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>> federal prosecutors do not use that term lightly. it sounds like this was -- we dont know if this was the investigators who were saying they were likely to indict or the prosecutors themselves who were saying that. if so, he probably received a target letter. that might be what theyre referring to at this point. if theyve sent him a target letter, very likely they will indict him unless he decides to cooperate. >> renato, go ahead. >> i have a very similar answer. what i would say is this ind...

Letter its very likely they will indict him unless he decides to cooperate. >> go ahead. >> yeah. i have a very similar answer. what i would say is that this indicates both to me. it certainly indicates, as john said, that mueller is intending to indict manafort, but the fact that he is telegraphing that to manafort in an aggressive way is something that is fairly commonly done in my experience when you are trying to flip someone. and so really one thing that i took from that new york times stor...

Times"? >> so, again, trump opened the door to the appointment of mueller when he fired director comey. and so now hes been running scared and prosecutors like puzzles. so mueller and his ace team of some of the countrys best prosecutors and investigators are wondering why is it that the president is running scared? or what is it that he fears about an investigation? typically, the political line is, i welcome an investigation because that will exonerate me. and so when we see the kind of increa...

North korea fired off another missile over japan. nikki haley and h.r. mcmasters promised action and response and telegraphing that theres a military option for north korea without saying what that might be obviously. claudia is here with the independent womens forum. claudia, were not going to tip our hand what that would be and the president isnt either. but were running out of patience. i know that is the case with everyone of these launches. but north korea is not running out of chutzpah her...

Not 20%. if we dont get tax cuts for the so-caldwell think, that is still okay as long as theres some sort of reform and theres a negotiation and compromise. you make a deal. thats what hes brought here to do, the art of the deal. thats his book. hes going to make something happen. might not be all or nothing though. >> neil: that what appears the markets are telegraphing. that deal or no deal at all. the united nations are holding another emergency meeting over north korea. north korea doesnt s...

Special counsel, first looking at collusion, then obstruction of justice, real estate, tax, and so forth, again, its trump whos telegraphing that theres a there, there, and this ace team of prosecutors aims to find out what it is. >> michael l, the "times" piece is a hell of a yarn, it tells of other aids coming in and saying to the president, not a good move to lose your attorney general and start again. so ultimately sessions resignation is not accepted. sessions stays and hangs in there to se...

Yesterday outside the white house we saw the defense secretary saying a military response could be in order. the president was also on twitter threatening action against north koreas trading partners. what is the white house strategy here? >> well, thats a good question, chris. but i would also point out that when president trump was asked yesterday about military action towards north korea, he said well see. and i think that particular comment and some of these others are directed just as much ...

United states, on american territories or on our allies that they the north koreans are on their own. it would be useful if they did that. >> david cone, let me ask you something. going back to your point about sanctions or secondary sanctions and the colonels point about telegraphing sort of red lines too early, during the negotiations you had with iran, there were lots of people who thought that we should have bombed iran, particularly that nuclear plant, and the administrations view was not w...

Considering, from what hes telegraphing, is a first strike. i think those are very, very different kinds of things. and that could really punctuate perhaps really the end of american influence and power in asia. not the broadening and echo effects of a broader power in the region. >> a major realignment. steve clemons, thank you so much. the rest of you will stay with us for a later segment. thank you so much. president trump muls a major decision on what to do about daca. many, including thos...

Back on the implementation process. our focus must always be on what is best for militarys combat effectiveness leading to victory on the battlefield. hallie, this is a secretary of defense who has said in public hearings of the past he doesnt care with who anyone sleeps with or personal lives, he kicares about their ability to kill the enemy. secretary mattis put a pause in there and frozen this policy. in a lot of ways what happened yesterday is what officials have been telegraphing all along....