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Think, very much parallels what we saw in his meetings with kim jong un in north korea and singapore a month ago. the presidential level, he is all about establishing a relationship. he is all about dialing down the temperature. he is all about the possibility of deals for the future. at the administered level, we see a much different posture with north korea. we see a very tight sanction on north korea. he sees the white house putting pressure on nations in the region around the world, to put t...

A culture war, yes. theres going to be problems -- >> well, theres also a question -- >> we dont have time to talk about it but there is a question, ive had a lot of these conversations with republicans, that its, you know, youre doing a balancing act. what am i willing to put up with, x, y and z, to get a, b and c. >> those are the kinds of deals that everyone has made through every administration but it is different now. >> and the fact were in an economy that people believe is the best in 20 ...

Lifetime. weve always had culture wars, abortion, gay rights. heres a president that seems to every month or two, manage to find another battle in the culture wars to exploit. am i overstating that or is this a president who has managed to -- why -- and i always hate putting guests in this position but ill do it because youre jon meacham, why? why manage to exploit -- why exploit the culture wars to the extent hes doing it? >> im happy to be put on that spot. thats how he rose to power. he makes...

Be considered. >> i dont think they promised imminent military action. if they do, that is not credible especially with what is happening right now. you know, yes, the maximum pressure and credible threat of military force got us to this point. that is over now. we are in the peacemaking e. is a change of dynamic. as you pointed out and trump pointed out, maximum pressure is not maximum any more. the chinese will let it go. we are not doing the military exercise. we are in a military dynamic. we...

To keep this going and to keep his peacemaker images alive, the president has had to basically put h faith and trust in kim jong-un. he said all i can say is they want to make a deal. he believed what kim jong-un to him. that is not a safe bet when you rest your hopes on north korean d dictator. >> and half of the reporters in the room asked how can you trust the word of a dictator who has a terrible reputation on human rights. how can you trust this man. this is what the president said. >> i be...

Choose to create a capital on other peoples lands. >> what does it say that the united states moved the embassy there? >> i think the u.s. has dealt a serious blow to the peace process, number one, or to the chances of peace. its removed the core of the requirements of peace. it has this qualified itself as a peacemaker. jared kushner says peace is to be had had. you have destroyed the chances of peace. you have destroyed jerusalem. you have destroyed the refugees unilaterally by striking. you d...

Using live fire against all of it, and this is obviously very conce concerning. tonight the ambassador of turkey has been -- the turkish ambassador to israel has been recalled for a consultation. along with the turkish ambassador to the united states, prime minister erdogan of turkey in london today. a very tough speech, not just against israel and the actions in gaza, but against the united states for this move of the embassy to jerusalem saying that the u.s. is now part of the problem, not the...

Instigating it, and certainly there are members of hamas that are in there kind of instigating some of the more violent parts of it, but some of them are journalists, some of them are youngsters. there was a handicap person, i believe, that was killed. and, you know, israelis are using live fire against all of it, and this is obviously very concerning. tonight the ambassador of turkey has been -- the turkish ambassador to israel has been recalled for a consultation. along with the turkish ambass...

When he first ran for congress that he spent every hour of his adult life from age 17 when he put on the uniform in annapolis in service to the american nation. hes a giant figure in american history, hes a giant for the ages, a living legend, a statesman, a soldier, a peacemaker. one of the things we dont talk about enough is the role he played along with john kerry in bringing reconciliation between the united states and vietnam. peace so this generation of americans can be in peace with vietn...

Adult life from age 17 when he put on the uniform at annapolis in service to the american nation. he is a giant figure in american history. he is a giant for the ages. hes a living legend. hes a statesman, a soldier, a peacemaker. one of the things we dont talk enough about is the role that he played along with john kerry in bringing reconciliation between the united states and vietnam, peace, so that this generation of americans can be in peace with vietnam and that we can be friends. i was the...