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A first. >> this becomes a big moment for jeff sessions and rod rosenstein, they made pretty clear, especially rod rosenstein, that the mueller probe is legitimate. that it should continue, that robert mueller should be allowed to do his work so the president doesn't see this as interference, he sees it as he can do whatever he wants. he famously talked about how much president obama was protected by his attorney general eric hold er but this president has an unusual view on how to use presidential power with his attorney general and this looks like a pressure tactic. jeff sessions will probab...

New york state and does not adhere to the language of diplomacy. how much does this worry you and secondly are you going to tell me any of this is by design? >> it may be by design but it's hard to tell from the outside. of course it should concern us, but we've also go got to remember that diplomacy is going on with full steam. we've got diplomacy thaish there's a lot going on. the one area where we're not talking is with the north koreans. this crisis, i think, will end with us talking to the north but only when the north koreans understand that they've got to aseed to the wishes of the inte...

With somebody, which is we bring home non-essential personnel from our country like south korea. we increase our armaments to these folks and we start talking publicly about what it looks like if japan and south korea have to defend themselves as we do from a nuclear north korea. that includes returning nuclear weapons to south korea maybe and not standing in the way of japan doing what it needs to do. all of this is severe pressure tactic against the chinese. it doesn't necessarily mean it has to happen but part of the pressure tactic. >> ed: stakes are enormous. we appreciate your insight th...

To global banks, requesting information about his account transactions and records. >> eric, what james did not mention is paul manafort hiring this new legal team and apparently, robert mueller and his team receiving out, reportedly to paul manafort's son-in-law. are those -- is that a pressure tactic potentially? >> to reach out to his son-in-law? it certainly could be. his son-in-law is someone who has worked with him on business deals. he is, according to press reports, in the process of a divorce from manafort's daughter. and i would not feel very happy right now if i were paul manafort k...

Value. they're seeing real effects from him, which, you know, maybe it's a pressure tactic to push them, which is already stirring the pot down there quite a bit. >> there's suggestions now that the president has a risk of finding himself separated from his own party. his approval rating is 36%. very low for this time in a presidency. he finds himself at odds with so many of the republican positions on matter after matter. foreign policy, trade. what is the risk there for the administration in aliening. >> first of all, he's had more success to bring people to his views. right now what we're s...