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>> why? >> we dont really have trade with north korea that we control ourselves. what matters is the trade with china and opportunities for trade with south korea. it is pretty clear that both china and south korea are ed med for more economic upbt tkpwraeugz with tphoer integration with north korea. i dont think we can start that leverage. >> we just heard from barbara mattis was consulted, in her words, but he was told he didnt necessarily agree with the decision, david. how detrimental could ...

Feds? >> well, look, i think right now people have -- at the justice department have tried to make it clear to the president this is not an investigation abo him,at. and so what -- whattion he possesses, again he knows a lot about what the president and his businesses have been up to in the last few years and dont forget even during the time of the campaign, michael cohen was the one twas pitching the idea of a -- of a trump tower in moscow. these are business plans that are of course at the cen...

Military drills with south korea that appears to have caught u.s. military officials and the south korean government off guard how did this announcement that he made yesterday go down in seoul. right there seems have been no prior warning that trump was going to use this as leverage to negotiate with kim jong un. the south korean government just held a press conference earlier today saying that. seoul is still curious about what president trumps intentions actually are to call off these annual e...

A very very complex conflict and the more complicated the gets the. more difficult it will be to solve it but one remark on. the statement i think the americans putting a lot of pressure on pakistan these days they have withdrawn i mean theyre for suspended the military aid the putting them as above we are putting diplomatic pressure on pakistan i myself i went to pakistan three times and in the last year i talked to not only the civilian government which was a her main but its of course also th...

Tremendous achievement. >> are we in a position, do you think, evelyn, where at the very least while these talks are going on at least the threat to the south korea is mitigated to almost nothing? >> i think the threat to south korea and japan from nuclear and conventional forces is definitely minimized somewhat. i mean, its not eliminated, thats a reality. but i would agree with tony that i dont like the fact that we put the guy on par with our president, i certainly dont like the flag thing. b...

Sending is to the sdny, like you better have something good. ive not made up my mind yet. if youre going to get me to flip, you have to have some pretty significant leverage over me. he may thinking that the sdny doesnt have the goods or if they do, he wants to wait and see to keep his options open. >> i kno rushed in with all this breaking news were getting. let me read a statement from michael avenatti. he says our understanding is squint with the reporting that the abandonment of mr. cohen by...

All the leverage youve got. >> all right. thank you so much for your insights. >> still ahead, trumps way or the highway. what last nights primaryesult say about the sta of the republican party. youre watching andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc.

House would sign something. that way we know we are not wasting our time and we are working on a product that can result in the protections that dreamers need in securing a future for them and getting them into the legal immigration system. and then of course addressing a number of other priorities like border security and reforming the visa system, which is important to the white house and i think to a lot of americans as well. >> i want to go back. why didnt you, to keep the pressure on, actua...

It means that the economy is strong enough to take these interest rate hikes and it means that inflation, which for a long time was almost nonexistent, is creeping back into the economy again. so, i think net-net its a positive. recessions come and go. there have been more than just the big one that we saw eight-plus years ago. >> right. >> that was eight-plus years ago. there are some including the fed chief who have suggested we cant forget that they dont still happen. >> exactly. >> as the fe...

Leverage over cnn but trumps failed crack down on cnn is a crackdown to sinclair which has its own mergers going on. trump not attacking that. its easy to focus on his attacks on the press and the doj but tonights news is that donald trump tried to use government power tore punish a news organization he says he hates and he faced. he lost. and thats not just g for cnn which happens to be a competitor. its actually good to see checks and balances work. up ahead, there is n pressure from the right...