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Failure, no other way to put it. its a total failure, and it should not have happened, right, because the work should have been done in advance . you dont send leer e-- you dot send leaders in like this. its not clear where we go from here. >> you wrote a piece on human rights. we were talking about a remarkable exchange between david nakimura, and president trump about otto warmbier, who died after being sent back to the united states. the president committed to them that he was going to hold t...

Chairman kim promised me last night, regardless he is not going to do testing of rockets and nuclear, not going to do testing. so, you know, i trust him, and i take him at his word. i hope thats true. >> taking him at his word. taking the north korean leader at his word. we have a national security analyst. she has toured one of the facilities. asking pointed questions about accountability, about what the u.s. government was weighing, agreeing to. lets talk about the one nuclear facility in part...

The inspections of north korea will take place and will, if we do something with them, we have a schedule set up that is very good. we know things that, as david was asking, about certain places and certain sites. theres sites that people dont know about that we know b we would be able to do inspections, we think, very, very successfully. >> president trump talking about a ease with which the united states could do inspection of and accounting of nuclear weapons and ballistic weapons of north ko...

And we have to do it -- we are changing enemies and circumstances and changing equipment. its not for nothing that each combatant commander in every area of the world has to submit and certify the efficiency of our operation plans. and we have operation plans that do just about everything that you can think of to, to defend our interests worldwide. so, its not, its interesting, he calls them games. >> hm-mm. >> they are not games. and that is what you call them when you dont understand what mili...

For february. the president has a number of things hes going to get to. >> quickly, david, wanted to ask you about liz cheney abandoning her senate bid. a surprise when she announced she was going to run. now shes announcing shes dropping out. what happened? >> we can only speculate. she was having trouble getting traction but also with her own family. obvious lit the gay rights issue which she has not supported and her sister is guy. it would be the pressures from internally and the uphill batt...

Month from now are we going to say it was a nuisance, annoying. does everything have to be done before march 27? >> the sequester looks like its here to stay. republicans and democrats may find different ways to allocate those cuts. but it looks like the number is going to be sticking around for awhile. republicans in the house are more focused now on continuing resolution which theyre going to vote on next week that would give the defense department a little bit more flexibility when it comes t...

Probably pleased right where the sequester is right now. i think youre going to see going forward can we live with these cuts? with that going forward first of ten years worth of potential cuts. can the white house, can everybody live with this or not. i think were going to see that play out over the next six, seven months. >> okay. lauren, the president meeting with the congressional leaders from both parties friday. what went on at the meeting? was it just for show? >> i think when john boehne...

As a bloated federally subsidiaried program. an article on the los angeles times about bringing back the bloik glory restoring the ten murls. with the sequester now in effect, one of the biggest questions what happens next. the president signed an order last night authorizing the government to begin the $85 billion in spending cuts. joining me now political reporter for "u.s. news and world report" lauren fox and white house reporter for the "washington post" david nakimura. good to see you ...

Thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> i love this tweet of the day. it comes from "washington post" reporter david nakimura who posted a photo and çwrote, hawaiian shirt alert. obamas secret service detail embraced the spirit of vacation. [ coughs ] what is this shorty? uh, tissues sir, im sick. you dont cough, you dont show defeat. give me your war face! raaah! [ male announcer ] halls. a pep talk in every drop. it comes from "washington post"

Now, anyone taking this a little more seriously, maybe even at the white house at this point, david, the people are going to pay a little more attention to this? >> the white house didnt really address it at all this week, t.j. jay carney was asked about this yesterday at his daily briefing at the white house. he said i havent even brought this up with the president. the president in his inaugural address mentioned voting but better access for people who were unable to vote. some of the states d...