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They can get an agreement that may take a second or third yea.? what does that involve? >> i think the president and his advisers are still hashing that out amongst themselves yet. they're not going in and talking about north koreans in terms of what they want. i think that was clear from the president's pull-back and disengagement from the north koreans. >> this is about, can we trust you. >> i think that's right. on a background briefing call last week shortly after the president sent the letter, a senior administration official cited a series of broken promises on the part of north korean o...

That he is only focusing on north korea, i think it is kind of a little shocking to be honest. and, you know, one thing on the lying question, this is a president who accuses everybody else of lying 50 times a day. including the fake news media. and so i think that we ought to call it out when we see it. what we don't know is for example what he knows when he tweets sometimes. we don't know that he knew that there was a background briefing from his own staff when he called it fake news, you know. so -- >> so is he lying there? >> or was he uninformed. >> that is a good point. thank you very mu...

Year. this is a 15-year process and that's according to a senior government advisor who is the most knowledgeable about these weapons. >> all right. let's switch gears here. i want to talk about this push to sort of bring the leakers out in the white house. president trump dialing up his hunt for the leakers inside the white house. what's behind the president's push on finding what he's calling traitors? >> he probably should look in the mirror first because he has leaked the most in the white house. the problem with the push is that he got a lot of blow back from criticizing "the new york tim...

Ivanka trump abruptly leaving a background briefing this hour after the q & a session turned to her trade mark controversy. the "new york times" reports china awarded seven new trademarks to her company this month. the associated press reporting the company has received final approval on 13 trademarks in the past three months. and that they have received provisional approval for eight more trademarks. ivanka trump steps down from the company when she joined her father's administration but still maintains a majority stake in her business. the trademark approvals happened around when the preside...

Notifications off my phone and on the weekends i just tend to try not to look at anything that might be online or on social media so i miss some of the flare-ups that happen and have to get filled in when i come in to work on monday. fill me in on what happened over the weekend with the "new york times" and the president saying that they were lying when, in fact, the president was lying? >> well, this is a case of the president working against his own presidency. the "new york times" reported on a background briefing that the white house held for reporters on thursday. the white house official...