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Ago. take a listen. >> i did kill. i was only three months mayor in 1988. at least i kill to protect people. i am not a dictator killing my political opponents to stay in power. >> reporter: he's also said he'd be happy to slaughter drug offenders, comparing them to jews who were murdered during the holocaust. he later had to apologize for that. it's that kind of language that has attracted criticism from human rights groups, and of course, from the democrats. you've got the senator, chris murphy from connecticut, tweeting, "we are watching in realtime as the american human rights bully pull b...

>> reporter: of course, human rights activists and the democrats, they have criticized this invitation to duterte to visit the white house. chris murphy, senate democrat from connecticut, tweeting, "we're watching in realtime as the american human rights bully pulpit disintegrates into ash." duterte seems to admire trump. he famously said, "we both like to swear, we curse right away." so, this strongman seems to have a lot more respect for trump than he had for former president obama, who he called a son of a whore. dave? >> i think he told him to go to hell, too. he's had a lot of choice word...

Rights bully pulpit disintegrates into ash." the white house showing that human rights is not the biggest priority when it comes to negotiating and dealing with strongmen. you do have to point out that duterte was dramatically elected in the philippines, a longtime traditional ally of the u.s. dave? >> that is flat out staggering. ivan watson, thank you for the insight. we appreciate it. president trump refusing to rule out military force against north korea following the latest missile test by pyongyang. trump is downplaying friday's test, even after saying the next nuclear test could resul...

Big picture, there are a lot of human rights groups upset about this, part of the statement that the white house released, they talked about the war on drugs essentially in the philippines, not saying that people who are involved in drugs are among the people who have been killed. chris murphy says we're watching in real time as the american human rights bully pulpit disintegrates into ash. what do you make of that in. >> i think chris murphy is right. i think america has always been a nation that pursued our interest but also tried to be the beacon on the hill, tried to elevate issues about h...

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