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Something that you really want to keep secret, therefore you are vulnerable to blackmail if anybody figures it out and tries to use it against you, right? even if you didnt do something all that bad but its something you find embarrassing or otherwise so un -- not the way you want to think about yourself that people could use it against you as leverage. that kind of thing, anything serious like that would generally disqualify you from getting a high-level security clearance. it would turn up in ...

Deal for leverage. pentagon officials said theyre sending support troops, not combat troops. this image shows the air force jets arriving in the united arab emirates. the iranian president says hes country does not wage war with any nation. but tehran will stand up to american pressure. with that, rich edson is live with more. rich, to you. >> secretary of state mike pompeo says the u.s. strategy is trying to deter a war, not to start one. he was asked whether the united states is trying to comm...

Deal. that they moved it to a different spot under a different name, that was basically what they have gotten out of the country. did you not by any of that evidence? >> its not just that i reject that evidence, so does secretary mattis. he is the presidents own defense secretary, and says that iran was in large compliance with the nuclear deal. i dont deny that iran had sponsored terrorism or hezbollah, and they are not a great anchor, but the deal was constraining them. secretary mattis believ...

Inside russias electric grid. i actually think, though, there is another possibility that could be at play here, and that is that the presidents team in talking to "the new york times" over a series of weeks was actually just overstating the degree to which they had undertaken cyber operations as a sort of psychological warfare, as a way to deter russia, to psych them out. under that story line, chris, i think the presidents team was trying to counter russias game of chess with their own game of...

End points for u.s. policy. for the iranians, its clear. theyre trying to create leverage. they want relief from sanctions that are biting hard. how do you get that relief? convince the chinese and japanese that their oil supplies are at risk and convince the europeans that the peace deal that they want is at risk. so the iranians are looking for economic relief. >> could they win that leverage war? are we in that position or is the jury out? >> the jury is out. ive been talking about that mow s...

If if he has a secretary of defense that leads more toward pompeo, that could help trump have a more balanced approach among his advisers and help him potentially go into a negotiating track. the other small detail here ifz heard, the former secretary of state henry kissinger, who negotiated the grand opening to china, has been at the pentagon the next two days. im not sure who hes meeting with. but there is a tid bit here, if trump decides to pursue, he has more leverage here. president trump...

Talking to "the new york times" over a series of weeks was actually just overstating the degree to which they had undertaken cyber operations as a sort of psychological warfare, as a way to deter russia, to psych them out. under that story line, chris, i think the presidents team was trying to counter russias game of chess with their own game of checkers, but then, of course, the president ups in by losing a game of tic tac toe, by saying on twitter that no, no, this storys not true, there by re...

Earlier today iranian president, hassan rouhani, echoed a similar tone when he said his country doesnt want to wage war with any nation but did add that iran will be victorious in confro confronting pressure from the united states. were joined from the iranian capital. it does seem like these two countries are mirroring each others comments a little bit. theyre both saying they dont want a war but everybodys ratcheting it up just a little bit. >> reporter: thats right. both sides keep saying, al...

Very modest construction of the wall. repeal and replace obamacare? no. the president has, keeping his promise, cut taxes, withdrawn from the iran nuclear deal. theres been job creation and lower unemployment. theres a u.s./mexico trade deal on the table. impose tariffs on china and mexico. yes, he has imposed tariffs on china and mexico. has he gotten what he wanted? >> definitely not on china yet. yet, because hes going to be meeting with the chinese president on the sidelines at the group of ...

Leverage to use if he doesnt play along. >> would you use that leverage? >> you can put. >> but this is way off. >> way off! >> these are things can you do in the first 100 days on your own that a president can order. can you nominate a bunch of good judges on day one. >> you cannot pass the dream act by fiat. you cannot do gun violence -- >> i dont say that you can pass a dream act. i save we can stop the assault on the dreamers with those court cases that the trump administration is pursuing. ...