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>> we wanted more than that there are other things you havent talked about or writ eb and that happened a long time agoal. >> the uranium enrichment plant. >> exactly and we brought many points up that i think they were surprise we had knew, but we had to do more that just the one level. if we did the one level and gave up all that leverage that has taken a long time to build -- by the way -- >> take out that second -- >> david, i want to take off the sanctions so badly because i want that count...

Sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldnt do that. >> melissa: a short time ago, the ranking democrat member on the foreign relations committee, bob menendez, sing the strategy is putting the u.s. in a worse position. >> what we saw in hanoi was amateur hour with nuclear weapons at stake. the limits of reality tv diplomacy. what i worry about is that the president, by giving kim jong un the international not only recognition but almost acceptance, going from pariah to an accepted intern...

Denuclearization of the korean peninsula and the republicans put on this cartoon back in washington, whatever you want -- circus? i know the outrage would be immediate, it would be universal. but stay focused on what this could accomplished, what we expect. >> we have a lot of leverage right now. president trump expects that. being an outsider politics helps him. we have leverage, sean. theyre starving. the north koreans need something we can provide. its not just that they cant feed their peopl...

Or chosen the word of dictator and thugs over even our own intelligence committee. standing before the world and taking the word of vladimir putin over the entire intelligence committee, our national reputation as being tarnished. >> bret: we dont know if joe biden will run for president or not but he was pretty critical of coddling dictators. most democrats came out and say, it is good he walked away. >> there is a lot of concern among some trump critics that he was going to put a lot of sancti...

Chinese probably told him to scuttle it and use it as leverage for the train deal. trump said he was going to drop the tariff increase on march 1. its a gamesmanship between xi and trump. like you said, we will see what happens. i dont like the deal. they wanted to destroy their main nuclear plant in exchange for dropping all sanctions, thats crazy. no deal is better than a bad deal. its very easy to do a deal and i think the media likes the idea of the deal and i dont care whats in it. i was ea...

Shaken further when republicans insisted a gun background check bill he did language about undocumented immigrants buying guns. to nancy pelosis dismay, republicans succeeded in convincing 26 democrats to join them in amending the bill by voting yes. >> vote no. the fact is a vote yes is to give leverage to the other side. >> democrats are thinking of ways to limit use of the tools they used here called a motion to recommit or mtr. >> changes to the mtr would be a nuclear option. >> they weaponi...

Will take as long as it needs to were just not going to sign something thats not in the best interests of this country and it is refreshing to have a president doing this, that understands leverage, we are dealing with a communist dictator, this isnt a choirboy he is dealing with. i think he did the right thing. heather: if you look at the body language happening yesterday, a lot of folks you a lot of smiles and handshakes, that we can accomplish something here but people tend to forget what you...

Today, we have democrats speaking out about how this is still kind of disastrous, nothing good. chuck schumer spoke out as well about this. i want to play this and get your reaction. lets watch. >> president trump seems headed down the path of capitulation on both north korea and china. prepared to trade away our leverage in exchange for flimsy agreements. president trump seems more interested in touting his foreign relationship with chairman kim as an accomplishment in and of itself, calling a ...

To vietnam in hopes of making something. no doesnt mean no forever. you will see continued negotiations. we had the leverage. the intel the united states has on north korea, which as i mentioned shocked heather nauert that is a good thing so we operate from a position of strength. we hope for the best and prepare for the worst. >> what about the timeframe? when do you think the next summit could happen? donald trump was noncommittal on that but you heard mike pompeo saying he does think they cou...

Thought about running for president. one of the things he says in "the art of the deal," up to the last second you always must be willing to stand up and walk away from a deal. you dont do a deal because you want a deal. you do a deal because it works for you. if it doesnt, you got to be willing to walk away. >> yeah, its one of the very first rules. i tell everybody you got to read the "art of the deal." you have got to be prepared to walk away from the table at any point. never be so vested th...