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>> im going tols quibble, i dot recall that from his press conference from well over a year ago. she was reckless but it did not meet the threshold for a criminal indictment or prosecution. >> sean: my question is a between that and unmasking and leaking intelligence, then youve got samantha powers -- really, do we need the u.n. ambassador unmasking hundreds of trump people or a dnc operative at the ukrainian embassy with the ukrainian ambassador? do we really not need to look into quid pro quo,...

Emails that she had. >> im going to quibble, i dont recall that from his press conference from well over a year ago. she was reckless but it did not meet the threshold for a criminal indictment or prosecution. >> sean: my question is between data and unmasking and leaking intelligence, then youve got samantha powers -- really, do we need the u.n. ambassador unmasking hundreds of trump people or a dnc operative at the ukrainian embassy with the ukrainian ambassador? do we really not need to look ...

Had top-secret special access classified information on an email server in a mom and pop shop bathroom closet. isnt that by definition, when you look at the statute in the law, mishandling classified information -- in the way that comey described it, isnt that comey thing she committed a crime? >> he called her reckless. a number of career prosecutors did not reach the threshold that would require an indictment or prosecution. but that was james comey. >> sean: the threshold is mishandling. its ...

Is he making that more difficult and i think thats the threshold question here. >> rebecca, the words that the president it s uttering, the wod has never seen what potentially could happen, how is that playing with his base? >> certainly his base likes that rhetoric, wolf. he advertised himself as a candidate, as someone who would fight back, who would defend the u.s. and who would be strong, meet strength with strength, and that sort of rhetoric is certainly strong and maybe too strong is the c...

Or a witness who is uncooperative, or untrusted. >> reaction from senator richard blumenthal, former prosecutor, to the news of the fbi raid on the home of trump campaign chairman, paul manafort. joining us now is carol leonnig who broke the story today. nice to have you here tonight. congratulations on this scoop. >> thank you, rachel. >> correct me if im wrong, i think this is the first time we have learned of an fbi raid as part of this investigation, isnt it? >> it is. it is. and while fbi r...

Classified information on an email server in a mom and pop shop bathroom closet. isnt that by definition, when you look at the statute in the law, mishandling classified information -- in the way that comey described it, isnt that comey thing she committed a crime? >> he called her reckless. a number of career prosecutors did not reach the threshold that would require an indictment or prosecution. but that was james comey. >> sean: the threshold is mishandling. its also a crime if you destroy sp...

Used to drive not only intelligence assessments, but also public policy. >> keep hearing about the options on the table, but the big question for me is at what point, under what circumstances are lives going to be put on the line to punish or respond to north korea. i just dont know what is that threshold. >> the discussion of guam is a political thing on the north koreans part as well e. its an interesting location for kim jong-un and the north koreans to select. >> were going to talk more abou...

Considering actions, quote, that would lead to the end of its regime. analysts say thats what might provoke kim more than almost anything else, the threat of being tossed out of power or assassinated. they say we should never lose sight of what this man can do, even to those close to him when threatened like that. >> he even had his uncle, his mentor, executed by anti-aircraft artillery. he was seen as the second-most powerful man in north korea, and he was a relative and kim jong-un took him ou...

It is one thing if hes going off after somebody on cable news he doesnt like. it is another thing if were dealing with a situation going of a nuclear capability willing to strike against the united states? >> were talking about the most serious possible consequences here. i have kids. were all in this together. we dont want to see this get out of control. when the president tweets something like that this morning, it questions his credibility. weve seen him misstate things over and over and over...

Share the joy. the war of words between president trump and north korea comes as u.s. intelligence commercials conclude the north has crossed a major threshold on the path to becoming a full-fledged nuclear power. tom foreman has more on kim jong-uns nuclear power. >> this shows kim jong-un with a nuclearized missile. it may be several hundred pounds and it would have the kind of punch, based on their earlier tests that the nuclear weapons that the united states dropped