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U.s. presidents both republican and democrat. im interested in what you think about how the mayor is hand willihandling this situation. he is pushing it off as normal. i have to imagine that this is a little bit different when youre talking about the president of the united states and the dir t director of the fbi. >> rudy giuliani drives the left nuts. they cant deal with all of this. the on fis indication, changing of the story. he is doing something clever for the president. and that is hes g...

Think? >> way too early". >> >> james clapper said, look, we are in a better place today. and part of the reason we are is that the rhetoric has changed a bit. listen to what he said. >> my observation certainly when i was there is the north koreans were clearly stuck on their narrative and we were kind of stuck on ours. emblematic of that is the talking points i was assigned to recite to the north koreans, first of which is you must denuclearize before i talk to you. that was a nonstarter. pres...

Consideration of an obstruction of justice case? >> his intent in firing comey is i think one of the critical pieces in an obstruction case. including intimidating witnesses, firing people, trying to derail the investigation. but the firing of the fbi dir t director is the chief thing. since that time he has done everything he possibly can it appears to try to protect the integrity of the investigation. he is the one who selected bob mueller as the special counsel. he has provided the scope of t...

Once upon a time, it is incredible. once upon a time, this white house was actually concerned that the republican-led congress and its congressional investigations into the russia matter might be something the white house had to worry about, that the white house should try to shut down. we know from "new york times" reporting that the president directly contacted senator richard burr on the intelligence committee and blunt and mitch mcconnell, the president directly contacting those members of t...

Preemptive action because there is more time, or do you agree there is more time for sanctions to work? >> i would agree with secretary clinton. i agree with that. additionally, the p5 plus 1 negotiations, i understand, have resumed. i think what needs to be done candidly and i have suggested this privately to the administration, i think we have to learn whether the supreme leader wants an agreement and if he does, what it will take. it may well be that the united states has to bilaterally step ...

>> well, i know that were trying to get the confirmation done before the august recess. thats the goal. the scheduling of the hearings will be under the chairman, ranking member. theres a lot of material that needs to be reviewed, but we have ample time to get this nomination confirmed by the august recess. >> thank you, sir. white house officials now say they have evidence the pakistani taliban planned the failed times square bombing. shahzad received training from the taliban on how to carry...

York times" published a story suggesting that roeomarosa migh break her silence because of the firing. >> listen, obviously, with like "the new york times" article and stuff, you know, its -- >> whats "the new york times" article? >> the one that -- the one that, um -- it was in "the times" today. i guess you -- it was with maggie haberman, they wrote about you. it sounded like something they were going to pull out. clearly, if you come over to the campaign, like, we cant have -- we got to -- >>...

Toward him becoming airborne. lots of eyes on the governor of missouri in the wake of these new charges. the news of the night is north korea. announcing they will freeze their nuclear and long-range missile tests for the time being and they plan to close one of their nuclear test sites. this news comes less than a week before kim jong-un is due to meet with the president of south korea next week. it also follows by one day the installment of a brand-new between the koreas telephone hotline. t...

Situation according to a cnn source is fluid. jim acosta joins me with the latest. what do you know, jim? >> reporter: there has been some whiplash today at the white house. earlier the white house counselor kellyanne conway said he had the full confidence of the president and sean spicer said its being evaluated. the best way to put it is that flynn is in a gray area. a senior administration official said the knifes are out at the white house where there are fears washington is hunting for flyn...