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Any time this week? >> its really hard to say. a lot of communications have been surrounding this issue about firing director comey. as far as any of the major items on the agenda that hes trying to carry out, you know, sort of further his health care bill, you know, the tax plan, things like that, everything is sort of -- theyre still rolling, but there isnt a lot of attention because so much energy and effort is going into this whole issue of director comey being abruptly fired and the russia ...

The word tapes, when you indicate recordings of private conversations, it gets your attention. is this sustainable? and how does this end? >> well, i personally dont believe there are tapes. i could be wrong. but i think that what will happen is pretty soon the conservative media, after its clear that trump was just saying this in order to, you know, bluff and hold some cards over comey, that the conservative media will say, see, trump was punking them, he punked the liberal media, the gullible ...

To trolling the left. and whatever upsets liberals is good enough for them, and im not sure that that necessarily is a winning strategy. >> jonathan, the three of us are of approximate similar age and having said that, when you say the word "tapes," when you indicate recordings of private conversations, it gets our attention. is this sustainable, and how does this end? >> well, i personally dont believe there are tapes. i mean i could be wrong, but i think that what will happen is pretty soon th...

Independence of the fbi. he didnt want the rank and file of the fbi to know about this dinner, were told. but he felt like he couldnt say no to his boss. now, the people weve talked to find it inconceivable that jim comey would tell donald trump he was not under investigation, but they dont know for a fact because they werent at the meeting. only comey can testify to that, greta. >> ken, is there -- usually when the fbi director or any of these cabinet officers travel, they have assistants or de...

Two, so you really need republicans that are very, very, very committed to it, and you see there what happened with congressman blom. he was a no, then became a yes vote on this health care bill. then he walks out of an interview with not a difficult question. he should be able to answer that. and then sort of wilts when hes pressured at his town hall. do they have the intestinal fortitude to push through on this one? >> well, certainly it seems that representative blom doesnt. and i think thats...

Russians. do you see that is the direction in which it will have to go? >> it appears that way. and, look, carter page has spoken on many sides of this issue. and it still is unclear the level of his involvement with the trump campaign and the trump foreign policy team. and his conversations here. and, look, its clear right now with the situation, with the senate intel committee, hes calling their bluff. hes basically acknowledging and saying that he hasnt done anything wrong. >> what does that ...

Do you think this is a bluff or is he signaling that the united states could actually go to war? >> well, what i hope hes doing, fareed, and its hard to know exactly what hes doing. i hope hes just giving an assessment of the fact that that remains a risk, albie it hopefully not a high risk of direct conflict. he did say in the same statement that he very much hopes for a diplomatic solution. north korea is obviously one of the very toughest and pressing problems we face, and we have seen a lot ...

Military conflict with north korea. do you think this is a bluff, or is he signaling that the united states could actually go to war? >> well, what i hope hes doing, fareed, and its hard to know exactly what hes doing, i hope hes just giving an assessment of the fact that that remains a risk, albeit hopefully not a high risk of direct conflict. he did say in the same statement that he very much hopes for a diplomatic solution. north korea is obviously one of the very toughest and most pressing p...

Urgent and real. >> thats right, wolf. today north korea calling secretary tillersons bluff. because with each test regardless of how successful it is, regardless of the range, north korea learns more about missile technology and gets closer to what u.s. says is the worst case scenario. a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile that could be fitted with a nuclear weapon that could reach the u.s. mainland. thats why tillerson add stern warning for the world that it is time to act. when it c...

On the health care bill and weve got 12 firm nos on the republican side and over 60 republicans we dont know or are reviewing the bill. i think ryan is saying whats true true. if they have the votes theyll move. they need democrats to pass this appropriations bill whether its short term and do the big bill next week but democrats have leverage do you think paul ryan would let them call his bluff on this? would it look good for democrats to be seen as holding up government funding because of a vo...