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They can get an agreement that may take a second or third yea.? what does that involve? >> i think the president and his advisers are still hashing that out amongst themselves yet. theyre not going in and talking about north koreans in terms of what they want. i think that was clear from the presidents pull-back and disengagement from the north koreans. >> this is about, can we trust you. >> i think thats right. on a background briefing call last week shortly after the president sent the letter,...

That he is only focusing on north korea, i think it is kind of a little shocking to be honest. and, you know, one thing on the lying question, this is a president who accuses everybody else of lying 50 times a day. including the fake news media. and so i think that we ought to call it out when we see it. what we dont know is for example what he knows when he tweets sometimes. we dont know that he knew that there was a background briefing from his own staff when he called it fake news, you know. ...

Year. this is a 15-year process and thats according to a senior government advisor who is the most knowledgeable about these weapons. >> all right. lets switch gears here. i want to talk about this push to sort of bring the leakers out in the white house. president trump dialing up his hunt for the leakers inside the white house. whats behind the presidents push on finding what hes calling traitors? >> he probably should look in the mirror first because he has leaked the most in the white house....

Ivanka trump abruptly leaving a background briefing this hour after the q & a session turned to her trade mark controversy. the "new york times" reports china awarded seven new trademarks to her company this month. the associated press reporting the company has received final approval on 13 trademarks in the past three months. and that they have received provisional approval for eight more trademarks. ivanka trump steps down from the company when she joined her fathers administration but still m...

Notifications off my phone and on the weekends i just tend to try not to look at anything that might be online or on social media so i miss some of the flare-ups that happen and have to get filled in when i come in to work on monday. fill me in on what happened over the weekend with the "new york times" and the president saying that they were lying when, in fact, the president was lying? >> well, this is a case of the president working against his own presidency. the "new york times" reported on...

For more than 20 years. it is what i do. when you do a background briefing and reporters agree to that, there is absolutely an explicit agreement that you are not to put any name on the table because it is on background. that is what background briefings mean. >> let her finish. >> when you go back on your word, that means that journalism sengs is in a bad place. now we are in a bad place with journalism because of this president, because this president has a governing philosophy of lying every ...

Controversy is kind of exploding this morning. presidential tweet saying the failing "new york times" quotes a senior white house official who doesnt exist saying even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on june 12 would be impossible. wrong again. audio was leaked to at journalist showing the person her who trump said didnt exist is a senior white house official conducting a background briefing. but i think its a fair question. what about the president saying the person doesnt exist. and...

Substantially, and even some democrats now question the legitimacy of it. >> to impeach or not impeach. id like to welcome my panel to talk more about this. white house correspondent for reuters jeff mason. associate editor and columnist for real clear politics amy today art. former deputy secretary of defense msnbc analyst evelyn. and former congresswoman of maryland, donna edwards. thank you for coming in on this memorial day weekend which has not -- the pace is not what were used to in the tr...

Claim was one of two demonstrable falsehoods he made that morning when his own aide gave those comments in a background briefing. lets bring in john callaway and conservative columnist, kristen tate. good morning. ladies first. this "new york times" article says its not clear whether the president was simply unaware of the actions of his own staff of ignores the truth. >> it seems clear and trump was unware, but this highlights a major problem in this white house. trump supporters love his uncon...

Not phony sources. heres whats so troubling. the president of the united states did not even know that the white house held an off-the-record background briefing with a member of his administration who gave that information to reporters and the "new york times" and other media outlets based on that so the president seems hes unaware of what other members of his administration are officially doing in an official capacity. >> well, and thats one. issues with him tweeting at all. is he getting the ...