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Options and to layout what would be required for the military to deploy forces to the pacific to undertake military action. i dont think the president has made a decision to undertake military action, but i think he clearly wants that option available to him. weve had five of the most provocative acts conceivable here in the last interval of time. weve had two icbm tests, a nuclear test of a probable two stage thermo nuclear device. i dont think its much of an overstatement to say this is the mo...

They cover a vast area of territory from russias western border of the way to the arctic. in the past, russias military drills at the cover to invade and annex the ukraine. u.s. and nato believed the drills could involve as many as 100,000 troops. russia on the other hand says there is less than thousand troops participating. early in the weeks that new tanks to poland as part of his routine of its armored brigade, but certainly nothing like the russian drills. >> financial security adviser gene...

Attack here god forbid i would say they were in the sights of the fbi so i think he didnt mean anything beyond that. i think he means generally this kind of activity is what were trying to prevent so these organizations that are responsible for it, whatever comes outs of this investigation, that remains to be seen. it is likely that law enforcement had been working on that problem. >> none of us is inside the presidents head and we dont know if general mcmaster had a conversation with the presid...

Be required for the military to deploy forces to the pacific to undertake military action. i dont think the president has made a decision to undertake military action, but i think he clearly wants that option available to him. weve had five of the most provocative acts conceivable here in the last interval of time. weve had two icbm tests, a nuclear test of a probable two stage thermo nuclear device. an underground test, the sixth by the north korean regime. and two tests over japan. i dont thin...

Most attention we have seen between two nuclear powers since probably the cuban missile cries. >> we were talking about how words have consequences. its been a few weeks since fire and fury. >> youre right about that. one of the things general mcmaster was trying to do was to keep the military option in the heads of the north koreans. theres been a lot of conversation since fire and fury from people saying look, its not really very viable, theres too much risk here, even conventional attack by n...

Been accused of having ties to far-right groups in europe. but its unclear whether gorka was fired or if he resigned or kind of a combustible combination of both. but back with me now, maria teresa, malcolm, joining our panel, msnbc intelligence analyst naveed. so lets dive into this one because it is according to the federalist that gorka sent a blunt resignation to the white house saying, given recent events, it is clear to me that forces that do not support the maga, make america great again ...

Statements on, on something that could be truly so catastrophic. >> but what do you think of the individuals hes placed in those key intelligence community positions like mike pompeo, the new cia director, dan coates, the director of national intelligence, secretary mattis over at the defense department, general mcmaster, his national security advisor. john kelly, his white house chief of staff. do you have confidence in them? >> i would say this. i know that my former colleagues are not particu...

Of immigration resonates so strongly. and despite those sagging numbers and in places like michigan and ohio and other rust belt places again like the point nafs already made, he had low favor abilities during the election season and he still won knows states. and also republicans tell me, look we have as long as until democrats get a message and you know a way to sell -- to sell their story to the voters until things really get bad. i think republicans feel like they have some leeway because th...

Advisers and with general mattis, general mcmaster, the national security adviser for him to really comprehend and understand the history in afghanistan, the complexitity of the engagement there, the repercussions in some of these neighboring countries in the region, and understand all of the different power levers he may be able to pull as the president. his inclination all the way through out was to try to withdraw, get out of this mess. he viewed it as a disaster, a 16-year war that never see...

We dont have unlimited patience and a blank check and talked about the hallowed ground and winning and obliterating them and blowing them away and nowhere to hide. and were not going to try to nation build. thoughts. >> i think first of all i see most decisive national security speech since ronald reagan. its much more direct and focussed than any recent president. its established ground rules which knowing how president trump operates he intends to really enforce and knowing how secretary matti...