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Successfully hitting washington or new york. were still not there yet. the president has given the american public the sense theres a new crisis here. hes manufactured it. hopefully, again, hes using his rhetoric to put diplomatic pressure on the various players. i think its a bit dangerous because, again, as hugh, said the north koreans are threatening guam. we dont need to threaten the venezuelans. lets come up with a good strategy. use our diplomatic effort and use the military means as a las...

>> go ahead rick. >> i am going to say this bluntly, i have known mcmaster. the white house, you should wake up everyday with a sense of relief that there is a grown up in the white house of this crazy a lot writers whos easing their way into the mechanism. if you dont have a henry mcmaster inside the white house and jim mattis defense. well be in a situation where our country is not safe and well be in a situation where our country is in the hands of people who should never have security cleara...

Eventually bombed, is that right? >> yes, youre right in recalling that. but that was not straps ftransf weapons, it was transfer of technology. your security clearance has just been renewed, i want your reaction to that. >> general mcmaster renewed the security clearances of all of his former advisors and living presidents nap is customary to do when a new administration comes in, and all of the prior ones have done the tame, i think it is really unfortunately an opportunity and a excuse for

Place -- 17 years, our longest war, i read in one of your columns. and frankly, its going to be a decision thats going to be made very soon. >> do you have full confidence in your national security adviser? >> yes, i do. general mcmaster, absolutely. hes our friend, hes my friend and hes a very talented man. i like him and i respect him. >> sir, why did you decide to announce the transgender ban reversal a couple of weeks ago, and are you betraying a community that you pledged to support? >> no....

Going to make it a lot less messy, but thats a place, 17 years, one of our longest wars i read in one of your columns. frankly it will be a decision thats go going to be made very soon. >> you have very confidence in your national security adviser? >> yes, i do. general mcmaster, hes a friend, hes my friend, hes a very talented man, i like him and i respect him. >> sir, why did you decide to announce the transgender ban reversal a couple of weeks ago? are you betraying a community that you pledg...

Frankly, its going to be a decision that will be made soon. >> do you have full confidence in international security advisers? >> yes, i do. general mcmaster. yes. hes my friend. our friend. a very talented man. i like him and respect him. >> why did you decide to announce the trans-gender ban reversal a couple weeks ago? are you betraying a community you pledged to support? >> no. i have had great support from that community. i got a lot of votes. but the trans-gender in the military is working...

What are you hearing? >> well, among the questions asked of the president in this second session that we have been talking about for which we do not yet have the tape the president was asked about vladimir putins decision to reduce the number of americans permitted to work in the u.s. embassy in moscow and around other missions in russia by 755. the presidents answer according to our colleagues, i want to thank him. were trying to trim down on payroll. greatly appreciate that. i think we do need...

Staff. youve got steve bannon who was kicked off the national security council. launching what has become a public war against a sitting national security adviser. you covered george w. bush. i cannot imagine george w. bush tolerating a war being waged against condi rice when she sat as his national security adviser. you can debate the strategic advice you get from the national security adviser, but we are looking at a nuclear standoff with north korea with his own national security adviser need...

People of our country safe. our allies are safe. and i will tell you this. north korea better get their act together or theyre going to be in trouble like few nations ever have been in trouble in this world. okay? thank you very much. >> nbcs kelly oconnell is in bedminster with the president and robert acosta joins us from d.c. i want to introduce john heilman and frank bruni, a columnist for "the new york times." heres your title, the white house reporter eli stokols and kasie hunt. kelly o, w...

Mentioned, obviously general kelly his chief of staff is the central person. my impression has been that secretary of state tillerson is coordinating the diplomacy, the engagement with china. there are extensive conversations going back and forth, not all public, with the chinese, also with the japanese. i would just note one additional thing, joe. this "fire and fury" rhetoric, whatever audience was intended becomes a tasking order for our military. general mattis and others at the pentagon thi...