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The way he behaved the other night. >> well, those of us that have known director clapper for a long time, you have as well, know this is not someone who is prone to hyperbole. this is someone who served the country for over half a century, who is a really quite plain spoken, but not -- does not tend to exaggerate. so when he says things like this, gets peoples attention, got the presidents attention. the president tweeting that -- is he some kind of expert on donald trump. he is an expert on da...

Up taking say the president they believe a lot of the threats, talk now is bluster. at the end of the day, the president will back down when theres overwhelming spieupport keep the government open. maybe a veto could be overridden, he may not want to go the government shutdown route. could be a game of chicken when it comes down to it. paul ryan said they may have a short term extension, may not get the job done by september 30th. >> encouraging if members of your own party think it is bluster c...

Border wall with mexico. the crowd loved it, but this is the political equivalent of holding a gun to his own head and saying if congress doesnt do what he wants, mr. trump will shoot himself. dont expect chuck schumer to try to talk trump out of it. its never true how much of the rhetoric is real or bluster. the shutdown over the wall is one threat hed be wise to abandon. democrats are going to end up voting to help not shut the government down, give votes to avoid a debt default. how will cons...

Wallpaper. they say its supposed to match with the new rug that he will the design. president trump wants to bring back the luster and glory of the white house. president trump left the white house for 17 days. they included updates to the heating and cooling system across the building, a navy commander out of a job after two deadly crashes. what the top brass is saying about him and new pictures of the search for missing american sailors. thats coming up as we approach the bottom of the hour an...

The national security advisor and the chief of staff coordinate and make certain everyone who had equity was heard. brian: what secretary of state mattis said plan. we need more troops in afghanistan. the president said i will give you 3900. he said i will wait. lets get a treive plan together before i just take these troops. lets do something can i go in front of armed services and say this is our way forward. keep in mind, too. the people that would have cheered the loudest picked up states an...

More bluster from pyongyang. how serious is it as we begin our joint operations with south korea. here is what jim mattis has to say. >> we are transparent in what we are doing to avoid miscalculation. north korea knows this is a fully defensive for whatever they may say for public consumption. they know this is a defensive exercise thats been going on for decades. its looking up, not down. its being in motion. boost® high protein its intelligent nutrition with 15 grams of protein and 26 vitami...

Is this bluster? or could these joint drills receive a military response john requires a vital element to them to achieve their long-term goal of getting the u.s. forces off the korean peninsula and taking control of the entire peninsula. people ask why does north korea want nuclear weapons and one frequent answer is to defend themselves against the threat of the united states. the real reason is this would give them an enormous tool for leverage and pressure against south korea. this is defensi...

You look at the tax plan, theres nobody else in the white house who wants to raise the wealthy. the swamp is not being drained. theyre adding water to it. theres more lobbyists involved in this administration than the previous one. there was a lot of talk that sounded good to people out there who wanted to see washington shook up for the benefit of mainstream not wall street. that didnt happen at all. it was pretty clear throughout the campaign that that wasnt going to happen. >> the house alway...

Economic trade war with china. but criticizing the president directly and going against him effectively saying there is no fire and fury, that is all bluster on the part of the white house, how does bannon survive it? its clear the president has strong reservations about getting rid of him, or wise he would have done so up until now. whether thats because he fears having him on the outside or because they do genuinely still have this relationship that they have over nationalism. >> ckatty, he ca...

Issue an outrage tweet and then return to shared priorities like tax reform. unlike republicans in congress, or any members of the presidents cabinet or senior staff, corporate america has said enough. their move a direct response to donald trumps bluster filled performance yesterday at trump tower in which he drew an equivalence between white supremacists and those there to protest them. the president responding this afternoon via twitter, quote, rather than putting pressure on the business peo...