the denuclearization of the kor...

Rigged investigation. >> yeah, but did he express level of optimism with you, is he too eager to make this summit happen? >> well, no. somebody too eager wouldnt have turned it down. hes playing this like ronald reagan played and his achievement will be as great or greater. when its all finish, but lets hope. it might take six months. >> youre right about that. theyll be stops and starts along the way and we should be certainly aware of that. the summit needs to be decided before the mueller mat...

A glimmer of hope as both the president and defense secretary jim mattis seemed to signal optimism that talks could happen after all following statements from pyongyang. all that just ahead of saturdays report that the leaders from north and south met that pyongyangs commitment of the meeting and full denuclearization remains resalute. >> i think people want to see if we can get the meeting and get done something. if we got that done and if we can be successful in the denuclearization of the kor...

Rigged investigation. >> yeah, but did he express level of optimism with you, is he too eager to make this summit happen? >> well, no. somebody too eager wouldnt have turned it down. hes playing this like ronald reagan played and his achievement will be as great or greater. when its all finish, but lets hope. it might take six months. >> youre right about that. theyll be stops and starts along the way and we should be certainly aware of that. the summit needs to be decided before the mueller mat...