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Rhodes, is tweeting about this with a different perspective. he says president trump has never explained what hes trying to to achieve in north korea and how hes going to achieve. hes only raised expectations on himself which gives research away to everyone else. thats from ben rhodes. >> thats right. and i think the problem is in all of this, that donald trump gave the leverage away at the start. he accepted the south korean invitation on the spot to meet with kim jong-un. didnt even convene hi...

The like. it is not about the deal. it is about the outcome. right? it is about achieving this permanent physical change and transformation that will have the opportunity to change the world on. >> do we think that this is perhaps part of a larger strategy? i mean might this be a tactic that the president is using to try to gain some leverage once these meetings do happen? or is that giving this administration too much credit? >> no, that is one of the big questions, is this a tactic. donald tru...

Exert more pressure, not less. china is acting at odds with the international community. thats something the united states has leverage over if we approach china but not through the tariffs route which is where were going. >> the president could be with his national security -- could be with john bolton right now getting briefed before this meeting. were looking at the roosevelt room waiting for the president to give his remarks. in the room you can see steve mnchin -- mnuchin is there. with wil...

Coaches. do nfl players have the kind of leverage where they can say damn it to the openers, we want to do this and were going to do it? >> i this i they do. the thing about the nfl versus the nba in that regard, chris, is that theres 11, 12, maybe 13 or 14 guys on an nba roster. and in an nfl roster there are 60 guys. youve got to get a lot of guys on the same page to be able to pull something off like that, but it can be done. if it does happen in the nfl, the owners will have to take account ...

Obama and msnbc national security analyst. we are getting reaction from folks who say this was 100% the right move in the words of marco rubio. was it? >> i think the letter clearly does not only leave the door open, it leaves the door wide open. i think the north koreans have a way out of this. the most vitriol of statements were coming from his deputies. they can get something back on track pretty quickly. i think this actually has the potential to be a wise move on the part of the administrat...

>> i think china to expert pressure. network relies on china for key sectors to keep that economy going such as energy, for example. its been apparent that china is leaving the foot from the throat of north korea a bit. were seeing an increase in metals import. were seeing an increase in the sell of oil. north korea has the most pressure to expert locally. the united states has more leverage over china.

Has a role in this. at least according to president trump. we can look at those comments that he made earlier this week about the change in attitude that he noticed in north korea and in kim jong-un since that second meeting that kim had with xi jinping. then again today, the president talking about dialogue being good until recently, and he thinks he knows why. so it is unclear whether hes apportioning some blame to china. but it does acknowledge the role that china plays in this. so they now r...

There were no nuclear inspectors at this dismantling of event. we dont -- how much of a big deal is this? theres western journalists there in north korea now. >> if he has destroyed the site, its a good thing. we have no idea whether theres another nuclear test site under some mountain in north korea. there are so many places to hide missiles and nuclear weapons that we might never know. >> your still with us, while you cant know what exactly cards we have in our hand. from a historic cal perspe...

In the region. i think china is very much engaged in this. they dont like the tariff play. they think they won this first round. i think they did too. we have a situation where china is experting its power, its control. deciding what it will give to north korea, what its not. it doesnt like when they were chair of the six party talks and handed all the responsibility. they didnt like that but they dont like to be out of game and theyre going the show they can expert power. the president negotiat...

Gave money to the trump campaign. lets not forget how afraid the nfl owners seem to be of the president when he went after the players last year. i think they are definitely pander. i think this is also that culture where a conversation that we have been having for the last couple of years on this, which is positioning the players as unpatriotic runs counter to the nfl business model but i think they believe they can profit off of this. i think they have sort of recognized that they have a lever...