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The end what sentence he gets. >> what will have an impact on that? what paul manafort says -- hes in court in a wheelchair, hes in a suit. last time we saw him he was in the prison jump suit. hes going to have an opportunity to speak. do you think thats going to have a bearing on what judge jackson does? >> i think most judges want to hear from the defendant himself or herself, that they are truly sorry for what they did. manafort did not say that in virginia. he still got a lenient sentence. i...

For the united states? what is our long-term strategy? all of that requires thought, it requires consideration. it does not require a reflex action. >> the presidents response, mr. secretary, to all of the criticism he has received over the last year and a half and the investigations about russia have been to attack the sources, whether it is us in the press, whether it is the fbi or whether now it is bob mueller. we saw some of the conspiracy theories floated around certain segments of the medi...

Really dont have an overall strategy. and if were going to strike syria, i dont think it ought to be a reflex action without a strategy. thats what this administration has to do, is figure out what is our long-term strategy in syria going to be. >> so a follow up on that, why dont we have a strategy? >> we dont have a strategy because i think we were reacting to what was happening in syria, and there was a fear that we didnt want to get entrapped by another middle eastern war. i understand that....

So rather than developing that strategy, rather than trying to play a hole, role enforcing syr figure out some kind of political settle mement and allowing syrians to figure out their future, we have been hitting isis on the side talking about assad but dont have an overall strategy. and if were going to strike syria, i dont think this ought to be a reflex action without a strategy. thats what this administration has to do is figure out what is our long-term strategy in syria going to be. >> so ...

Whatever action that he takes are going to be. >> was that a yes? >> yes -- i mean, its yes in a sthaebs this sense that this is a dangerous moment with this president who hasnt taken the time to think out what are the consequences of military action here? what is it going to mean for the united states? what is our long-term strategy? all of that requires thought, it requires consideration, it does not require a reflex action. >> the presidents response, mr. secretary, to all of the criticism he...

Cant bring himself to understand anyone outside of the coalition that supports him. and anyone outside in the vast majority of americans who look at an event like yesterday and recoil at how horrifying it is and want to come to solutions and want to praise new yorkers for being resilient. look, i worked for rudy giuliani in new york, and so i understand the sort of reflex action by people in the city of new york. they look at things like this and they shake it off and push it in the background a...

And want to praise new yorkers for being resilient. look, i worked for rudy giuliani in new york, and so i understand the sort of reflex action by people in the city of new york. they look at things like this and they shake it off and push it in the background and get on with their lives, its what they do. and donald trump taking this guy, as tragic and horrible as this is, and trying to get back and use this as a way to undo his multiple failings on this immigration ban, you know, it speaks ver...

Were just about finished. and this -- as im swimming 30-year-old dietitian. she and her husband, ross, have been married for eight years. along, this shark all of a sudden surfaces from underneath at her sons funeral, she said me and comes right up to the top ross, is, was an will be, if we of the water. and i see the full length of the have more children, a wonderful shark. >> oh, my. >> and it makes a -- a quick father. no one saw signs of problems. she sat quietly in the courtroom left, a rea...

How did you have that instinct to do that? >> it was just a natural reflex action. i just felt the shark biting into me and i was, like, oh my god. this is it. oh, my god. im going to die. this is it. and i just -- i said, no, im going to get this thing off me. i grabbed its nose. fortunately it let go. i mean, he could have gone where he just kept biting down and took me under water and thats it. >> wow. steven, lucky man. do you have stitches? whats your injury like? describe it for me. >> rig...

>> he had that shark on his fishing line for 40 minutes until he released it. once he released it the shark was agitated and it swam near me, i was -- i was -- you decide to take his aggression out on. >> steven, how did you know -- sorry to interrupt you. how did you know what to do? i mean, to have the wherewithal to grab its nose, to punch it? ive heard shark experts say, sometimes you try to punch the shark in the nose or poke in the eye. staring face to face at jaws, it seems like that woul...