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Their core sovereignty. and they saw leader, the president of taiwan, and messing with the one china policy as something they would go to war over. regardless of the bluster, i think the fact that xi jinping and donald trump were willing to come to terms on that, before north korea pricked donald trump with this short range missile test. it is very important because it means that no matter what reaction we eventually have in north korea, we stand a better chance of having china to some degree wi...

And so there is four liberals and four conservatives. if there is a 4-4 split, the 9th circuit decision will be upheld. but more importantly, i think it will be upheld because mr. trump and his team dont have a good justification for this executive order in the face of the constitutional challenges. you can get way with bluster and bluff when youre in politics or youre in the press or on twitter, but in court you actually have to have evidence to support your claims. and the constitution is para...

Both. >> thank you. >> max, back to you. george, were going to have a look at some of the politics at play here with donald trumps travel ban. we have the foreign editor of the sunday times. he joins me here in london. its a test, isnt it? its an interesting test with donald trump because he came into office very much on that ticket on immigration, his immigration policy. hes now trying to put it into force, and hes facing resistance. so its an interesting process to see how he responds to thi...

Wide it is? they basically said it these do with due process and everybody whos a person and they didnt even ask about people in some consulate, they said everybody involved is a person and you cant do it. >> this rule is as wide as the executive order was wide. if its narrowed and written more carefully and theres some supporting documentation, tell us why the extreme vetting that -- >> you think trump can win the ninth circuit with any piece of paper that goes by them? >> leave that out. im sa...

Especially after there have been rulings. here we find a stream of bullying and bluster, personal invective and insult that undermined the integrity of the courts. thats high he needs to condemn them. >> are you suggesting this is an issue for his confirmation, that if judge gorsuch doesnt go out and publicly do this that that would affect potentially your vote? >> very much. so because donald trump has made the independence of the judiciary an issue front and center, and he has established a se...

Behind closed doors. not enough for him to say that it is demoralizing and disheartening. what has to happen is a direct repudiation, a condemnation of this kind of unprecedented attack. as you observed, presidents have disagreed with opinions, especially after there have been rulings. here we find a stream of bullying and bluster, personal invective and insult that undermined the integrity of the courts. thats high he needs to condemn them. >> are you suggesting this is an issue for his confirm...

Military play? >> yeah. i think what that statement really is, is thats just more iranian bluster. when you look at the sanctions that are put on and everything, it still doesnt interfere with the $18 billion deal that boeing just signed. so, yes, there are sanctions. yes, we have a destroyer, the cole in fact be, over patrolling off of yemen, not in the gulf. there hasnt really been that much of a stepped-up effort militarily. but i think if the united states really wants to get into the irania...

Evangelicals just met with the ambassador from israel to the united states and the future ambassador to israel. and are getting to know him. and i think it will be a very close relationship between evangelicals and with israeli foreign policy. we feel strongly the land belongs to israel and that the u.s. government needs to stand in lock step with israel on that point. >> i see this as a bigger picture which is, you know, this is where bluster meets actual, you know, the situation on the ground....

Im sure youre looking forward to the weekend now. thanks for joining me. thank you to ali in tehran. now lets go to former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and former new mexico governor, bill richardson. governor, under these new sanctions, up to two dozen iranian people and companies will be penalized. why didnt the u.s. go to the u.n. -- or go to the eu and say, hey, we need to push back on iran. lets work together so we can make them more stringent and more effective? >> well, these ballistic m...

Doesnt exactly know where they are. so, you see them off ballet little b -- balance a little bit. is this something hes going to bluster or make good on? historically iran has responded too big gestures by the u.s. to really get in line with u.s. interests. that has been the iraq invasion, thats something that sort of made iran turn and do what the u.s. wanted it to do. so, it seems as if they at least have to believe that donald trump could make good on his threats in order to get in line. of c...