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And it doesnt necessarily mean that the report itself will be cut to the bare bones. on the schiff point, if push comes to shove and theres a subpoena battle, its not clear to me that congress wins it, and even if they do, mueller or the department may have important cards to play about executive privilege and other things. so if its actually in that posture, it would be much better if it were cooperative and if the department is of a transparent mindset, as barr said he would be. >> thats why w...

Break. and at some point also his adviser, his sister, is holding the crystal ashtray so that he has an ashtray for him to use. we dont know a whole lot about kim jong-un but what we do know is hes going to be well-prepared and a whole lot better prepared for the strategy of these meetings than potentially the president of the united states. >> yeah, well, andrea, kim jong-un came into the singapore summit incredibly well-prepared for that face-off with president trump and i think its going to b...

Vietnam for this team period. also we expect that the president will try with an anticipated press conference at some point to put an end note on whatever comes out of this to try to be the first one to sort of set the terms of what was accomplished, what comes next. he has often said there will be a series of meetings, so this second summit may only be one of a series and not an endpoint. the personal relationship youve talked about, the president plays into that very strongly because he believ...

There anything tangible that will come of this. as youve been discussing, certainly there are some benefits that have already been established, the hot level of rhetoric between the two countries has been dialed back. but can there be something measurable coming out of this? that will be a real test, andrea. >> and phil rucker there in hanoi, what weve already seen of kim jong-un, he gets off the train and at one point during that trip -- lets play the tape of a north korean aid who apparently m...

President says he and kim see eye to eye, theres no evidence of that at this point. its important to have an honest and accurate assessment of whats going on. >> and he was addressing the nations governors monday night. >> the president said eight months ago that the threat from north korea has been eliminated. thats just not true. these are the facts as we know them today. there is no agreement on what denuclearization means at this point, it will be important to talk about at this summit. ther...

>> then that individual, whitaker, decides whether it gets dissemenated to congress. >> does every member of congress have the right to see it? >> it goes to the committee only, so thats tricky. i do think that if a particular person in congress has to see it, they would be afforded an opportunity. come and read it in a room so they dont physically take a copy with them. assume for the sake of argument, blake, that they sit on it and theyre not going to disseminate it, then you go to the schiff ...