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They never had before. so in that sense we, by not certifying that this is in the united states's national security interest, we are now taking away a level of access and visibility we had in iran that allowed us to occur fail lots of this behavior. moscow and beijing we cannot forget about those two actors as well. when the united states recedes from the diplomatic table, russia, china, they step up and they start moving a position that is not to the advantage of democracy and human rights around the world. >> and, general, when i hear you talking about a slide toward war, it should chill eve...

Says everything on the committee is saying the same thing. we move around in the community in washington d.c., and we've talked to military people. i won't speak for you, but i can say what corker is saying on the record is what people have been saying off the record to me for a long time. where do republicans on the hill go from here? >> joe, i think that there has been deep anxiety about the erratic moves of the president. it's been something people have talked about behind the scenes. been concerned about. what are the checks on it? i think washington feels that you have a bunch of people w...

Of the united states senate, particularly in the republican party who know what's going onto speak out directly about it. to communicate truthfully to the american people. they didn't take an oath to the republican party. they didn't take an oath to donald trump. they took an oath to the constitution of the united states. >> and joe, isn't there a false sense of security that they have this team of mcmaster and mattis and kelly, that can somehow contain him. hasn't it been proven time and time again that that's impossible? he will do whatever he wants and if he wants to be a little crazy, he'l...

People can be comfortable, if that's the right word, that there won't be accidents or miscalculations driven by those seeming off the cuff comments from the president. >> well, good news and bad news. the good news is we've got fairly sensible people in the immediate environment of the president. and that would be general mattis and general kelly and general mcmaster. that's the good news. the bad news is our command and control system is built for speed. it is built to deliver lethal effect very rapidly. so i would be hoping that general kelly in particular, but also general mattis are being ...

Country and to expect counter-measures, among those the threat to shoot down american warplanes, even when they are outside north korean air pace t. white house pushed back. >> we have not declared war on forth korea. frankly the suggestion of that is absurd. it's never appropriate for a country to shoot down another country's aircraft when it's over international waters. our goal is still the same. we continue to seek a peaceful dede-nuclearization of the korean peninsula. that's our focus, doing that through the most maximum and diplomatic pressures at this point. >> national security advise...