Betting against. I dont think he is going to be the nominee a week from now. This is happening way too fast. The thing i dont understand is why the white house released the Inspector General report into Ronny Jackson tonight. They gave that out to reporters. This was supposedly part of an effort to save his nomination. That ig report into Ronny Jackson is really, really sca e scathing and negative and not at all good for him. The fact that the white house is handing that out as part of trying to save his nomination to me is oppositeville. And i cant quite figure it out. I see it as the white house handing it out actually to persuade Ronny Jackson to by, say, oh, i dont know, friday night withdraw his nomination. Because the president , of course, today said its up to him. Thats what he is saying publicly. Its up to him. And the president said i wouldnt do it myself. I wouldnt go through this stuff. The president is saying everything he can publicly to basically encourage Ronny Jackson to just give up. Yeah. And its interesting. As you say it that way, that is a very convincing argument to me. And it just makes me realize you cant just there may be a different dynamic at work when youre expecting the guy to come back and be your doctor afterwards. If this is somebody else, you could be like due dude, youre out. We didnt know all that stuff about you. But when the dude is likely to come back to his old job which is being your doctor, it might be uncomfortable if you yanked him like that. So that may be adding weight to the idea they want him to pull his own name. Everything about this is uncomfortable, beginning with Ronny Jacksons endorsement of Donald Trumps diet when he was after he did the physical exam. I share the president s taste in food. So i have no opinion on this matter. No comment from Robert Mueller rachel maddow. Thank you. French president Emmanuel Macron is trying to be Donald Trumps best friend to save the world, to save the world from possible world war iii sparked by irans possession of or use of nuclear weapons. That is what is at stake in president macrons present friend l friendness. Trying to prevent world war iii or some lesser Nuclear Disaster by trying to preserve the deal made by the United States and five other countries to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons. And president macron is also trying to convince President Trump not to impose harmful tariffs on france and other european countries, tariffs that would be harmful to france and would be harmful to the United States. In other words, Emmanuel Macron spends all of his time with donald trump trying to prevent donald trump from being harm to himself, his country, and the world. And of course president macron is obviously far more intelligent and articulate and wise and younger and more attractive in every way than donald trump. And that has to drive donald trump just crazy, crazy to the point of possibly pretending to see something that only his 71yearold eyes can see. Mr. President , theyre all saying what a great relationship we have. And theyre actually correct. Its not fake news. Finally, its not fake news. So its a great honor. A great honor that youre here. But we do have a very special relationship. In fact, ill get that little piece of and the rough off we have to make him perfect. He is perfect. If he is perfect, he was perfect, he was perfect before donald trump touched him. Because there isnt even any photographic evidence that there was a piece of anything on the Perfect French president s perfectly fitting suit coat. That was more likely Donald Trumps buffoonish attempts to exercise some sort of superiority over the french president who did not find anything unDonald Trumps ill fitting jacket that he thought he had to remove. It was Donald Trumps way of saying macron might be perfect, i am more perfect. And moments later, as that photo op in the oval office was ending, President Trump answered a couple of reporters questions about the iran deal. And then Abcs Jonathan Karl squeezed in a question about pardoning Michael Cohen. Mr. President , what about Michael Cohen . Are you considering a pardon for him . Thank you very much. Stupid question. Stupid. Stupid question. The the last words copyrighted software for translating trump language to what trump language actually means shows that actually means that is the best question of the day, and i have no idea how to answer it. But i spend the day thinking about nothing else. It is the most difficult question donald trump is facing tonight in the white house. The question of pardoning Michael Cohen. And here is the hardest part of that question for donald trump and the people working for him who have no doubt been ordered to figure out the wording, the drafting of a possible pardon for Michael Cohen for the president to consider. For what . Pardon Michael Cohen for what . Pardons are granted for specific crimes, usually specific crimes that the person has been convicted of. Thats what President Trump did in his practice pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio who had been convicted on the federal charge of contempt of court. Thats what President Trump did in his spring training pardon of Scooter Libby who