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The north korean government made promises before. they have reneged on those. why should we trust kim jong-un now? >> because the united states is going to continue the maximum pressure campaign. were making no concessions and we are not going to move forward until we see concrete and verified actions taking place by north korea. we are also operating from a position of strength that we havent had in previous administrations due to the maximum pressure campaign, not just by the united states. le...

With this leader who still has three americans detained doing hard labor. how did it go down? >> this was not planned. hap hazard is a pretty good word, in fact. the president was not slated to meet with south korean officials until today, but yesterday he got wind they were in the west wing, they were meeting with advisor mcmaster, so he beckoned them into the oval office, basically moving the meeting up an entire day, and it was only then when the south korean officials said that kim jong-un h...

Trump has negotiated a lot of settlements with people and michael cohen has had a role in negotiating. >> potentially cohens finances and whether or not he had been involved in those sort of situations before. that was a line of questioning from one witness i spoke to. "the washington post" has interviewed others who have had that line of questioning. tell me, is that how the mueller investigation ties into this scandalous story with stormy daniels? >> its possible. the mueller probe is looking ...

Weve addressed this extensively and i dont have anything else to add. >> i have a california question. on wednesday governor brown said that donald trump is declaring war on california. i know that the presidents given money to his campaigns before. have they talked on the phone recently? when the president goes to california next week, will it be war or peace? >> im sorry i couldnt hear the last part. >> when the president goes to california, will it be war or will it be peace? >> look, i think...

>> there are a lot of things possible. im not going to walk through every hypothetical that exists in the world, but i can tell you the president has accepted that invitation on the basis that we have concrete and verifiable steps. >> you said from the podium, you acknowledge that the president knows about the arbitration involving stormy daniels. so does he remember speaking with his lawyer about that? >> ive addressed this extensively. i dont have anything else to add. ill take one question. >...

So far ahead of everyone else like youve never seen before. as far as disarmament, he said we wont lead the way, well go on with them. the day after that, director mulvaney came in here and said you were going to spend close to $50 billion to upgrade and enhance the nuclear arsenal. the week after that, the head of russia came out and said he has a first-strike weapon. whether or not you believe that he has a first-strike weapon, isnt it inherently dangerous for the owners of the two largest nuc...

Presidents move right now? >> the presidents in a great mood. hes been in a great mood because we had a successful year. were very focused on making sure we have seven more. >> top officials at the white house and pentagon seem to be taken by surprise by the announcement. was this done in a happen hazard way? >> not at all. this is part of an ongoing campaign thats been going for over a year. just because some of the individuals that they regularly leak to the press werent involved in the conver...

Own property outside? >> again, this was the result of the south korean delegation who had met with the north koreas in the week coming here to give us an update on their conversations and relaying that information and us responding to that. and the reason for the south koreans -- i believe that was the end of your question addressing is because those are the individuals that had directly spoken with the north koreans. >> it was the presidents idea to come in here and make that statement? >> yea...

I think in the coming days as president trump prepares to head to pennsylvania. >> no doubt about that. there could be serious legal ramifications. thank you very much. and jonathan le meyer, lets move on from stormy daniels. lets go where we started the week. on monday, seven minutes ago on this show on monday -- eight minutes ago, sam nunberg said he wouldnt comply and give robert mueller his e-mails. hes in grand jury testimony now. are we on hour five? >> close to hour six. and i think why...

Verifiable steps taken. have any idea what those steps need to be? >> well, the south korean delegation said that the north had agreed to not do any missile or nuclear tests as long as the dialogue was continuing, and they had pledged to denuclearize, but with heavy strings attached. . im not sure what steps north korea would be taking between now and may owner meeting with u.s. officials to work out really a more detailed agenda as to what items would be discussed. >> she also said the presiden...