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Threat to the united states referring to kim jong-un, he may be crazy, very strategic, still unclear but this official says he cant have a nuclear capability, we got to do something, now what is that something? one of the options is working with china which has a great deal of leverage over north korea to see if they can do something, this official says the chinese do have power over north korea, and oalso confirme that kung jung w-- kim jong-un responsible for the death of his half brother kim ...

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Spent a little time at cpac talking to a raucous crowd come he told them the fake news media are trying to discourage the american people called them cunning and dishonest. he referred to one media outlet as the clinton news network. ill leave that up to you to figure out who that is. its picking up the media, there was a great deal of consternation in washington over the white houses decision to conduct an off-camera background briefing for some but not all of the news media, notably left off t...

Confidential source without naming him or her. we will name carl bernstein and chief preliminary analyst gloria borger, and mag by haggerman and also jack kingston. maggie, i noticed you tweeted out a quote of one of steve bannons book, and the quote is the whole secret lies in deceiving the enemy so they cant not fathom their intent. do you think thats a factor of president trumps attacks on the media? >> you know as well as i do, that he does not react well as negative stories, or stories he p...

That understands how important having enemies is. and if its not the media, its going to be some other group. expect to hear this a lot. >> if i were doing fake news, i would have been fired a long time ago. >> theyre the enemy of the people. >> it is an effort to divide and conquer, to divide the press from the people and to divide the press among themself. i dont think in the long run, i dont think honestly in the short run its going to work. >> they shouldnt be allowed to use sources unless t...

Background knock down the "new york times" story. of course, the fbi did not want to do that because theres an ongoing investigation into these russian contacts. >> not to mention there was a background briefing today as well around the same time that the president was coming out and saying, you know -- you know there were official senior officials. its about our story that we reported yesterday, and they asked not to be named. its sort of curious that is a sticking point. >> the problem here is...

Welcome back, youre watching cnn im brooke baldwin. president trump is once again slamming the intelligence community but this time focussing in on the fbi, it comes after cnn first reported that the fbi rejected a request to publicly refute media reports about campaign ties to russia. part of the team that broke this exclusive story wide open, so pamela, what have you learned? >> reporter: we have learned a few things here, brooke, and the irony of the president going after the fbi for leaks to...

Because what you get on the record is white washed so often. >> the president send dont report unless you mention the name of the individual who said that to you. he said that minutes after the 45-minute background briefing at the white house and reporters were told you cant mention the names of the individuals telling you this. >> of course, that is the pla to nick relationship of the reporter and to not say who is giving us this information. this is for the most important stories that is happe...