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Revolution as you know over the last ten years, it took six years to add six million barrels and that was a revolution. theres not a lot of spare capacity because of the sanctions president put on iran and venezuela. nobody has spare barrels sitting in the closet if you will. this is a tight market and saudi arabia is a huge producer. >> copy that, john. thank you very much. those oil prices are going in one direction because of this. my next guest says as president trump waits for the saudis to...

But trump has only aggravated the crisis by blindly backing his friends in israel and saudi arabia. max boot good to see you. when you say blinding backing friends in israel and saudi arabia, what do you mean by that? and give me some examples. >> president trump has given a blank check to the israelis and the saudis to do whatever they want with american support. you see the way the crown prince and saudi arabia, the way he has cashed that blank check. he has done a lot of things -- >> but why?...

The country. when they match that up with elizabeth warren or bernie sanders in many of the states, he is going to come out on the of that. compared to what bernie wants to do with health care, im going to vote for president trump again and then it wont matter. >> max, isnt it a danger for democrats to think, well, the president is going to implode on his own. lets just do what we want to do and not be thinking about electing somebody who can appeal to people who might otherwise -- if things are...

Going to be in frenetiend frene mode. theyre going to destroy our economy. theyre going to make us like venezuela. if youre rung against somebody like joe biden, that is so absurd and ridiculous, i dont think it can resonate. there is a danger if theyre running against a sanders or a warren that they could make it stick. i think its very important if sanders or warren actually wins the nomination, they have to pivot to the center to negate these trump attacks. because i think the one skill that ...

You know, a lot of them dont know who these democratic candidates are at this stage. >> this is true in terms of the democratic primary. but, look, trump at his own insistence is a pervasive presence in our lives. every president. he is so dominant that people are aware of how he functions and all of the little twists and turns. i think that he is his own worst enemy in the end of the day. >> fascinating. david axelrod, thank you very much. appreciate it. for more i want to bring in max boot, au...

Politic. he is not a talk or a dove. all he cares about is dictators, sycophants and photo opes. and as long as he sees at least one of those elements, you know, hes ready to engage and beyond that he has no objectives. >> and then there is the trade war. the president tweeting this out tonight, max. hell delay new tariffs from october 1 to october 15, saying its a gesture of goodwill for chinas 70th birthday celebration. youre laughing. >> im laughing because its clearly a sign that trump is ne...

Urged ross to fix the problem. "the new york times" reporting that ross pressured noaa officials to disavow that tweet. joining me now is d. james he and the president are fierce baker, a former noaa administrator. thank you for joining us. opponents. tonight well see what he is saying about trumps visit. we really appreciate it. >> thanks, don. but lets go now to the big >> first, tell me, have you ever picture with susan glasser, heard of a white house administration getting so catherine rampe...

This is "cnn tonight." im don lemon. reelection and to advance his own political objectives. and immigration from the very were going to answer five questions in the hour ahead, and beginning has been at the heart were going to begin with the breaking news. of that along with this notion after firing john bolton, does of himself as a grand deal maker president trump have a new and where a lot of other foreign national security adviser in mind? policy issues come in. as we mark the anniversary of...

Process, she says, has completely broken down in this white house. theres also the question of policy differences including jim acostas reporting and ambassador bolton, according to a source close to the white house, had been concerned the president is too generous with dictators. in the words of this source, trump caves. he gives them way too much. fareed zakaria and cnn global affairs analyst max boot join us. how big, fareed, how big of a deal is boltons departure? >> its a big deal because i...

Is foolish to put it mildly. and so, you know, for the president to put his own self-interest, it seems, above the national interest of the united states, above the national security of the united states, which in so many instances, this just being the latest, seems to be his pattern is extraordinarily dangerous and detrimental to our security, to our standing in the world, and to our ability to protect ourselves, which is what intelligence is about. intelligence is about protecting the american...