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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...

Was on the national security council staff for barack obama. >> look, this is all about the president being able to hire who he wants and have them in the position that he wants -- chris: all right, wait, guys. let me bring in gillian -- >> i havent been able to confirm it. as far as the reporting ive looked at, nobody else has been able to confirm this. the key question is whether jared kushner actually ever took a polygraph and whether he passed or failed. as somebody who had a top secret secu...

Okay? chris: we should point out he was on the national security council staff for barack obama. >> look, this is all about the president being able to hire who he wants and have them in the position that he wants -- chris: all right, wait, guys. let me bring in gillian -- >> i havent been able to confirm it. as far as the reporting ive looked at, nobody else has been able to confirm this. the key question is whether jared kushner actually ever took a polygraph and whether he passed or failed. a...

Interfered in the 2016 election. >> i have great confidence in my intelligence people, but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. chris: why does the president trust putin and mbs and kim over u.s. intelligencesome. >> i dont think thats what hes saying. and, again, if you take the case of khashoggi, he and others in the administration have said repeatedly we want from saudi arabia a complete top to bottom explanation of what happened. chris: ...

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 ...

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...

Weapons, give up the ballistic missiles. he handed kim jong un a piece of paper -- actually two, one in korean, one in english -- that laid out what we wanted, and you get this piece of real estate that could have an extraordinary economic future. chris: and what did kim say? >> he walked away from it. chris: all right. meanwhile, the president seemed to absolve kim jong un of any responsibility in the torture and death of otto warmbier. take a look. >> in those prisons, in those camps you have ...

Weapons, give up the ballistic missiles. he handed kim jong un a piece of paper -- actually two, one in korean, one in english -- that laid out what we wanted, and you get this piece of real estate that could have an extraordinary economic future. chris: and what did kim say? >> he walked away from it. chris: all right. meanwhile, the president seemed to absolve kim jong un of any responsibility in the torture and death of otto warmbier. take a look. >> in those prisons, in those camps you have ...

Putin on whether russia interfered in the 2016 election. >> i have great confidence in my intelligence people, but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. chris: why does the president trust putin and mbs and kim over u.s. intelligencesome. >> i dont think thats what hes saying. and, again, if you take the case of khashoggi, he and others in the administration have said repeatedly we want from saudi arabia a complete top to bottom explanation o...

This statement: kim and his evil regime are responsible for unimaginable cruelty and inhumanity. no excuses or lavish praise can change that. question: why did the president take kims word that he didnt know? >> look, the president has been very clear both in public, and ive heard him in private in the oval office, that he considers what happened to otto warmbier to be despicable and barbaric, and i think he made that clear in hanoi and made it clear subsequently. i think the best thing -- chris...