was convicted of obstruction of justice and lying to investigators while working in the Bush Cheney White house. But Michael Cohen hasnt been convicted of anything. Hasnt even been charged with anything. So pardon him for what . President trump issued the Scooter Libby patterned days after Michael Cohen and President Trump were shocked by the fbi raid on Michael Cohens home, his office, his hotel room, and his safety deposit box in manhattan. Several observers have noted that the sudden patterned of Scooter Libby in the same week as the Michael Cohen raid was probably intended to show Michael Cohen how ready the president is to use his patterned power for his old friend Michael Cohen. And after pardoning Scooter Libby, President Trump delivered the message through one of Scooter Libbys lawyers that he didnt even really care about Scooter Libby. I saw him, and i talked to him when he gave Scooter Libby a patterned. And he was thrilled. He called me and he said, listen, i dont know this guy. All i know is he got screwed, and i am so happy to give him his life back. The message to Michael Cohen is if hell patterned Scooter Libby, obviously hell patterned you. Listen, i dont know this guy is trump speak that means i dont care about this guy. President trump has done everything he can to communicate that he does care very much. Cares about his old friend Michael Cohen who is in the worst trouble of his life, which means donald trump is in the worst trouble of his life because Michael Cohens email signature still says michael d. Cohen esquire, personal attorney to president donald j. Trump. When your personal attorney gets raided by the fbi you are in trouble. Federal investigators who are po woring through the evidence are no doubt pouring through Donald Trumps name and possible recordings of donald trump on the phone with Michael Cohen, recordings that Michael Cohen was known to have made and kept, and that is why everyone is talking about the possibility of Michael Cohen flipping and becoming a government witness against donald trump. The president himself has tweeted about Michael Cohen possibly flipping, saying he doesnt believe Michael Cohen will flip. You heard on this program jay goldberg who served as Donald Trumps attorney for decades and knows Michael Cohen insisting that there is more than a 99 chance that Michael Cohen will of course flip and testify against the president. And so there is no more urgent question in Donald Trumps life than what can i do to stop Michael Cohen from flipping, which leads immediately to the question of pardoning Michael Cohen, which is easier said than done. For what . Patterned him pardon him for what . Prosecutors are no doubt ready for that. So they perhaps could charge Michael Cohen with one thing to see if the president pardons him. If the president gets a pardon maybe prosecutors come back with more pardons. The most famous and important pardon in American History was delivered by a president to a president. President gerald fords part of former president nixon a month after president nixon resigned the presidency. That pardon, in that pardon, president ford chose a very unusual form of pardon. But President Trumps lawyers are no doubt studying tonight. Here is the exact wording of the most important pardon in American History. Now therefore i gerald r. Ford, president of the United States pursuant to the pardon power conferred on me have granted by these presents to grant a full, free and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon has commit order may have committed or taken part in during the period from january 20th, 1969 through august 9, 1974. It was a calendar pardon. President nixon was pardoned for any possible crimes committed during a fixed period of time on the calendar that covered every day of his presidency. Not one day more, not one day less. If donald trump wants to pardon Michael Cohen right now, thats the kind of pardon he would have to issue. A kind that would pardon a time period and not a particular offense. Okay. So what time period . To keep Michael Cohen out of federal legal trouble, donald trump would have to offer a pardon that extends backward beyond the statute of limitations for every possible federal crime that Michael Cohen could be charged with. And that would extend long before the time of the trump president ial campaign. And the explanation of that part would be the trump speech writers greatest challenge yet. Joining us harry litman, Deputy Assistant attorney general under president clinton. Mike murphy, republican strategist who has advised both mitt romney and senator john mccains president ial campaigns, and john heilemann, National Affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc. And he is the cohost and executive producer of showtimes the circus sunday nights on showtime. Harry litman, theyre in a box if theyre trying to draft the wording of a pardon for Michael Cohen now. The box is even stricter than you say, lawrence, because if they try to give him this sort of peremptory pardon, Eric Schneiderman in new york is in the wings. There is a double jeopardy statute in new york. And if he is charged in a federal matter, if a jury is impanelled, then new york as it now stands