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State department? was this something being discussed in the department of defense? >> doesnt appear that this was something that was being discussed at upper reaches of the u.s. government. and for trump to say, well, the taliban want this. and the taliban kind of deny it and say their negotiating position has not changed. indicates kind of a credibility gap between what the president says and what the actual truth is. and so he seemed to go a little over his skis but he does want the taliban to...

Expressing optimism about talks restarting, but he would benefit himself and our team by consulting with them about the state of the talks and not getting too far ahead of his skis. >> as far as the troops on the ground and the numbers left there, the president talked about bringing more home. but also says that that would not necessarily happen until theres a deal made with the taliban. can the u.s. safely bring all u.s. troops home if there is a deal made with the taliban? >> troops are a trum...

Made it veto proof. opted for the confrontation of china. however, its not clear, you know, how much it means more than a symbolic way. there are sanctions that would be put on chinese officials and the like. china has said that it will retaliate. the timing here, obviously, is right in the midst of once again trying to produce an actual trade accord -- round one trade agreement is what theyre calling it with the chinese ragt now. you know, that has been a very elusive deal with the presidents r...

Crowded mob of protesters against the president. the famous baby trump balloon. its volatile to have this meeting there both the nato alliance and with this crucial british prime ministers election happening at the exact same moment. december 12th is when its happening. >> lets talk about whats happening with china and with the possible trade deal. so as you know, president trump signed this hong kong human rights act that congress had sent to his desk. now what? does china have much leverage in...

Unannounced on thanksgiving, let them know we have not forgotten about them. we understand the sacrifice they are making and it is for a purpose and if that purpose is to create leverage, to one day get rid of threats like the taliban and, that is optimal, the best opportunity. if nothing else, having a presence there is our leverage and they understand the troops that we appreciate that. carley: the big news is the president announced peace talks with the talent and resumes. are you on board wi...

But at the same time weve already accumulated quite overwhelming evidence. there was no plausible explanation but one, and that was that the president wanted this leverage to get ukraine to do his political dirty work. >> thats how he summarizes all the work hes done. here was, for comparison, joyce, chairman nadler of the judiciary committee. this was days before the ukraine stuff took flight. have a listen. >> investigation also extends beyond the four corners of the mueller report. we are loo...

You have to meet a high threshold. it appears thats met at least to proceed with the inquiry. and obstruction of justice is a serious charge. we dont know exactly what the articles will be. when youre talking about using the leverage of the presidency in national security situations as a former diplomat i can tell you thats something presidents use on a daily and weekly basis. >> yes or no to each of you expect any republican senators to convict? zero, or do you see any convicting? >> were a lon...

Investigate for criminal activity. i dont know how that decision was made if this information was available to them. it is, as everyone there has said, consciousness of guilt. it is way outside the norms for how you deal with notes from a foreign leader call, to shift them on to the classified system for no obvious reason of classification. and it speaks to the other reason for the referral, which was perhaps a national security threat was created by the president and another government having l...

Withdrawing the u.s. from the world stage than an acknowledgement of the difficulties in afghanistan. >> senator lindsey graham, colonel, says if you take the troops out, we could have another 9/11. do you believe that? >> its entirely possible. but dont forget that enemies of the united states can coalesce and have coalesced just about anywhere. they dont need afghanistan anymore, like they did 20 years ago, in order to prosecute a war against the united states, a terrorist war against the unit...

What detectives had already learned about frank. >> he had a fetish for watches and living the lifestyle of the rich and famous and he really didnt have any full time job. >> but if frank thought he was taking any advantage of fred, the detectives believed it was just the opposite. >> y i think fred wanted to own fred in some way. >> so frank already had the $100,000, so now hes on the hook big time to fred. and fred says to get off the hook youve got to make this happen. >> correct. >> then sla...