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East from the middle east to europe and the threat of kinetic action against the united states. thats what caused concern. >> you think about -- there was a lot of bluster in term of the reaction, we will move the abraham lincoln, turns out it was going to middle east two weeks early, we will move cable -- capable bombers, this is massive military build-up by the united states or massive response in. >> no, the one thing i learned the department of defense plans for every kind of scenario, when ...

Cases is quite clear tee to try to stretch those fights out as long as possible, to delay the prospect any investigators especially ones in congress might ever get a look at the presidents actual finances and taxes. but you know what, i mean subpoenas are a real thing. and the judicial process, that among other things that enforces subpoenas, is a real thing. tomorrow another subpoena deadline will arrive. tomorrows the date by which the irs and treasury are supposed to hand over the presidents ...

Committees lawfully issued subpoena. well see what happens tomorrow when that deadline hits and we presume the treasury department and irs will stand in defiance of it. but, you know, we are at the point where the bluster and the defiance is starting to kind of hit the wall here. i mean, a federal judge just ordered the public release of whatever has been redacted from the whole flynn section of muellers report. right? theyre all saying no, no, the mueller report, the redactions youll never get ...

Staunchly an it lly a lly anti. they are unfolding a whole new strategy here to deal with this new threat. >> john and brett, were almost out of time. i want to get a quick reaction from you to this question. some analysts see a pretty alarming parallel to the lead up to the iraq war in 2003. others are saying this is all bluster. if we listen to some of the rhetoric that has come out of this white house, the u.s. would already be at war with any of a number of countries. so, what is the average...

History with a stronger case for impeachment than nixon. what do you mean by that. >> donald trump is vastly overrated politically. he appears to be a strong character because of his bluster, but in fact he is the lowest rated president of any since polls were ever taken of presidents. he never hit 50. no other president has been that low. he is consistently low. a very weak president. furthermore in part two of the mueller report, there are obvious cases of obstruction of justice that have been...

Testimony. congress is not bound by the attorney-client privilege and there is no privilege if the president told this lawyer to communicate this message to flynn. >> this is just one example of what appears obviously obstruction that appears in the report itself. in your memo, you say this is basically the democrats came for the weakest president in modern history with a stronger case for impeachment than nixon. what do you mean by that. >> donald trump is vastly overrated politically. he appea...

Of "andrea mitchell reports." ill ask this straight up, do you believe that reporting in the washington post? >> absolutely. it was signalled by the president himself when he said just a few days ago that jon bolton is more hawkish than he is and he tempers john bolton and there are other doves around him so that he is the decider. that was a rebuff and pointed one at that. then the president also pushed back on that "new york times" report that one of the options put out by the pentagon was 120...

Checkers and one of his 2020 rivals. president trump offers a bronx cheer to the latest democrat to declare for president, new york mayor bill de blasio says hes the progressive best prepared for the presidents bluster. >> good thing about new yorkers is they look the same whether they are really pissed off at you or whether they like it. >> its a tough city. a few protesters. >> a little serenade. >> back to 2020. we begin with the swiss president scheduled to be at the white house amid big war...

Very heated rhetoric about this and people are being lighthearted about this. what are we to make of it? >> she knows that the previous congress under the obama administration held the attorney general and contempt and nothing happened. that is why they could joke about it because they know this is all bluster and it doesnt mean much except for grabbing headlines and that is all this is about. i agree, i always hear here, the good old days in washington when you could argue and then ronald reaga...

>> theres a lot of heated rhetoric but people are being lighthearted about it too. >> one thing to make of it is nancy pelosi knows the previous congress under the obama administration held eric older in contempt and nothing happened and he didnt end up in that congressional jail. thats why they can joke about it because this is all bluster that doesnt mean much except grabbing headlines and that is all this is about. i always hear the good old days in washington when you could argue and at the ...