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Missile could reach. listening to the earlier clip. president say we'll handle it, we'll take care it, looked to me like would be kind of suspect these days, honey, trust me, i'll take care of you and frankly there's no reason do that. >> and, david, your reaction to the administration's response today. >> i think as wendy said, it was disappointing. trump's statement we'll take care of this was a classic trump statement. it was about the length of a tweet, it was founded in ignorance, it was inflammatory because it was a lie. we're not going to take care of it, we don't have a way to take car...

To blame democrats for any of their problems because they've already decided, you know, to begin with that they're not going to work with democrats. so it's hard to imagine why democrats will be brought to the table on taxes, what they possibly have to gain from playing ball on these budget issues, or really any of the other critical issues facing our country unless republicans and the white house start treating them with more respect and start respecting in particular their policy priorities. >> nancy pelosi did a tweet today about this photo op saying donald trump now knows that his verbal a...

Capable diplomat, one of the few senior diplomats as david pointed out, are left because so many have been pushed out of the state department said if there were 60 days of no test, it might be a signal of dialogue, it's been 74 until this test today and i hope that someday i find out there's been a secret channel, we've begun to make progress but quite frankly, i'm rather skeptical. >> david, what would progress look like? >> progress would not look like a military solution because there isn't a good one. it would look like a freeze. i think we would have to negotiate something which holds the...

Administration was talking big, it's been gutting the state department. we don't have people like wendy sherman, who is extremely competent on issues like this, to go in and to work for that diplomatic explosion. and in the end i think that's going to cost us. >> ambassador sherman, what would have happened in a previous white house in a situation like this? >> i think what's david's pointing out is really critical here, which is you have to have an all of government, all of the world strategy. i'm glad the president called -- the president of south korea called the prime minister of japan, i ...

Trump. the daily incessant lies of the president of the united states about large and small things. and that time, fighting against those lies is more important fighting to keep the government open and running because republicans don't know how to do that themselves. joining us now david loeonhardt and norm ornstein, congressional scholar with the american enterprise institute. he is the co-author of the book "one nation after trump." whenever i introduce you i fear you might be the last congressional scholar because who would find scholarship in the pursuits of congress these days. but what w...