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Come back early? will there be some sort of effort by congress to bring the rhetoric and the situation down? >> i think it is a little early to think about what congress could do at this particular moment. the most important thing is to see what president trump does next after he made those very stark warnings yesterday. that was followed by a north korean response. i think we need to see what he and his administration does right now. congress is really more of an advisory role here right now. i...

Brink of this nuclear situation. he is really ramping up the rhetoric. john mccain is no shrinking violet when it comes to the use of u.s. military power. he is not somebody who would say, dont use it unless you absolutely need to. if he is saying, whoa, put on the brakes, thats something you need to listen to. >> the latest polling shows that americans see north korea as almost as big a threat as isis. 62 mi 62% saying they see north korea as a threat and 64% of isis. those approving of his han...

>> neil: all right. it just seems weird that complaining about leaks gets leaks. i mean, these are some doozies. youve heard everything about anthony scaramucci that you want to. i could repeat and show the leak material, but i wont be because this is a family show. i didnt think that would be appropriate. so ill repeat word for word what he said. we have charlie gasparino here. no shrinking violet here and lauren is here also. lauren, this is all meant on the part of scaramucci to crack down on...

If anthony scaramucci is somebody who is able to say, president trump, i am not going to go out there and argue that your crowd was bigger than president obamas because it was not. i am not going to go out there and defend this false charge that youve made, pick, x, y, z, because its not true. and that will not help you. or is he going to do what sean spicer did? dont you agree that thats a big question, jason? >> well, jake, i love the two options that you gave me there. look, heres what i know...

Investigation at this point whether or not russia meddled in election. this is the politicizing the investigation. >> david, you have a more basic deal here. those who know james comey. he is no shrinking violet. he may have been trying to hide grapes as he said in the meeting with the president. if it is enough to write the notes, why not push back against the president if you believe speaking truth to power? why not go up the chain? why not alert people like you did with the clinton investigat...

Shrinking violet the rest of her life. john kerry wasnt, he went back that senate and -- >> but -- >> -- shes going to be out there but i dont anyone is inclined to dwell on the what ifs. >> i assume shes going to do some what ifs. because jason, do you buy that it was up until october 27th they were going to win and it was only just in the final stretch that she lost? >> no. not at all but i have to take my hat off to brian. this is something that losing political candidates do after every pres...

Jeb in south carolina, people were struck by how much he had aged. we had not seen him in public life. and he came out on the stump for his brother. president obama is not going to be a shrinking violet but do you think hell remain public, but not active in terms of verbalizing any type of political disdain for a trump presidency? >> well, i think its interesting, you know, i mean i agree with mike hell model himself on "w" in this sense. both were surprised -- and in obamas case shocked that hi...

Has to say in the next week or so. >> he comes from a district here that since he got into the top spot there of this district, made it a little more open. he certainly understood how these particular district offices need to have a certain presence and he brought that, if you will, the way he interfaces with media. you heard from aris reporting that, you know, he is not a shrinking violet that he sa person that is very clear in his idea, very focussed, not that this matters, he is a huge bruce ...

Called him a clown, he called him fake tears. he made fun of him for his reaction to the muslim ban, presidents ban on those seven countries. made fun of him as a person. and now says last night before the country, i want to work with this guy. how do you put that together if youre chuck schumer? >> well, i think chuck schumer gives as good as he takes and ive served with him for 22 years. house and senate. and hes no shrinking violet, either. let me just point out, chuck schumer is the leader o...

About the presidents executive actions. about executive power and, of course, included in that is on the presidents travel ban. and you say that hes gone too far here. you are no shrinking violet when it comes to presidential powers. you spent your career advocating for increased power in defense of national security. exactly what were talking about here. why do his actions concern you so much? >> i think that the framers wanted to have a very powerful, energetic executive to protect the country...