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Guy who has spent the last decade with donald trump. he wants to make the appearance that he is a tough guy who wants to go on with business as usual. two people close to him this weekend said to me theres a sort of vacillation going on in his psyche right now between his usual chest thumping, i did nothing wrong, im the collateral damage here and also understanding the gravity of the situation, not only for him but the impact that it could have on his family as well. theres an interesting psych...

I point out that when the president called for strikes one year ago, he roundly received support and praise from the international community. could you argue i was part of the voice goading the president into war? probably. but im illustrating this as the broader point of how you make those calculations. its a reality that that happened. i dont think there is inherent bias in stating that. howie: i can see where everybody is positive -- just briefly, the "new york times" is laying out the dilemm...

I point out that when the president called for strikes one year ago, he roundly received support and praise from the international community. could you argue i was part of the voice goading the president into war? probably. but im illustrating this as the broader point of how you make those calculations. its a reality that that happened. i dont think there is inherent bias in stating that. howie: i can see where everybody is positive -- just briefly, the "new york times" is laying out the dilemm...

Case? i cant quite see what the testimony would be on the michael cohen side of the case that could lead to a finding in favor of michael cohen if there is, in the end, virtually no testimony? >> well, lawrence, i agree. weve heard for weeks from david schwartz, michael cohens spokesperson and others, all this chest thumping about how they were going to sue my client for $20 million and take her for everything shes worth. if michael cohen takes the fifth amendment, thats never going to happen. a...

Going to go forward and michael cohen, for example, is going to be deposed to try to determine the validity of the confidentiality agreement that he will have to take the fifth amendment for virtually every question after his name and address. so i want to know in your civil case if michael cohen takes the fifth amendment in that case, does that pretty much close the case? i cant quite see what the testimony would be on the michael cohen side of the case that could lead to a finding in favor of ...

Warheads hitting florida. the site of the mar-a-lago estate. top judgment ou.s. officials un. lets bring in matthew chance in moscow. putin is facing an election soon. this was all about chest thumping for the domestic russian audience, no? >> reporter: i think it was. at least in large part. in 16 days, he has the presidential election here. he is certain to win it. no one is suggesting otherwise. you know, he likes to take every opportunity he can to present as a strong leader and macho image ...

It does reflect this idea among russians if they need to step it up and be a world player, when the u.s. introduces a whole knew -- of nuclear weapons a few weeks ago, its not surprising russia would respond in this way. i think what has gone from the conversation of course is any kind of notion of cooperation of trying to address these thing through arms control or something. so i think we overall have a situation where, the great powers if you will, are not working together in any way shape or...

Britain, france. what about putin? even putin is saying -- >> dana: even putin. >> greg: you said this is american politics. >> juan: how come president bush, president clinton, president obama didnt do it? >> greg: they voted against the united states and they double parked their car. >> juan: the key is are we going to be able to broker what no one has been able to do but try to bring some peace to the middle east. thats the goal. its not to just show off and do chest thumping. >> greg: the pr...

Leader was, the frightened dog barks loudest. there was some chest thumping and trash talking going on there that didnt necessarily translate into an imminent or immediate threat. the democrats murphy and others on capitol hill, they want to make the most of this. they want to sort of fright en people a little bit ae and beat up on the president a little bit and make the right people. you dont make threats with entry threats or loud boasts by trying to scare people. in the end it sounds like the...

Round effect around him as a result of the crisis with north korea. as far as for instance, chain in chain floriis concerned. working to stop in some form its nuclear program. we heard -- saw for instance there was an opinion piece in the "peoples daily" which is one of the main mouth pieces of the chinese communist party which said trumps chest thumping is not helpful. many of the countries are a bit rattled by the fact that for the first time in many u.s. administrations, in fact as far back a...