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>> this was a superceding and there are two others. this will be four, i believe, all separate in terms of sentencing. >> so youve got now bob mueller -- youre frustrated by it but once you catch somebody at it, it gives youore leverage. if hes in jail, it puts the pressure on him and makes h whole prospect of what his future looks like, again, a longer jail term and hes no longer sitting in his multimillion dollar arlington townhouse. hes sitting in a prison cell. muellers saying bad you a also...

Exchanges lifting sanctions for a better oversight over irans nuclear program he says thats not going to work and indeed he said here that the the deal and the lifting of sanctions have in fact been funding the build up of shiite militias in syria which he thinks are likely to spread religious war over the whole region over the whole region chancellor merkel of course says no deal is a good way forward because it does allow some oversight over what iran is doing and it also gives a little bit of...

A multilateral international process it allows international inspectors to go in and look at it runs nuclear operations and it gives some leverage to the international community and by the way theres a bit of skepticism in the european capitals whether donald trump can really solve the nuclear issue on the korean peninsula and also at the same time make significant headway with iran in some of the other points about iran as role in the region and also about its ballistics program i think he will...

Doesnt believe in the deal is very pleased that president trump was pulled out of it and in that sense the support from the european side is not essential for netanyahu but of course these other countries are key players and they help to negotiate that deal so he would like to get support how likely is it that we could see some common ground in this meeting in particular because we know those positions are cell divergence the europeans want to do business with iran but now you have the u.s. real...

So he has a lot of leverage. he knows that. and hes not afraid to use that. >> reporter: now, there are some within the presidents own party even who have addressed skepticism when it comes to the north koreans, including senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. yesterday he was talking about the potential for the administration to get snookered into a bad deal with the north koreans if the trump administration is too eager to come up with a deal. hes warning the united states that being too eage...

From calling kim jong-un "little rocket man" to saying he doesnt want to exert maximum pressure on the kim regime. the president is also tempering expectations. there was one point where the united states refused to even sit down with the north koreans if the regime didnt commit to full verifiable denuclearization. yesterday the president essentially said this meeting would be a first step moving in that direction, that it was a get to know you meeting. within the administration, they insist tha...

To what secretary pompeo is saying. while he says on the one hand we make great progress, on the other hand, significant challenges and differences and i think what they are trying to do as in his words set the conditions. resolve differences so we can set up at least the first summit because likely to be more than that where there can be some success, where they can at least agree on a framework going forward. the president is really holding all the cards here, paul, i mean, he doesnt need the ...

In the last week, the president in two statements said denuclearization of the type of libya is not on table anymore, whic absolute and immediate, crating it up and taking it out. in the oval -- after the oval office meeting on friday, he said, maximum pressure, the pressure of economic sanctions. he doesnt like that term anymore. he doesnt want to do that while they are talking. the main objective and primary point of leverage have been taken off the table. im not sure what the strategy is goin...

American president to be in. and were going to have to see how that plays out and how president trump can use his leverage inside the negotiating room. i know that aides are concerned that whatever preparations are made before trump goes into that meeting, that president trump in order to get to a deal might be willing to give up more than aides around him have prepared him for. >> yeah, well put. catherine, victor cha, who is thankfully one of the experts we turn to here at msnbc, said tonight ...

Already made more concessions than anyone else has in the past and hes already given kim a summit meeting and making him equal to trump in some ways and so, you know, hes promised to make north korea rich. what kind of leverage does he have going into this negotiation and what kind of knowledge does he have of where hes trying to go is my question? >> the countdown continues. >> sung yoon-lee, my panel is sticking with me. up next, the trump legal memo arguing that an nbc news interview doesnt p...