cant go into the breach. But if he just gives this kind of all in pardon, that doesnt cover snydermid schneidermans follow through. He is the one guy the jurisdiction most covers. I think they need to let him be charged first and then pardoned or else schneiderman is in the wings. And mike, donald trump doesnt want to wait to see him be charged. Right. That allows the fbi and the prosecutors all that time with all that evidence. And so he wants to stop them from working on that evidence. Right. From developing a case against Michael Cohen. What does he do . Well, any pardon is a political disaster because its obviously so linked to the president s selfinterest. If i were Michael Cohen, i would be thinking do i trust donald trump, having been his henchman for so many years, having seen him break so many commitments to so many people. Then i think what would donald do if he were i . He would flip. He would flip in a new york minute. He would race over there to protect himself. Nobody is a bigger expert on the ban nalt of donald trump than Michael Cohen. With that great learning, i would expect him to act in his own selfinterests just like his old boss. Reports Michael Cohen is stunned by the size of his Legal Expenses already, kind of reeling under them. They only get much worse if you end up going to trial. You know Michael Cohen. Youve dealt with him. Youve dealt with donald trump on the campaign trail. How do you read this situation tonight . I read the situation a lot like how harry and mike murphy do. I think that that every day that passes, Michael Cohen, where he is not charged and where the pressure is building, the Legal Expenses are building, and to mikes point, the fundamental unreliability of donald trump, Michael Cohen i think youve seen various messages that have been sent. Theyve been sent in the form of pardons. Theyve been sent in the form of pardons dangled. Theyve been sent in the form of the twitter that donald trump is trying to let Michael Cohen know, hey, buddy, i got your back. I think that cohen has seen donald trump do some pretty awful things to people after telling them that he had their back. And i think Michael Cohen is looking at if there is a proffer to be made here and a deal to be cut that involves full immunity, that has that degree of certainty, you can cut this deal, youll have immunity, and you wont have to worry about do you trust donald trump, you wont have to worry about Eric Schneiderman. You dont have to worry about anything of these things. Full immunity. I cant imagine Michael Cohen given his family, given the expenses involved and given the prospect of one small slip leading to jail time, i just cant imagine Michael Cohen is not going to make that deal. And harry, one more dilemma involved with the party. Pardon. The second issued to the president , if he can come up with it than Michael Cohen has no more fifth amendment rights with Robert Mueller and any other investigators investigating donald trump. They pull him into a grand jury, he cannot plead the fifth amendment. He has to answer every question. Because he can no longer selfincriminate because he has been absolved of that possibility in the federal courts. Thats exactly right. Probably in that context he is not so forthcoming, but he has to tell the truth. Weve been hearing all analogies of trump as a mob family, et cetera. What is happening to cohen right now is a lot like sammy the bull situation. Its not just the big sentence dangling over his head which as john says is imposing, but this is what you do with mob guys. He says he feels isolated. Theyre telling him trump doesnt really respect him. Thats the big thing. Theyre sort of theyre making it seem like oh, manafort and corey lewandowski, theyre closer to trump. They didnt bring him into the white house there is a whole kind of head game going on with cohen even beyond the actual sentence that all works toward sort of separating out that deep bond hes had to take a bullet for the boss for years. And vanity fairs reporting tonight through Michael Cohens friends that he was encouraged by Donald Trumps tweets, saying he doesnt think he is going to flip. Im going to read a passage of this that includes the p word which includes to pardon. Its not referring to anything involving donald trump in moscow in a hotel room. From vanity fair report saying he knows donald trump is in his corner, even though they are not speaking right now, messages were sent. I dont want to use the p word. I dont want to use it. I think the president was making it very clear that he is not abandoning michael. And so mike murphy, the president seems to according to cohens friends been successful in giving him the feeling he is not abandoning him. And of course youre going to say Michael Cohen says yet. Hasnt abandoned him yet. Talk is cheap in this sort of thing. Being charged is reality. Maybe, maybe he is the one guy in america who trusts the president to have his back, even with a tortured pardon that legally is quite tricky and other vulnerabilities. He might be that dumb. But if he has good counsel or somebody looking at his interest, not any emotional connection he has to the president , he can pay a huge price for donald trump if he wants to. And