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What is the pressure of this pressure. is it really to talk or bring about the collapse of the iranian state. it isnt because they believe he wants to talk. secondly, they want to come to talks feeling that trump takes them seriously. they dont want to come to talks thinking, okay, i applied to pressure and put even more pressure on them at the table. they are trying to get some leverage from traum to say look, we are willing to be as wreckless as you and willing to ris b war and disrupt tankers...

The president could, indeed -- as he said, he pulled back on this at the request of democrats. do you think that its plausible democrats and republicans in the next two weeks are going to come up with some sort of immigration solution? >> its doubtful. weve been through this before several times under the bush administration, under the obama administration. and there are real differences in terms of what an agreement will be. if the president is talking about putting the daca program, the dreame...

Offer that goes against what a lot of republicans want. i dont think hes going to do that. and it probably wouldnt survive the senate, but thats the only kind of leverage he would have at this moment. something that the democrats cant refuse. but thats not on the table right now. >> julian, always appreciate your perspective. thank you for being here, sir. >> thanks for having me. the conditions at a detention center where migrant children are being held are being called unconscionable. a repo...

Regime. the saudis, their main region alregional antagonists, i see no moral distinction between the iranians, saudis or emirates for that matter. we should be trying to deescalate and trying to have leverage with both sides so we can prevent this cold war from turning into a hot war. we have no idea. and john bolton has no idea what would happen if we started a war. this man, john bolton, has been calling explicitly for war with iran for more than a decade and he has never answered basic questi...

Be sympathetic to that decision, sympathetic to the declared reasons for it. and sympathetic or supportive of the idea hes thinking about this and hes got a lot of different people and he listens to them and then he makes a decision. >> ill tell you, i dont believe he ever would have ordered the strike. the person ive interviewed and known for a long time and his position on this, but he -- he was reveling in the fact he had everybody confused. >> this was the classic articulation of trumpian de...

You hear the frustration in my voice. im sick of it. nancy pelosi who wants the president in prison says give us a break, give us a couple weeks. when a president was sitting in that white house alone for christmas and she was gal haventing in hawaii, puerto rico and on her way to afghanistan or wherever the hell she was going, brussels. now she knows hes serious and has the leverage, shes going to come back. >> there is zero chance well get something through quong the democrats. four months ago...

Against an external enemy bonded them together as communists but nationalists, making sure their borders never be breeached and those ties stayed strong over the decade. >> can xi jinping tell his counterpart make a deal with the americans on the nuclear issue and would he want to do so? does he have the power and does he have the interest? >> ive talked to this about chinese policymakers over the years, they like to roll their eyes and say we tell the north koreans what to do and they pay no at...

You know what? you hear the frustration in my voice. im sick of it. nancy pelosi who wants the president in prison says give us a break, give us a couple weeks. when a president was sitting in that white house alone for christmas and she was gal haventing in hawaii, puerto rico and on her way to afghanistan or wherever the hell she was going, brussels. now she knows hes serious and has the leverage, shes going to come back. >> there is zero chance well get something through quong the democrats. ...

Devastating report and they need to make up for lost time and put on a show, because people dont read the book. they need to see the movie. and that movie needs to start unspooling on capitol hill now. >> all right. look, another top story today. the president announcing this two-week delay on the ice deportation raids. he says it gives democrats and republicans time to work together for asylum on the situation at the border. in your opinion, sir, what if anything can get done in two weeks? >> i...

Doesnt allow people to really know what hes think and so he may or may not exercise or use that leverage and uses that to bring his adversary to the table. youve seen it with china, mexico and now iran. and in many ways it has become entirely predictable. the predictable have become entirely predictable. i think if you look at trump from the campaign and the donald trump we know about not wanting to get entangled in the middle east, it was very likely. >> was that a confident president or is he ...