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Come back early? will there be some sort of effort by congress to bring the rhetoric and the situation down? >> i think it is a little early to think about what congress could do at this particular moment. the most important thing is to see what president trump does next after he made those very stark warnings yesterday. that was followed by a north korean response. i think we need to see what he and his administration does right now. congress is really more of an advisory role here right now. i think you see a very important piece of advice there from john mccain, who is no shrinking violet w...

Brink of this nuclear situation. he is really ramping up the rhetoric. john mccain is no shrinking violet when it comes to the use of u.s. military power. he is not somebody who would say, don't use it unless you absolutely need to. if he is saying, whoa, put on the brakes, that's something you need to listen to. >> the latest polling shows that americans see north korea as almost as big a threat as isis. 62 mi 62% saying they see north korea as a threat and 64% of isis. those approving of his handling 37%. you have covered this white house. you have maybe a sense of things. i take it this is ...

>> neil: all right. it just seems weird that complaining about leaks gets leaks. i mean, these are some doozies. you've heard everything about anthony scaramucci that you want to. i could repeat and show the leak material, but i won't be because this is a family show. i didn't think that would be appropriate. so i'll repeat word for word what he said. we have charlie gasparino here. no shrinking violet here and lauren is here also. lauren, this is all meant on the part of scaramucci to crack down on leaks. that conversation in its totality gets leaked, which was the case anyway because of the ...

If anthony scaramucci is somebody who is able to say, president trump, i am not going to go out there and argue that your crowd was bigger than president obama's because it was not. i am not going to go out there and defend this false charge that you've made, pick, x, y, z, because it's not true. and that will not help you. or is he going to do what sean spicer did? don't you agree that that's a big question, jason? >> well, jake, i love the two options that you gave me there. look, here's what i know about anthony scaramucci. >> because they're fact-based options. >> it's because anthony scar...

Investigation at this point whether or not russia meddled in election. this is the politicizing the investigation. >> david, you have a more basic deal here. those who know james comey. he is no shrinking violet. he may have been trying to hide grapes as he said in the meeting with the president. if it is enough to write the notes, why not push back against the president if you believe speaking truth to power? why not go up the chain? why not alert people like you did with the clinton investigation? >> i keep hearing this word timid thrown around. reading through the opening statement, it look...