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Surely if the reason to stay his hand is that theyll be able to work out a deal. its pretty clear that wont happen. it will have some delay to subpoena him. there will be a legal battle, but thats going to happen whenever he does it. you know, i think not only do we need it for the probe, but we need it for the country. we need to know whats happened, we need to know where trump -- what trump asserts, and we may never find out without his being forced in some way to give answers. >> lets bring y...

To dictate the terms of someone who holds a greater bargaining position than you do. im showing the court of public opinion, and maybe the court of law that i am being reasonable. i am negotiating in good faith here to try to voluntarily sit down and avert even a compulsion of a subpoena discussion in the court of law, its mueller who is tieing my hands who is making it impossible for me to do what i know the american people and my leadership dictates that i do. but theyre playing this game of g...

Now hes supposedly gets credit for a hot crisis he created? >> dont get me wrong. no one in his right mind wants to go to war if it can be avoided. this means essentially what hes signalling were now prepared to live in an open ended way with a large and growing north korea juan capability to hammer not just the region but also to reach the united states. that is a significant policy issue. if youre mike pompeo going over there, this does not help your bargaining position. >> thats what bothers ...

Reporters disappear. theyre murdered, and the opposition doesnt make it. its not really a democracy except in form in russia. theres no independent media. its a cle its principle exports are armaments and oil. this is not a country with interests and values as close to the united states as, lets say, germany, france, united king dorckingdom or even mexico. so whats the crush on putin? thats the question and thats the context. thats what has americas allies so concerned. >> how important is it th...

This over the finish line. at the end of the day republicans are in power but should there be a divided government come post november, practiy speaking its only going to be more difficult for so type of policy item to get done. this is an embarrassment on the behalf of b parties. >> jonathan, as kef vib is noting here in. in the past both democrats and republicans not pushed for these sorts of separations consistently. that i have seen the fact it could be quite damaging to either one of the par...

Spending $2 billion. its amazing that the president is saying its all about finances here. the math doesnt add up. secretary of state mike pompeo, hes meeting with chinese president xi jinping. tell us about that because xi jinping must be thrilled about this. >> it was the chinese that floated this idea of -- >> last summer. >> right. it was the idea if you have the u.s. military and south korea stop doing these military exercises, you might have the space for negotiations. in a way because of ...

Korea doesnt really seem to have committed to anything beyond probably what their opening bargaining position was here. >> but thats president trumps jam. whether youre talking health care or tax reform, he always says im the guy who closes the deal and my boys work out the details. so i want to share what he specifically said about what wasnt in the agreement, because he leaves that to pompeo. >> kim jong-un for a complete verifiable irreversible denuclearization and can you say why you didnt s...

Denuclearizing the entire korean peninsula, which has been north koreas bargaining position. he was asked whether that means the united states is now prepared to withdraw troops, in fact to not fly the b52s and other bombers and submarines that are nuclear capable in the region. and he said hes not going to specific about troop withdrawals or moving any of these assets. hes just saying that they are prepared to offer north korea new security guarantees, unlike any that theyve ever had if they gi...

Didnt interview hillary clinton before writing the exoneration letter is when you have an investigation by time you get to the interview you know all the facts. you you just try to lay a perjury trap. thats what theyre trying to do. >> bill: rudy giuliani said well challenge the subpoena and take it to the supreme court and is he right about that? >> they have very strong legal arguments. a combination of legal arguments. the perjury trap, executive privilege, beyond the scope of the investigati...

Jong-un met xi jinping for the second straight time in china and also you have the chinese trade negotiators in washington right now. i think that xi jinping is saying to president trump, look, every solution to north korea runs through beijing. youve got to give me concessions or trade or something else and then ill help you on north korea. and what kim jong-un has just done is hes helped xi jinping in the bargaining position. so there is a lot of stuff going on. we know that the north koreans ...