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Submarines and ships. >> in our new defense strategy great power competition, not terrorism, is now the primary focus of u.s. national security. our military remains capable but our competitive edge has eroded in every domain of warfare, air, land, sea, cyber and space. >> he went on to say that under frequent continuing resolutions and sequestered budget caps the u.s. military advantages continue to shrink. russia has criticized the review lowering the threshold for nuclear war. today mattis sa...

Pentagons nuclear posture review throwers the threshold for nuclear war. what does mattis have to say about that? >> remember, dana, the biggest change in this nuclear posture review is the pentagons announcement that it will introduce two low yield nukes to be placed on submarines and ships a response to what the pentagon says is russias deployment of under water nuclear depth charges and its testing a deployment of ground launch nuclear capable missiles in europe. >> on the sea launched cruise...

Of nuclear war more likely. >> i dont believe it lowers the threshold at all. what it does is makes very clear that we have a deterrent. if the russians choose to employ a low yield nuclear weapon in a conventional fight, we want to make certain they recognize that we can respond in kind. >> secretary mattis outlined how russia and china are the biggest threats to the u.s. >> great power competition, not terrorism, is now the primary focus of u.s. national security. >> 17 years of nonstop war ag...

Real-world consequences. because its that gridlock, its the inability to govern which cause so many people, katelyn, to vote for president trump. because they felt the gridlock was so miserable, having a pragmatic business leader in the oval office was going to change that. and hes turned out possibly to be more idealistic than anyone realized. >> right, exactly. >> or stuck on promises. >> right, exactly. campaigned as the deal maker to change the status quo. well, the status quo is the short-t...

Flynn lying to the fbi, if they were innocent, he shouldnt have done that, he should have told the truth, right? so thats what anthony scaramucci and others are worried about, now that mueller has gone through the different stories, if the president mis-remembers something, he is in a trap. >> you dont know what mueller has. >> he doesnt. it is in his interest to talk and get it over with, because once you interview the president, there isnt much else you can do, but who knows what will happen. ...

Republicans. were crossing a $1 trillion threshold. this helps kick start the tea party. theres a lot of concern once you get that much, its going to have a negative effect on the economy. when you have to borrow that much. when the cost of borrowing goes so high, it damps economic growth. so when people start putting those two numbers together, then thats a real problem. >> these are the good old days when republicans were for the fbi and against debt. >> right, exactly. >> now its all the othe...

>> but the president can be helpful to motivate our base he everywhere in the country including places where he might not be completely popular. there are people he can motivate in those places. so, its about making sure that our voters come out and are motivated. there is a way to use the president almost everywhere. >> joining me now to talk more about this, house editor for the cook political report, dave wasser man. dave, thanks for being here. lets start with the big picture here. is it act...

>> but the president can be helpful to motivate our base he everywhere in the country including places where he might not be completely popular. there are people he can motivate in those places. so, its about making sure that our voters come out and are motivated. there is a way to use the president almost everywhere. >> joining me now to talk more about this, house editor for the cook political report, dave wasser man. dave, thanks for being here. lets start with the big picture here. is it act...

Have reuped the fisa warrants time after time again if you didnt have probable cause to do so? >> that is correct. we know there was the original application for the further and it was reopened three subsequent times. each and every time it was submitted it had to meet a threshold level of probable cause. lets be clear, when you submit an application for a warrant and any law enforcement investigation, whether its at the state level or federal level, you only have to produce enough evidence to e...

Legitimate abuse of power. in order for this to be a legitimate abuse of power, you would have need the director of the fbi, the deputy director, as well as the lawyers who review applications and the judge to all have been deceived and to think that this dossier was enough evidence. or you would have needed a conspiracy on the part of all of those individuals to say -- to stand against president trump and to do that by surveiling carter page. >> lets be clear. the fbi has had a history of under...