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Basically, they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldnt do that. you always have to be prepared to walk. i could have signed an agreement today, and then you people would have said, oh, what a terrible deal, what a terrible thing he did. no, you have to be prepared to walk. >> well, today some evidence north korea may be thinking about the same tactic, threatening to walk away from denuclearization negotiations entirely. north koreas deputy foreign minister accusing secreta...

And not letting these acts of evil overcome. >> bret: all right. lets turn to north korea. news here. this is from the associated press. on our way back. this is from the vice foreign minister. on our way back to the homeland. our chairman of state affairs commission said for what reason do we have to make this train trip again? i want to make it clear that the gangster-like stand of the u.s. will eventually put the situation in danger. we have neither the intention to compromise with the u.s. i...

Watch. >> i think thats inaccurate, but the president is our decision-maker. if the statement you are referring to come in the past hour, the south korean counterpart as weve discussed their reaction in our reaction. i would like to speak further within the u.s. governments before we respond. >> harris: what john bolton they are talking about is secretary pompeo being called hostile and untrustworthy by the north koreans, and being blamed for the talks breaking down. >> youre not going to accept...

Joining me now the writer of that piece, luke mullens. were broad in that intro, but there are specific and weird unusual new things that are happening when lobbyist are trying to target this audience of one. the president of the united states, the only decisionmaker left in washington right now, the one that matters, we should say. how are they doing this and what strategies are they employing? >> one is geofencing that allows lobbyists or consultants to serve ads that are, that support their c...

Diplomacy and more on a kind of diplomacy of narcissism. in a way the hanoi summit was a dose of reality. i dont think theres any chance in the foreseeable future that kim jong-un is going to fully denuclearize, its too essential to his security, his stature, his survival. it should remain an aspirational goal, full denuclearization, but until then, how can we reduce the dangers? >> since kim is the only decisionmaker in his society, whats the point of doing all the hard work with working groups...

Saying that kim jong-un didnt know about the horrific torture of otto warmbier, the college student that came out of north korea in a vegetative state and then died. the "usa today" asked mike pompeo if he held north korea responsible for otto warmbiers death. and he pretended to answer the question by saying, the north korean regime is responsible for the death of otto warmbier and the humanitarian violations that are continuing to take place. clever contortion of words. then there was trumps n...

The best thing north korea could do right now is give us a full accounting and what happened -- >> do you take kim jong un at his word? what about you? >> my opinion doesnt matter. >> youre the national security adviser to the president. your opinion matters quite a bit. >> im not the national security decision-maker. >> that was john bolton on his own role. graham wood followed boat boltoa trip through eastern europe. graham, good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. >> you say he may be ...

>> my opinion doesnt matter. my opinion is that i am the -- >> you are the national security adviser of the president. your opinion matters. >> im not the national security decisionmaker. thats his view. >> joining us to talk about this is democratic congressman tom melinoski. he previously was the state departments top diplomat on human rights under president obama. congressman, thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> what did you think when you heard the national security adviser say -- before...

>> do you take kim jong-un at his word? >> the president takes him at his word. >> no, he does. but what about you? >> my opinion doesnt matter. my opinion is that im -- >> youre national security adviser to the president. it matters quite a bit. >> im not the national security decision maker. thats his view. >> samantha vennegrad is a former security analyst. >> i want to start with the fact, we had a major policy announcement from ambassador bolton today. he said kim jong-un should investigate...

They spent a lot of time building it. >> harris: you know, bret, even democrats give the president a position of strength to come and say, "im not going to set a bad deal, i will walk over from that." do the walk he always said he would. >> i think thats closer to reality, perhaps, than the tweet. which may have just been kind of adding to a piece of a tweet. i think john boltons explanation of the weekend, the national security advisor, about the behind the scenes and passing a piece of paper s...