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35, 36 years ago, what can the fbi find and what can't it find? >> john, first of all, understand that judge kavanaugh has undergone six of these background investigations so the fbi will start there. what they'll do is look at about nine different character traits or characteristics. everything from his character to his associations, his reputation, loyalties, finances, possible alcohol or drug use. to your point, 36 years ago, this is going to be daunting. do i think agents can do this in a week? absolutely. the fbi will follow every and any credible allegation and uncover, unearth, turn ove...

Will it matter with his base? will it matter with a key group of independence? >> if you are a member of donald trump space, a hard-core believer, you ain't going anywhere, you are all in. if you are part of the third of the electorate that is all the way in, doesn't matter. he could lie, you excuse it because the democrats in your mind are even worse. the worse, the better, for trump because he has to defeat a democrats or destroy america. it's not that your votes don't count, they are baked into the cake. what is happening, we are seeing this in poll after for, independents are shifting away...

Will it matter with his base? will it matter with a key group of independents? >> if you are a member of donald trump's base you are not going anywhere. if you were part of that third of the electorate it doesn't matter. he could lie, you excuse it because democrats in your mind are worse. the worst, he has to defeat the democrats. not that your votes don't count but they are baked into the cake. you are seeing in poll after poll independents are shifting away from trump and republicans. their estimate of the president's reliability, the same pole talked about how he is hardheaded and in tempe...

Quote before on the show but bill clinton once told me one of the greatest character traits that any president or any politician can have is a very short memory. i don't know that john mccain had a short memory but he always worked past grudges, to work past rivalries. probably the best example going with john kerry to vietnam. my god those two men couldn't have been more on opposite sides in the early 1970s. yet he forgeed a friendship that made a big difference for this country. >> you know, john, one of the things i heard this morning, mccain surprised people. and it's rare these days that ...

Will this american leader actually implement what he says and i think that might be the greatest question about these negotiations can we trust donald trump to have the patience to pull this off and meet his own commitments? >> as richard pointed out, south korea not being wired into this process on a number of levels, but the president is also riffing, ambassador hill, through these moments that are of such great import that riffing is the last thing you want to do. you actually want to prepare, know history, read, practice talking points, practice the strategic, the psychology in the room, s...