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A way perhaps the u.s. hadnt foreseen? you were using the word trip wire earlier. iran, for instance, is saying this is going to have regional consequences. and russia also was saying we cabinet let this go unanswered. >> im chalking that up to what theyre supposed to say. i think everybody right now is breathing a sigh of relief. that this was a limited strike, there didnt seem to be any reaction on the part of the russians. they didnt even turn their radars on. we didnt see any iranian reactio...

Across hat world is not going to tolerate this without reaping that trip wire of getting the russians involved. i think it was successful in that aspect. >> gail, your view especially on reaping goal one which was deter syria from ever using chemical weapons again. do you think theyve done that? >> this was clearly designed to send a message. all along the united states, the united king dop, france, have been seeking this goldilocks strategy which is to basically deter the regime from using chem...

Provided a purpose to the bank for that loan. i doubt that he said, its to pay $130,000 to a porn star that we dont believe and shes lying. im fairly certain he didnt tell the bank that. so thats the first trip wire, if he lied in connection with that home equity loan. the second potential trip wire is when he established the accounts for essential consultants, when he open those accounts at the bank banks have to go through kyc, know your client, your customer analysis. you have to tell your ba...

Of out ranl hes been targeted and the idea of who knows what theyve got and what they might do with it once they have it. >> phil, you get the sense with the cancellation of the trip to latin america and south america and syria on the table now and his fury over this, this could be a climatic week. let me play a bit of the the lawyer for stormy daniels last night. >> when he took out the home equity loan, he had to have provided a purpose to the bank for that loan. i doubt he said its to pay $13...

Going to speculate a little bit, but in connection with michael cohens banking associated with this essential consultants and the wire payment of $130,000 to my client, there were a number of what im going to describe as potential trip wires that federal prosecutors could use to bring charges against michael cohen. im going to talk briefly about three of them. one is when he took out the home equity loan, he had to have provided a purpose to the bank for that loan. i doubt that he said, its to p...

I seriously doubt he told the bank im using it to send $130,000 to a porn star we think is lying. thats the second trip wire. the third is in connection with the suspicion activity report. im sure the bank contacted michael cohen after the $130,000 payment and asked him what it was for exactly. and again, i doubt he told them the truth. so those are three potential instances where he lied or made misrepresentations to a federally insured bank. that in and of itself could cause significant proble...

Mcfall, is youve got three leaders here from a very tense part of our nato relationships worried about russias encroa encroachme encroachments, russian harassment. they want to see a greater u.s. troop presence. thats going to be a trip wire presence. thats not going to be a presence to really defend against russia, but it will tie the united states more deeply into their security. but as mike mcfall just said, donald trumps behavior thus far has tended more to reward russia despite its attacks ...

Police are on the scene. these pictures from kxan, our affiliate there. fbi also said to be on the scene as well as local law enforcement. if, in fact, this is yet another in a string of devices, explosive devices, this would be the seventh. there were three earlier left on porches in peoples homes. one, a trip wire that injured two people on sunday. and then today in two separate fedex facilities, one in san antonio and one in austin, two devices, one in the san antonio fedex facility actually ...

Device to initiate by lifting or opening a box. even the -- the uni bomber used a plunger type device when the box was lifted off the ground it set off the device. so right now i think what we have is a wealth of potential information. because one device that didnt initiate. depending how the bomb techs had to rsp the device render it safe, once they can do that they can do forensics on pennsylvania device thats intact. >>y he. >> looking at fingerprinting looking at dpa and also looking at comp...

But they cant tell us what theyve collected because it would, you know, misdirect the investigation. >> james, the trip wire, that concerned you as well. obviously its all concerning, but in terms of an evolution of tactics. >> absolutely. we talked in the early segment about how this is not the unabomber 2.0. this appears much more like the d.c. sniper case, anderson, in 2002, in the month of october for three weeks two snipers paralyzed parts of maryland and virginia. this seems similar in thi...