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Decisions based on the facts before them. >> there are two theories. the first theory is that this is about paperwork. they didnt fill the paperwork out the proper way. especially in jared kushners case, contacts with people that would make hairs on the back of the neck go up. so they slow walked the paperwork. the president got frustrated with it and he went ahead. the second theory is they had good reasons not to want to give it and the president overrode it. >> this is within the presidents p...

The autonomy to make these decisions not for any sort of political favor, but based on the facts before them. >> there are two theories. the first is this is about paperwork. they didnt fill out the paperwork the right way. they kept adding to it, especially in jared kushners case. adding contacts with people that would make hairs go up on the back of the neck of an intel type. they didnt like it. so they responded by being slow walking on the paperwork and on the clearance. the president got fr...

Ivanka trump. >> exactly. for those of us who have gone through the tedious for process of filling out these clearance forms, theres a reason theyre adjudicated the way they are, and we need a clear answer why jared is so needed to have this clearance that they overrode the cias concerns about jared and his foreign contacts. chris: what about the argument, hey, im the president, i got elected, i trust him? >> he has the authority to do it, chris, youre right. he got elected, he can do it. it doe...

In terms of the conversation about the legal situation surrounding the president which is that were shifting away from this collusion narrative that weve been given for the last two years and instead talking about campaign finance issues and things that are much more under the purview of the southern district of new york. and thats going to be, i think, the legal challenge for the president moving forward. in terms of what democrats on capitol hill are going to do with this information, this all...

Under those circumstances, did it make sense to even hold this summit? >> well, you never know what the north koreans are actually going to come with or if theyre going to adhere to it, and a big part of the problem here in all these discussions where the experts are saying, well, the north koreans will give up part of their program, and the u.s. will release some of the economic sanctions that has bedeviled prior administrations is the problem of incommence rabbit. and what north korea has done...

For those of us who have gone through the tedious for process of filling out these clearance forms, theres a reason theyre adjudicated the way they are, and we need a clear answer why jared is so needed to have this clearance that they overrode the cias concerns about jared and his foreign contacts. chris: what about the argument, hey, im the president, i got elected, i trust him? >> he has the authority to do it, chris, youre right. he got elected, he can do it. it doesnt mean he should do it, ...

That would go a -- otto warmbier. that would go a long way to improving relations. chris: this is not the first time the president has taken the word of an autocrat over outside evidence -- >> when he says im going to take him at his word, it doesnt mean that he accepts it as reality. he accepts thats what kim jong un said. chris: so when he says i take him at his word, it doesnt mean he believes kim jong un? >> thats what he said. i think one way to prove that is to give the united states a ful...

Give. under those circumstances, did it make sense to even hold this summit? >> well, you never know what the north koreans are actually going to come with or if theyre going to adhere to it, and a big part of the problem here in all these discussions where the experts are saying, well, the north koreans will give up part of their program, and the u.s. will release some of the economic sanctions that has bedeviled prior administrations is the problem of incommence rabbit. and what north korea ha...

On to power. there was this big faceoff last week about humanitarian aid coming in or not. they were able to block it, generally speak, with some defections. the generals and the military are standing by him. one, what do you do next to try to force him out and, two, if the opposition leader, juan guaido, returns to venezuela in the next day or so and is arrested, what will the u.s. response be? >> look, the opposition is very united. think tour row made a big -- maduro made a big mistake by try...

Its failure, how much does it set back u.s./north korean relations? >> well, should it have been held now? no, it wasnt ready. and bolton is right that over three administrations the efforts to negotiate a good deal with north korea have failed. does it hurt u.s./north korean relations? i dont really think so. i think if you look at it in terms of north korea, they won. i mean, here is kim on his 2,000-mile trek on his train going to a state visit in vietnam after the summit, and now going back ...