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Bluff with his threat to withdraw from nafta? and did it work? details ahead.

But he may say something different tomorrow. >> right. >> so you never know where hes coming from on anything. >> congresswoman barbara lee, thank you. >> im joined now by josh earnest, former white house press secretary under president obama. having worked in the white house and spoken on behalf of a president, what does it do to have a white house that is constantly doing 180s, constantly feigning threats and then not carrying them out, bluffing and getting called on the bluff? from your perch...

Obama. having worked in the white house and spoken on behalf of a president, what does it do to have a white house that is constantly doing 180s, constantly feigning threats and then not carrying them out, bluffing and getting called on the bluff? from your perch has someone who has been through these kind of negotiations, what do you think the effect of that is cumulatively? >> good evening, chris. thanks for having me on your show. i think what is clear is this current white house is desperate...

Money. that goes back to that. >> it was republican states that were saying, you attach too many strings to federal funding. that is coming back. >> separate issue. the second thing is the judge seems to say or the presidents lawyers seem to say in this case that this was a bluff. they are not really messing with the money. they are not really changing anything. did you read that in the decision and was that interesting to snu. >> it is interesting. the white house is trying to have it two ways....

Not going to be the instrument of shutting or freezing the north korean program, the u.s. will act unilaterally. >> what is it that the u.s. is going to do? >> bret: first of all, they could shoot down a missile before it starts. >> thats the best thing, but short of that, if we make i preemptive strike. >> if we compton to te to the f point, yes, a preemptive strike. we cant live in a world like that. thats what you just heard general kelly say. thats a policy that means if the chinese have to ...

Zakaria. general hayden, when you hear that president trump is now saying he doesnt believe that kim jong-un is as strong as he claims to be, is it possible that hes trying to call north koreas bluff? >> he does have inherent weaknesses, i think the presidents right, hes not as strong as he claims to be, he is however as dangerous as we fear he is. and hes pretty much acting on script right now. we knew the north koreans would provoke the new administration, so i would not be surprised that the ...

About how to do it and you do survive. its not the end of the world. the perception that the media -- ever since 1995 when republican majorities in the house and senate shut down, its our fault, and soured disaster. in 1995, i said we are going to show them. >> harris: do you call their bluff? >> john: is not going to happen. >> harris: on friday, the order went out for some of these agencies to ready themselves, which is pretty typical. it did get picked up as a talking point and some of the ma...

Of the jurisdictions that received one of these letters. first of all what say sanctuary city in it means different ningz different places. beyond that when you start talking away federal money, legally what kind of federal money you can take away? for example los angeles goats more than $500 million for grants, thats for protecting our port, protecting the homeless, you can tak ay that money or does it have to be tied to emigratn. theres so many questions right now that people are looking for a...

Comments involving the u.s.s. carl vinson, the aircraft carrier that was supposedly moving towards the korean peninsula but was actually moving towards australia the opposite direction. some newspapers there are saying it was a bluff. others are labeling it a lie. how much tension does all of this cause between the pentagon and the white house when there is a miscommunication like this? >> well, right now i think theres been several days of a lot of angst about the whole thing. because again, wh...

Partnership at home is about tone and emphasis. you could end up seeing in the end a policy approach that basically tracks where the obama people were keeping the deal in place but emphasizing the other bad things that iran is doing. but just really emphasizing those other bad things in a that obama wasnt perceived as being very aggressive. >> and those who have been in diplomacy for 20 or 30 years, they like, you know, whats the predictable strategy here. trump likes that in pyongyang and in te...