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To have credible military options to back up the diplomatic effort. >> hes got to present it in a way that leads up, that manages his boss so that his boss, who has never seen combat unlike general dunford and secretary mattis, he has never experienced the kind of conflict they have seen. they have got to make him understand the catastrophic consequences of making a decision on the use of military force. >> reporter: critics say all of this lowers the threshold for president trump to decide to u...

Application, every 90 days, they had to show that the rubber met the road. they didnt just have hypothesis. they had to show what they found. >> he was never charged. >> the threshold is theres some basis to continue having this surveillance. you are having a fruitful result and some need go forward based on probable cause. this was renewed more than once which mean ts its not one document in a vacuum. the deception would have to take place over multiple different courts, multiple judges, who ar...

Matt i mattis, he has not experienced that kind of chaos. he has to understand the consequences of making a decision on the use of military force. >> reporter: critics say all of this lower the threshold for president trump to decide to use nuclear weapons. but advocates say in todays world, this strong deterrence is necessary against americas adversaries. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. cape town south africa is drought ridden and it is running out of water. well you tell you how residents ...

His boss, so that his boss who has never seen combat, unlike general dunnford and secretary matt mattis, he has never experienced the kind of conflict they have seen, they have got to make him understand the catastrophic consequences of making a decision on the use of military force. >> reporter: critics say all of this lowers the threshold for president trump to decide to use nuclear weapons. but advocates say in todays world this strong deterrence is necessary against americas adversaries. bar...

Read the presidents behavior chau charitably. hes acting like this because hes guilty. thats not the threshold to convict someone, but just as an observer of the conduct, its hard to make sense of the conduct. >> the consciousness of guilt is overwhelming. you can do go through a whole lit knit of things hes done right from the start with comey trying to get his loyalty, asking to stop the investigation, et cetera. >> let me ask you this. do you think that ray is and rosenstein and sessions can ...

Hes acting like this because hes guilty. thats not the slam dunk. thats not the threshold. >> an observer of the conduct, its hard to make sense of the conduct. >>conscience trying to get comey and loyalty and stop the investigation into flynn, et cetera, et cetera. >> do you think wray and rosenstein and sessions can just stick it out? >> its -- i think they are being advised to stick it out. i dont know about sessions but certainly everyone else. there is a wonderful question about if they lea...

Basically incriminate himself than had he simply step back and let the investigation proceed. >> anyone trying to be at all charitable read the presidents behavior. hes acting like this because hes guilty. thats not the slam dunk. thats not the threshold. >> an observer of the conduct, its hard to make sense of the conduct. >>conscience trying to get comey and loyalty and stop the investigation into flynn, et cetera, et cetera. >> do you think wray and rosenstein and sessions can just stick it o...

Stand by for more on the release of the memo thats rocking official washington. but right now another breaking story, pentagon is now out with alarming assessment of the nuclear threat against the united states not just by north korea but russia as well. lets go to barbara star. this review was released just a little while ago. >> it was, wolf. now critics say this review will lower the threshold for any president to some day decide to use nuclear weapons. advocates say given u.s. adversaries al...

Familiar with the fisa court. its the most secret court in the entire united states and i would argue is really on a plane with the supreme court because these justices have to make decisions about whether the u.s. government is allowed to surveilled americans inside the united states read some my contacts who have had cases where there are surveillance warrants with their clients tell me that the threshold in these courts to sign off on the surveillance of an american inside this country is lik...

In order for this to happen. it wound up in something that ultimately heads should roll over this. >> what i would say, speaking with lawyers who have dealt with cases that include the national security courts, warrants for the surveillance of american citizens, is think of this as almost the equivalent of the supreme court. this is one of the most highly-respected, secret institutions and the bar is very high to obtain a warrant to track the communications of an american citizen who is living i...