hope for a pardon. Well see. I wouldnt trust the president based on history. Maybe he knows a better trump than i do. We will see. We have to take a quick break here. When we come back, the accusations are piling up against dr. Ronny jackson, as rachel and i talked about, the Trump Nominee to be secretary of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Jackson will surely no longer be the Trump Nominee by this time next week. And donald trump sure sounds like he already knows that. And later, President Trumps First National security adviser pleaded guilty to the crime of lying to the fbi. But donald trump lied to the fbi director. Is that a crime yet . Once there was an organism so small no one thought much of it at all. People said it just made a mess until exxonmobil scientists put it to the test. They thought someday it could become fuel and power our cars wouldnt that be cool . And thats why exxonmobil scientists think its not small at all. Energy lives here. So lets promote our spring travel deal on choicehotels. Com like this. 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I told the president that if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years, he might live to be 200 years old. I dont know. Tonight dr. Ronnie l. Jackson is desperately in need of the credibility that he threw to the wind the day he stood in the White House Briefing room and praised the cheeseburger lifestyle of the obviously physically unfit president of the United States. The president rewarded that performance with the nomination of dr. Jackson to be the next secretary of Veterans Affairs. Senator jon tester, the senior democrat on the Veterans Affairs ki committee which has postponed dr. Jacksons confirmation hearing indefinitely spoke this afternoon about allegations against dr. Jackson that the committee is now investigating. Theyve fallen in three different areas. Improper dispensing of prescription drugs, repeatedly drunk while on duty while traveling, and creating a toxic work environment. By the way we had 20 military folks and retired military folks tell us these stories. In the previous administration, we were told the stories he was repeatedly drunk while on duty where his main job was to take care of the most powerful man in the world. Thats not acceptable. And it got even worse for dr. Jackson when senator tester said on cnn tonight that dr. Jacksons nickname in the white house was candy man because he casually handed out prescription drugs. Thats not a nickname you want in a doctor. If you consider the prescription drugs we have a problem with in the country, its not an example we need to have set. Dr. Jackson is not going to be the next secretary of Veterans Affairs. But he doesnt seem to know that yet. Here he is on capitol hill today. Youve seen the allegations, a hostile work environment, allegations of obviously drinking on the job, overprescribing medication. Are you saying those are categorically untrue . Im saying im looking forward to the hearing so we can sit down and i can explain everything to everyone and answer all the senators questions. But donald trump knows there is not going to be a hearing. Donald trump knows its all over for the good doctor. Here is what the president had to say this afternoon. I said to dr. Jackson, what do you need it for . So well see what happens. I dont want to put a man through whose not a political person. I dont want to put a man through a process like this. Its too ugly and too disgusting. So well see what happen happe. Hell make a decision. Here is man who has just been an extraordinary person. And he has to listen to the abuse . I wouldnt, if i were him. Actually in many ways i would love to be here. But the fact is i wouldnt do it. I wouldnt do it. What does he need it for . Back in our discussion, mike murphy and john heilemann. John heilemann, you spent the day at the white house. Did they actually think there is any chance of this nomination surviving even into next week . I was about ten feet from donald trump when he made those comments, lawrence. I was sitting right to his left in the front row. And i have to say you could your interpretation of what donald trump was doing there was about as obvious to i think me and everybody else in the room, anybody who has ever been, who has ever seen a nomination go down in washington, d. C. , have to be able to draw on. You see the president , he could not have been clearer. He does not want to have to tell the guy to actually cut him lose. But he wants the guy to get the message. He was hinting as strong as he could. When donald trump, the ultimate narcissist says hey, if it was me, i would drop out that is his way of saying dude, you should drop out. You think of the reputation of Ronny Jackson, this candy man thing talked about on cnn, that is a phrase that is new to the Public Discourse in relation to Ronny Jackson. It is something that have i heard from others in the white house in not just in this white house, but in the Previous White House that that nickname was attached to him. It is the case that he was going to have a hard time getting confirmed under any circumstances because he is not really qualified to run the v. A. But the combination of whats coming