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We are shielded from the crisis because of course the lifeblood of every economy is oil and gas, not the new green deal. the iranian economy has lost the value as we have become energy independent. we are now the number one producer of oil and natural gas for the first time in 75 years, america is energy independent. we are a net exporter of energy. in other words, we have their leverage. we dont need the strait of hormuz as we once did and iran is suffering economically. the iranian people are ...

In russia prior to the election at length and in detail even though trump denied it. it gets to this question of what kind of leverage potentially did russia have over a president, or a candidate campaigning to be president at the same time he was trying to make money in russia. >> we have to turn and ask about hope hicks. im not entirely sure why democrats were surprised but hope hicks refused to answer more than 150 questions from lawmakers, citing executive immunity. many of the questions wer...

More on the lines of military strike or some of them maneuver if they are indeed within striking that 20%? >> im not one of them, but when you get to 20%, to get to 90% is a much faster process. it reduces the amount of time to do that. its kind of where we were once before with the irradiance word, i think the israeli reaction to something like that would clearly alarm them. i do believe the iranians are using it, shannon, as leverage just as they are using their provocative attacks in the pers...

Its a very quirky situation. >> so elliott, his lawyer insisting theres nothing for the committee to worry about, he intends to cooperate here. if the committee does get to hear from him, what could they learn? >> a few things. first there was interactions that he had with the soviet general regarding the trump tower moscow deal that does not appear in the mueller report. so much appears in the mueller report and theres a lot thats redacted but something like this is a valuable nugget that might...

Could be on the verge of player power card. using trumps desire to advance a nuclear deal with north korea and xis own leverage of a young lead who are is dependent on him. >> he will say he can control north korea and can push it in better directions if trump gives him concessions on what he wants which right now is trade. hes going to dangle this card in front of trump. >> reporter: theres a concern that trumps hand with kim jong-un might have gotten weaker because of trump is pull back a mili...

Military action by the u.s., even a limited one, they believe the iranians will continue to escalate. and amid the heightened tensions, national security advisor john bolton will travel to israel on saturday for a trilateral summit with the israeli and russian counterparts. some believe that russia may be the only country that has leverage over iran i could now help de-escalate tensions. >> nice to see you. what is your message today? >> trying to create escalation and shooting down the drone, t...

In the middle east. we are shielded from the crisis because of course the lifeblood of every economy is oil and gas, not the new green deal. the iranian economy has lost the value as we have become energy independent. we are now the number one producer of oil and natural gas for the first time in 75 years, america is energy independent. we are a net exporter of energy. in other words, we have their leverage. if we dont need the strait of hormuz as we once did and iran is suffering economically. ...

They have to be able to blow them out of the water and they must pay to take out a drone in international waters. im not believing a word that these lying mullahs say. >> first, lets take the word of the united states over the malign actor of iran. >> the way we took the word of the united states government in 2003? >> in this case, you have to remember iran is the malign actor and they have a history of launching increasingly escalatory kinetic action in the gulf. this is all about leverage, th...

Could die ten minutes before a strike, is that -- is that possible? would that -- would that be how that process would unfold? >> well, doesnt sound right because normally when these plans are prepared the possible kaushlts a casualties are discussed. but it is possible he was thinking about it and said remind me again how many people could get killed or maybe he didnt hear it in the say crisis communication and it was a smart move by the president to call this off because the strike would have ...

Decide to send them and back down. they have to be able to blow them out of the water and they must pay to take out a drone in international waters. im not believing a word that these lying mullahs say. >> first, sean, geraldo, lets take the word of the united states over the malign actor of iran. as far as where the >> the way we took the word of drone was located. the united states government in 2003? >> sean: dan talks. >> in this case, you have to remember iran is the malign actor and they h...