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States to respond to this? >> we cant attack north korea. its not viable. what our allies, japan and south korea included are looking for is for us to maintain a tough negotiating position so when we sit down with the north koreans that we get the best deal possible. thats where this is headed. the key to that of course is china and i think the question facing the administration and the japanese and the south koreans for that matter is how tough should we be with china? are they really helping u...

Strategically is a mistake. >> this could be 10 being, 20 billion, the estimates are enormous. thats a huge sum of money. and chris, new article on cnn.com headlined, a government shutdown would be a disaster for republicans and they might not be able to stop it. >> right. this goes to davids point which is, we dont know how serious this threat is by donald trump. sometimes its very serious, sometimes its a negotiating position. i was going through his past tweets before that piece, and had forg...

Now, with a more marginal troop increase as the president seems to be talking about, i dont know how it forces the taliban into a better negotiating position. theres a lot we dont know about this policy, but i think the conclusion is that we are in something of a forever war in afghanistan. a commitment to be -- to have a u.s. presence there for a long period of time to kind of keep the lid on it and keep the lid on the region. >> john, kirby, she said something i want to get the lid on. obvious...

Provocation in the way obama had this tendency to telegraph in advance what his next move so the recipient could prepare and a way the international knew with certainty that obama would never use military force. so trump has tried to correct by that by a refusal to telegraph what options hes considering and two, trying really hard to convince north korea and other world leaders that hes ready to use military force at the moments notice if he believes its necessary for americas national security....

Or the american negotiating position on north korea from what the president said there? >> reporter: we know he wants to get support to the resolution at the u.n. security council for further sanctions on north korea. we know that china and russia are opposed. to that point, president putin had an article published in the newspaper that says he doesnt believe that sanctions work. of course, he is under tough sanctions from the united states, from the european union, from others, for annexing cri...

For us to negotiate on that. and within some limited parameters i do think there is cooperation possible in syria and more generally in the fight against terrorism around the world. > >> and finally, how handcuffed are we by this agreement between russia and china to go up against the united states and say that the u.s. and south korea should not do joint military exercises against the north, even after this north korean long range missile launch? >> puts the president in a bad negotiating posit...

So youve got five senators on the republican side who are publicly saying theyre no right now. there are four conservatives and one more moderate member, dean heller from nevada whos been getting a lot of attention. and youve got some who are saying they need more information. they want to keep talking about it. thats really a negotiating position now with just a few days until the bill really needs to be for time purposes available on the senate floor. there will be amendments, they can talk th...

Tonight.>> it would be better if you can join us. >> i would love that thank you for the invitation will set that up. what is your take on what took place in britain last week? >> it was a complete disaster for theresa may personally. she called this to try and show that she was the one could offer strong and stable leadership in her voice. she expected to get a landslide everyone dismissed as unelectable. it is a massive personal defeat for her. and to her party but really important things that...

Making. britains election was three years away. he didnt have to call for the snap poll but she did it thinking her conservative party would cruise to the victory and give her a stronger hand in the upcoming brexit negotiations. instead her party lost the majority, britain has a weak government and no negotiating position. and to get help in passing negotiation shes teaming up with the dup. but these guys are similar to the religion rights in the u.s., very socially conservative right wing and i...

Countries that are not involved in this pact. nigeria, syria. >> nicaragua. >> sorry, nicaragua, syria. were going to be standing with them. while china and the eu are forming greater alliances. and so all of those things are swirling here. and you know, a part of me does wonder, on the one hand, its odd that theres surprise that trump is sort of governing at face value and what he told us he would during the campaign. at the same time, remember a report he was going to tear up nafta, a few days...