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Clearly going to the wall for this company. even though, yes, a lot of trumps policy maneuvers on the global stage are riding on china cooperating, there has to be a school of fact that said if you tweet about what youre going to hand out, you lose your bargaining position there. it adds more to the fuel of the flame what is he doing in a national security sense if he is giving this present now to china. are the negotiations done? if theyre not, it seems a big bargaining chip is off the table. >...

That trumps approach to north korea is not the only pebble on the beach. i mean, north korea has very recently achieved what it has always wanted to achieve with regards to its nuclear and ballistic missile program, and that has really strengthened its bargaining position and goes a long way to expand why they change their posture. its also the case -- >> laura: you are saying that north korea would have done this anyway with the hillary clinton? is that what youre arguing question works because...

The question some critics would say, stephanie, whether theyre raising expectations too high and putting the president in a bargaining position when he should not be sitting down to bargain with kim jong-un. that should be left to the professionals. >> well see, for now, brings these three home is good news. nbcs correspondent bill neilly in london. bill, whats your take? >> well, clearly, the president wants to be seen personally welcoming the men home at andrews. a personal triumph. clearly, t...

New and more lethal munitions to those that were fighting with in afghanistan to the taliban and so this may put troops at greater risk. i think that is a more likely course for iran to essentially lash out than something like provoking confrontation with israel. >> at the same time, president trump is clearly eager to strike a deal with north korea over its nuclear program. how do you think kim jong-un is interpreting todays announcement by the president? >> well, i would say in a couple of way...

Of north korea. well talk to an analyst that wrote the book on north korea. he said president trump may still be in a good bargaining position even if kim jong-un doesnt mean a word he says. an explanation next. give us the work no one else wants to do. we dont just go against the grain. we grow it. give us the frontiers. the places where success is measured in pushed limits. give us the middle of nowhere. where the only map is your buddies tread marks. this life? no ones born ready for it. ( �...

National security. what is your reaction to that? >> in terms of steel, military only uses 3% of steel output in this country so its not a threat to our military and many steel imports come from canada and mexico right next door. that argument sounds nice, but in terms of our military, sadly if we ever had a global war again, the things we use steel for like automobiles would quickly be turned to turning out military equipment. eboni: so lets not talk to those merits and those numbers. it seems ...

Issue a subpoena to you and as long as its a proper subpoena, which this one is, you cant just flat out reject it. but you can ask your lawyer to work with prosecutors perhaps to give you a little bit more time to come -- comply if youre being asked to go through a lot of documents. but having thrown down the gauntlet saying he wouldnt show up and it would be funny if he put him in jail, i think sam nunberg has not put himself in a good bargaining position with mueller in terms of getting any ty...

Like this? can you narrow your own scope and get a bigger deal when you have been commanded to show up on friday? >> you cant say no. the grand jury has the power to issue a subpoena to you and as long as its a proper subpoena, which this one is, you cant just flat out reject it. but you can ask your lawyer to work with prosecutors perhaps to give you a little bit more time to come p-- comply if youre being asked to go through a lot of documents. but having thrown down the gauntlet saying he wou...

Be as thrilled about his enthusiasm. >> i think thats right. as we understand the timeline, ty cob and his team is beginning the negotiation with mueller and his team to set the priarameter of this thing, will he testify under oath, oral, written, when, where. the president just sort of photo bombed, if you will, those negotiations by saying, im here, im ready to do it, have at me. except if my lawyers tell me otherwise. >> does it really -- what hes saying, though, does this really have a negat...

Need us. so our bargaining position is not as strong as we might think it is. >> right. by the way, there are other material disadvantages to having a lower dollar. some advantages. part of the reason why governments dont tend to talk down their currencies is because, yes, if youre an important currency, and in this world, there is no more important currency than the u.s. dollar, you have to maintain that leadership. there are a lot of countries and currencies and other peoples budgets and trade...