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With b-52 and f-13 and the carrier lincoln and her battle group at sea so we could respond. the problem, the bottom line is, the iranians are in a economic stranglehold. theyre trying to break out. there is no question in my mind their behind the attacks in the six oil tankers. the white house has no credibility but the u.s. navy absolutely will lay out evidence that is connect. so we have a problem if they close the gulf for sure, we will take military action. >> well have to see if the iranian...

Around the corner. >> the part of the theme, we are used to politicians pretending to have a universal moral code and applying it selectively. the president doesnt pretend. it literally is if it helps me or my family or campaign, its okay. if it doesnt, its not. >> he thinks everyone else is doing the same thing. you can tell whenever he accuses anybody else of doing something, its a signal about how he operates or what he thinks the standards are. >> everyone should keep their eyes on the ball ...

Used to politicians pretending to have a universal moral code and applying it selectively. the president doesnt pretend. it literally is if it helps me or my family or campaign, its okay. if it doesnt, its not. >> he thinks everyone else is doing the same thing. you can tell whenever he accuses anybody else of doing something, its a signal about how he operates or what he thinks the standards are. >> everyone should keep their eyes on the ball about how they conduct foreign policy. like the saud...

Council. hes also an msnbc national security 57b8 its. ned, people who know your work know you spent more than a decade working at the cia. whats the real danger in the presidents comments? what national security issues did the salesmaner in chief invite upon the u.s.? >> i think congressman himes hit the nail on the head in a way, geoff. the idea this is opposition research as we think of is is dangerously naive, and i would say manifestly idiotic. our adver sesaries, they are opposed to our va...

The presidents decision to authorize to the attorney general declassification authority, allowing him to essentially declassify anything he sees fit vis-a-vis the start of the russia investigation. weve all heard the news reports that informants in russia may have been key to the start of that investigation. all of these steps send a chill down the spine of the brave men and women who want to help us and who we and this president, i should say, are essentially turning away, turning away in drove...

Reporting, is the president having any second doubts about his pick for defense secretary shanahan? >> no. he has faith in him. he said to reporters yesterday -- >> when will he be officially nominated? >> the president was expecting to have the nomination, but he has great confidence in him. i witnessed their interaction. >> when is he going to -- >> i will check. he is doing a fabulous job over at the defense department. >> kellyanne conway, thank you so much. thank you for sticking around to ...

Use intelligence connections is really critical to everything we do in diplomacy, everything we do to protect our national security. it is once again undermining an american institution. and one thing thats really important in all of this is anybody that the cia is currently trying to recruit, ned knows this probably better than any of us, they now know that the united states may not have their back, and so our ability to get informants, our ability to get intelligence has been completely underm...

Outset of the show, north korea is the one country that has issued a specific nuclear threat against the united states in the past decade. and we know that donald trump is closing his eyes to the threat that north korea poses for advancing its nuclear program. he so much wants to claim this lovey-dovey relationship and success that he is not listening to the intelligence community, not looking at the clear signs that north korea may be proceeding with this program, and so its not just that hes r...

Brother. >> yeah, lawrence, its a great metaphor and a shocking comparison. its a particularly fitting metaphor. because as you said at the outset of the show, north korea is the one country that has issued a specific nuclear threat against the united states in the past decade. and we know that donald trump is closing his eyes to the threat that north korea poses for advancing its nuclear program. he so much wants to claim this lovey-dovey relationship and success that he is not listening to the...

We have to look at this together with a series of incidents, including recently. the presidents decision to authorize to the attorney general declassification authority, allowing him to essentially declassify anything he sees fit vis-a-vis the start of the russia investigation. weve all heard the news reports that informants in russia may have been key to the start of that investigation. all of these steps send a chill down the spine of the brave men and women who want to help us and who we and ...