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High crime and misdemeanor has not been totally settled in law, however, the notion that the founding fathers would give the authority to congress to have that check and balance and then say but you cant investigate into that matter, you cant do so at all and you have to prove to the president of the united states and any other branch of government every single time you want to assert your authority, that would just be unfathomable as the judge wrote a couple of days ago. this trend is continuin...

What we have been going through since youve seen since 2003 and four is nothing new. our community and the middle east, we christians have faced this for over 14, 1500 years and i believe, what has pushed us more, at least a lot of it more the world is talking about this is because of the savagery of isis was put on display through social media,a, social media has really become a dangerous medium for radicals who want to use it. >> tucker: yeah. it would be nice though if bill kristol or max boo...

Able to be fired against u.s. assets in the region. >> all right. barbara starr, thanks. >> sure. >> well, a lot to talk about with fareed zakaria, host of "gps" and cnn global affairs analyst max boot, who is also columnist for "the washington post" and author of the book "the road not taken. american tragedy in vietnam." given these new developments weve learned, how dangerous? a situation is the u.s. in right now? >> i think in foreign policy terms this may be most dangerous. >> more so than ...

There is stuff going on in lebanon. and then there is the persian gulf. there are all kinds of flash points. and by ratcheting up the pressure and being so ultra anti-iranian, it makes it difficult for the united states to back down. what we find in situations like this for america is its very hard to back down because then your prestige is on the line, your credibility is on the line. this is a lot of what happened in vietnam where you just cant find a way to back down so, you ratchet up. im wo...

Missiles very carefully to be able to be fired against u.s. assets in the region. >> all right. barbara starr, thanks. >> sure. >> well, a lot to talk about with fareed zakaria, host of "gps" and cnn global affairs analyst max boot, who is also columnist for "the washington post" and author of the book "the road nontaken. american tragedy in vietnam." given these new developments weve learned, how dangerous? >> i think this policy terms this may be most dangerous. >> more so than north korea? >>...

World. there are iranian militias in iraq. there are iranian militias in syria. there is stuff going on in lebanon. and then there is the persian gulf. there are all kinds of flash points. and by ratcheting up the pressure and being so ultra anti-iranian, it makes it difficult for the united states the back down. what we find in situations like this for america is its very hard to back down because then your prestige is on the line, your credibility is on the line. this is a lot of what happened...

We know john bolton is actually in favor of regime change. hes in favor of military action against iran. my concern is bolton has led donald trump 90% of the way there and all of the sudden donald trump looks around and says where the heck am i? how did i wind up here? its a very dangerous and volatile situation where iran could fire the first shot and that could then justify military action by the united states. >> there is sort of the confusion over who is responding to whom here. is iran maki...

Preparing for some kind of full-scale attack of the united states. they know they would be destroyed. >> fareed zakaria, max boot, thank you. >> thank you. well, the attorney general says he wont block special counsel robert mueller from testifying, but there is still no concrete plan for that to happen. ill talk it over with a member of the house judiciary committee, next. at a comfort inn with a glow taround them, so people watching will be like, "wow, maybe ill glow too if i book direct at ...

In the meantime, the carrier group is nearby. the b-52 bombers are there. the pentagons strategy is one of deterrence. put enough u.s. firepower in the region to make clear to iran if they were to do something, that they would pay a very heavy military price for it. kate. >> with all of your great reporting in mind, its very interesting to see what comes out of the meeting today at the white house with the president and the swiss federation. what comes next? will iran call president trump? joini...

We did that through the omanys under president obama. we did it privately because we understood the iranians publicly couldnt be seen as speaking with us. this to me, this meeting with the swiss thats coming up, is more of a pr stunt than anything else. so the president can say, my policy was escalating with iran. i did it on the campaign trail. i withdrew from the nuclear deal. i engaged in information warfare with game of thrones memes about sanctions are coming. now that things are tipping po...