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Elections and reportedly spent none of it . But first, we could start tonight with hope hicks departure a day after acknowledging he sometimes tells white lies for the president or Jared Kushner losing top secret access. We could start with new lines of questioning from bob mueller or the freezing out of Jeff Sessions. We could talk about that remarkable guns meeting with the president s seemingly making democrats points for them. Or we can talk about the uncertain future of h. R. Mcmaster. Here...

Sees it on the news. >> he does hear it and hears it from other world leaders, too. remember around new years day when kim jong-un said i have a big nuclear button on my desk. trump saw that. he saw the video of it. he read what was said. i think within a day he was tweeting my button is even bigger than yours. trump is very aware of what the leaders are saying publicly. he sees the commentary on television and he reacts or at least thinks impulsively in real time to what theyre saying. >> there...

That information could have come from lawyers and other people who have been interviewed by mueller. i wanted to put that out there. >> and michael schmidt is a skill of reporter, put that out there as well. peter, youre at the white house, whats the mood like lately or like today? >> its every day. you know, they thought they were getting off to a nice slow start to the new year. its opened with a bang instead. they thought they would have more time to prepare for this book as were about to tal...

Tuesday morning he had a really good tweet talking about how sanctions are hurting, sort of rallying the international community to pressure north korea. then tuesday evening you have that juvenile tweet where it undos -- undoes all the good work because essentially were not talking about the sanctions is, were not talking about the campaign to really put north korea in its place, what were talking about, of course, is button size. and so thats really been stepping on his own message. >> reminde...

Address, there were a number of hints that way. and that sanctions pose an existential threat to the north korean state. so were getting to them. indeed, president trump had two tweets on tuesday. tuesday morning he had a really good tweet talking about how sanctions are hurting, sort of rallying the international community to pressure north korea. then tuesday evening you have that juvenile tweet where it undos -- undoes all the good work because essentially were not talking about the sanctions...

Sanctions pose ann existential threat. then, of course, tuesday evening you have that juvenile tweet where it undos -- undoes all of the good work. because essentially were not talking about the sanctions. were not talking about the campaign to really put north korea in its place. what were talking about, of course, is button size. so, thats really been stepping on his own message. >> reminded me a lot of the detroit debate in the campaign when donald trump was talking about the size or bragging...

This week when donald trump himself ended up tweeting about his big button, his big nuclear button that was bigger than kim jong-uns. were going to get to that later as well. michael crowley, kimberly atkins, peter baker, thank you so much. coming up, a threat to cease and desist. publishes of fire and fury, will start selling the book early, what the president and the books author had to say. and steve cor knanacki is ae board. the 11th hour just getting started on a thursday night. i see...

Of this week when donald trump himself ended up tweeting about his big button, his big nuclear button that was bigger than kim jong-uns. were going to get to that in a little while. guys, thank you so much. and coming up amid a threat to cease and desist, the publishers of fire and fury will start selling the book early. what the president and the books author had to say today. and later, steve kornacki is at the big board whether steve bannons prospects have dimmed as king maker in 2018. th...

Whatever they end up finding, and not be a protector just of the republican agenda? >> no, i think hell put the country first. thats what hell do. and i think he will protect mueller. i think he will probably be one who will say that we need to see what the results of the investigation are. he will probably be a strong voice of support for the congressional investigations as well. and then well see where things go. but i think thats what his approach will be. theres a process. theres a special c...

Korea is the bad guy. theyre the ones who are violating the nuclear protocols and they need to denuclearize the korean peninsula. we all agree to that. but we need a pursued diplomacy. seems to me at times, including today, the president elevates the tension where i dont agree that was necessary. >> senator cardin, what do you think might happen next? before this, the president was trading jabs with the north korean leader, tweeting about his big nuclear button. and in this letter that he wrote ...