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Effort to connect with the president trump campaign folks. >> i think that is really significant. because, the threshold for proof for the fbi, and the cia are different. they reach conclusions we would never reach, we dont have the hard facts, maybe were old fashion we want show me the money. show me the information. i want to know what said what, and when. what did you intercept, exp andt is the basis for your conclusion. eric: show me the facts. here. they say 10 weeks before the election, ci...

Analyst -- analytical report is one thing, a detail get in the weeds type. who said what, where and when. the issue is, what was the effect on the election,y know that someone released a lot of documents that were somewhat harmful to hillary. but we have to step back and think we need hard evidence. that these happened. without that, were speculating, and agency sometimes does that, their threshold for coming to a conclusion is different from that of the fbi, it will be good to see what they com...

Selassie is moving towards the threshold of even able to strike the u.s. and he knows that and we know it and we both have a first-rate doctrine that hes trying to develop within short range missiles that can in our military bases in south korea, we have a very scary game of chicken thats going to go on in the geopolitical stage and that is why the chinese absolutely have to step in and stop this catastrophe that holding. >> you talk about the chinese and president trumps any if you cant do some...

Where we can dismiss nuclear testing missile launches by the north korean as they did it or thats behaving like a toddler to get attention. the north koreans are developing the capabilities and former cia or general hayden and brandon have said they expect the north korean studio with a straight the united states within the next three to four years. as we see them in our intelligence community sees them marching towards capability, theres going to be a point where they cross the threshold that t...

Gorsuch oig as next supreme cou justice, some are saying the system is broken. from what you experienced getting the last two confirmed, what do you believe the system -- what is the status of the system right now? >> thanks, richard. i think that senator mcconnell and i agree on one thing, this is probably the most consequential thing hes done. and i would argue that he will find himself in history being judged as a person who has personally broken the senate. i think the fact that you look -- ...

Court justice could get 60 votes, which is the threshold that almost everything in the senate these days has to get. but now its almost inconceivable that there could be anything bipartisan done, and this speaks not just to the difficulties in confirming nominees to the court going forward but how the president is going to get anything through when you cant get democrats and republicans to agree on the most basic fundamental principles of governing. >> robert costa, a hypothetical. lets say the ...

Pass a bill. >> how is that not a net/net from scalia to gouch? i suppose surprises are still public, the bay ike was surprised by brennan, bush surprised by suitor. what do you think just happened to balance of power and opinions. >> i think the next test for that question, brian, is going to be what happens with the vacancy that comes. right? is it going to be keptdy. it is going to be ginsburg? whom ever. that teps the balance of the court. i think by eliminating the 60-vote threshold for sup...

Is it going to be kennedy. it is going to be ginsburg? whom ever. that tips the balance of the court. i think by eliminating the 60-vote threshold for supreme court justice you allow the president to nominate somebody who is more idea logical than would have otherwise been able to get through. donald trump, lets face it, he has a taste for vengeance. he feels he was treated unfairly in this process. and i could see a situation in which he says, look, you didnt treat me fairly so im going to nomi...

Kim jong uns ready ps to conduct a nuclear strike. lets take a look. >> once he sees that there is any kind of sign of, you know, kind of attack, of imminent threat from america, then he would, you happen, use his nuclear weapons. >> is that really all it would take at this point, signs of a threat from america? >> i dont think so. you know, kim jong un understands that if he were to use nukes, that would be all over for not only north korea but the kim regime and everything else that he holds d...

Has been cracking for so long, this was just one more rupture in the civility and camaraderie that used to exist in this extra institution. i think many senators would themselves wonder if its still as great as it used to be. used to be you didnt think twice whether or not a supreme court justice could get 60 votes, which is the threshold that almost everything in the senate these days has to get. but now its almost inconceivable that there could be anything bipartisan done, in & this speaks not...