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That the president didnt demand which he decided not to oppose. >> okay. >> it has been a couple weeks since the u.k. pointed the finger for this nerve agent attack. even with this conversation he did not bring it up. why now? >> again, it wasnt the personality of the president, wasnt the president driving this. in my judgment without having a window into the deliberations but it was the government itself internally working through its processes. and now was when the decision was right. the russ...

Real stomach for that. >> the bigger picture is the russians are still messing with our social media trying to influence americans ahead of the 2018 and 2020 elections. our intelligence community says our president still hasnt or r ordered them to take any specific measures. what do you think? >> one more time, the russians came at us from an unexpected direction and exploited a heretofore unknown weakness. its like 9/11 in that sense. i understand there are differences but its like that in term...

In my judgment, again, without having a window into the deliberations, but it was the government itself internally working through its processes and now was when the decision was right. i know ive done this before. there are some things that happen in their own time. and i think this was it. >> okay. the russian ambassador to the u.s. responded saying that the u.s. and this is a quote, will understand what kind of grave mistake they did. what do you think he is saying, that they will retaliate? ...

Protects taxpayers. they say back home there some people the question now though. but they really question is her ability to get her spending under control. no one would look at this and say it makes sense. >> talk about getting the spending under control. there it is. its like a one armed bandit in vegas and only goes one way it seems ive been out. finally, how do you lasso the rhinoceros of out-of-control spending in washington and have some political accountability and get the process fixed? ...

Him pushing a little old lady off of a cliff because he wanted to cut medicare and reign in entitlement programs. lets spend spend spend. abby: someone like president trump who hasnt been in politics at all in his life and you get to washington, is he an outsider. someone who has been in business and realizing just how bad some of the processes are. ari fleischer the former white house press secretary and fox news contributor. he highlighted on this and said the president has every right to be u...

That we begin to decrcreate in vladimir putins mind deterrence theories that he will understand if he undertake this is again, the cost that moscow will bear will be significantly greater. thats how deterrence works. >> general, this is a man who has taken the spot of someone you spoke very highly of many times, general h.r. mcmaster. what do you make of this move and how do you think it will change, perhaps, this face-to-face that the president says hes having with north korea? >> brooke for th...

General kelly put in was probably too much. >> are you going to cross roll it? forgive me. that was obviously not john b t bolton. do we have the sound of him talking about north korea? if we do, can we roll it? forgive me. that was, i guess, part of what we just played. >> but our biggest national security crisis is barack obama. >> i think the only diplomatic option left is to end the regime in north korea by effectively having the south take it over. >> what do you think this means for this u...

Of john dowd today, and the presidents statements, and i feel to me the president no longer seems to be working on a legal strategy. seems to be looking at a pr strategy, and therefore it seems to me he thinks he may be able to end this in the court of politics rather than by going through legal processes. it sounds to me from what you said that you share that worry. >> i do share that worry. i also share the concern that the presidents world is confined to watching fox news, to believing what h...

So i think a number of these threads, to use the ambassadors metaphor are being pulled on and this is an extraordinary moment, not only do we see this international intrigue around our most fundamental democratic processes, but were also seeing at the same time, this amazing political theater of government by tantrum. >> you put it quite well, and something christina greer, who joins our panel has also discussed because shes talked about what shes characterized as a kind of young or adolescent e...

Improperly used. >> of course were concerned but at the end of the day congress will make the request and im sure facebook will xloocomply w congress and if not im sure congress will issue subpoenas. >> will the white house support subpoenas? >> we look to make sure congress has, they manage their own processes and rules. im sure if it comes to a point theres not cooperation im sure youll see the white house weigh in. >> the president likes social media, likes twitter. has he spoken with his sta...