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>> the saudis are investigating themselves, essentially. what do you think -- >> no, theyre just -- theyre great, very talented people. theyre not investigating themselves. >> okay, theres a lot to unpack there. with me now is nbc newss hans nichols. two lines of argument that the president is using. that were in a fight with iran and the saudis are our bulwark against iran and they are buying this biggest military deal in history, $110 billion worth of arms, so we cant really be too tough on th...

But, again, long range plan by the north koreans. theyve been planning this for decades. >> reporter: what was souterly predictable is that now secretary pompeo who is a very smart guy and a very realistic person about all of this but his leverage was damaged by the presidents bragging after the summit. that boasting is what undercut our negotiating ability, and so now hes saying well were going revert to maximum pressure. maximum pressure means going to russia, chinese, nato, u.n. security coun...

I want peace on the korean peninsula. i can tell you, bill, our team has bee multiple occasions in the past few months and weve been closer to nuclear war than peace. its a bit of aetter feeling here on the peninsula. >> bill: great to have you on the ground there in seou thank you, greg palkot. >> sandra: lets bring in pete king of new york a member of the house homeland security committee. congressman, thank you for joining us this morning. were all left wondering wh the promises from north ko...

Demonstrated the command that he has of the issues and the negotiating ability that he has sitting at that table. and i think it went a long way toward disspelling some notions yesterday. on the other side, some of the presidents biggest supporters when it comes to immigration initially during the campaign for sure, ann coultier, tucker carlson on our own network felt very betrayed by what the president said at that table yesterday. that he sort of gave away the farm on the issue. that he said j...

Handed. if were going to be the mediator who pushes these towards peace, weve got to honor that commitment of neutrality and were not going to recognize jerusalem as anybodys capital until theres an agreement. president trump crossed that line. hes weakened the united states and put our diplomats in risk. here is the real problem. he got nothing from this. he got nothing in return from the israelis in return for this historic american concession. and you just have to wonder about the negotiating...

Alliance. the u.s. alliance recognized as having made a significant contribution to peace on the korean peninsula and the northeast asia is now confronting grave nuclear and missile threats from north korea. our two countries have worked closely together to deter the glowing growing a nuclear threat from north korea and to achieve the peaceful denuclearization of the peninsula. as articulated by your inaugural address where you said now arrives the hour of action, mr. mr. president is acting wit...

Mueller. kaitlan, how do you think or do you think that this affects his ability to negotiate in these meetings overseas in asia, very critical meetings across five countries, does this cloud whether the president wants it to or not, does it hamper his negotiating ability? our sources said right after the indictments came down and that guilty plea, that they were worried, he was worried, this would hamstring him? >> well, it certainly could. i mean it depends -- the president does operate better...

President himself feels hobbled by some of this investigation. one senior white house official told me that president feels that his negotiating ability may be hampered. a lot to watch out for as the president heads on the 12-day trip. john? >> jeremy diamond, at the white house, thanks so much. dramatic new video out this morning that came into cnn about one hour ago. this from the moments after the terror attack in new york city. what this video tells us, thats next. >> can you call 911. >> ...

With us, never mind the chinese and the russians. so its hard to see what leverage he gets when the iranians can read "the washington post" also. >> how do you feel this affects our standing, our negotiating ability, how does it ricochet around the world and particularly to name one place, north korea? >> it makes it very difficult for the u.s. to bring anybody else to the table to have a negotiating position with north korea. he would rather force regime change of the type that we saw on george...

The sanctions. the european union wont stand with us, never mind the chinese and the russians. so its hard to see what leverage he gets when the iranians can reead the "washington post" also. >> nie eara, how do you feel this affects our standing, our negotiating ability? how does it ricochet around the world and particularly the name one place, north korea? >> it makes it very difficult for the u.s. to bring anybody else to the table to have a negotiating position with north korea. frankly, don...