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Malino, former ceo of malino health care and ben ferguson, cnn commentator. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> ben, let me start with you. the president tweeted this morning he knows rand paul, thinks he may find a way to get there for the good of the party. rand paul was the first no on this bill because he couldnt vote for something he says that kept in his words 90% of the taxes from obamacare. the president says rand paul can get to a yes, is that a misunderstanding of the bill...

In this situation. the process gave opponents a hook. it gave john mccain a hook. and it eventually sunk this thing. >> you know, one of the things that was so interesting, so john mccain, he flies back from chemotherapy to washington, d.c. to cast a series of procedural votes that culminate in this unbelievably dramatic thumbs-down moment. and in that he gives a speech basically saying, this process was ridiculous, this is not the way we should do business. and then what happens is they go and ...

Strengthen his base. >> so whats expected to be the next step now in mr. trumps game of brinkmanship with north korea and of course with the iran nuclear deal? >> theres a deadline coming up in the next few weeks where president trump can decide whether to certify that iran is complying with the iran nuclear deal. he could decide to not certify that, and that would instantly add to tremendous tensions with iran. most european countries dont want him to do that. so thats the next clear state. and...

Jong-un rocket man into his remarks yesterday morning and that he coined the term himself. >> joining us live from beijing on how all of this plays out, correspondent janet matthews. tell us how the remarks may have been perceived in seoul, south korea, and across the region? >> reporter: well in this part of the world, people are trying to figure out if it was a threat, a message or a bluff, this vow to totally destroy north korea so far has been downplayed in south korea, half ignored here in ...

On the senate floor next week. we need to hear that from the majority leader. mcconnell doesnt want to embarrass snat senate republicans again by bringing another bill, it would replace a lot of people say its not repeal to the floor if theyre going to lose again. if lindsey graham is saying they are prepared to bring the bill to the floor, does that mean they have 50. >> they dont. >> is that a bluff? >> i think theyre trying to get momentum. its the same movie we saw several times over the pas...

Weekend is definitely something thats extremely concerning given the difference between its roughly the same distance between guam, so we do need to respond. i think its telling today that china and russia are going to not show up to un reform meeting thats going on. i think that we do need international partners if we are going to move forward on anything on north korea, as general mcmaster said this weekend, the military option is still on the table. im not sure if tweets are the best necessar...

Tested perhaps its most powerful nuclear device ever. so if thats deterrence, what does nondeterrence look like? >> this is kind of a brinksm brinksmanship situation. they made a deal with bill clinton on the nuclear front but they did not have to dismantle their nuclear capability. the same with barack obama, tremendous compensation but no dismantlement. then they watched the iran nuclear deal. in that case there was incredible compensation given. so north korea is hoping to somehow bluff their...

>> i think the standard diplomatic maneuvering you see. a diplomatic option talks and negotiations have no compelling case made for them unless a threat of something else if that doesnt yield something. i think part of this is posturing on the part of h.r. mcmaster and nikki haley and the president saying if you dont come to the table for serious talks, if we cant negotiate on this then a price to be paid and its going to be paid sooner rather than later. the problem is the president has been ve...

Obviously has a project. steve bannon has a project to remake the republican party in trumps image in a more economically populist nationalist kind of way. immigration was always kind of key to that. what happens here? i think were in unchartered territory. this is the first time people have been burning their maga hats on twitter. whether that translates into something, we dont really know. yes, this calls the bluff of -- i mean, paul ryan actually was critical of the president when he suspende...

They didnt invite themselves to the oval office. the president of the united states invited them. donald j. trump fired a tornado into the hull of the g.o.p. to say guys, wake up. im serious about what i want to do. brian: -only worry about this is leadership on the left has only been on the left. can you possibly tell me an example of what nancy pelosi and chuck schumer have met people on the right halfway? so the presidents is calling their bluff. steve: right has met with the left. brian: tha...