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How he was dismissed, though, i think, was deeply regrettable. he deserved better. with respect to the policy shift, i'm not so sure there will be a policy shift. as i said before the administration, there's a lot of consensus. it's not like mr. pompeo has a different view than tillerson or hr mcmaster or secretary mattis for that matter. the person who has a different view is the president and, therefore, that tension will continue even after this reshuffle. >> former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcphaul, thank you for your insights. >> thanks for having me. tensions rise across the c...

>> is the president aware his lawyer paid that to a porn star to buy her silence? >> i haven't asked about it but that matter has been asked and answered. >> will you ask about that? >> i haven't asked him. >> will you. >> i'll get back to you. >> did the president and michael cohen talk about this during the campaign? >> not that i'm aware of. i would refer to you michael. >> did the president approve of the payment? >> the president has addressed these directly and made clear none of these allegations are true. the case has been won in arbitration. i would refer you to the president's outsid...

Trying to figure out how they figure into this u.s.-north korea bilateral negotiation which may or may not occur in may. >> michael? >> on the style, this is incredibly undignified, of course, to be fired by a tweet. and just to remind everybody, secretary tillerson is not on twitter. he was just here at stanford and told us all he did not have a twitter account. >> i can't tell you how much time i waste on twitter. >> you and i both. on the substance, two things, secretary tillerson and secretary mattis did a lot of business together in checking some of the more impulsive ideas that came from...

And how he wanted to use all of that to insinuate himself with the trump orbit. i also want to bring in an expert on u.s.-russia relations, former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcphaul. what is important about what mana ford wman mana fort was doing and why so much of it was well hidden? >> much of it was in plain sight really, what manafort did, talking to the ukrainians and moving money around, that wasn't all that hard to find out. it just took the mueller investigation to bring it out into the open so that everybody in the public knows about it. but what i find just confounding about ...

Where isis flags have flown against philippine forces, and you have seen the terrorist attacks in europe. the battle space is global and it's different than in the past. >> also joining us now is ambassador michael mcphaul. the president scheduled to go to the g-20 summit later this week. general mcmaster said that they don't have an agenda, that trump is just going to go in there and win it. how do you see this meeting going? >> well, i agree with you. the meeting between prime minister president