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>> the experts seem to say that china, under max baucus, who was our ambassador for three years, theyre not really willing to go all the way and put the pressure on. theres a lot of skepticism that they want to take on their communist ally in north korea and really push them. >> but i think trump is pushing it to say we have to deal with this now. we know that he has nuclear weapons. we know he has not gotten to the point of putting those -- >> okay. >> so weve got to stop it right now. >> ned, ...

Eliminate south korea. they could just -- they could just start -- youve seen these pictures of all those guns firing at once. they could just do it and they could do it because we said the wrong thing in a press conference. >> or a tweet. >> yes. >> theres a certain amount -- you know, this unpredictability -- >> you like that? >> i do like it because i think its throwing our enemies off balance. [ overlapping voices ] >> take a look at the other guy on the other side. do you want to confront h...

Im not saying he has an itchy trigger finger. no reason to believe that yet. but during the campaign he talked rather loosey-goosey about nuclear weapons. he seemed to have the idea that you have this ordnance to use it, not as deterrence, but to use it. now there seems to be a growth in his willingness to use it. well see. i see syria. i see all this talk about north korea. i worry about the dots connecting at some point with activity. >> the thing here, though, is whats it all going to lead to...

Front. >> this comes after a tough week for steve bannon. he was removed from his top post and reportedly lost in convincing the president not to strike syria and then his private feud with kushner went public. i have ned price, former cia analyst during the obama administration with us. ned, thank you for coming on. and randy evans is back with us today, member of the rnc. nice to see you, sir. let me begin with you. youre buds with reince priebus. youre very close with the chief of staff. he r...

You had the immigration order, which had its difficulties followed by sessions recusal by the health care failure and then the recusal by nunes. theres a little exhaustion and not having exactly -- >> lets be real. are you sleeping better at night knowing stooech bannons influence is on the down swing. >> i like them both. i have friends in all those offices so i dont worry about it. but i will agree with you on this. clearly tensions did es ccalate. there was a moment it had to be addressed. i ...

Community that it was the russians that conducted, you know, criminal cyber espionage and sabotage. but with flynn, i mean he just lied. he lied about the nature of his calls with the russian ambassador. he didnt have to. he could have told the truth. he lied to the white house. he lied to the vice president. they then lied to the public, and that simple fact, it seems to me the way the president conducts himsend the way the white house talks about it, they feel like flynn got a bad rap as oppos...

Officials, including the vice president. what they want us to focus on is the fact that he -- his name was leaked to the public. and, yes, that is a problem. we need to tamp down on these leaks. but, chris, its not the core issue here, and its another exhibit in this strategy of misdirection. >> ned price, thank you. >> thank you. still to come, some intense saber rattling from the white house after north korea launches another missile into the sea of japan. colonel lawrence wilkerson on what ...

Unmasked for political purposes. but theres another key point here, and that is that she could not have done such a thing. and we have heard that from national security veterans, both democrats and republicans, who have spoken extensively to the checks and balances that govern the process for requesting that an individual be unmasked. the president in making this baseless accusation today offered no facts to substantiate it, and that, despite the fact that as the president of the united states, ...

Senior counselor to the president to babysit the national security adviser, and to answer your question, simply no, that doesnt make any sense. why would you install flooimiken in that position in the first place. >> i want to ask you about susan rice, the national security adviser, who obviously you worked with in the obama white house. and you know today that the president in an interview with "the new york times," suggested that she may have, in his words, broken the law. i want to read a sta...

Unmasking and the crooked scheme against us by "fox & friends." spied on before nomination. the real story. joining us now david corn, washington bureau chief for mother jones and msnbc political analyst. also with us ned price, former senior director and spokesperson for the national security council. he resigned from the cia when president trump took office. ned price, i just want to good to you for your general sorting out of everything that we have developed in this story toy. >> well, thats...