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President trumps tweet back in 2011 where he wrote in ard to get elected barack obama will start a war with iran. so here we are. as trump approaches re-election, having an escalation with iran, humanitarian crisis on the border, in terms of foreign relations are we better off? >> i want to say how honored i am to be on the same show with art cullen. >> that makes two of us, bret. >> secondly, your question gets at the heart of essentially the problem with the are you better off question. its no...

And it is not about what is in the best interest of our nation, and, frankly, our national security. >> you serve on the intelligence committee. have you been briefed on the attacks on these tankers? >> i have. >> are you convinced that iran is guilty of these attacks? >> i cant talk about that. >> do you believe that the public is now in a position where we can trust what the administration says about this? >> i am of the opinion and belief that there is a lot of what this administration says a...

Before congress on the mueller investigation. the white house is still trying to stop her, though, asserting today that hicks is "absolutely immune from being compelled to testify about her time in the white house." this was the white house today basically telling the committee theyre going to put a chaperone in the room with hope hicks tomorrow to try to keep her from answering questions about her time in the white house and to try to keep her from answering questions probably about the preside...

Im confusing statutes with precedent without pointing them out and you are absolutely wrong. the bush administration when the white house staff was subpoenaed the courts all the white house staff had to appear. if there was a question executive privilege they would revoke in question by question basis and the president on this goes back to 1977 and in every instance the courts have always ruled congress has the right to get the information so i dont know what you are talking about me confusing s...

If there is a question of executive privilege they would have to invoke it on a question by question basis. the precedent goes to 1977. in every instance, the courts have ruled that congress has the right to get the information. i dont know what youre talking about, me confusing statutes and precedent. i think youre the one thats confusing statutes and preceden precedent. its not the statutes and governments. >> shannon: we could agree its headed for the courts. its already there and thats proba...

You would certainly advise michael cohen, if he were facing a civil case, and a criminal case at the same time, most lawyers i talked to, all lawyers i talked to, said they would advise michael cohen to say youre taking the fifth, assert your fifth amendment rights in the civil case. >> maybe, maybe not. you know what i do, i would advise a question by question basis, which is what is required under the law. you have to know what the question is before you assert the fifth. this is not a normal ...

>> i couldnt believe that the fox host didnt het him keep on going. >> how long would he have gone? would he have kept on talking? >> i think several hours. this is his favorite thing to do. we had a chance to interview him in july. hope hicks kept trying to say last question last question and all he wanted to to was talk. we think he would have gone on the rest of the day if he could have. >> how long did it sound like he could have gone on this morning. >> i honestly think he would have gone o...

Man, as a father, im concerned about that. im concerned for his kids and his family, quite honestly. i mean, these are very trying times for him. you know, hes put himself in this position. theres no question about that. and hes going to have to pay a very, very steep price for it. i think he already is. you know, i think that with time hes going to come to learn really what, what happened to him is largely his responsibility, no question. but that mr. trump bears also some significant responsib...

>> lets bring in michael avenatti, stormy danielss attorney. i am just dying to hear what you think of the presidents entire appearance on fox and friends. but lets take it one step at a time. first, the presidents comments about -- i mean, you were right again. he did have knowledge of the payment to your client. >> well, nicolle, i mean, this was another, another gift from the heavens. i dont know how we lucked into such, such great fortune. but the president continues to help us in this case ...

Do you think that that answer will be available to him and will satisfy rudy in the present? >> the question is they want to know whether the special counsel believes comey and whether they think that comey has authenticity. and the problem that theyre going to run into is that theres a lot of stuff backing up what comey said. comeys notes and memos are very detailed. theres contemporaneous handwritten stuff from other justice department officials. theres a lot backing it up -- >> including peop...