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Series of phone calls over the weekend which treasury then told us about in the press release, calling up the head honchos of six major banks. bank ceo's and essentially asking them if everything was okay. we were told by treasury officials that the idea here from mnuchin was to be preem preemptive. wanted to get out ahead of it. we're told the banking ceo then came back and told the treasury secretary everything is okay, we have enough money to lend. some investors took it the other way saying, boy, if i wasn't worried about the banking sector maybe i should be. because mnuchin was making tho...

Threats, in terms of deterrence. you have lower level officials make statements. you know, these are cautious, careful. then you have mid-level officials. then you have high level officials. and the president rarely makes the kind of threats, any kind of threats. she's are very, very -- that kind of credibility is viewed as very precious. what you have in donald trump is something absolutely extraordinary. you have the president of the united states essentially threatening a preemptive or a preventive nuclear wear in asia, not in response to a north korean strike, but in response to north kore...

This may be some kind of pre-emptive as other candidates think about whether to take him on. >> the conventional wisdom in politics has been, if you're the front-runner and the guy in the back of the pack is attacking you, you ignore him, don't give him the attention. trump breaks all the rules, and he's pulling away in iowa. according to a new poll out today, trump now leads with 22%. that's eight points clear of ben carson back in second place. he also blows away christian conservatives like ted cruz, mike huckabee and others. trump took a detour last night after he spotted a member of the a...

The international community. they don't trust us or feel at the end of the day the u.s. has their back. that's the problem. it wasn't a problem with the previous administration. andrea? >> it's true. they don't feel that he does have their back. in order for sanctions to work, they need to believe that threat of military action is legitimately behind them. there is a huge time line issue. when you look at the way that netanyahu and obama speak about the issue, obama talks about well, we'll give involved when they get the weapon. whereas netanyahu says -- >> kimberly: pre-emptive. >> andrea: pr...

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