out now, his lack of general qualifications at the management level, and the Opioid Crisis that were facing in the country right now, there is no scenario that i can imagine in which this guy can possibly get through. I think that he will probably be out by the weekend. Here is one episode described by the witnesses to dr. Jacksons conduct in the New York Times tonight. It said on one trip during Barack Obamas presidency, white house staff needed to reach dr. Jackson for medical reasons and found him passed out in his hotel room after a night of drinking. Tester aides said. The Staff Members took the medical supplies they were looking for without waking dr. Jackson. And mike, it just more things just keep coming out at this stage, almost by the hour. This is washington death by leaking. Tester is a guy with a political agenda and a tough race. The doctor is the wrong guy for the job from day one. And that is what happens when you dont vet. On the other hand, there has been a lot of ambien on president ial cross zone trips since ambien showed up in the early 90s is for good or bad part of a diplomats tool kit. And a lot of obama partisan democrats have spoken up for the guy at least as a human and a doctor. And there was a massive power struggle between him and another captain in the navy over controlling that operation, which divided the thing into half. Not a management compliment. But there are no shortage of unnamed people who can spill to a senate staff about how terrible it is. I think the good news for trump, who clearly sent the message today that it was over, i think, is there is a great candidate out there, toby cosgrove, bronze star from vietnam. One of the best heart surgeons in america. He is the best guy for the job. He would be one of the most competent people in the administration. He has been mentioned before as a perspective candidate for this in the Obama Administration. They ought to clean this up with him as fast as they can. John heilemann, the reports indicate that dr. Jackson, as mike said, was handing out ambien for these long trips on air force one. And then another drug that i dont even know the name of to keep you awake once you arrive at these destinations. And that was a common practice theyre saying through the Obama Presidency and the bush presidency before that. But there are 20 people, 20 people who have come to senate committee, some of whom still work in the white house medical office. Right. Who are telling staff submitting to formal interviews with staff about this nominee. That is an unprecedented outpouring of negativity directly to senate staff in a confirmation. That just doesnt happen. Yes. I think thats right, lawrence. The naming of the drug youre look for is a drug called provigil which is an antinarcolepsy drug that students take to stay up and study. Its a mild form of speed. Provigil was pretty common in the Bush Administration and the Obama Administration where people pulled long nights working in the administration and also on the overnight trips, as mike said. The ambien or some other sleeping pill plus the provigil to stay awake for long stretches very common. The drinking on the job is the real problem, much more so i think than some of the prescription stuff. You can make too much of that, but you cant make too much of the notion of a doctor drunk on duty, and the fact that there are multiple witnesses that seem to be coming forward to the senate staff and to the press just makes it untenable. Like i said, i think the question is just a matter of when its going to become real to him and inescapable to him, not a question of whether. Its just a matter of timing and that means the end of this week or if he drags it out into next week, i dont know. And mike, this is a public figure who already in his one big moment in the spotlight just brought ridicule upon himself for the way he described Donald Trumps health. And it turns out he left out all sorts of information that is negative about Donald Trumps health in that physical exam. And thats he came out of that with no credibility. But im not sure there is any socalled credibility that could get him past where he is now. He wounded himself then. And this whole thing was illconceived because theyre jumping him from a job to a massive bureaucratic management job of a huge agency, which is a special skill set. Very few people in the country are able to do this. And so it was a bad fit to begin with. And now we have this cloud around him. So, yeah, i think he should take one of those wakeup pills tomorrow, read the headlines with a clear awake head. And we can thank him for his service. The obama guys from David Axelrod on down say he was a good white house doctor. He served in the military. He was in afghanistan. I dont think he is a bad guy. Some of the character stuff that tester is jumpi intoward has a little whiff of mccarthyism. Lets just focus on is he able to run the most troubled department in the government. The interviews the Committee Staff is doing, its bipartisan. Johnny eisen, republican chairman is relying on that very same staff with the very same information. Well will see how far this one goes. Mike murphy, john heilemann, thank you both for joining us tonight. Really