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Joining us now, the former ho homeland security second, jeh johnson. he is a former trial lawyer and prosecutor. he served as an assistant district attorney in the southern district of new york under rudy giuliani. thanks very much for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> you have a lot of legal experience. i want to pick your brain. when the president argues he has an absolute right to pardon himself and that the special counsels apoipointment was totally unconstitutional, what do you think? ...

Letter. that was the takeaway from the pompeo meeting is that the north koreans have not yet made a decision -- they are still contemplating but they are not quite there yet on whether or not they want to make a fundamental strategic change. what mattis will do is when he meets with his counter-parts tomorrow and throughout the weekend he will likely provide a status report of just where negotiations are. as we heard from pompeo, those talks are proceeding. in general, what mattis likes to do is...

From a constructive friendly partnership to an obvious friendship. the best evidence for that is not the dandruff or kiss incident. as they walked off the stage president macron visibly put his hand over president trumps shoulder walking away. it signifies friendship because president macron well knows president trump is not popular in france and so to do that and also to show this negotiating space on the iran deal there is a clear evidence there you dont do that stuff unless there is a genuine...

Do that. if we are able to avoid it, this does mean even bigger trouble, though, just months from now because the folks who are going to be upset about the failure to shut down the government, if were able to keep the government funded, if were able to keep womens health programs and planned parenthood funded for the short period of time so we can buy some negotiating space, which is what i hope happens, then the question is what next? what happens just a few months from now? >> let me ask you o...

Intentions are. this is a test whether the iranians are willing to in effect stop what theyre doing now to provide negotiating space. so itsen incremental step but the first team the foreign ministers, the g-5 plus one have gathered, and there seems to be significants pressure on iran to come to the table. >> the permanent members he is referring to. the israelis are not happy about dismiss they dont seem to see any value in it. >> they describe it as like easing some sanctions is like having a ...

Where would we be without hope? some lawmakers. >> ive been in probably eight or nine meetings with the president, relatively speaking, i would say this one was more constructive and useful, but the bottom line is the president didnt say no, the president didnt say yes to our offer to begin negotiations, to create a little bit of negotiating space on the debt ceiling, to begin negotiations on the funding bill. so, you know, it took a long time to get to the point where the president says im not ...

Good idea, i think that he, the white house, the president, are way more willing to take that risk of going over at least for a few weeks than they were in confronting the debt ceiling where they felt that their leverage in negotiating space was much more constrained. so thats why youre seeing a hardening to some extent of the position on the white house side. they did think they have the upper hand. >> stand by, i want to bring in chris van hollen. good to see you. >> great to see you. >> from ...

Was recognizing given the political transition in russia and the presidential campaign in the united states, a break through on missile defense is unlikely. but mr. obama was unlikely to get negotiating space from republicans on missile defense, he hasnt delivered the upgrade to the nuclear arsenal he promised two years ago. north koreans plan to launch satellite and is thinly vailed missile test. at a speech, the president spoke directly to the north. >> there will be no rewards for provocation...

Speak beyond his base. especially on the issue of immigration in order to push for some tougher policy. but the question here, jacob, will democrats be open to that offer with these tougher policies. >> i dont think theyre going to be particularly open. one of the things, we heard marc short speaking about it a moment ago. but one of the points the democrats have been making is the situation with daca was created by trump. that the change in policy, the crisis was created by trump, changing an o...

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