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Look. a lot of people say north korea's never going to give up its nuclear weapons. we don't know that. the purpose of these negotiations would be to set up the process to see if it is possible, create the conditions that would make it possible for north korea to give up the weapons it labored so hard at such expense to make. >> joe, you've been in washington for a while, following these issues for a long time. ambassador john bolton has been a part of these discussions for a long time as well. nicholas christoff says bolton is smart and well informed and he hit the trifecta. on iraq, iran and...

Unprecedented and completely wrong. >> but as you know, you've been here in washington for a while, republicans could selectively leak that information, democrats wouldn't be if a position to rebut them because they're not privy to that kind of information. does that worry you? >> of course it worries me. from the moment that devin nunes decided to turn the committee into the chitty for the defense of the president, the facts that have come out, whether it is the famous devin nunes memorandum or saul of the allegations, each and every one of which have proven to be false, the information is sl...

Piers. >> and there was a secret service agent talking about how he frequently during trips abroad asked folks to quiet down in the hallway because they would wake the president. so it wasn't unusual. he didn't find that unusual. >> but they did find it unusual given that this is possibly at least this allegation -- >> theoretically it might not have been unusual but drunkenly knocking on the -- >> that is a mere allegation he is drunk banging on somebody's door. >> and it is problematic in this instance because it is t-- the president president's doctor and how does he remain the white house ...

Testimony he gave after he was fired. >> thank you so much. now let's bring in fox news politics editor and editor of half-time report chris. you been around washington for a while. you seen links. how do advise people to weigh them? i'm taking the position of just -- i read it all but i try not to get too invested in anything. >> we are literally trying to determine the circumference of the earth based on one square foot of ground. it is too hard to try to figure out exactly what's going on here. based on these reflections and shadows and the e-mails. how do we know what's in the e-mails a ar...

Blow. this is introducing what economists call procyclicality. and the truth is as anyone that's been around washington for a while, it's a phony. if it's supposed to happen, it won't. when the economy turns down, which it will some day, congress has the economy headed into a recession is not going to let some trigger from four years before cause us to have a major tax increase. so anyone who takes consolation from that trigger should be thinking about buying the brooklyn bridge. >> all right. well, when you have guys like gary cohn or steve mnuchin leading to effort, gary cohn is a career tra...