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To be other things that the north koreans would have to do before we get into a shooting match with the north koreans. >> most definitely. one of the key things we have to see is either a direct action on the part of the north koreans or the intent, the clear intent to act in a specific way and to target a certain area, such as seoul, such as tokyo, such as the west coast of the united states. if any of those happened, then it would clearly be game on. the other area we have been talking about is guam. if there were to be an attack as the north koreans have threatened against guam, that would ...

States from any kind of provocation. that should not only be heard by the united states but by japan and korea and china as well. t >> general clark, james clapper said this about the north korean threat. listen to this. >> what is bothersome is we have heard this rhetoric coming out of north korea. we ignore it. certainly at the president yat lea level we ignore it. the rhetoric is not helpful. >> if that is the case, why do you think the president did it? >> i think the president is playing to a domestic audience. but here is what's behind general clapper's comment. the center of the gravity...

Who possessed raw intelligence data in any one of the government's 17 agencies that it recognizes publicly as being intelligence agencies to share it with anybody else. that was extremely novel and it probably triggered the unmasking of then president-elect trump and general flynn. we now learned just last night that back in 2013, general clapper, the director of national intelligence secretly authorized members of congress to be unmasked by administrative officials who needed to know who was participating in the conversation. raw intelligence data person a talking to person b. they can't figu...

Ainsley: is there is a chance they were listening to president trump during the campaign listening to every word? and is there a point where they will release his transcripts from the phone conversation. >> there is not a chance that they were listening. it is certain that they were listening. steve: right. >> who knows if they will release the transcripts. but the intelligent community has them. and the people in the obama administration whom jim clapper authorized to do the unmasking who are no longer in the government, they have them. pete: shared it. steve: judge nawpght doesn't need coffe...

Green light to attack our democracy again. we were talking about john mccain and we all wish him a very speedy recovery. he's been one of the people leading this bipartisan effort, united states senate, to pass the russian sanctions bill, which we did. it's in the house now and the trump administration is trying to deep six it. they're trying to undermine it. and when president trump essentially winks at the russians about their interference in our elections, it's a very dangerous signal. and it just says do it again. so we should not give those compound back. the legislation that we passed in...