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You needed 140 characters or something. and thats all you need to spread some of the rumors and perceptions that were certainly tracking. and one of the things we found is that rumors thrive in times of uncertainty. they thrive in times where people need an answer or are eager for an answer. >> the old model of how you respond to an infectious disease outbreak, is you issue some sort of firm warning to the public and tell them what they should and shouldnt go. people are responding to rumors on ...

That kind of proximity. >> and in terms of proximity, those who would be fearing the most is that the south koreans -- the vice president will be in seoul on sunday and the japanese. >> yeah. and the interesting thing there, brooke, is that everyone has a different threat perception. for south korea, they have long held the view that the biggest threat to them is long-range artillery. for the japanese, their concern is this ever growing capable north korean ballistic program and for the north it...

Do better? >> there are a lot of layers to this. a lot of the conversation yesterday was this sent a message to our enemies or to other countries and other leaders. i think the message that was sent that people overlooked all day long was the message of the commander-in-chief and generals to the rest of our military, and in other words, the fact that this was not president trump calling and requesting a moab this was president trump giving the general this opportunity months ago and to land on t...

Wolf. the guide that did law and order. comey said he allowed cameras in to build trust with the american people. he says people dont really know what the fbi is about. because of that, young people wont choose to work at the fbi, so he hopes the new series will kind of change perceptions. here he is again. >> we trust our partners in the production. theyre not going to expose secrets or expose the privacy interests of the people were investigating, but they have an opportunity to tell the story...

But there are other blunders, top that with the fabrications, top that with the, with the -- baseless assertions. and people are starting to go, well, wait a second here, this is kind of only reinforcing the worst perceptions of this president and this white house. >> you say that? why do you say that? >> become the story. >> you say it reinforces the worst perceptions. >> it wasnt 24 hours. couple hours afterwards, on wolf blitzers show, pretty humble saying he, there was no excuse for what he ...

Job. you know better than anybody else. >> well, it was pretty disturbing and certainly indefensible, and he should have never said it, first place. but it took him a couple of days to get to about 24 hours to get to where he needed to be by saying it was inexcusable and representhensible, and he was right. but this one, the problem with this is its started to be perceived as a pattern. you top that with the fabrications, with the baseless assertions and people are starting to go, well, wait a s...

It was a couple of hours he was on wolf blitzers show and was pretty humble that he shouldnt have said it. >> i think most people who look at this especially most partisans who say we look at this and we understand it. when i say it reinforces the worst perceptions of this president, people start to look at it and say well, this the emblematic of a president who lacks the breadth of people. this is emblematic of a president who has a disregard for truth and a president who has a staff around him...

Role out and gotten so much bad press and for how he was being sidelined. this is very much his audition and his chance to turn around some of the perceptions both within i think the administration and eternal. >> is that a test of whether he can get something from the previous history that a lot of people criticized the, the closeness with the russians, have a tough talk with someone he knows. >> i would add haley to the mix who has done very well in her rollout and how shes performed. very cle...

Thank you. bringing in the panel. clurissa, lets start with you. just since this attack 24 hours ago have you seen or heard talk of kind of the shift in the balance of power or any kind of change on perceptions in the balance of power the. >> well, i think, anderson, youre not going to really see a major shift on the battlefield in terms of this is unlikely to really reign in the winning streak that the regime of bashar al assad has been on. but where you might see a bit of shift in balance is i...

Lets bring in the panel, fareed zakaria, mark hertling and c and clarissa ward. have you seen or heard talk of a shift in the balance of power or any kind of change on perceptions of the balance of power? >> well, i think, anderson, you are not going to see a shift on the battlefield in terms of this is unlikely to really reign in the winning streak that the regime of assad has been on. but where you might see a bit of shift in balance is in this larger proxy war. for a long time now, the u.s. h...