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>> jesse: that nobel prize, they gave it to him and what did he do? he made a mess in libya, led china and russia run wild. maybe he should give it back. >> one of the important things of this meeting, who was not there. the chinese were not there. china has always tried to interfere in issues involving north korea. they think they own the place. what trump has done and this is different from his predecessors, hes tried to get the chinese away from them. jesse, the other thing that trump has don...

Oh, ill definitely release them and then a change through the campaign and april 3rd richard neal requests them from steve mnuchin treasury secretary and that would never happen. so were in the beginning of the end stage. the problem is, and nonlawyers ryan lizza and i know, legal processes like this could take time. donald trump has two options here, i think. well three. one they win and maybe. but his other win is that a decision comes after the 2020 election and therefore it is like, well, ma...

Counterpart china. holding parades in red square. the same kind of heat tracks that his soviet predecessors used as propaganda during the cold war, all choreographed to project military might, even as they fought a losing battle with the world of ideas. and as those dictators would observe the proceedings while flanked by their top military brass, president trump now intends to do the same. according to "the new york times," mr. trump has requested that the joint chiefs of staff, all of them, fr...

He made a mess in libya, let china and russia run wild. maybe he should give it back. >> one of the important things of this meeting, who was not there. the chinese were not there. china has always tried to interfere in issues involving north korea. they think they own the place. what trump has done and this is different from his predecessors hes tried to get the chinese away from them. they have been a maligned influence. jesse, the other thing that trump has done, hes gone after the iranians. ...

Time. theres no rush to get to denuclearization. it does seem like the president from his public comments seems to be okay with the idea of north koreans having what they have, not moving in any way towards denuclearization, not providing an inventory of the type of weaponry they already have. it seems like the president is happy with the photo ops and headlines that hes doing something on this issue but not more than predecessors in terms of denuclearization. >> it was a remarkable picture of t...

With chairman kim. we havent talked about otto warmbier yet, the young american killed, im sure it wasnt easy for his family to see the photos. but he views this as a transactional matter. he feels like hell deal with anyone. hell negotiate with anyone, no matter what their human rights records may be. if he can get a deal in americas interest and is not going to use the power of the presidency or the power of the moment like so many of his predecessors to try to suggest to other leaders that th...

Solutions to war. well see if the president can pull a rabbit out of a hat. he has a low probability of success. his predecessors from both parties couldnt solve this. we should all hope as americns that he succeeds. >> scott bolden, tensions seem to have eased. is the president wrong on that? >> i think the president is wrong on that for sure, because hes -- i dont know if hes going to pull a rabbit out of the hat, but hell pull a rose out and over it to the north korea leader and do a handshak...

Respect to normalizing north korea as a nuclear state. north korea, when president trump came into office and under his predecessors has been a rogue regime. they have been a pariah in the international community. president trump has taken a series of steps to normalize north korea on the world stage, including summits with kim jong-un. but today he went onto kim jong-uns home turf and that signals to north korea that denuclearization is not a priority for president trump. he may say its somethi...

Unprepared. he cut himself off saying my times up. what advice will you give him as he prepares for the cnn debates next month. >> i was part of vice presidents prep and he was prepped and prepared for the debate. look, we have 11 more debates. this is going to be a long prima primary. our strategy was to go in there, vice president biden wanted to speak to the people. he spoke passionately about health care. we touched a little bit on foreign policy. as we prepare for the debates at the end of ...

Youre seeing a humanized side of a north korean leader. they didnt want to be seen walking around like mere mortals. they did not want to be seen showing weakness. they were supposed to be making wise decisions inspired by divine wisdom. hes putting himself out there that his predecessors havent. on a fundamental level, that doesnt mean youre seeing at the moment any kind of transf m transformative societal shifts on how people are allowed to live and express themselves inside the dprk. >> victo...