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If he tries to pitch kim jong un and building a tower in pyongyang. it wouldnt surprise me. i thinks in- this is about two things that drive donald trump, his ego and his bank account. which know that his business interests are heavily intertwined with russians. he makes a lot of money from russians. i imagine he was seeking further investment. he was trying to build trump tower in moscow. and putins probably the key to getting that done. but i also think that as we saw with this meeting with th...

Come right out of a novel. a former russian spy, his daughter and a police officer among those injured in an attack with a nerve agent in the uk. no one taking credit for the attack. but all signs point to moscow. lets discuss with the security analyst bob baer. a juliette kayyem, a former department of homeland security official. thank you for coming on this evening. bob, police officials say that 21 people have received treatment after the attempted assassination. whats your reaction? >> my re...

And what do you make ever the fact that the president seems to have accepted this invitation. >> i want to start by giving him credit. thats unusual. but its good that diplomacy is -- i dont want to say strategy but the direction the president is going in this. this was completely counter to the direction he was going initially. but it isnt part of a strategy. and i dont know who is pulling the strings here, if its north korea crafted this and made it happen. it feels to me more like the south k...

The president agreed to meet with a rogue dictator with the stunning breaking news he will meet with north korean leader kim jong un and a new book on russia says he was even more interested in meeting with the russian dictator vladimir putin before he was president. i want to bring in cnn political commentators, tara setmayer, alice stewart and robby mook. and what do you make of the fact that the president seems to have accepted this invitation? >> i want to start by giving him credit. thats u...

The south korean national security adviser making the announcement at the white house. no one from the administration present. >> it was bizarre, strange, especially given the way the president went into the briefing room a short time before and with glee told them a big announcement was coming out from south korea. i think this was a good thing. i agree with robbie this is a positive step. if the ultimate goal is the denuclearization of the korean peninsula, this i believe is a step in the righ...

With this meeting with the south koreans, they began by praising him, complimenting him. im sure he was seeking putins affirmation when he was over in russia. i dont think this is new. but it definitely helps us understand how long in relationship and in -- this kossiness existed. >> let me get the quote out here. the authors also write, you know he tried to hide disappointment by suggesting that you know -- to associate with the miss ufrps pageant to announce that putin had dropped by he said n...

Complimenting him. oh, i admire putin. hes a strong leader and his people -- there is a body of public statements of actions, if you look at the change to the campaign platform in cleveland, as president to comments that he made in the presence of two russian diplomats about how firing comey really -- the public body of evidence about donald trumps instincts on russia certainly suggests that at his level, he was very favorably disposed to being in contact at least and perhaps even in coordinatio...

>> there will be some folks that the criticize me for complimenting him, but i speak the truth. >> lets bring in mark murray. i believe it was tuesday or wednesday in the first read team that whoever loses on tuesday will likely point to sandy as the reason why. >> well, tamron, thats like in a sports game where oftentimes a controversial call at the end of a game by the referee, that people blame that. but history never looks at those controversial calls by the referees. while partisans might b...

Gets american officials to visit pyongyang is that they have detained americans in the way that they promise to free them is if an american official shows up. so bill clinton after he left office showed nup pyongyang. and gave face to the north korean. and two american detainees were freed. so this is something north korea wanted. and we have apparently granted it for nothing. and you know, i mean wsh i think to president trumps credit, it may be that north korea is responding to elevated sancti...

Gets american officials to visit pyongyang is that they have detained americans in the way that they promise to free them is if an american official shows up. so bill clinton after he left office showed nup pyongyang. and gave face to the north korean. and two american detainees were freed. so this is something north korea wanted. and we have apparently granted it for nothing. and you know, i mean wsh i think to president trumps credit, it may be that north korea is responding to elevated sancti...