appreciate it. Thanks, lawrence. Thank you. Coming up, President Trumps then fbi director james comey said that trump told him that he did not stay overnight for the Miss Universe pack. Thomas roberts, the cohost of the Miss Universe pageant says that thats not true. And trumps flight records now say that thats not true. Thats next. Over. Hey, want to try it . Ok here you go. Over. Under. Hey whoa, pop, pop. Your shoes untied. Ensure hes well taken care of, even as you build your own plans for retirement. See how lincoln can help protect your savings from the impact of longterm care expenses at lincolnfinancial. Com. In a small suv. That means more Standard Features and more upgrades for a lot less than expected. The allnew ecosport. Its the big upgrade in a small package. From ford, americas bestselling brand. See what you can get for under 20 grand with the allnew ecosport. 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But no one has ever been charged with that crime because of lying to the director of the fbi. Its always a matter of lying to fbi agents in the field who are clearly doing investigative work. When james comey was fbi director and was having what was supposed to be a friendly social dinner at the white house with the president , director comey was not on an investigative mission. And so any lies donald trump told in that setting werent going to rise to the level of federal crime. As james comeys book tells it, and as his recently revealed memos of his conversations with President Trump show, donald trump repeatedly told james comey that it was impossible for him to have had an encounter with russian prostitutes in a Moscow Hotel Room because as comeys memos state, he didnt stay overnight in russia. That was the first time the president mentioned that during the comey dinner. And then at a second time in the oval office, the president said according to the comey notes, quote, he hadnt stayed overnight in russia during the Miss Universe trip. Thomas roberts did stay overnight in russia for the Miss Universe trip. He spent a few nights there because Thomas Roberts was the cohost of the Miss Universe beauty pageant. Thomas roberts was also then an msnbc news anchor and a friend of this show where he sometimes appeared and remains a friend of mine. So count me among what im sure are the millions who believe Thomas Roberts over donald trump on this one. Thomas told the daily beast, quote, the first time i met donald trump, it was in moscow on november 8th, 2013. I taped a sitdown interview with trump the next day on november 9th. That was also the date for the Miss Universe broadcast. During the after party for the Miss Universe event, mr. Trump offered to fly me and my husband back to new york. He said he would be leaving directly from the party. We were unable to accept the invitation. That was the Early Morning hours of november 10th. So Thomas Roberts no s knows foe that donald trump spent at least one full night overnight in moscow. Flight records obtained by politico also indicate that the president is not telling the truth when he tells james comey that he never spent a night in moscow. Politico reports in fact trump arrived in moscow where he attended the Miss Universe pageant which he owned at the time on a friday. He left in the Early Morning hours the following sunday, spending one full night and most of a second one in the russian capital. So politicos records confirm Thomas Roberts account. And nbc news reported last november what trump bodyguard Keith Schiller said in an interview with the house intelligence committee. 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Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea. Honestly, never thought these words would come out of my mouth, but i dont know whether the current president of the United States was with prostitutess peeing on each othr in moscow in 2013. Its possible, but i dont know. Back with us is harry litman. Harry, there is this question, donald trump says the fbi director at least twice i didnt spend the night in moscow. We know thats completely untrue. Is there a lying to the fbi possible crime in that conversation with the fbi director . I dont think its a crime. But man is it bizarre. My understanding is its not a crime. Because james comey is not there in an investigative capacity. And thats really when the fbi goes with that. Thats right. Thats right. But nevertheless, at this dinner, he keeps circling around and coming back to it. He is like a narrater in an Edgar Allan Poe story. He is just obsessed with it. He comes back and back. He says its because of melania. This is the same guy who had an affair four months after his son was born. He lies about the alibi, as you say. Its the sort of thing, there is no crime on the surface. But man, would it get an investigators antenna going. Something is psychologically strange about the whole episode. Lets listen to more from the man who actually experienced the strangeness of all of this talking to the president , james comey. Right. I didnt ask about the business with the prostitutes, but he launched into an explanation as to how i should know that wasnt true and that he remembered now from talking to friends who had been with