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Thought he would have sort of a -- more of an imperial command as opposed to having to work with, you know, two other branches of government, legislative branch as weve seen that often has very different ideas of its own priorities, alex. >> that would be the sentiments, i think, of a ceo of a business, coming into this with that approach certainly. jeff bennett, thanks for that. well have peter baker, co-author of that article on our show today at 1:00 eastern. i want to bring back yamiche an...

Without much of a risk. but i think where the mueller investigation is concerned, and general flynn and others who are being brought in to speak with the special counsel, this has to have struck the president and in-others a i think others are telling him this as something very serious. and, you know, having the presidents son invoke client--6 lawyer/client privilege in this testimony before the senate suggests to me that everyone is thinking about the legal ramifications here. and that there is...

Bluster or posturing, it throws a wrench into the idea that candidate trump in the 2016 race was so invested in that. he was the ultimate deal maker and he was going to be able that he and his son in law would bring peace to the mideast in a way that no other period was going to be able to do before. if he wants to care about that which im not sure the president of the united states has, its a weird thing to throw out. real quick. >> this is a test of how whether or not the trump administratio...

Power plant contract in the middle east that benefitted one of his clients once he was in the white house. he was only there for 24 days. idea that this was a top priority at that time -- >> matthew miller, the fbi, the president hates the fbi. he certainly has good reason to hate the fbi, because the fbi is motivated by the truth. the facts. and the law. and its going to be shocking to a man who for 70 years was able to bluster his way through, lie his way through, leak his way through one cont...

Joseph stalin and even though north korea has these things they can be detiered -- deterred for survival. they know that we have 30, 40, 50 times as many weapons as they do. we can use that to our advantage. thats why deterrence is essential by promising that they will destroy them if they do. kelly: theres always the concern with all to have bluster and all of the threatening actions and provocative actions, theres always the concern of that one mistake, that one accident that could result in h...

>> michael flynns deal may bring implications to the white house. president trump reiterating there was no collusion between trump and russia. michael is the democratic strategists and former aide to senator chuck schumer. thank you both for being here. >> how are you? >> im doing wonderful. glad to be here. so to kick things off, michael flynn essentially said he will be cooperating and hes someone who was very close to the administration and to president trump before, during campaign and follo...

Military conflict is through an interpretation about what your adversarys intent is or what set of facts has occurred. when you have a president like this who seems to show such blatant disregard for the facts, it makes it even more likely that theres going to be a miscalculation when you get into that muddy area that begins to occupy the beginning of military hostilities. >> that segue way to last nights missile test from the north koreans and you spend time thinking about and working with fore...

That muddy area that begins to occupy the beginning of military hostilities. >> that segue way to last nights missile test from the north koreans and you spend time thinking about and working with foreign relations on the committee, what is your takeaway from what happened last night? >> my takeaway is that the presidents strategy has not worked and his strategy has been to throw a lot of braggadocio and rhetorical bluster at the north koreans without much of a true pathway to diplomatic talks. ...

>> translator: the foreign minister is very well aware of the intentions of our supreme leader, so i think you should take his words literally. >> analysts have accused north korea of bluster, saying the nation risks absolute destruction if it goes to war. >> if we have to go to war to stop this, we will. >> reporter: each provocation turns president trump closer to one of the biggest decisions. or take action with potentially unthinkab unthinkable. >> tonight, no immediate contact with the u.n....

Confidence and bluster, is the only word. its quite another thing, though, if the president has convinced himself of the alternative reality, that can be, that should be concerning to all of us. if he actually believes this stuff. if he believes, for example, that this ""access hollywood"" tape that he acknowledged at the time and apologized for, now in his mind, it wasnt him in that bus. it wasnt him on that recording. really? that, i dont know about you, but that worries me. >> casey hunt, obv...