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I have no illusions about iran. i've been detained there and threatened with imprisonment there. and the people of iran i think would welcome a change of government. but when the u.s. government engages in this kind of behavior, so pompeo and bolton think they're undermining the regime. in fact dissidents there say this just causes the country to rally around the government, because people are nationalistic. >> i'm glad you said that, because this is what "the wall street journal" is reporting tonight, that some of iran's moves that may have appeared aggressive happen because iran thought the ...

And the natural way it would respond is to try to raise the cost of shipping through the strait of hormuz, raise insurance costs, make oil prices rise. i think that was a predictable outcome of our behavior. likewise, when we pull out of the iranian nuclear deal, it's predictable that they will be enriching uranium again. and that does seem to be what's happening. >> if this is all a big misunderstanding, nick, i don't have you the trump administration saying trust us, right, on intelligence. which kind of reminds me of the bush administration sending colin powell to the u.n. and trying to rel...

>> huge movement in the suburbs, which is a segue to the house. >> let's talk about what the house is going to look like a few days from now. here are some new committee leaders that will be coming in. jerry nadler on judiciary, obviously that carries a lot of weight because that will begin the task of deciding what to do with the mueller findings. adam schiff on intelligence, similarly can subpoena people. elijah cummings on oversight, maxine waters financial services, richard neal ways and means. >> one of the things that trump has done is overwhelmed the system so that the media really can'...

That hammer and tongs. you ready? plus there is the lawsuit about whether or not the attorney general and everything he does as attorney general will be annulled and erased and all the chaos that will bring. we've already seen three of those lawsuits. we may be about to see thousands of those lawsuits. and now the top democrat on intelligence, top democrat on the intelligence committee in the senate has weighed in with a serious objection, specifically with matt whitaker overseeing the mueller investigation. there has been a lot of attention to the fact that mr. whitaker has made all these pub...

Vetted by the senate, just installed by the president, you sure that's legal? you sure he's the acting attorney general? so there's the fraud stuff, like oh that looks bad. and it's an fbi investigation. and the democrats are like, you know, we're going at you on that hammer and tongs, you ready? plus there's the lawsuits about whether or not the attorney general and everything he does as attorney general will be annulled and erased and all the chaos that will bring. we've already seen three of those lawsuits. we may be about to see thousands of those lawsuits. and now the top democrat on inte...