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A carefully curated strategy. setting the stage for the trump administration to put sanctions back on iran in three weeks. i'm joined by national security and military reporter courtney. love having you on. we debunked the wag the dog theory yesterday, but let's talk about what officials are pointing to, based on your reporting, andrea mitchell's and others. they say the crackdown started with the may 8th announcement to withdraw from the nuclear deal. june 4th, the administration threatened to stop doing business with european countries doing business in iran. sunday, you had the feisty speec...

It. so i would just respectfully suggest that all of us have a responsibility to state the truth and speak that truth to power, which in this case happens to be one of the most powerful men on earth when he lies about it. because it gravely threatens the rule of law and i know you're playing by the rules. but he isn't. let me ask you, director wray, the effect of these leaks from the new york office to rudy giuliani was the subject ever a lett -- subject of a letter i wrote to you on may 8th. i don't know if you have seen it or have it in mind? basically it asks you what is being done to assur...

Kim had agreed to denuclearization which is a key point in all of this. has he changed his stance now? >> he may never have really changed his stance in the sense he never really did agree to denuclearization despite the fact he was saying it. the dramatic thing that took place here after the may 8th meeting with president xi he stopped talking about denuclearization and started talking down what was taking place. china had some impact on him. the summit got canceled by the president because he thought kim jong-un was changing his policy, rightfully so. now we're back moving towards a summit l...

I'm delighted america continues to honor americans who have fallen. what they gave was true honor. we can never, ever take that devotion for granted. and i certainly appreciate fox who has never, ever taken americans fallen and their devotion for granted. god bless you guys. >> blake: well said. thank you, sir. there was a lot of movement on north korea over the weekend. you've got one team at the dmz. you have one team at singapore. this may or may not happen 15 days from now on june 12. do we need more time or do you think this is moving right along schedule? >> the argument would say we nee...

Those sorts of topgsal details. i am deeply concerned that if we haven't been able to get in touch with the north koreans since around may 8th when pompeo went to pyeongchang, how much have we been able to speak to them about the substance of these negotiations? have there been those low tear level talks between arms control experts and the diplomats that general mattis referenced just a few minutes ago who are supposed to be working on what we want and what the north koreans are prepared to do? >> what do you think, senator? >> well, i'm actually very pleased with the way the president is hap...