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Because the president protected, defended american interest. the possibility was there for north korea to make a big deal with us, to do complete denuclearization in exchange for the potential for a very bright economic future. the president wanted to make that big deal. he pushed very hard for it. the north koreans were not willing to walk through the door that he opened for them. so now we'll see what happens. if you can't get a good deal and the president offered north korea the best deal it could possibly get, no deal is better than a bad deal. >> joining me now, contributing editor to the...

I think that's entirely consistent with finding out getting to the bottom of what happened. >> peter, when president trump says he didn't tell me he knew about it, referring to kim jong-un, and i will take him at his word, isn't that completely taking the side of kim jong-un, and that's a disturbing pattern we're seeing about how the president sides with autocrats around the world? >> john bolton wanted to be national security adviser. the only guy that was going to give him that job was a clown. president trump is a clown on these questions. he makes things up on the spot. he does no homework...

How's your family? kayak. search one and done. so many d.c. watchers say it is a rough week for the president. two of his top associates were found guilty of serious crimes and two others were granted immunity by prosecutors. but even if several of the president's former associates face criminal charges, his supporters are standing by him. there is a recent poll that found 70% of republicans say the president is not corrupt. and this week's developments likely will not change their minds. peter binart points out that what they fear most is not the corruption of american law but the corruptio...

Welcome back to cnn. when the president travels to mar-a-lago the press expects more tweeting. but president trump sent out a barrage of especially inflammatory tweets, even by his standards. in one tweet the president blames the fbi for missing tips about the shooter suggesting they were focusing too much attention on the russia investigation. we are going to start there. cnn political commentator peter binart is here, contributing editor to the atlantic. amy parnes from the hill. my first question, amy, is does the president not understand how the fbi works? >> apparently not. >> the whole m...

Classified intelligence during this meeting with russian officials inside the oval office. this intelligence apparently came from israel and it was so sensitive it hadn't even been shared with some of our other allies. joining us to talk about what could be a tight walk rope of diplomacy, cnn political commentator peter binart. is this something mr. benjamin netanyahu would want to address with president trump? >> i doubt it. i think there's a lot of concern among israeli intelligence officials but netanyahu wants to get along with trump. trump offers the same thing as he is offering the saudi...