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Game or have already bought their tickets out of washington? second question, is he right? where is the republican party residing these days? >> taking your second question first, i think hes dead right that it is the trump party rather than the republican party. i the republican party. think of how trump won the election? he went against all the candidates claiming they are politicians and politicians cant run the country and what you need is somebody outside the country and outside the sense. ...

I want to talk to you about whats happened with the republican party. >> there is no republican party. theres a trump party. the republican party is kind of taking a nap somewhere. >> that was former republican house speaker john boehner today, enjoying a bloody mary and some good conversation with devin skill on, broadcaster in detroit n the upper peninsula region of michigan. were back to talk about what we just witnessed with historian and author doris kearns goo win. why is it that flake, co...

Have this battle between the hard liners and president rouhani and prime minister zarif. what is likely to go on there? >> absolutely. the situation is incredibly tense in iran. but politics has always been quite available ravibrant. there has always been a push and pull between the hard liners and the moderates under rouhani today. and its likely that will continue, but its also likely that will intensify in the next little while. the reason for that is pretty simple. president trump by pulling...

Building on the deal, just as jim clapper was suggesting, and instead it seems like european companies are going to get sanctioned by the united states, as a result of all of this. >> no, thats right, fareed. and it wasnt just president macron. you had chancellor merkel come here, the british foreign minister come here. our three most powerful friends in europe putting personal prestige on the line to appeal to the american president, not to do this, give us more time. lets maintain unity, and w...

And, again, fareed, youre asking me to take on the role of the foreign intel guy, and im looking through all of my data, and im seeing the strongest possible correlation between those two data sets. thats what i would suggest to the prime minister. >> jim clapper, what do you think the most important consequence here of withdrawing from the iran deal is, because it seems to have left our european allies in a quandary. >> well, it -- i fail to see how it enhances stability in the mid east. i dont...

But importantly having an opportunity for -- from the horses mouth, so to speak, first time ever from the korean leader. what is it would take for them to be secure enough, to feel secure enough, they wouldnt need nuclear weapons. >> mike haden, isnt it fair to say that the president has set a high bar which is to say this deal has to be better than the iran deal? and the iran deal got rid of -- there there were no nuclear weapons. it got rid of any plutonium pathway. cement was poured into the ...

So now what is it that the administration wants? well, they want a better deal. presumably, that means impelling or compelling iran to change all of its nefarious behavior across a whole range of endeavors, including the nuclear one. but that will have less leverage, since i dont believe well ever put humpy dumpy back together again, that is the global coalition that pressured iran with sanctions and brought them to the table. and now it potentially puts us in the anomalous position of sanctioni...

But importantly having an opportunity for -- from the horses mouth, so to speak, first time ever from the korean leader. what is it would take for them to be secure enough, to feel secure enough, they wouldnt need nuclear weapons. >> mike haden, isnt it fair to say that the president has set a high bar which is to say this deal has to be better than the iran deal? and the iran deal got rid of -- there there were no nuclear weapons. it got rid of any plutonium pathway. cement was poured into the ...

Rouhani has never been a good economic manager. the currency has fallen, there are shortages, theres unemployment. and in the midst of that, you have this battle between the hard liners and president rouhani and prime minister zarif. what is likely to go on there? >> absolutely. the situation is incredibly tense in iran. but politics has always been quite available vibrant. even within the islamic republic. there has always been a push and pull between the hard liners and the moderates under rou...

Quite a week in foreign policy for the president. he did fulfill some key promises he made, and he played to his base. but was this good foreign policy? especially pulling out of the iran deal? joining me now, michael haden and james clapper. general haden has been the director of both the cia and nsa, retired four-star general, author of an important new book that we will discuss, "the assault on intelligence american national security in an age of lies." james clapper is a retired three-star g...