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Invited this morning to a negotiating session with president obama and congressional leaders at the white house tomorrow. boehner released a written statement this afternoon saying i made clear that their 33 billion is not enough and many of the cuts that the white house and senate democrats are talking about are full of smoke and mirrors. this is the first time boehner has publicly rejected the 33 billion number as of friday he was still not publicly taking a stand on the compromise democrats claimed boehner had agreed to in principle. >> there is no number. there's no agreement on a number. ...

>> i did. >> i don't think i would give you flak for that, because i saw the benefit of the blair government talking directly to the ira. not perfect, but certainly better than what was going on before. do you believe fundamentally that america should be doing more of these trips? >> absolutely, absolutely. and the group that sent us there is a group that supports lifting the sanction against them that was placed on by the clinton administration describing them as a terrorist group. that sanction has been lifted by the uk. that sanction has been lifted by the european union. basically, they're...

That sanction has been lifted by the uk. that sanction has been lifted by the european union. basically, they're considered a terrorist group because they oppose ahmadinejad and they oppose the mullahs. and the only two countries that now list them that way are iran and the united states. >> would you meet with hezbollah, with al qaeda? >> it would depend on what could be accomplished. what i believe in is the old-fashioned diplomacy that used to exist, which is when a president or a mayor or a governor goes into a negotiating session, you've got to have a group of objectives that you think yo...

Now list them that way are iran and the united states. >> would you meet with hezbollah, with al qaeda? >> it would depend on what could be accomplished. what i believe in is the old-fashioned diplomacy that used to exist, which is when a president or a mayor or a governor goes into a negotiating session, you've got to have a group of objectives that you think you can obtain from it. and you have to have leverage. >> but as a principle -- >> i wouldn't just meet for the purpose of meeting. >> but as a principle, you believe it is probably time that america talk in order to its enemies? >> if a...

I do feel that kim jong un feels he has maximum ledge in nuclear arsenal because technologically he's advanced dramatically. is he capable of hitting us with a nuclear war, i don't think yet, but it could be very close. but this is the time to negotiate, to stop him, curb their use, to put limits, put freezes and hopefully denuclearization, although i have my doubts whether we will be able to achieve that, certainly not in the first negotiating session. arthel: what will it take if it doesn't happen in the first round of talks because president trump is saying, listen, in order for these talks...