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Surrogates have been trying to undermine mueller for the last 18 months. >> sahil, kim talks about the fact that were ultimate headed toward a political resolution. democrats are bracing for the possibility, preparing for the possibility to move toward some type of impeachment hearing after they see this report. they say theyre not going to do that until the report comes out. >> thats correct. i dont think theyve made any decisions on that. and democrats have been cautious about the talk of impe...

Expect, which is what has robert mueller found, who did he talk to? or is the trump administration willing to risk sosrt of this edited version and possibility of just putting things out piecemeal? i think thats step one and schiff knows that right now putting pressure on the justice department to either look transparent or to look like they may be, you know, heavily editing something is the pressure to go to. ultimately, it feels like to matter what happens, either side may end up going to cour...

President obama. balbina, you first. is that leverage? economic opportunities. is that how you get north korea to denuclearize and go the straight and narrow? >> well, i think that this is exactly what weve been offering to north korea for the last 20, 30 years. this is actually a very consistent message. unfortunately, north korea has not taken a bite of that apple. so i dont know if we need to keep going down the same road. i think the real question is, what is it exactly that we are trying to...

Korea. but thats not even on the table. so the north koreans, again, have shown no inclination to give up their nuclear weapons. and frankly, from their perspective, they would be crazy to do it. and so if we were going to use the leverage that has been built up by many past presidents who would say, how do we put more pressure on north korea, and then have a reciprocal series of trade-offs to ease tensions. the problem with what president trump is doing is hes giving away so much out front, and...

Long before kim sat face-to-face to him, to figure out how to best leverage this situation with this unconventional american president. clearly the north koreans will not be eager to immediately give up the nuclear weapons they have because thats arguably gotten them to the negotiating table. they are also aware of the fact that the united states is going to want something in terms of a big concession especially after somewhat losing face post-singapore with talks breaking down, particularly sec...

Then they never fulfilled the promise. i dont believe the trump adminitration is going to go down that road, because they know full well what has happened in the past and secondly the only reason why the summit is actually taking place is because weve got those sanctions slap ped on north korea and that is our leverage, maria. maria: yeah. >> now what we could do we can open up a liason office in north korea and we could provide some humanitarian aid, not economic relief, but humanitarian aid to...

Up evidence, although he could bring down a commissioner. who knows. he used similar strategies to today. maintain surprise and leverage by avoiding any public spotlight. then as now, there were clues that he was working hard. grueling hours that started days before sunrise and as "usa today" reported went leaving well after dark. now, the comparison here is about muellers process and integrity, not, of course, the underlying subject. there was no mystery then about what rice did. the only issue...

>> i do. >> everything is on the table. >> well, here to talk about it, general mccaffrey, four-star general, combat of vietnam in the gulf war and u.s. drug czar. gabby orr is with us for politico. welcome to you both. isla as we note, you always like to point out north korea has for years craved being relevant. flrs there is a reason a u.s. president has never agreed to meet with them and theyre so weak that one of the reasons theyre meeting in asia is the real concern theyve aircraft that can...

To understand that double jeopardy argument to me is i have to pay both state and federal taxes. so i dont think the majority of people would think that its unjust. i mean, it makes perfect sense analytically those are two separate charges for him. there has also been some reporting they have been laying in wait. the way im reading that, they did just pause it because they didnt want to interfere with mueller and now they can resume it. so i think theyll move forward with that. and, again, thats...

Didnt want to interfere with mueller and now they can resume it. so i think theyll move forward with that. and, again, thats just -- its a never-ending nightmare for the manafort people and team. there is no end to the misery here. and i dont know if they would be able to cut some kind of good deal, because at this point, they have no leverage on him. >> phil, i mean, pending charges in manhattan, possibly at the new york state level, i mean, it just goes to show, even if the president escapes t...