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Serious about seeking bipartisan assistance. >> lets do a little reality check. no offense, but the center -- >> senator mitchells optimism. >> the center has been hollowed out of the senate. i know this and i know this. they dont act like centrists because of the way the bases work. one of the proposals put out there, the progressive wing to allow the common ground. whats the reality here? >> they would be upset if there is centrist republicans appointed to the cabinet. i do think thats a nice ...

The most hated attempting to get the john mccain pass. >> right. bob dole said anybody but cruz. >> a quick break. why republican presidential candidates are now going after chris christie and not the front-runner, donald trump. and former u.s. senator george mitchell, up with of the great statesmen of our day will join us to talk about north koreas claim to testing a hydrogen bomb and what that means for future diplomacy. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) im here! im h...

Hated men in the senate, if not the most hated attempting to get the john mccain pass. >> right. bob dole said anybody but cruz. >> a quick break. why republican presidential candidates are now going after chris christie and not the front-runner, donald trump. and former u.s. senator george mitchell, up with of the great statesmen of our day will join us to talk about north koreas claim to testing a hydrogen bomb and what that means for future and what that means for future diplomacy. yup, tailg...

Isolated nation. if you have a hydrogen bomb, youre a threat to china as well. joining us now, a former majority leader of the united states senate from main, george mill which he will. senator mitchell, is this all about china? >> not all about china, obviously. but it is a significant factor. and, in fact, what may be different this time than in the previous north korean test was the immediate negative reaction from cheen that. it hasnt happened before that quickly or that clearly. the quest...

Could isis strike the west with chemical weapons? that became a fear. he did not point to any specific threat. know james comey says the u.s. is not aware of credible paris-type attack planned for the united states what can the u.s. do to stop plot like those attempted in europe over the last several months? joining me someone who has been engaged on this for a long time, studied middle east quite a bit, former senate majority leader george mitchell who of course was president obamas first speci...

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Cross-currents. finally syria remains a plays where eye says is established. and turmoil in itselves to to the -- and it has to be a resolution of the conflict in syria, as best we can, and other parts of the region as well. >> would you be putting a pause on getting rid of assad for now? >> no, i dont think we can accept the reality of an assad remaining in power. its a huge contributing factor to the problem. the barbarism shown by isis is shocking, but its no more shocking than the assad regi...

Nominees, special marco rubio and jeb bush. our look at that this morning on "sunday morning futures." president obama ordering boots on the ground in syria. the white house planning to send fewer than 50 special operation forces there. marking the first time u.s. troops will be working openly on the ground in the war torn country. the white house saying that they will support local forces as they battle isis, but stressing this is not a combat mission. critics, however, feel the move is being...

And so far no one is opposing them and with the united states on retreat, im afraid that soon well see the entire region ablaze. lets not forget, it is not just about sunna versus shia, it is alawites, different arab nations in the region, israel is next door. the moment israel is involved and hezbollah is already fighting there and hamas now started the attacks and the intefadeh, it seems to me the -- putins game plan will be just to bring israel in this mess as well. >> this is such an importa...

Them, theyre -- >> i dont believe or trust them. i think they will test it, push it as much as they can. as i said earlier, they have a substantial faction in their government which opposes the agreement. which regards it as a sellout to the united states. so the question is, do the leaders, the ayatollah khamenei and president rouhani have the common sense to make the same judgment that dozens of other can countries in the world have made? dozens of countries have the capacity to make nuclear w...