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This is not something playing out in the international diplomatic circuit as people vie for influence on a -- on a given nation overseas. this is coming into the context of an ongoing war in the middle of europe that again threatens to expand at any begin moment. the worst thing that you could have in a conflict is uncertainty by the major players. and if they are some level of ambiguity, as you are trying to scope the conflict and keep it small, to keep it from escalating, and from drawing in o...

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Going to take that mask off. >> yeah. >> you dont care about what government says? >> no its okay its fine. >> for incomes. democracy yes. what is seen as significant here all be it small, the first reaction in four months unrest two protesters from chinese troops hosted right here. one held up a banner on top of the troops headquarters wrng of arrest is protesters continue to point the distracting laze per lights at the soldiers on guard. now, of course arthel intervention by chinese troops is ...

So it was intentional to keep it small, but i would submit it was more lawful and appropriate reasons that we kept it small and didnt bring in sort of armies of people. >> but the idea that it wasnt the normal channels of a counter intelligence investigation. >> no, it wasnt normal. we were investigating a political -- people connected to a political campaign in the middle of a presidential election. so, no, there was nothing normal about that. so we were trying to figure out how to deal with a ...

The thing thats interesting about this is that this was handled a very senior level of these departments. it wasnt handled in the ordinary way that investigations or counter intelligence activities are conducted. it was sort of an ad hoc small group. >> is that in line with your understanding of how the investigation was handled? there is, you can listen to that, and if you are inclined to have an ominous interpretation of it you can think, this small group at the top were trying to get presiden...

Stepped down with this way with an oval office presentation and all of that. nikki haley lost clout with president trump and a lot of it had to do with mike pompeo. nikki haley was his go to. he was not getting along with mcmaster at that time. thats interesting. that aspect. the timing is key here. president trump said she told him six months ago she was going to be leaving. we are told so many people were caught off guard and she said im ready to leave at the end of the year and john kelly and...

Tillerson doesnt write them. and therefore it will be very could not strained. >> youre saying this meeting is a black box. that it is dealing, whatever happens in that meeting stays entirely within that meeting. >> the president can read it it. by having it small, thats right. the things that are and can. we didnt talk about the violation of sornlt of the united states in 2016. this makes it easier to control

Interptator. >> shepard: the presidents own helpers are trying to get more people in the meeting, because theyre understanding of what vladimir putins want to make things happen in private meetings that shouldnt. >> reporter: right, there is also a desire by some people, particularly in the russian side, to make this meeting bigger, to give it a sense of more importance, by having more people in the room. it is kind of like if you have seven or eight major dignitaries from each country in the ro...

Started to run for senate. will that work? is that real? will people see through this? >> well see. thats left to the voter of iowa, new hampshire south carolina, and elsewhere to decide. part of the problem is she might like to keep it small, but guys like you and i are going to be in tow, potentially a real problem for her to manage the cirque us that does follow that is mostly -- circus that does follow that is mostly media. she is a strong woman conjures strong opinions. people have been wai...

Could not strained. >> youre saying this meeting is a black box. that it is dealing, whatever happens in that meeting stays entirely within that meeting. >> the president can read it it. by having it small, thats right. the things that are and can. we didnt talk about the violation of sornlt of the united states in 2016. this makes it easier to control that story after the meeting is over. >> what is the number one thing? someone who has been throwing these meetings. i think it was three-hour me...