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War. these are trying times, extremely dangerous times for the nato alliance. >> peter, physically we saw the president give the mont negro man a physical manifestation. now we're learning about the enormous omission in the speech. do you think speaking of back channels there are people talking to their friends, career state department, to career diplomats in these countries and their power structures to say what mattis has said in the last 24 hours, be patient with us? >> yeah. i'm certain that's probably the case. i'm sorry the career diplomats are saying don't get too worked up about this. ...

They're at war, we will be at war. these are trying times, extremely dangerous times for the nato alliance. >> peter, physically we saw the president give the mont negro man a physical manifestation. now we're learning about the enormous omission in the speech. do you think speaking of back channels there are people talking to their friends, career state department, to career diplomats in these countries and their power structures to say what mattis has said in the last 24 hours, be patient with us? >> yeah. i'm certain that's probably the case. i'm sorry the career diplomats are saying don't ...

Why the intelligence community are so conrned with whether it's meetings with bankers, the substance of the meetings, or the establishment of back channels, the real concern is the intent of those meetings. what are they trying to do? look, it's not to suggest there's something nefarious there. it is to suggest that it is the kind of thing we absolutely must look into and try to understand. >> matt, director comey set to testify on thursday. there is a fair amount of hype surrounding this testimony on thursday. is the central question -- or i should say, perhaps, the biggest question, is the p...

Private channel dmiradministeret by the u.s. but by the russians to have back channels. but it is absolutely true that the president can lift the veil on a lot of this, simply by making the kinds of disclosures that have been the norm since nixon. for example, his tax returns. he could release his tax returns for the last ten years and other details about his businesses that would give people confidence or not that he didn't have these obligations or connections to people who are related to russia, if not russian. and he hasn't done that. and every day that passes that he doesn't do that, he's...

Up with the kremlin and his bank was sanctioned by the u.s. government. and you know, the question that's lingering out there or one of this is, well, were sanctions discussed and is that why jared kushner wented a private channel administered not by the u.s. but by the russians to have back channels. but i just want to say one other thing about what carl said. but it is absolutely true that the president can lift the veil on a lot of this, simply by making the kinds of disclosures that have been the norm since nixon. for example, his tax returns. he could release his tax returns for the last ...