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Can to affect the system. obama did that, this president is doing that and that's what the chief executive has at his disposal. >> does the president have the authority to make these changes via executive order, yvette? >> well, i mean, the president directs the departments do what they can through regulation. that is what his previous executive orders have done as well. and so the departments will issue regulations that try and push the envelope on how much they can disrupt the marketplace. i do think though one of the particular problematic down sides of the timing of this executive order is...

Such serious down sides. >> yeah. >> and the challenge facing president trump is not just a direct one with north korea. he has to figure out, i'm told by my sources, how to have a regional response. what is china's role going to be? he's built a relationship with abe in japan. what is the international response? from the united nations or all the other allies? all of these are big discussed tonight as the president thinks through, yes, he wants the hot rhetoric but he also needs to really craft a response that takes in international order. >> in hanging over all this, sort of the big picture ...

Casualties, unintended civilian casualties and that could be a down side. other down sides would include some type of conflict with iranian forces in syria and russian forces in syria, so there are absolutely potential pitfalls here. >> right. it's not just about syria but about some of these other countries that you just mentioned, russia and iran, who are also backing syria. david, at what point do you think president trump needs to get congress to sign off on military action in syria? >> well, i think if there are more strikes, and it continued over a long period, that would be the key. one...

President acknowledged the role of the head of the intelligence community and head of secretary of intelligence and it's something that should be done openly an publicly as a big national decision because there are huge down sides in terms of our reputations if americans fall into the hands of our enemies. >> if roles were reversed. >> i come down on the side proven effective or if it's a good thing to do. >> admiral blair let me just move on to this, this congressional aide tells cnn one of the immigration measures that could be signed tomorrow involves the restriction on refugees and people ...

President is going to pick winners andoser and american businessmen are going to cry favor with him in these particular ways. there are some up sides but there's also some fundamental down sides. >> what do you think the fundamental down sides are? because and he might like to call them and say i'm micking changes, and to yo your point, those are recurring favors to say thank you you, sir, may i have another. >> the conflicts of interest are unprecedented. i i do think that every time american businesses curry favor with the president, they may also be beaten or punished in some way. there mig...