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U.s. presidents both republican and democrat. i'm interested in what you think about how the mayor is hand willihandling this situation. he is pushing it off as normal. i have to imagine that this is a little bit different when you're talking about the president of the united states and the dir t director of the fbi. >> rudy giuliani drives the left nuts. they can't deal with all of this. the on fis indication, changing of the story. he is doing something clever for the president. and that is he's getting -- he's making an admission and trying to down play it. admission that flies in the face ...

Think? >> way too early". >> >> james clapper said, look, we are in a better place today. and part of the reason we are is that the rhetoric has changed a bit. listen to what he said. >> my observation certainly when i was there is the north koreans were clearly stuck on their narrative and we were kind of stuck on ours. emblematic of that is the talking points i was assigned to recite to the north koreans, first of which is you must denuclearize before i talk to you. that was a nonstarter. president trump, to his credit, has changed that narrative, i think. and in a dilemma like this, only th...

Consideration of an obstruction of justice case? >> his intent in firing comey is i think one of the critical pieces in an obstruction case. including intimidating witnesses, firing people, trying to derail the investigation. but the firing of the fbi dir t director is the chief thing. since that time he has done everything he possibly can it appears to try to protect the integrity of the investigation. he is the one who selected bob mueller as the special counsel. he has provided the scope of the investigation. providing the resources. and so he has done everything in his power i believe sinc...

Once upon a time, it is incredible. once upon a time, this white house was actually concerned that the republican-led congress and it's congressional investigations into the russia matter might be something the white house had to worry about, that the white house should try to shut down. we know from "new york times" reporting that the president directly contacted senator richard burr on the intelligence committee and blunt and mitch mcconnell, the president directly contacting those members of the senate pressuring them to drop the congressional russia investigations. we sure we needed to bot...

Preemptive action because there is more time, or do you agree there is more time for sanctions to work? >> i would agree with secretary clinton. i agree with that. additionally, the p5 plus 1 negotiations, i understand, have resumed. i think what needs to be done candidly and i have suggested this privately to the administration, i think we have to learn whether the supreme leader wants an agreement and if he does, what it will take. it may well be that the united states has to bilaterally step up and take use of this opportunity, to interface dir t directly with the supreme leader. i understa...