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Let me start with you. since you had the position. a fraught position bag state department spokesperson. you cant screw that up. devils advocate that the blunt talking sort of swaggering bullying language, maybe is effective as a negotiating tactic, what do you think of that case? >> theres certainly people who that i can that approach and they tend to be the putins and erdogans of the world. our alliance do know exactly what is going on in this situation. we saw with markle. what we do end up s...

>> theres certainly people who that i can that approach and they tend to be the putins and erdogans of the world. our alliance do know exactly what is going on in this situation. we saw with markle. what we do end up seeing in these situations is the bluster is fold up by things that provoke our alliance and provoke the bad guys at the same time. so were risking nuclear war fair with north korea and threatening trade war with our five largest trading patterns? how is this going to benefit the u....

The one place where the bluster was going to mean something concrete was on china. its been interesting to follow the coverage from reporters in china talking about how chinese media understand xis visit to mar-a-lago where basically he roll president trump, came away, and donald trump with all the tough talk for 15 months on china, was like no theyre not a currency manipulator anymore. >> even here in washington, d.c., but that subtlety is not well matched by somebody whos a blunt talker and do...

Heritage. even though it wasnt mexican heritage. what was notable at that time and its relevant here is that trumps lawyers never complained about the judge substantively. they never said he conducted himself in any way other than totally professionally in the trump case and they never filed to have him removed on the case, so it was all bluster on the part of kand cat trump and now there is nothing in the ethics laws that would require the judge to recuse himself just because he had been attack...

Agreement that require the u.s. to send notifications to congress, to make decisions on oil exports from iran. so you are going to hear these periodic updates from the administration. i think what you saw this week was an attempt to both not make a major change in u.s. policy but also try to talk tough on iran. but everything i have heard behind the scenes from this administration in terms of their conversations with foreign countries who are partners in this deal is that theyre signaling that t...

People want to hear -- walter chronkite said thats the way it is. on my show people want to hear what i think the way is. he was remarkably consistent in the topics that he chose, in how he delivered them. he did with such confidence and bluster and he was able to fill an hour and make the it compelling and its worked across fox news with other personalities. its worked very well on msnbc with rachel maddow and lawrence odonnell. he really changed the way what people expected from cable news. cn...

On all of the cable channels and shows that it all spawned into the next day. and then of course when was the last time you heard the president of the united states describe a prominent cable talk show host or cable news host as a friend and defend him? oreilly did occupy a different part in that politics business nexus. >> bill oreilly really defined the opinion host on cable news. it used to be when you had opinion, you had to have both sides represented. bill oreilly said no, i dont need that...

To the controversial new book. and some real news that is straight out of seinfeld. >> why couldnt you make me an architect? you know i always wanted to pretend that i was an architect of the. >> we promise, were not going to yada yada yada over the best part. this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. >> good evening. we begin tonight with more questions piling up about this administrations foreign policy. what are they trying to say? what are they trying to show? especially in hot spots. mom...

Ill kick them in the but. were going to start winning and youre going to get so tired of winning youre going to be exhausted from winning so much. hes lost several big fights since hes gotten there and no legislative accomplishments. there seems to be a lot of tur moil and he doesnt look like the world beater he advertised himself to be. and so you see the strength numbers, effectiveness numbers coming down. he can live with not being viewed as honest and trustworthy. he cant live with not being...

Strengthening of the capability of the iranian armed forces is only for defending the country. we will ask no ones permission to build up the armed forces and to build missiles and aircraft. what are we to read into this? for more turn to white house contributor gillian turner. do they feel like they are not getting enough attention? >> well, their m.o. on this issue has always been as much rhetorical bluster as possible. remember during the iranian-american jcpoa knowingations a couple years ag...