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Hour. but i want to begin with the big picture here. joining me now the frank bruni, katherine rampell, max booth, author of "conservatism: why i left the right." wow, its a big table. hello, everyone. frank, im going to start with you. the president said today, this is what he said about cancelling the taliban -- can you call it summit or negotiations at camp david. here it is. >> no, actually, in terms of advisers, i took my own advice. i like the idea of meeting. ive met with a lot of bad peo...

We should probably move forward and figure out what is our relationship with the afghan government and what is our commitment to peace in that part of the world so that we can avoid what took place in advance of 9/11 and the results of 9/11. thats what this focus needs to be about. >> does this say anything about the relationship between the u.s. and the afghan government? >> well, this is really strained our relations with our allies. because president ghani has not been included in these negot...

That. they put out a statement today saying ending peace talks would only harm the americans. >> thank you so much from the white house. lets talk more about all of this. let me bring in james spider marks who is the former commanding general of the u.s. army intelligence center and a cnn military analyst. also with me, max booth, a senior fellow on the council of foreign relations, a "washington post" columnist, and a cnn global affairs analyst. good to see you both. max, you first. if this is ...

>> and the drone, theres a question was it in iranian airspace. was it in international airspace. what would that change? >> well, you do have central command saying this was a drone shot down over international airspace which is a very different act than shooting down an aircraft over your own space. but, remember, the trump administration has no credibility. this is a president who lies something like 12 times a day. they have disregarded intelligence in the past. and president trump refused t...

Escalate, but if it does, they are well prepare. >> fred pleitgen thank you. we want to give you a birds-eye view, a better sense of what were talking about, this is such a volatile region. joining us max booth and if we could bring up the map, as fred mentioned what happened in the last week. to remind us how we got here, it was the president-elect trump a trump administration that said there was a threat. put this isnt perspective, max, where is the threat today? >> id say that the threat is g...

Client is hes been instructed by the goad. not to go. thats the fallacy waev rr been watching over the last few months. the same thing that happened in the mueller investigation. the white house refused to let people go testify. they sent some out. mcgahn went out for a long period of time. but other key players, like the sekulow, they did not talk. but other people involved in the case. you would have thought at some point mueller would want to know that information but i think he great respect...

His subpoena for the records issued by the house oversight committee. that as theyre directing the former white house counsel to -- and chairman jerry nadler threatening quote serious consequences if mcgahn fails to appear and the clock is ticking. lets bring in the players here. jennifer rogers, max booth. the author off conservatism, why i left the right. max, you first. in the face of continued stone walling by the president and the justice department, jerry nadler says there will be serious ...

In january 2016 was false. and in another development the president is really not going to like a federal judge to hand over the financial records to congress. the president sought to block his subpoena for the records issued by the house oversight committee. that as theyre directing the former white house counsel to -- don mcgahn and defa subpoena. and chairman jerry nadler threatening quote serious consequences if mcgahn fails to appear and the clock is ticking. lets bring in the players here....

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Mcgahn went out for a long period of time. but other key players, like the sekulow, they did not talk. but other people involved in the cos. you would have thought at some point mueller would want to know that information but i think he great respect for the attorney-f client privilege. its a laughable at this point to hear anybody in the administration from the white house briefing room or otherwise say the president is cooperating, the white house has cooperating all along and yet we keep gett...