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Ukraine intractable, syria, extend the new star treaty for five years thats going to expire in 2021 as a result of these two president s coming together . Yeah. Can they agree for no Nuclear Proliferation and put pressure on north korea and also put pressure on iran . Is that possible . I think so. Paul okay. Lets talk about the domestic politics here because you know to have an effective Foreign Policy, you need domestic support. And the way the president handled that Press Conference has reall...

Ours and we need to continue to support them in the way we do currently. >> im going to bounce around the world here. are you concerned about this christmas gift north korea says it will deliver if no deal is reached? >> well, look, we keep a close eye on north korea all the time. my job is two-fold. one is to ensure were ready to fight and win tonight if called upon. im confident that we are. i was in korea a few months ago, meeting with commanders and reviewing our operations. number two my jo...

Helping as much as they should be. why would china have an interest in a denuclearized peninsula in general? it seems like they kind of like north korea there, and they are a friend, why try to weaken them? >> i dont know if its as much weakening north korea from chinas perspective, but i do believe that if you want to denuclearize the korean peninsula, china is an absolute necessity as a third party to provide the leverage that we need. and you know, the way that president trump and the adminis...

Undermines the legitimacy on the election. you just make the distinction. hes giving ammunition, bill, to his opponents. what do you think of the second summit? good idea? >> no, i think it is a bad idea. i agree with jason. look, i think a lot of what has led donald trump to say certain things on russia is he doesnt want to give his enemies any quarter and that means saying some dumb things and setting off this kind of storm. that said, i think that again a lot of this is atmospheric. we all ge...

Undermines the legitimacy on the election. you just make the distinction. hes giving ammunition, bill, to his opponents. what do you think of the second summit? good idea? >> no, i think it is a bad idea. i agree with jason. look, i think a lot of what has led donald trump to say certain things on russia is he doesnt want to give his enemies any quarter and that means saying some dumb things and setting off this kind of storm. that said, i think that again a lot of this is atmospheric. we all ge...

Would be towards the denuclearization, quite probably an accounting of what they have available, the weapons they have, the facilities they have, and then simultaneously a freeze, a continuation of the freeze on the development of new bombs and continued testing of the missile systems. that would be right at the outset. there have been discussions by pompeo, a fellow i know very well having served with him on the armed services committee for five years, i dont know what he has put together, but ...

There that are absolutely critical to the safety of south vietnam as well as -- >> you have to believe that that is going to be on the table. north korea has such existential concern. jim clapper was on with me and hell be on again. he said when he met with the north koreans that they had paranoia about bombers. so even if its not about the personnel on the peninsula, that will get tricky if the north and south have peace, but the idea of bombers may be on the table, military capabilities, ships...

Neighborhood, what comes of peace on the peninsula, do we have an armistice or a peace retreat. >> the south korean leader has been so fundamental in making this happen, and hes also a big pivot point going forward because he has his own economic considerations, his own relationship with china. lets stick with the moment for a second. i guess the biggest pushback at this point is at what price did the president get this meet and greet? he gave the north what theyve always wanted, parity, respect...

Happening with division on the peninsula. but now look where we are a moment that many thought would never happen. so lets get a sense of what this means to the men and women in washington. we have democratic congressmen john gar men diwith us. good to see you. that is moment many thought would never happen. on its face, is it a big win for the president already? >> well, yes, depends what happens next. this is certainly a major moment. this is extremely important among the three paths that coul...

Rick, if north korea says, fine, we commit to that, but on that next line put and so do you, united states, youre going to back your ships off, youre going to denuke yourself, thats going to be part of this too. if you want no nukes, then you cant have them eatither, then what? >> i cant imagine south korea would be promoting this if that wasnt something they knew north korea was going to demand. just almost implicitly you have to be open to the possibility of a denuclearized peninsula. the ques...