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Make sure they're at the table in singapore on tuesday. it all came to a head it seems over the comments that bolton made over libya, equating north korea with libya, words that certainly enflamed tensions with north korea so much so that there were hostilities to the extent that president trump felt he had to cancel the summit. when the whole thing was smoothed over, north korea's number two traveled to washington, d.c. to meet with the president, secretary pompeo was in the room, bolton was not. sources are now saying that pompeo advised the president that would be counterproductive to have ...

Verifiable commit nment to denuclearization. >> that was the unforced error that we decided to begin this at the head of state level. but now the price of admission is giving kim jong-un that photo op. and you're right, that is a major concession on our part, but we baked that in about three months ago when we agreed to the meeting at this level. >> which is something that kim jong-un's father asked for from president clinton. president clinton wouldn't give it to and go and meet with him as president. sent madeleine albright. you're a renaissance man, you care about many, many different thing...

Koreans. john, it's very interesting. you know, i think ambassador bolton has been hammered a bit with regard to bringing up the libyan model. libya is actually pa two-act play. act two was the american led nato effort to unseed gadhafi, but act one was the americans demanding the libyans disarm in return for the promise of better relations. and act one was kind of our model for most of last year. we've backed away not just from act two, overthrowing the government, but act one as well. for lack of a better word, the iranian model where you sit down and over a long period negotiate seems to be...

There's a huge coverup under way by manafort. >> good morning, everyone. good morning, john. >> good morning to you. >> this is your new day. >> it is. >> though some of it may seem like deja vu. president trump canceling the white house visit for the super bowl champion philadelphia eagles siting the team's stance on national anthem protests even though none of them did protest by taking a knee last season. the real issue appears to be player turnout. fewer than a dozen players plan to attend today's event. philadelphia's mayor slams the president as a fragile echo man yak coming as a new dev...

National anthem. >> wouldn't you love to see one of the nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out. he's fired. he's fired! >> reporter: now, this has been a debate the president is more than willing to engage in. he thinks it sells to his base well. he enjoyed the debate over it last fall when there were several football players speaking out against the president for what he said about their decision to protest there. now back here at the white house today, the president said that 1,000 people are supposed to come to this event to...