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Really was the exclamation point on the week that sort of left people inside the white house scratching their heads. and so i think we're starting to see a theme with this president that does have advisers inside the white house. you know, feeling despond ent. with russia in particular, people argued though there's calls to resign and there were with charlottesville, they don't have real policy implications necessarily and the people in charge of policy like john bolton and pompeo say why would we leave? >> of republicans in congress to do about this, a stunning opinion piece this morning by r...

States saying right there in the cabinet meeting saying that, no, russia is not still a threat. to me, it's essentially perhaps in a kinder way but not taking the advice or the information from his own intelligence community. so we'll see if the dni has a response to all of this and certainly, john, i think that sarah sanders at the first white house briefing in a long time will be asked about that specific question today because all the evidence here in washington from both sides suggests that russia is still a threat. the president, though, said no. >> it's a great point, jeff zeleny. it's a...

Effect that due process does not require seeing a judge. all right. that's building on the president's tweets from the other day in a way that really does have constitutional policy implications. >> smerconish, we happen to have a lawyer with us, michael, what do you make of that, the due process argument? >> if you're here you're entitled to due process regardless of whether you're a united states citizen. that's the view from the supreme court of the united states, that's the view from the legal intelligence. i think the white house is flat out wrong on that. i mean what they're struggling w...

As a clerical error but it's a significant editing error that has policy implications. can you state what the white house believes is the current state of iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon and if it's in full compliance? >> we think the biggest mistake was the obama administration ever entering the deal that you referenced in the first place. the typo was noticed and immediately corrected. >> but you astasert what that says, that there is no current program in iran and it's in compliance with the deal, as least as negotiated, right? >> the deal was made on a completely false pretense. iran di...

Implications. can you state what the white house believes is the current state of iran's nuclear weapons. and if it's in compliance? >> we think the biggest mistake made was entering the deal in the first place. the typo you referenced was noticed, immediately corrected. and we are focussed on moving forward on the safety and security of our country. >> but you assert what that says, that there is no current program in iran, and that it is in compliance with the deal at least as it's negotiated? >> well, the problem is the deal was made on a completely false pretense. iran lied on the front en...