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One fisa application for carter page. carter page is one individual in this entire russia investigation. i want to point out this is like one threat. the question is, which piece of the dossier did they rely on? i can tell you they didnt tapele the dossier to a cover letter and hand it to the court and was it corroborated? i think we dont know the answers to those questions yet because most of it has been redacted and the ig report should shed more light on those questions. >> all right. thank y...

We can analyze it. he doesnt know, himself. we have no idea how he will feel tomorrow and the next day and what will happen. it doesnt make any rational sense. >> he will deny. max boot, david gergen, thanks so much for being with us. next a new potentially explosive chapter from the spy who came in from the cold and wrote a dossier on donald trump and the russians. were talk about reporting. he is ready to talk about the people investigating the russia probe and author michael wolf on the quest...

So much blow back he backed off and pre send theed he never considered that idea so you can go either way, either he will implement them or deny he did them in the first place. it will take a psychologist to figure out which is the most right one. i dont think any analyst has the right way of knowing for sure. >> john, very briefly. i think we always assume when trump says something like that its not a bluff. >> that he will get part way along and realize he needs to get out of it. everybody wil...

With the prime minister, theresa may, that he intends to do this coming next week and seems that his own party is unprepared for that at this point. john? >> jim acosta, thank you. joining us now, cnn global affairs analyst, max boot. also david gergen, who has been on his share of trips like this one, dating back to the smoot holly days. david, look, when push comes to shove, do you really think enough republicans would actually go against the president to override a presidential veto? >> yes...

Become numb to it, and that is, in some ways, diminishing our outrage at any particular lie. but its the reverse of that, or the inverse of that thats probably important. we no longer believe him when he wants us to believe him. theres a tendency, if he wants to say something, were now skeptical of the truth of that proposition. its very difficult to govern, to lead other people if they fundamentally dont believe youre telling them the truth. a trust is still -- its an old fashioned idea but its...

Serious about it with mexico, and there was so much blow-back, he backed off and pretended he never considered that idea. so, you can go either way, either he will implement them or deny he did them in the first place. it will take a psychologist to figure out which is the most right one. i dont think any analyst has the right way of knowing for sure. >> go ahead, david. >> yeah, john, very briefly. i think we always assume when trump says something like that its not a bluff. that hell get partw...

Strategy. he doesnt know what hes going to do. >> i agree with that. >> we can try to analyze it, but he doesnt know himself and so we have no idea of how hes going to feel tomorrow or the next day and whats going to happen. >> and then hes likely to deny whatever he says he felt after the fact. max, david, thank you so much for being with us. next, a new and potentially explosive chapter in the spy who came in from the cold and wrote a dossier on donald trump and the russians. well talk about...

>> that is in some ways diminishes our outrage of any particular lie. its the reverse thats important. we no longer believe him when he wants us to believe. there, it depends if he wants to say something, we are skeptical of the truth. its difficult to govern and to lead other people if they fundamentally dont believe you are telling the truth. trust is still an old fashioned idea, but its still the coin of the realm in politics. >> thats why we set this thing up this way, david. when he talks a...

You were writing a newspaper article, you would write that denial? >> i am not questioning a newspaper, that is the thing. there arent different forms. there arent different approaches is ridiculous, actually and not good for journalism. >> i guess there are some people that say there are source thats not clear and other sources arent transparent at all. >> i think there is a lot of sourcing that is not financial to be clear here because thats my deal with my sources. >> you write in the authors...

Michigan congressman justin amash, the only congressional republican to call for impeachment proceedings against president trump, held a town hall in his home district tonight. one supporter stood up to thank the congressman for his courage in taking on trump, prompting a standing ovation. [ applause ] congressman amash telling attendees that reading the full mueller report led him to call for impeachment. >> im confident that if you read volume two, you will be appalled at much of the conduct. ...