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Against assad. >> i think the israel list didnt admit to it, that there was kinds of things that they say is that they feel oppressed from some of the drones and various things that are coming out that are being supported as one reads about this by hamas or iran. and that there had to be some way of saying this is unacceptable. but the israelis did this, again, they never had admitted it, erpler in terms of stopping a threat to what they consider their security. basically coming from forces that...

Tour of africa right now. has he become irrelevant? is he even clued into whats happening? >> even beyond his own position in the administration and in public life now, its an illustration of in any previous administration, just the ranks of experts and people to try out all the different approaches, ideas, and subject them to questioning and to draw on the history of how things went when bill clinton was trying to deal with north korea and how things went for either of the presidents bush. and ...

Tillerson saying, trumps decision was not a surprise. hes on a tour of africa, has he become irrelevant? is he even clued in to whats happening? >> even beyond his own position in the administration, and in public life now, its an illustration of in any previous administration, just the ranks of experts, and people to try out all the different approaches. it will draw on the history of how things went, when bill clinton was trying to deal with north korea, and how things went for either of the p...

Against all of the past knowledge, all the past best practices? >> right. north korea is no one incredibly difficult foreign policy problem. no political party or administration really has a monopoly on good or bad ideas. when she said that north korea is a agreeing to things its never agreed to, they havent agreed to anything it. they havent publicly confirmed the south korean depiction of it. but everything they reportedly said to the south koreans has been part of agreements in the past or ca...

Tax reform victory. infrastructure. hes going to call on congress to pass a $1 trillion infrastructure package. immigration reform. thats the big fight. just last week president trump unveiling his plan that would give dreamers a pathway to citizenship in exchange for funding for his border wall. and of course national security. you can expect a key focus on north korea. the most pressing foreign policy problem the white house is facing. now, this is an unconventional president who is going to b...

You and i have talked a lot about this. is the presidents strategy to go after them, is it working? >> ive made a point saying the president sometimes goes too far and he says things on twitter that hurt him. i dont think this was one of those cases. i think the president -- put yourself in his shoes. if you know you did not collude but you are under an fbi investigation, of course you will want to speak out, you will lash out. even if you are the president of the united states. there is a polic...

>> i do not think so at this point. i think theres more options to be done. its a winding staircase. is probably the most precarious foreign policy problem for the united states. the whole government and leadership team, its a problem. i think there is more leverage to be achieved with china. the transition should be happening, and in the short ter term, the olympic opportunity, the big for the north and south this communication to ease tensions slightly, but the president is setting the right t...

Relations throughout the region. >> dana: hopefully with more trade, there would be more peace and security. the president started off the trip dealing with the most pressing foreign policy problem right now, which is north korea and its ambitions for nuclear weapons. meredith, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> dana: im not sure what we have left. do we have anything left? there it is. okay. bill gates shelling out $50 million to help fight a terrible disease. up next, some good news th...

Trump deals with domestic discontent, hes faced with a frightening foreign policy problem. talking about north korea raising stakes with a missile launch and worrisome submarine activity. what is the u.s. going to do about that? that and more questions sarah huckabee sanders may face today at a press briefing supposed to begin right at the top of the hour. cnn will have live coverage. ch. but to help others, they first had to protect themselves. i have afib. even for a nurse, its complicated... ...

Ambassador. >> i very much disagree. the credibility of the united states is at stake here. this will have a big global impact. you can be sure that our adversary, the iranian, north koreans, russians and chinese, theyre looking at a president that is diminishing before their eyes because hes not telling the truth in public. this is a very serious foreign policy problem having to do with the credibility of our leader. you saw chancellor merkel. she did not smile. she didnt go along with the joke...