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training status of their personnel or command and control, there is a whole plethora of kinds of information pertaining to a nuclear offense or defense that could be revealed or information could be inferred by exposure of these documents. >> this is obviously very valuable top secret information. but what is the value of this top secret information to another country? because, you know, only a certain number of countries have nuclear capabilities. >> well, thats right. it is a fairly ...

and, or, importantly, the obverse of that is that it could also indicate what we do not know about a foreign nation. which could give them some form of reassurance, particularly if its an adversary. so, nuclear capabilities, number of weapons, how many are on alert, maintenance status, training status of their personnel or command and control, there is a whole plethora of kinds of information pertaining to a nuclear offense or defense that could be revealed or information could be infe...

Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Or distorted what happened in the election campaign. But what is Donald Trumps core point that he wants to say even more than no collusion, no collusion, no collusion . It didnt change a vote. So this is a problem. So if they had stepped up their game in 2016 and the Obama Administration was asleep at the switch, maybe they did change some votes. Trump i...

It changes the ball game so much as we will have a rain delay for a couple of innings. >> well, i mean, partially he agrees with what jon said, a rain delay in for a couple of innings. but he does not think she got it right. what is your reaction to these comments and what is at stake here? >> well, i certainly agree with both jon and bill barr that this is a delay, this is a holdout, this is not going to determine any outcomes of the case. in terms of whether the judge got it right or wrong, le...

>> well, i certainly agree with both jon and bill barr that this is a delay, this is a holdout, this is not going to determine any outcomes of the case. in terms of whether the judge got it right or wrong, let me just say this, be wary of any blanket assertions that the judge was absolutely right or absolutely wrong on executive privilege. because the fact of the matter is, we have very little case law to executive privilege. and you will hear people from time to time make assertions like a form...

In many ways youre counting for the very first time. the term recount can be a misnomer here because in some of these areas you have the overseas ballots coming in. you have undercounting of blaults because of mismatched signatures. i think a lot of this comes in large respect from these blanket assertions, these bald assertions with no facts behind them. in fact the florida police have found no evidence of fraud. the state elections commissions have no evidence of fraud. judges have said -- loo...

By law. its automatically triggered when the margin falls below 0.5 percentage points. the president, even the governor, they both seem hellbent on ignoring that. >> they do, which is odd given the fact that those laws and the idea of being an automatic trigger came in large part after the 2000 bush v. gore fiasco. so this was a rehabilitative measure that florida tried to undertake to ensure you never had it repeat again. now, of course, it didnt work out. we do have recounts. but in many ways ...

Builds it up. i said, i think this guy may have more than that. we were surprised every time. she was not as close to him as i was. >> so, hes trying to knock back the claims, but did he open up new questions about who knew what when? >> yes. you have the battle of the blanket assertions here and it sounds like theyre battling who gets what side is the best friend heartbroken necklace chain you get in sixth grade. who was closer, who was around him. and all that leads me to believe and ask the q...

Practice of putting out the weakest ones first, that he builts it up and bills it up and builds it up. we were surprised every time he disa disclosure. she was not as close to him as i was. >> did he open up a bunch of new questions? >> yes. you the battle of the blanket assertions. all of it leads me to believe and ask the question, are you the presidents attorney or youre going to honor attorney/client privilege or are you a witness which means mueller would have to ask you questions between w...

Answer about what jared kushner did or this answer here in the run- run-up, at that point does this then -- does it make it that much harder for the presidents team to fight this subpoena? >> it makes it harder, but in these situations, in these executive privilege claims and counterclaims, there are no blanket assertions. the president cant make a blanket assertion, and mueller cant say -- cant make a blanket assertion and say we demand -- we need all of this just because were running a crimina...