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Theres a four-part series that theyre doing that basically talks about this lack of trust, this lack of confidence, and about his lying. and so we dont -- we dont have that kind of relationship where were really negotiating, and we can believe or disbelieve him. were just far apart. >> america has been involved in a ceaseless state of war since 2001. afghanistan, in which we still have troops in harms way, is the longest war in the history of the american republic. did you get nervous today watc...

And violent as the middle east, the language he was using today? >> well, i get nervous anytime i hear the president talk about foreign affairs. i get nervous when he denies to shake the hand of one of our strongest allies. i get nervous when he tries to bluff the president of china. i get nervous when he basically does not know what hes talking about. you know, this is a president who didnt go to the briefings. he didnt have time to listen to the experts talk about what is happening in the worl...

Do you think in some way this reflects a power change inside the administration itself, shifting away from one individual to, lets say, like jared kushner is taking on more responsibility? >> listen, that could be. however, keep in mind, he threatened to resign but hes still there. this is something thats not worked very well with capitol hill, this all or nothing approach, especially going back to the health care vote. basically, steve bannon was the one who trudged up to capitol hill late nigh...

Democratic taiwan is a good move and a source of leverage because it shows that the president is not going to view china as having all the cards or determining how we deal with taiwan or our ally japan or others in the region. i think hes lost leverage because they called his bluff. he said hed not necessarily continue the policy that there was one china. then he backed off it. so they called his bluff. hes lost leverage there. north korea, i think he has leverage because the chinese side said, ...

That he would be confirmed under those circumstances per lets bring in ron meyer, editor of "red alert projects," also aaron blake, senior politics reporter for "the washington post" ." what are democrats hoping to achieve here? are they hoping that mitch mcconnell will actually back away from invoking the nuclear option? >> i think that is their ideal world, they are hoping this is all a bluff, maybe he wont have the votes to actually do this, republicans, of course, would need 50 out of 52 mem...

Talk about it. but you hear even more of them and a lot of republicans as well kind of to -- want current way things are moving. nobody is happy about the direction. one quote, it is very clear it is not a healthy institution, but republicans have made the judgment that this is their supreme court nominee. theyre going to do whatever it takes to get him through. democrats have basically tried to call their bluff. they are saying together on this for the most part minus the three that have come o...

Than he thought. you just cant tell people what to do. it is hard to scare people. they want you to show how youre really going to do something to them, so they call your bluff all the time. so if you thought healthcare was tough, wait until he gets a load of the north koreans. i mean these are people who absolutely dont care what anyone else thinks. and so he has to solve this because he doesnt want to face the american people in 2020, having had north korea deliver -- or announce a deliverable...

Spell out when he meets with president xi this week. hard to know because hes not talking about that. how do you think this meeting will if? >> well i think tony is right. if he were to say to the chinese look, if you are not going to get involved a little more with this problem, wed like to get involved ourselves. we have to protect our interests. we have to protect our allies in south korea. we have to protect our allies in japan. we are going to put more military hardware on, in east asia, th...

You dont use nuclear weapons. >> the leadership made where they said that both north korea and u.s. seemed like trains on the track hurdling towards each other. they also meant that you have, essentially, two pretty unpredictable leaders. now that even the white house i think are the only way to with an unpredictable leader is to be equally unpredictable. they may be doing this to bluff, who knows. the reality is that tensions are rising and at some point its ironic people spent so much time las...

Confirmed. the way in which the curse is in the hands of the democratic minority. during the course of the week we will find out exactly how this will end but it will end with his confirmation. lets bring in jeff mason now. the president of the white house correspondent. is this more of a bluff by majority leader connell or a rules change could come back to bite each party. obviously the power can change every two or four years. it will go from one party into the majority in the is something tha...