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A first. >> this becomes a big moment for jeff sessions and rod rosenstein, they made pretty clear, especially rod rosenstein, that the mueller probe is legitimate. that it should continue, that robert mueller should be allowed to do his work so the president doesnt see this as interference, he sees it as he can do whatever he wants. he famously talked about how much president obama was protected by his attorney general eric hold er but this president has an unusual view on how to use presidenti...

New york state and does not adhere to the language of diplomacy. how much does this worry you and secondly are you going to tell me any of this is by design? >> it may be by design but its hard to tell from the outside. of course it should concern us, but weve also go got to remember that diplomacy is going on with full steam. weve got diplomacy thaish theres a lot going on. the one area where were not talking is with the north koreans. this crisis, i think, will end with us talking to the north...

With somebody, which is we bring home non-essential personnel from our country like south korea. we increase our armaments to these folks and we start talking publicly about what it looks like if japan and south korea have to defend themselves as we do from a nuclear north korea. that includes returning nuclear weapons to south korea maybe and not standing in the way of japan doing what it needs to do. all of this is severe pressure tactic against the chinese. it doesnt necessarily mean it has t...

To global banks, requesting information about his account transactions and records. >> eric, what james did not mention is paul manafort hiring this new legal team and apparently, robert mueller and his team receiving out, reportedly to paul manaforts son-in-law. are those -- is that a pressure tactic potentially? >> to reach out to his son-in-law? it certainly could be. his son-in-law is someone who has worked with him on business deals. he is, according to press reports, in the process of a di...

Value. theyre seeing real effects from him, which, you know, maybe its a pressure tactic to push them, which is already stirring the pot down there quite a bit. >> theres suggestions now that the president has a risk of finding himself separated from his own party. his approval rating is 36%. very low for this time in a presidency. he finds himself at odds with so many of the republican positions on matter after matter. foreign policy, trade. what is the risk there for the administration in alie...

Flyers rights.org calling out delta airlines for allegedly shaming passengers into spending more money after purchasing a basic economy fare. the passengers rights group points to a tweet of a warning to face several restrictions including last to board for purchasing a cheaper ticket. joining me is correspondent tom costello. good to see you. this is called upselling? >> yeah. i think the big issue is are the airlines simply being honest and telling you, listen, if you end up buying the cheapes...

Hour. is that right, elise? >> reporter: well they are not meeting as a group anymore, wolf. some individual dellegations are meeting among each other and consulting capitals but theres a lot of brinkmanship. a foreign minister said he was returning to paris hours from now. a little bit of a pressure tactic. trying to put the pressure on the iranians. theres been a lot of frustration from the delegates here that iran will not budge. they said that they have made progress but on those key issues ...

And you had some of your allies and friends looking aside and not helping you. but he was determined. and remember, in his inaugural speech, his very first day in office, to extend the hand of friendship to iran, to break with the bush administration approach that thought you could change the regime, overthrow it, coerce it into surrender. that policy led iran from going from zero centrifuges at the beginning of the bush administration to 8,000 by the time they left. now, at first, it didnt work...

Do you think it was a pressure tactic? >> my lawyers think so. >> strategy aside, those months when youre living with this distinct possibility that you have hiv, what does it do you you emotionally? >> it was on top of everything that was happening. i felt like, all of the sudden, my entire life was this train wreck. all of it screamed impossible. and i was just helpless. i felt like it must all be a mistake, but i am still living it. it is just complete shock and helplessness. ill give you an ...

I mean, there are dez ig nated times for eating. there are designated times for socializing, there are dez ig nated times to be outside and breathing fresh air. most of the time you spend ntsds your cell, all you have is what the guards are telling you. all you have is what theyre not telling you, also. >> the hiv test had to be horrible to deal with that. do you think it was a pressure tactic? >> my lawyers think so. >> strategy aside, those months when youre living with this distindi distinct ...