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Best thing. >> i agree with that, poppy, in that, yes, they could have used executive privilege as a negotiating tool on the front end. that was probably the would have been a better strategy on hindsight being 20/20. what i also think is important to note that there is still anticipate argument that executive privilege can still be asserted. you are talking the white house, which is part of the executive branch, doj, part of the executive branch. that doesn't get to a grand jury and that doesn't get to congress unless executive privilege is waived. >> the argument is -- this is deep down in t...

Verify aboutly dismantle their program which must happen. trish: uh-huh. what's china's role in all this? you look at some of these actors talking about russia, iran, china, north korea there's a whole set of them out there. how is china helping to potentially dismantle our progress with north korea? what are they trying to do? >> well what you see, trish is that china is the 800-pound gorilla in the room casting a shadow over everything. their only military allie on the world is north korea. they fought beside them and died for them in the korean war. everything that went on with this nuclear...

Armistice. that took 188 meetings to get to the armistice, two and half years just to get to that. inf treaties with the soviet union, that took over a decade. things do not happen overnight and i think we should allow the process to take its steps. trust the people at the state department and pentagon and the workers working continuously behind this is to get us to that next step. >>alicia: are you expecting the north koreans to ask anything in return for these 55 servicemembersshould we be cautious and see this as may be a negotiating tool ? >> absolutely. who knows what they've already aske...

>> well, his explanation, it was -- it was, he's going the right direction. he's explaining himself. >> reporter: do you believe that president trump believes it was russia? >> i don't know what he believes. i don't know what he believes. >> reporter: but you believe it was russia? >> i mean, you know, i believe it was russia as sure as i believe the sun comes up in the east. >> reporter: but it's tariffs, not russia, that could be the x factor in this already tight race. >> farmers are going to take a kick in the as with their soybeans. >> reporter: the state's agriculture, heavy economy make...

Fan of the method. >> i don't like tariffs as a negotiating tool. i think the president will be successful at some point in the future. in agriculture, this is what i've advised him more than anything. in agriculture the short term is the long term. one season can ruin a farmer. >> reporter: what is your message to the president? >> my message to the president is stop it. i mean, you know, hit a reset button. >> reporter: hide camp is the only democrat in north dakota's delegation. she eked out a less than 1 point victory in 2012. the same year that mitt romney won the state by almost 20 point...