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There were a number of statements coming both from reince priebus, from sean spicer, and then as i mentioned from the vice president, saying he had talked with general flynn and general flynn had assured him there had been no discussion about sanctions. well, we knew that not to be the case and we were concerned about that on a couple of levels. we were concerned that the vice president was misleading the american people and we presumed that he didnt know that, but we were also concerned that we...

Thats pretty clear. im not prejudging what the report is going to say, im simply saying that it is an ongoing investigation. there have been laws broken and there have been guilty pleas and indictments. i dont buy this witch hunt idea. this is a legitimate issue and lets get to the bottom of it. >> jesse: you are turning all around, because these abuses keep stocking up on the democrat side when they were in office, and it may not look too good once we get everything straightened out. i have to ...

Simply saying that it is an ongoing investigation. there have been laws broken and there have been guilty pleas and indictments. i dont buy this witch hunt idea. this is a legitimate issue and lets get to the bottom of it. >> jesse: you are turning all around, because these abuses keep stocking up on the democrat side when they were in office, and it may not look too good once we get everything straightened out. i have to run guys, thank you. >> i couldnt agree with you more, jesse. we are sitti...

Unforeseen sources that have been plotting against donald trump. i would say if that was true, it boggles the mind why they wouldnt have stopped him from actually winning the election, the idea they have planted all this evidence of russian collusion and yet waited until long after he elected president to then roll that out. we now know and the "new york times" has faced a lot of criticism about this, they publish an article relying on intelligence and law enforcement sources saying that the cas...

Plays game. how do you interpret that? >> the north koreans are highly calibrated about what precise signals they want to send. id say its probably -- were probably back to a better than even chance that the summit happens. but were in a markedly worse position than we were a week ago. think of north koreas objectives. sanctions relief, international recognition, dividing u.s. alliances. on all three of those, theyve gained ground. has the trump administration gained additional leverage to coerc...

The raiders owner mark davis confirmed he abstained from the anthem vote contrary to roger goodells claims it was unanimous. also the 49ers owner jed york also abstained. it wasnt unanimous. but you have been prolific in tweeting about your thoughts on it. why dont you share them with the audience? >> well, i think my number one concern is that this is a management versus labor issue and i think it should be kept as something the players and owners work together to come to a resolution. the grea...

To their business there, so they can get re-elected. so i think were in a good position to use this leverage to get these nominees cleared. >> if they dont, qulwill you s all summer long if need to be to get those 20 appeals court judges nominated, confirmed, and put on the bench, senator cornyn, even if its through the long, hot days of august inside the beltway? >> we will stay as long as it takes, including the month of august. >> that is what i hoped to hear. senator john cornyn, i appreciat...

We quoted from their official response there. but do you read into it any potential for the u.s. to gain any leverage through this cancellation? >> it seems like theres at least a possibility of that. i mean it seemed like they felt that their more belligerent comments of the last couple days shouldnt have been taken as seriously by the u.s. administration, and it may have just been posturing on their part. and then they were somewhat startled by the presidents decision to pull out. but i mean i...

Negotiating table. >> josh, how do you read how north korea reacted to this? we quoted from their official response there. but do you read into it any potential for the u.s. to gain any leverage through this cancellation? >> it seems like theres at least a possibility of that. i mean it seemed like they felt that their more belligerent comments of the last couple days shouldnt have been taken as seriously by the u.s. administration, and it may have just been posturing on their part. and then the...

On what the russians were doing. trying to understand were the russians infiltrating, trying to gain access, trying to gain leverage and influence? >> so why doesnt he like -- >> which is what they do. >> so he keeps repeating these lies. the lies he tells about clapper and many others. i mean, is this a new level you think of propaganda here? >> yeah, no, i think donald trump has been engaging in propaganda for a long time. this spying thing, he just feels if he repeats it often enough over and...