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Former senate majority leader harry reid. >> i raise the glass and toasted harry reid. because he employed the nuclear option. and broke the senate rules to change the senate and lowered the threshold from 60 to 51 vote and it is a direct result of harry reid we have the most conservative cabinet in decades. >> reporter: mr. trump will speak here tomorrow morning at 10:30. and vice-president pence tonight. but the highlight was reince priebus and steve bannon. it was a rare opportunity for steve...

The criminal criteria for detainment or deportation so they were picked up as well. we want more information about all of that and as you know were unhappy about the context of that meeting as well. >> you dont know whether the threshold for a if felony is illegal entry or commit a violent crime that makes you vulnerable. >> as the raids were occurring, i.c.e. officials told us, including phone conversations with acting director homens there was not a shift between the interior deportations that...

>> all right, kelly odonnell traveling with the president down there in florida, thank you for that. for more now, joining me msnbc military analyst, medal of honor, colonel jack jacobs, thanks for joining us. kelly is talking about and certainly as i mentioned the reviews coming in from the political sector right now, praising or at least expressing optimism in this selection for partly what kelly was just talking about there, how widely respected mcmaster is. you know him, talk about why he is...

The tactical points during which it could achieve them without giving some sort of concessions to the guy who has to put it all together. he was not going to get a guy like mcmaster unless he gave up something and it may well be some independent room to recommend what he wanted to recommend. mcmaster has a very low threshold of pain in dealing with people who dont know what theyre talking about. and who have not clearly thought out what theyre saying and what theyre thinking. this is exactly wha...

Increased defense spending across europe. >> what happens if they dont? you heard the vice president, mike pence, say the patience of the american people will not endure forever? what happens if rich countries like france, germany, italy, canada, if those countries dont step up and meet that 2% threshold? >> my focus is on what can we do to make sure that we succeed? what can we do to make sure that we continue and keep up the momentum, continue to increase defense spending? im not focussing stw...

Potentially not strike the u.s. but south korea and then what happens? >> and what is our obligation to south korea if he strikes south korea? >> were going to reciprocate. the dangerous thing thats happening right now is this idea of tactical nuclear weapons. this idea of theater nukes which is this concept that means you can use low grade air drop nuclear weapons and not escalate to all-out nuclear war. its what the north koreans are in fact developing. i think this is a terribly dangerous roa...

Dead brother, a missile goes into space. it would be very interesting to see. >> gordon, so you have -- your piece in "the daily beast" that came out thursday, as you just said, suggests that the north korean regime is unstable. you now have the north korean government trying to block a second autopsy on the dead half-brother of the north korean dictator. if the government there is unstable, what in theory -- lets say that government were to fall. what would take its place? >> that we dont know....

Major political party. you know, danny, i thought that if the libertarians had gotten to 5%, which was a threshold in this election and just put aside the personalities of johnson and well, two good guys. but that would have really given rise for the next cycle. but it didnt happen. another tweet. hit me with it quick. @smerconish. house needs to bring back cocktail hour. im all for that. a couple of different bases because i enjoy a cocktail, but absolutely. you dont demonize someone with whom ...

Years? >> on the balance of probabilities, yes, and it wont just be a foreign policy crisis, it will be a national security crisis. strip away all the politics, this is a technical question. when do the europeans cross the threshold -- sorry, when do the north koreans -- not europeans -- cross the threshold. ive just been sharing a panel in that building there on north korean programs, nuclear programs. and south korean foreign minister said within two years, thats a mixture of how many nuclear ...

Something -- you can make the case for edward snowden. he said ultimately he felt he was doing this for the betterment of the country. that was hugely at debate. these are the different things that leakers are considering. for them that is whether that motivation over comes the threshold of the illegality of what theyre doing. >> brianna, matt lewis, paul callan, thank you. as we await any answer from the white house about the contact with russia and cnns reporting on it, defense secretary james...