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Some visitor names while acknowledging the trump administration will not release any. >> frankly the faux attempt the obama administration came out where they would scrub what they didnt want out didnt serve anyone wells pr this policy inconsistent with the pass criticism of obama who he called the least transparent president ever. why does obama feel he shouldnt comply with records releases his predecessors did of his own volition. hiding something? kenosha wisconsin to visit snappon tools. h...

>> if you are is m coming off that rabbit. >> 45% think president keeps promise. 52% say a strong and decisive leader. 46% say he can bring about the changes the country needs. thats down 7 points as well. >> holes are being cut right in the middle of that. >> 36% say hes honest and trustworthy down six points. 42% say he cares like people like you. down 4. 41% believe he can manage the government effectively. >> thats not good. >> at the same time. research polls finds job approval hovering aro...

On some key characteristics. 45% think the president keeps his promises. thats down 17 points in two months. 52% say he is a strong and decisive leader. a drop of seven. 46% say he can bring about the changes the country needs, down seven points. just 36 srs say he is honest and trustworthy, down 6 points. 42% say he cares about people like you, down four. 41% believe he can manage the government effectively. at the same time, a pew research poll finds the presidents job approval hovering around...

The presidents approval rating at 40%, essentially the same as february. his numbers are sinking on key characteristics. 45% think the president keeps his promises. thats down 17 points in two months. 52% say hes a strong and decisive leader, a drop of seven. 46% say he can bring about the changes the country needs, down seven points. just 36% say hes honest and trustworthy, down six points. 42% say he cares about people like you, down four. and 41% believe he can manage the government effective...

Influence over north koreas economy. i think it is a question mark whether they have direct influence over kim jong-un. he is an independent operator. i think in the past, even his predecessors showed a little bit of a reluctance to always do what china says. >> right. >> at the same time, theres not another card to play. this is a very big card. i think all of us come to the same conclusion, that going to war would be a disaster. what we have to do is increase the pressure to enable serious dip...

Considering using the powerful thad missile defense system, that would be too provoke tif to china worried about the radar being used as surveillance on them. instead it would look like ship based missile defense, using either u.s. or japanese ships to shoot down a missile. >> does that mean they would be living off the north korea coast? >> they dont necessarily have to live off the coast but they would be in potentially the sea of japan. they would be in particularly if its japanese ships agai...

The era of strategic patience is over. >> it was the policy of the united states of america during prior administrations to practice what they called strategic patience and that was to hope to marshal international support to bring an end to the nuclear ambitions and the ballistic missile program of north korea. that clearly has failed, and the advent of nuclear weapons testing, the development of a nuclear program, even this weekend, to see another attempt at a ballistic missile launch, all con...

Im not sure everyone thought he would do when he got elected into office. i think he values that. i think in his view, to gordons point, i dont think there is a broad strategy here. i think the strategy is lets talk tough and put our chest out and see what happens. lets see if we can shake things up. if that shakes anything loose and react to that. that seems to be how he operates in everything. i would put foreign policy in that category. >> gordon, doesnt the president have more here with chin...

Itself. the better path would be for china to address the north korean threat thats make such defensive measures necessary. >> so where does this go next? lets go talk to david to break this all down. good morning to you david. >> good morning. >> so the line were hearing is the era of strategic patience is over. is that in a sense the trump foreign poll saz icy as we know >> who knows. the president has approached the korean problem with a sense of urgency and understanding that his predecessor...

Feels like a gem tonight. why does obama believe he shouldnt comply with record releases that his predecessors did. hiding something? i could tell you it was tax returns. it was over college records, but it sound like the same thing. do you feel like youre in a position here you have to defend complete hypocrisy? >> i think where issues arise is matters of government. i may not agree with him because im not up to date on the security information of the white house log, but i can understand why p...