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The us cadet is easing some of the strain on the us china relations. what about japan? dont they have a role in the region? >> they certainly do. there also concerned about north koreas missile and nuclear capabilities. they also have a difficult but a relationship with north korea. and they can be a regional player. normally china is the country that has the most influence on north korea. getting china to support the effort and china north korea putting pressure. >> that means japan right now k...

North korea for the first time. jesse: let me get your reaction to james comey. spspygate has blown into the atmosphere. >> as far as i can tell its made up. i dont know where hes getting that from. >> do you find that to be possible or probable that there was a spy inserted into his campaign by an intelligence agency? >> i dont find it possible and i know it not to be true. jesse: maybe james clapper had different take on this. lets hear what he had to say. >> was the fbi spying on trumps campa...

Youre referring to. >> no, they were not. they were spying on a term i dont particularly like on what the russians were doing, trying to understand were the russians infiltrating, trying to gain access and leverage and influence. >> you called the spy, they called informant. whats wrong with the government trying to figure out -- whats wrong with the government trying to figure out what russia was up to? >> nothing wrong with the government doing that. everything wrong with the government spying...

Fire and fury and i commend him and secretary pompeo for gaining release of three americans held in north korea and recently another american released from vens welza. i hope that hes successful. i would caution that we go ahead without using every ounce of leverage we have over china, we are making a mistake. i was really struck that president trump this past week was tweeting that he was going to work with xi jinping to release some of the pressure on zte. let me explain how these two connect....

Sanctions u.s. what you going to do about it? trish: well we can do something believe me we can do a whole lot about it. you know, and dont forget and i know youve talked about this a lot and i appreciate this because you and i are together on this one. we have economic leverage so before we start sending troops we ought to be doing everything economically we possibly can with china to influence what theyre doing with north korea and by that i mean -- >> we hold all high cards for instance we ca...

Fire and fury and i commend him and secretary pompeo for gaining release of three americans held in north korea and recently another american released from vens welza. i hope that hes successful. i would caution that we go ahead without using every ounce of leverage we have over china, we are making a mistake. i was really struck that president trump this past week was tweeting that he was going to work with xi jinping to release some of the pressure on zte. let me explain how these two connect....

North korea for the first time. jesse: let me get your reaction to james comey. spspygate has blown into the atmosphere. >> as far as i can tell its made up. i dont know where hes getting that from. >> do you find that to be possible or probable that there was a spy inserted into his campaign by an intelligence agency? >> i dont find it possible and i know it not to be true. jesse: maybe james clapper had different take on this. lets hear what he had to say. >> was the fbi spying on trumps campa...

Was off yesterday and now its maybe back on and theres more optimism in the white house, what was the cause of that? what was the source of that? what changed between yesterday and today to change that likelihood? >> it speaks to the degree to which this president would like to have this meeting, especially if they can accomplish something. this is a president who is really drawn to grand gestures. this is a white house that really believes in a high-risk, high-reward strategy. and, you know, la...

Americas leverage out of the gate. >> thats exactly right. his program of america first has meant america alone. and most important already, it hasnt returned any dividends to the country. whether its getting tough on china and then backing out, whether its obviously the fact that we are now sacrificing not just a potential to transform our economy in a great way but also the well-being of the next generation by pulling out on climate change. on issue after issue, he has not been able to say tha...

>> i am going to make the great teas deals. i do deals. i deal. i negotiate by creating leverage. so i can extract a good deal for the united states. for the people. >> everybody wants me to negotiate. i am so anxious to negotiate. nobody can outnegotiate these deals. i am a great deal maker. we dont make great deals anymore. but i will. we are going to win, and win and win. >> well, well see. more now on all of this from pamela brown joining us now from the white house. do we know what changed?...