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Out after that push, i think that's very interesting. but republicans pushing back on this are no different than back when the whitewater trial was going on. democrats were angry with ken starr for calling him a sex police, going after bill clinton. i think republicans will continue to call out mueller for spending all this money and taking time. but i think as many know, he's very methodical. he's going to do this at his own pace, in his own time, and he's not going to be pressured by outside tweets and criticism. >> david, i have to ask you, if it ends up being against michael flynn, who's a...

If i were betting, given the speed at which this occurred over a five-month period and the nature of materials we know were taken from the manafort home, and businesses during the search warrants and stuff, i would guess financial crime related to tax, ukraine, and perhaps business dealings in the united states through shell companies, real estate purchases. i wouldn't think this would at this point go so close to the heart of what we're calling the collusion investigation, the conspiracy to cooperate with russia in respect of the election. i don't think we're there yet. >> david, there was a ...

President has made clear that he he wants it solved diplomatically and is not seeking to go to war. >> he doesn't think it is waste of time? >> no, sir. he made it clear to me to continue my diplomatic efforts which we are and we will, as i have told others, the diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops. >> joining me now to discuss, this is cnn global affairs analyst david road. good to see you, david. tillerson saying the trump administration is unconventional. how is it to hear that they will have diplomacy until the first bomb drops, from secretary of state. >> very unusu...

Agreement. i disagree with the ambassador, respectfully. if i was in north korea, i would build as many missiles and bombs a as i could and not trust the united states to stick to the deal based on iran. >> why should the u.s. think that unilaterally other nations will agree to it? >> there are six parties, five nations, all saying they stand by the agreement. this is the great risk of the trump rhetoric. you know, it might not and again we will see in months ahead what happens. >> david rhode, thank you. >> thank you. >> rex tillerson was also asked about reports he called the president a mor...

Morning, that by not certifying the iran deal the u.s. was also sending a message to north korea, this is her comment. >> when you look at the fact 25 years of botched agreements and negotiations and accountability not kept by north korea, that's the whole situation that got us to where we are having to watch day by day to see if they he do an icbm test going forward. what we see with iran is don't let it become the next north korea. what this says to north korea is don't expect us to engage in a bad deal. and also, if at any point we do come up with something expect us to follow through with ...