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The president began his tenure threating north koreas annihilation, then he and kim became best friends. that happened on trumps part seemed largely fueled by the sense that he could have the summit meetings that provided dramatic television footage. but when it comes to the much more difficult process of edging forward in these difficult and treacherous negotiations, the administration is nowhere really. >> weve come a long way since the little rocket man comment. lets talk about hong kong now....

Avoidance. look, thats the story of this year politically. theres no question. president obama inherited this terribly deep recession. what weve done is make things better. weve avoided damage. but people dont give you points for making things less bad. they have a right to say, make it better. thats true about this bill. mostly what this bill will two will be to prevent abuses, whether of individuals in the consumer area or being making loans they shouldnt make. so i think thats true. on the ot...

Trying to retard progress. this year when the senate took it up, the expectation was, well, thats the senate. they need 60 votes. it will get watered down. instead, it got strengthened. we went to a public confidence. thats why i insisted and chris dodd agreed, on a public conference. we knew the more the public was paying attention, the better this bill would be. our job is to make sure public attention doesnt go away. >> as you know, the bush tax cuts are set to expire at the end of this year,...

In the house, health care was getting all the public attention from the media and elsewhere. i lost a couple of fights including some on the floor of the house because i wasnt -- i didnt have the public allies i wanted to fight some of the economic interests that were trying to retard progress. this year when the senate took it up, the expectation was, well, thats the senate. they need 60 votes. it will get watered down. instead, it got strengthened. we went to a public confidence. thats why i i...