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>> neil: we know what the president might be considering. theres a briefing that might happen soon. and might have to do with trade. what do you think? >> the fact that they are talking a little bit more in earnest is a signal. at the end of the day, the math has to work where they have to be able to figure out something to get 60 votes in the senate. the math has to work in the house, and the key linchpin of the whole thing is whether or not the president would sign it. if the president doesnt ...

Feels as though the special counsel is taking his side. the counsel is something having do from about something and the special counsel doesnt push back and the special counsel maybe even indict another one of president trumps close allies, maybe roger stone or someone, the president willgo back on his high horse, its a hitch hunt, the responsible hire he feels a. >> yeah, noah, i just want your thoughts. this i thought was a huge reset moment for the media on a number of levels, whether or not ...

Once said this to a senator i knew. he said, you dance with the one that brung you. the people that built the democratic country. the people who worked with pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, wisconsin. its always been democratic territory. trump stole it, he grabbed it, i should say, two years ago. howd he get it back? >> you get it back by talking about the dignity of work. i think you point out this sort of phony populism of donald trump, where he talks about working class voters, but he divides t...

Process of denuclearization. they view this as taking place over a matter of many years with more than the united states indicated they are willing to give. the u.s. saying the benefits will come at the end of the process. thats different from what the north koreans expect. the north koreans have said -- my source told me, they dont intend to walk away from talks. but they will do it if the u.s. doesnt push forward with the bold move, this peace treaty. they have the backing of their traditional...

Intelligence, dan coats, openly criticized the decision to meet one on one. >> if he had asked me how that ought to be conducted, i would have suggested a different way but thats not my role. thats not my job, so it is what it is. >> reporter: coats says he has no idea what the leaders discussed, but one person who does? the presidents translator, marina gross. in congress, republican and democratic leaders are now debating whether to request her notes or compel her to testify. >> lets face it -...

Point, let it happen. we are getting sick of this. we are not going to put these resolutions for second special comb on the floor but they cant actually say those words in that much detail because that would set up a clash. >> i think the way mitch mcconnell handled it, everyone knows mitch mcconnell doesnt push back against the president. very diplomatic about it. hes not going to cross the president. but the way he addressed this really show how much of a dud it was. the president said there i...

Serious thing here is not the immediate, but the long-term. both serious, but i concern myself with the long tern-term, we are eroding institutions, undercutting public confidence in institutions, we are certainly going to need these institutions again. and now tle will be wounded for the longest time. one other thing i need to point out. in pushing back those institutions, my tribe, the intel guys, yours, journalism, the fbi. we have to be careful in pushing back against a norm-busting administ...

Because i want to come switch, thats what the policies going to to be. >> shannon: all right, so how much does it matter that he gets his senior positions my people filled. >> it matters a lot. obviously the president makes all the most serious decisions but state department and every other department, hundreds of decisions are being made at lower levels that affect and constrain his options when big decisions finally get to him. i speak from my years in the bureaucracy. if a president doesnt pu...

Because i want to come switch, thats what the policies going to to be. >> shannon: all right, so how much does it matter that he gets his senior positions my people filled. >> it matters a lot. obviously the president makes all the most serious decisions but state department and every other department, hundreds of decisions are being made at lower levels that affect and constrain his options when big decisions finally get to him. i speak from my years in the bureaucracy. if a president doesnt pu...

Next step is in north korea, and are they trying to tempt president trump? >> what were seeing them doing is reverditing back to their pattern. they didnt fire these missiles toward guam. these were short-range bloifz. they did fly more than 150 miles which could potentially hit all of seoul and millions of people there, also key u.s. military bases in south korea. but instead they fold the traditional trajectory coming down in the sea of japan. next realizes if they can conduct these tests, the...