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He's president of the united states. >> exactly. >> he's the most powerful person on the planet. >> but in his mind he still has so much to prove because the 33% are only supporting him. >> he does do this too because he wants to drag other people down to his level. so when he did the little marco thing, remember how marco rubio overreacted and actually kind of debased himself and so we already saw corker previous to the little thing, already starting to debase himself. this is what happens. people start getting pulled in to it. it actually does knock them off kilter. and that's i really think...

Down to his level. so when he did the little marco thing, remember how marco rubio overreacted and actually kind of debased himself, right? so we already saw corker -- i mean previous to the little thing, already starting to debase himself. this is what happened. people start getting pulled tiny -- into it. it does knock them off kilter. >> it has another effect which is distracting. if you look at this interview, which goes on quite a while. they talked -- forbes talked to the president for almost an hour. at one point he said there's not much time left for diplomacy for north korea. and a st...

That the u.s. is serious this time. we mean it when we say they cannot -- north korea cannot develop an icbm with a nuclear weapon. is that the main target? >> well, i hope, i hope that's the message. i mean, i think we've got two different scenarios, one let's say an attack on guam. let's be clear, guam is sovereign american territory. it's inhabitants are born citizens of the united states, attacking guim is the equivalent -- guam is the equivalent of attacking california. second question is to act preemptively towards nuclear program and the american people have a choice. i think the americ...

Legislation that would create roadblocks to firing the special council, a review process. do you think the house needs to act preemptively to make it harder? >> i haven't given thought to that. i think it's in the president's interest he stay where he is and he continue and does his job. thank you. >> all right. you were listening to house speaker, paul ryan making remarks on everything from health care to jeff sessions and white house infighting. of course the infighting has been making news. it is clear and not surprising, they are close friends from back in wisconsin. you can guess paul ry...

Earlier today said he was looking at legislation that would create some roadblocks to firing special counsel, some sort of review process. do you think the house needs to act preemptively -- >> i haven't given thought to this. the think it's in the president's interest that he continues to do his job. >> paul ryan finishing up speaking at the podium. there's a lot for us to cover, including new developments surrounding president trump's surprise announcement banning transgender service members. paul ryan noted it there for a moment. reuters reporting the u.s. joint chiefs of staff told militar...