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Great. if they want to give up their weapons this would be fantastic. they need to clearly pivot and start to apply the pressure we have let up on. >> north koreans have been master showman anything from the way they say they are carried down propaganda to the whole idea when they blew up their nuclear reactor in need of big show about it and blow up tunnels that exploded a few artillery shells at the blood, and they are disintegrating. what should be the red line for the administration? how do you decide were not going to let the north koreans deplane us along? >> i think it's a question of t...

Said, which is excuse-making, and expectations management. i think this is more the latter. that's appropriate. >> yeah. howie? >> yeah. we can't criticize the president for making excuses for a meeting that hasn't even begun. by the way, donald trump is a master showman. so you had cameras trained on the white house for hours today. the letter being delivered, what was in the letter. when he did cancel the meeting, there was all this criticism about, oh, he's just throwing a temper tantrum, this was impulsive. he got kim back to the negotiating table. even in that breakup letter, he did say, ...

You're blocking me off. stop -- don't just stand there. you're supposed to be saying no, i'm not going to start this off. [ laughter ] >> how fun is that. joining me now is the codirector of "the reagan show." thank you for joining us. this film really explores a reagan median master. what do you think it was that made him so effective? >> his time in hollywood. he spent years and years perfecting his craft. and so when he, you know, when he came to the presidency, he was coming with 40 years of experience in front of the camera. >> he was a master showman in that regard. >> absolutely. >> we ...

Want to talk about and what americans care about. >> another explanation might be he's exploiting the fact that reporters are distracted by shiny things. if you look at the opinion polls, trump's approval rating is tanking. he released a budget that's something for nobody budget like the gop hates it. the public hates it. health care. you're seeing thing after thing where trump is in his actual policies that he's putting forward is not getting traction. throwing out shiny objects like a wiretapping claim or something else is a way to -- >> that's a master showman at work. we haven't seen the r...

That was clearly by intent. >> john roberts at the white house. thank you. for more, jill is here from the associated press. thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> shepard: john said that was by intent, that he told the news anchors and they reported that and last night something else happened. what is your reporting on this matter? >> we all know that the president is a master showman and he cares about building up hype before events. he's interested in how many people are watching and the anticipation leading up to it. this reminds me of something he did in the campaign. if you remember, he ...