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Iran venezuela north korea the worlds 3 top geopolitical flashpoints in all 3 russia and the u.s. are working against each other and dont forget about what russia did and plans to do again to u.s. elections now despite this the top diplomats from both countries met today to talk about expanding on everything quote that we have in common tonight the diplomacy of double speak and finding the function in dysfunction im bringing off in berlin this is the day. were looking for iran to be of like a no...

A lot more than just these trade tariffs theres the iran nuclear deal thats falling apart theres north korea i mean these are three very volatile very active geo political flashpoints its almost impossible to give the global economy a positive prognosis at the moment isnt it. well i mean besides the trades and negotiations im not so certain if the dealings with north korea at least for now are really such a big impact on the economy around the globe and when we talk about whats going on in iran ...

The us of being part of what they see as an overthrow of power. i know so much about the various coups in which the united states has either been complicit or the instigator and i think this is a rare opportunity we have to interfere at of time. but time is running out for the activists in the u.s. government says the protest is a breaking the law and will have to leave. certain where either people are after or embassies like the one behind me and now becoming flashpoints in an international tug...

That as possible so we can put some of these issues to rest. >> mike schmidt, if we keep the iceberg analogy going, some of what has been revealed, the part thats above water, is the conduct that could be construed as obstruction of justice. you and your colleagues reported on director mueller looking at the tweets, stitching together the tweets and the public comments. you and your colleagues also reported on other flash points, the attempted firing of mueller, which was ultimately unsuccessful...

Joining the table now, author vicky ward. congratulations. you have been on a whirlwind of a book tour. were so happy to have you. this is an interesting piece. the mark corollo clash with the trump world does not get as much attention as it deserves. we were talking at the beginning of the show how the president could be in trouble for obstruction of justice, its flashpoints that you write about that could be the canary in the mine. talk about what you learned from him. >> mark corollo is a ver...

Attack on innocent immigrants and mosques have skyrocketed. >> less than 24 hours out but what do you make of the efforts to link the president to this attack overseas? >> well this is exactly what the terrorist wanted and he made that explicit and clear about what we see is an evolution of this kind of attack were social media is useful for these individuals to find like-minded people to radicalize and often posed and manifesto now because of advancing technology easy to lie, stream it to make ...

Islamohphobia took a sharp right and attacks on innocent muslims, innocent immigrants and mosques have skyrocketed. >> less than 24 hours at what do you make of links to our president to this attack overseas? >> this is exactly what the terrorists wanted. he made that explicit and clear. what we see here is there is an evolution of this kind of attack where social media is useful for these individuals, like-minded people to radicalize and post a manifesto. now it is easier to live streamed it an...

Whitaker what that conversation was. but the thing we talked about yesterday, nicolle, is this notion that somebody whob had recused himself because of the appearance of conflict or actual conflict, could unrecuse himself, im just not familiar with that. i have been around the justice department for a long time >> its not a thing, chuck? >> its not a thing in my experience. this notion of unrecusal, again, could be benign. a president who doesnt understand that simple concept or nefarious, get m...

Some of the historical parallels to bill clintons impeachment proceedings and i believe its something that you wrote about the clinton proceedings and -- you know, he was ultimately impeached for a bucket of conduct around the obstruction prong of this mueller probe. we havent talked about it quite as much lately because the folks whove been in court have been down the collusion corridor. paul manafort, konstantin kilimnik has been in the news. roger stones home was raided. your papers have chro...

It is a hell of a place in washington. >> guy needs a new stump speech. democrats effectively check mating republicans in congress by saying, we will only move toward impeachment if theres evidence of criminal conduct and practically daring the gop to say theyd let crimes committed by the president slide. and speaking of crimes, potentially committed by the president, we know that one of the flashpoints in the obstructions of justice investigation into donald trump is his use of attempted use of...