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There are certain individuals who did the wrong thing, who either brought bias or cut corners or did something wrong that implicates an american civil liberties it is our job as congressional overseers to bring people to account so it doesnt happen again. molly? >> yes. senator mcconnell, have you seen the memo and secondly, do you agree with senator -- [ inaudible ]. >> no, i havent and i dont have any suggestions to make to the speaker. i think hes handling this just right. >> last question. >...

Implicates an american civil liberties, it is our job to bring people to account so this doesnt happen again. >> this is for senator mcconnell. have you seen the memo? and secondly, do you agree with senator thume that the senate intelligence committee should see the memo before it is released publicly? >> no, i havent. i dont have any suggestions to make to the speaker. i think hes handling this just right. >> do you believe this memo has something that will have no impact on -- [ inaudible ] >...

>> we have exhausted all the things we did. i said yesterday im perfectly happy kicking this over and he has plenty of options. >> at some point you have to have your credibility on the line. if pyongyang does not respond to that and if they dont try to help, are they boxing themselves in? >> we have to strike at this point and its hard to see. i have a hard time saying they will execute you. thats not the option. it sounds like an empty threat. their policy has to get closer to a military optio...

Criminal charges. which we cannot bring. we are looking at ways to improve the department of justice and prevent the kind of firing that occurred with jim comey among other factors and he cant do that. so we both have our separate independent purposes and neither of us should be drawing lines or setting off limits facts we need to do our jobs. >> senator thank you for being here. joining me now on the phone is nbc intelligence and national security reporter den delaney. he has a new report that ...

Which we cannot bring. we are looking at ways to improve the department of justice and prevent the kind of firing that occurred with jim comey among other factors and he cant do that. so we both have our separate independent purposes and neither of us should be drawing lines or setting off limits facts we need to do our jobs. >> senator thank you for being here. joining me now on the phone is nbc intelligence and national security reporter den delaney. he has a new report that robert mueller is ...

Here. >> shannon: yep. >> leland: north korea presenting president trump with a huge test on the global stage. tensions are high with the rogue regime after their successful test of an icbm earlier this week. the president addressing that threat earlier this morning. >> well just take a look at what happens over the coming weeks and months with respect to north korea. its a shame that they are behaving this way, but they are behaving in a very very dangerous manner and something will have to be ...

To say, and i attempted to -- certainly to clear up this misunderstanding about what i meant. >> so how does he control what he hears and he sees? obviously hes controlling that dvr and watching back certain mentions of him that arent so positive. >> yeah. i mean the president records, you know, a large amount of cable news during the day and then watches it back in the private dining room. he wants to be able to see it. he wants to bring aides in and sort of do color commentary. its almost like...

Since the 18th. even though satellite photos seem to indicate that north korea is planning for another nuclear test, theres been nothing on that front. so maybe in terms of this dance that the president is doing with president xi jinping is happening. heres what sean spacer said it was about earlier today. listen in. >> this is a great opportunity for the senators to get briefed as to what the situation is in north korea and the steps this administration is taking to calm that threat. >> we also...

There is own be car obama obamae failing, and also legacy a divider rather than a uniter, and not supporting our allies and emboldening our foes by drawing lines and not fulfilling promises. then putting his legacy, all of his policies in play in this election with hillary clinton really losing a third term, by having his policies rejected. which will be rejected in first 50 to 70 too 100 days. maria: i keep chuckling when i see president obama say, i could have won had a run a third terl. >term...

Feelings and thats the way that it should be. i think that the washington authority is starting to say were not going to do issue ads. they start drawing lines that are ridiculous. we should have an open robust and oftentimes bruising but always peaceful discussion and culture of free speech. and i worry that you know both on college campuses as well as from the white house, you know, the white house in the wake of the benghazi attacks continued to say things about the innocence of muslims youtu...