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Coming. the president is considering pardons for martha stewart and former illinois governor rod blagojevich. both appeared on his show "the apprentice," so is there a strategy or method behind who hes pardoning? joining us to discuss, sarah westwood and swinn. look at this, president trumps predecessors didnt issue their pardons until nearly their third year in office, but here trump has issued five pardons. the first came seven months in. why so many and so quickly? >> president trump has neve...

>> north korea in the past has been deceitful. analysts say its just a show, theres no way they actually completely destroyed a tunnel there. the north koreans also have now a photo op in the oval office. the u.s. is going to hold off on more possible sanctions. what do you think of the strategy leading up to the summit? >> listen, i think the president of the united states has given up a bit of leverage on the front end of this, hes making a bargain or bet thats going to produce an outcome on t...

Parallel for two years. so his idea of a lickety-split, you know, apprentice-type reality hour, it doesnt square with the time thinking they have over the time reference they make over in north korea. they could be tricking him into that chair and letting him sit there for months and years even. so thats what im afraid of, that we will be humiliated as a country and nothing will get done. >> because you mentioned "the apprentice," im duty-bound to next ask you about pardons. how the notions of p...

I really think that if you look at north korean tactics going back to the korean war itself, which is officially of course the president points out has never really ended, two years beginning in the summer of -- i think it was july of 51, they talked in panmunjom on the 38th parallel for two years. so his idea of a lickety-split, you know, apprentice-type reality hour, it doesnt square with the time thinking they have over the time reference they make over in north korea. they could be tricking ...

To correct an injustice. so you can make a case individually for say, governor blagojevich, former governor of illinois that his sentence was far out of proportion perhaps with what he did. but taken on the whole. you look at dines shmpb d souza. and rod blagojevich, convicted of selling corruption to the governors office and you look at martha stewart. blagojevich and martha stewart were both celebrities, both on "the apprentice." james comey convicted martha stewart because she had lied. dines...

A signal to people like michael cohen, that this might be, you know, a solution going forward. >> yeah, to those in the russian probe, jonathan, is that what youre hearing as well? is that how its all being interpreted, this particular pardon? >> thats one piece for sure. i was with the president on air force one on thursday flying to texas when he sort of out of nowhere announced. he had tweeted the dinesh dsouza pardon and then he announced im considering a pardon to blagojevich and maybe mart...

Waded into the presidents office for forgiveness. kim kardashian spoke on behalf of a 63-year-old grandmother in jail for a drug offense. and martha stewart and rod blagojevich, who both have ties to "the apprentice." actor sylvester stall own is making a movie about the first black champion, and his words could caroline kennedy to clemen clemency. let me start by asking to reflect by what weve seen this week. ill use dinesh dsouza as an example. we seen it happen with scooter libby and jeff joh...

>> well, he didnt do a lot of them. hes famous, ridiculous -- >> right. >> he used a system to, you know, he pardoned people where the system failed them and used it to pardon people who were disenfranchised, nonviolence offenders which is what this is for. the dsouza pardon, it highlights the lack of understanding that he has not only about the system but he kind of backed himself into a corner because this is clearly what i called the apprentice, the good fellows version. this is the way hes t...

Message he was trying to send with what were seeing here. >> the focus of president obamas commutations was people th felt and had been advised by justice department, had done non-violent crimes that didnt equal the sentencing, that may have not had the resources to defend themselves properly, that may have had any number of reasons given the social order that they were tried and convicted on to be in jail for a long period, as opposed to president trump, who has dealt with people that hes even ...

Stewart and considering commuting the sentence of rod blagojevich. they both starred on his show "the apprentice." dsouza has made offensive and racially loaded comments over the years about former president obama. the president is considering each case on merits. here is what deputy raj shah told reporters. >> he worked this process through the white house counsel. he felt it was appropriate to pardon dinesh dsouza. >> is he sending a message to the allies wrapped up in the russia investigation...