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They have a different reason for being in syria the most everybody else. israel cannot tolerate hezbollah and iranian presence in syria. if you leave assad in power, the arabs will never accept them and neither will syrian people. this way to get russia pulled away from iran but we have to have a presence in iraq and syria to be successful. in 2007 he lost 900 soldiers fighting in iraq. the last three and half years weve lost 14. president trump has done a good job of destroying isis and counter...

You listen to general jack keane, this meeting was about pompeo going over there and being tough and crusty say and guess what? its time to put up or shut up and here is what we want. if we didnt get pushback from north korea at this point, i wouldnt be confident that he really carried the right message. >> lisa: shouldnt we want to be gangster like in this? is an attempt has touted the maximum pressure campaign and sanctions and leave in the military option on the table is a reason why north ko...

Hill. the other news of the day. president trump has slammed our nato allies again just before he meets with them at a summit. the president says other countries need to spend more on defense and that its not fair how much the united states is paying and theyre not. a few days after the nato summit in brussels, the president is set to meet with natos main adversary, vladimir putin against whom in theory nato is paying for security. a german official telling local media that theres great concerns...

But, again, long range plan by the north koreans. theyve been planning this for decades. >> reporter: what was souterly predictable is that now secretary pompeo who is a very smart guy and a very realistic person about all of this but his leverage was damaged by the presidents bragging after the summit. that boasting is what undercut our negotiating ability, and so now hes saying well were going revert to maximum pressure. maximum pressure means going to russia, chinese, nato, u.n. security coun...

The fact that the president will be in a room with putin alone without any aides or translators or anything like that, which is unusual to say the least for two world leaders, especially two world leaders that are in somewhat if not very hostile situation depending on who you talk to. >> hes in a trade war with china, billions of dollars of tariffs levied against china and theyre levying billions of dollars of tariffs against us. hes now fighting essentially with north korea, who theyre claiming...

Gangster-like, the world is a gangster because there was a unanimous decision at the u.n. security council about what needs to be achieved. >> joining us now from "the new york times," chief white house correspondent peter baker and from politico, senior foreign affairs correspondent michael crowley. michael, i want to start with you quickly. i was there in singapore. it was obvious for this president who likes to put on a show that he viewed this as sort of like a show with a worldwide audience...

On the pig again. >> there we go. steve, president trump taking to twitter in multimillion tweple going after nato. how is the development with north korea, how is his attack on nato going to affect president trumps standing at nato this week? >> well, i think it is und undermining american leverage just about on every international issue that exists. even in north korea, were now seeing south koreas interest diverge from those of the united states. wed committed full, hardy support of alliance ...

People say this is really important, it really is. so much depends on this nomination. >> its difficult to understate ow horn it is. lets talk about the democrats in this process. theyre promising to fight the nominations. they dont really have a lot of leverage because, of course, harry reid set the standard in not using a filibuster to hold off a judicial nomination. this he have to keep the whole caucus together and then hope that one or two republicans holds back if the nominee is not someth...

Highly unliked. the my bullying, fire and fury rhetoric is reaping big, harvested results around the globe and north korea our thornious problem and its very premature to say anything positives really happening right now except there are talks and thats a good thing. >> and those talks will continue. i want to say secretary pompeos version seemed a lot more optimistic. is there anything he can do to turn this thing around? >> theres a lot that the trump administration can do. we have overwhelmin...

Would do away with that conservative base. so its a dicey issue for republicans who can use that issue to -- as leverage and as something to fight against and as something to be opponents to. however, that doesnt mean that a single judge on the court wont want to do away with roe v. wade. i think if were looking at some of the people that have been floated as potential nominees, a couple of them would definitely want to do with that. and thats just the sort of idea that donald trump likes, becau...