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Can afford to dream gig. comcast, building americas largest gig-speed network. >> okay. so remember when congressman trey dowdy was on "new day" and announced his house oversight committee would be investigating the rob porter security clearance scandal? well, now that committee says the white house is not implying. they have not provided key details to the committee about former staff secretary rob porters background check, timeline, as well as information about the security clearance process. ...

On north korea, those were passed in 2015, we had a coalition of countries through our own efforts and through the united nations efforts to impose more sanctions on north korea, and so it has been a process of imposing these kinds of sanctions. that has had a negative economic impact on north korea. and i think we should also acknowledge the role that south korea has played recently to make sure that we have an environment. now, these are serious negotiations, i hope that we do not have what i ...

The secretary of state, the secretary of defense had no idea, the vice president contradicted his policy earlier in the day, tells you there is not really a strategy here. so there is a lot of problem with chaos and lack of progress and process, i should say, and that is a determinant of whether to be successful. >> as a former state department spokesperson, did you break out in hives when you saw the secretary of state was so incredibly out of the loop on this? >> i did. frankly, because thats ...

Their terms. all of those things are nonstarters. but where there may be an opportunity is to see if we can give them at the end of a process if they take the steps to denuclearize credible guarantees for their own security and survival. thats where the rub is. we have to keep this in mind. when we engage in these kind of negotiations before, for example, with iran, on its nuclear program or cuba on diplomatic normalization, it has taken years, tremendous preparation, taken a very detailed and l...

In spite of it all? would he be better served, more what you consider to be success if he got the act together inside the west wing? >> most people dont care what happens with the drama inside as long as things are getting better. they certainly are getting better. i remember 1978 with the new york yankees, the chaos in the locker room, all of them went nuts, george steinbrenner, it spurned one of the greatest sports books ever, the bronx zoo, and they won the world series that year. >> again, j...

This morning, a standoff between the white house and congress as the administration brushes off a bipartisan request from the house oversight committee for more details about now ousted white house staff secretary rob porter. now in an cnn exclusive, a top democrat is urging the chairman to push back. sunlen serfaty joins us live with the latest on that. >> reporter: congressman cummings is calling for the house oversight committee to issue a subpoena for information relating to the rob porter s...

This diplomatic breakthrough? >> well, as i said, these kinds of sanctions have been imposed since 2015 or thereabouts. so it has been a process that bringing us to this pass. so here we are, and what im concerned about is are we going to be prepared to deal with north korea, kim jong-un, and the way that is going to lead to denuclearized north korea. this requires preparation. right now, one would think that it is the state department that should lead these efforts and we have kind of a hollowe...

Downgraded? >> anderson, if suddenly ivanka trump got a top secret security clearance, there is no one in her orbit coming out with this information. obviously, we saw the case with jared kushner was, it was not only his financial dealings, but also the mueller investigation that prevented him from obtaining this full security clearance. but the reality is, because these two people are married, their background checks, their security clearance process has an impact on one another. ivanka trump c...

Officials are investigating wunl of her international business deals having to do with the trump international hotel and tower in vancouver, canada. what is this about? why is this deal attracting such scrutiny? >> well, its an interesting one because its not entirely clear what it is about this deal that attracted investigatorss interest. ivanka trump was the point person on this and it works in very similar ways, a lot of these trump organization deals do. the trump organization doesnt actuall...

Trump had an interim security clearance. do we know if hers has been downgraded like her husbands? >> if suddenly ivanka trump got a top secret clearance, we dont know. and obviously, we saw the case of jared kushner, it was not only his financial dealings but also the mueller investigation that prevented him from obtaining the full security clearance. because theyre married, their security clearance process has an impact on one another. ivanka trump could be impacted by her own business deals o...