not been castrated and making clear that we would continue negotiating right up until the first bomb dropped, which was an amazing thing. one point on sanders. i want to hear richard. president trump, then candidate trump, if you recall, he trashed generals throughout the campaign. he questioned them over and over again. matter of fact, said in several instances that he was smarter than all the generals. >> that he knew more about it than then. >> she needs to go back and understand that. i'm glad chip reid questioned with the aggressiveness that he did but north korea is far more important i think. >> i would like to hear you respond about north korea, but who is running -- who is the lead player on what happens next with north korea, from our perspective? is it the president? >> in all these cases, the president and his senior lieutenants. we were focused on what the two former presidents said and what general kelly was saying. history would look back on what h.r. mcmaster was saying thursday that wasn't really reported friday.