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Days. hans, as war talk develops and red lines and threats, defense secretary mattis in may had said that a conflict in north korea would be the worst kind of people in most peoples life times. lets talk about some of the reasons for that. number one, there are about 28,500 troops in south korea. when you add up all of the u.s. troops in the area, total nearby that includes the number in south korea and japan and philippines, we end up with 79,000 u.s. troops in the area. and all of them are in ...

Easter, good to have him off the streets. good work. >> bill: good for them. >> shannon: concern growing that north korea may be closer to launching another nuclear test than we thought. as pyongyang blames president trumps tweets in for the rising tension in that region. were live in pyongyang today. >> war talk coming from north korea on the eve of maybe the most dangerous day of the year here. his leader, his deputy foreign minister speaking to associated press today and telling them what we ...

Right now. shes outside mar-a-lago where the president is meeting with the chinese president. hallie, give us an update on what seems now a side show. it couldnt be more important. whats getting down down there in the midst of this war talk and conversation thats buzzing around? >> its almost unbelievable, chris, that were standing here ten minutes outside mar-a-lago where you would think the discussion would be centering around the threat from north korea, right, and the discussion related to h...

The populations we have to go back in and help resettle the land which isis taken over. we proposed nato type organization led by egypt, jordan, funded probably by the saudis. and the idea here is to actually work with compatible boots on the ground accepted by the population, not u.s. boots. i really dont -- i dont understand the conservatives call for quote, unquote, boots on the ground. it should not be u.s. boots on the ground. the moment we show up we become the issue, we become the target....

Are things we must do regarding, quote, unquote, boots on the ground. it doesnt have to be u.s. boots on the ground. ive said this amongst my conservative friends on capitol hill time and time again. we have trained the arab armies and previous guest talked about the sunni and shia. we have sunni force representative and accepted by the populations we have to go back in and help resettle the land which isis taken over. we proposed nato type organization led by egypt, jordan, funded probably by t...

Whats it look like to you from both sides -- prosecution and defense? >> i think the prosecutions got a lot of tools and i think theres going to be prosecutions. you talked about the may of hoboken. thats easy if they believe the mayor in as classic case of extortion. the other things may go on a while. dont expect indictments soon. somebody in the bridgegate case and the other case involving the alleged access road to the lincoln tunnel, people will start flipping. it will go up the ladder. how...

Securities and exchange commission, a federal agency probing $1.8 billion in potentially tainted infrastructure deals. last word to you, kendall. whats it look like to you from both sides -- prosecution and defense? >> i think the prosecutions got a lot of tools and i think theres going to be prosecutions. you talked about the may of hoboken. thats easy if they believe the mayor in as classic case of extortion. the other things may go on a while. dont expect indictments soon. somebody in the bri...

Tonight, folks. thanks for watching. well, were back at it. its war talk again. now we will see the republican party get all invigorated about the upcoming election because president obamas weak. republicans never miss an opportunity. every time there is a major foreign policy issue that involves possible situation where force might be used, quickly, republicanings line them up. they trash the president. after russian troops entered crimea, republicans wasting no time calling president obama wea...

Course toward safety. we are now acting because the risks of inaction would be far greater. >> joining me now is douglas brinkley, presidential historian and professor at rice university. professor, good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> the mission tonight for the president is to change peoples minds and to swing public opinion. how heavy a lift is it in the context of what those presidents were dealing with? >> well, you know, he switched now. its not going to be an oval...

Were now at the point where people are forced to take a stand on whether or not the u.s. should intervene in syria. im going to tell you where i stand and why i believe as i do coming up. theres been one person whos been noticeably absent in this debate. there are only four leaders of congress. this person happens to be one of them. you have john boehner, nancy pelosi in the house. and in the senate, harry read and mitch mcconnell. three of them have told us where they stand, one has yet to tell...