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Not dissect every word of this, because if you did -- >> dont take him literally. >> dont take him literally, we have had a lot of debate about this. but this was extemporaneous. dont dissect it too deeply. >> general mattis and rex tillerson all coming out with variations of a more moderate statement. >> they want to try to scale this down, and the problem -- i think thats a terrific strategy for them now, now that the president has kind of messed up. say well he didnt mean that literally. but ...

And i think thats where we need to get is engage in some diplomacy to ratchet this thing back, to take nuclear war off the table. because that is catastrophic for everybody. and kim jong un does not want to die. he wants to live on in his lifestyle, and we should engage him in a discussion that lets him continue. >> stick around, everybody. more north korea in a moment. >> the russia white house investigation, learning that the home of paul manafort, the presidents former campaign chairman was r...

Obviously between the u.s. and south korea, theres been some concern about that. but it gives you an idea of the level of rhetoric weve been hearing from the president on the heels of these threats from north korea, anderson. >> and the lines he used yesterday, the fire and fury and more powerful than the world has ever seen, what do we eknow about that statement? at one point he looked down at a piece of paper be. i saw the reporting from "the new york times" that that was a one sheet on opioid...

Not dissect every word of this, because if you did -- hes threatening a nuclear -- >> dont take him literally. >> dont take him literally, we have had a lot of debate about this. but i think this is an effort to say look, this was extemporaneous. dont dissect every word. dont take it too seriously. >> it certainly seems whether general mattis, rex tillerson, all of them sort of coming out today with variations of sort of a more moderate statement. >> right. they want to try to scale this down, a...

He used that word deliberately, a deliberate act so he wasnt leading us into war. that kind of nuance is required in the job, and this president has to rise to the occasion. frankly, his generals cannot allow him to go out unscripted on something like that. >> tim, today tweeting out this morning the nuclear arsenal is more powerful than ever. theyre really not any changed. >> here is the thing that when i heard this statement yesterday, thank you, paul, for mentioning the book, i thought to mys...

Staff, john kelly and other national security council officials. but when it came to the actual rhetoric, those words that actually stuck out the many people watching this, those were the presidents own words. they came extemporaneously in that moment. it was not a prepared statement ahead of time, anderson. >> sara murray, thanks very much. susan page, paul begala, general spider marks and tim naftali. how surprised are you that john kelly was surprised by it but not shocked by what the presi...

Year, that allow you to make better decisions, so you know where to put the gas on and where to look it up. >> thats right. so often apply resources to the wrong place, just slight shifts make a big difference. if the business operator isnt thinking new customers frequency spending, they dont dissect it that way, then they dont spend the money that way. >> you can get a dashboard, whether online or written down from someone in the company, heres a dashboard, this is what i look at every day. tha...

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