him that hed never stayed overnight at the hotel. He just changed can clot ed clo and went to the Miss Universe pageant. This is what he said. And went right back. Another reason he said its not true, im a germophobe there is no way i would let people pee on each other around me. That caught me so much by surprise i actually let out an audible laugh. It was one of those i was startled by it. And today the germophobe appeared or claimed to reach over to move the dead skin of a frenchman off of his clothing. So the germophobe has some inconsistencies. Its true. There is this weird also overdenial to it. Of course i never even slept there. And he is the one who keeps bringing it up. In that whole dinner with comey. He brings it up maybe three or four times back to it. There is some kind of strange obsessive thing going on there. No contest for me. Donald trump versus Thomas Roberts on credibility on nights spent in moscow. Im with Thomas Roberts. Harry litman, thanks very much. Thanks for joinings us. Really appreciate it. The first time a president of the United States to call a north korean dictator honorable. Was able to take care of my family while i was overseas serving. It was my very first car accident. We were hit from behind. 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But the question is can they cut into that trump margin significantly . That is something weve been seeing in some very unlikely places in other special elections around wichita, they cut 20 points off trumps margin in the special election. In South Carolina around rock hill last year that. Put 15 points. We saw them win pennsylvania. We saw them win an Alabama Senate race. If they dont win, can they get it to six, seven points margin is the thing . If this is a single digit race, democrats are talk wave. The other thing, this this is unusual, get this, lawrence. About 15 minutes from now, almost 80 of all the votes that are cast in this special election are going to be released. The results all at once. Early voting, heavy early voting state. Theyre already counted. They are waiting for that clock to hit 11 00 eastern, and theyre going to release probably 80 of all the ballots cast. Probably 15 minutes from now, were pretty much going to know what this thing looks like. 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Kim jongun was he really has been very open, and i think very honorable from everything were seeing. Now, a lot of promises have been made by north korea over the years, but theyve never been in this position. We think it will be a great thing for north korea. It will be a great thing for the world. So well see where that all goes. Maybe it will be wonderful, and maybe it wont. And if its not going to be fair and reasonable and good, i will, unlike past administrations, i will leave the table. Joining us now, retired fourstar general wesley clark, former nato supreme allied commander. General clark, i want to get your reaction to what the president had to say about kim jongun today and the adjectives he used for him today. Well, hes building the suspen suspense. Its like a reality show, and, you know, this is all about transactional diplomacy. So Donald Trumps very transparent. He says if you like him, he likes you. So right now, kims coming his way. Hes throwing some plaudits. The word honorable doesnt mean anything in particular. Its just a way of saying his trying to Say Something nice that will bring kim in his direction. So both kim and President Trump have something to gain from this summit. The real question, lawrence, is what happens afterwards. There will be a lot of photos. There will be a lot of smiles probably, but what will it actually result in . If it results simply in the denuclearization effort in north korea, we could end up with the same kind of agreement that we have with iran, which is unsatisfactory. North koreas done a lot of things that make it a bad actor in the World Community beyond trying to get nuclear weapons. So hes got to go beyond denuclearization to make this successful by his own standards on iran. What about the president publicly trying to undo the iran deal while hes trying to make a nuclear deal with north korea . Its complicated. Iran is their economy is stumbling badly. European companies are lined up waiting to invest in iran. They can hardly wait. So president macrons over here saying, let us go after it. So this is a way of, again, using leverage. The tricky part in this with iran is that youve got saudi arabia, a great friend of President Trump, but they want 100 or at least 80 a barrel for oil. That runs up the price of gasoline in the United States. Not good for the president. But on the other hand, they also want to sort of punish iran. So how does he play all these transactions . Its a lot more complicated than a real estate deal. And as the president approaches the negotiations with iran, this is unprecedented. Its never happened at this level before. What suggestions would you make to the president going into this kind of discussion with kim jongun . Yeah, id say get as much done below his level as possible and come out of it with a roadmap to move forward. He wants to play it all personally. Its more dramatic. Its the way he likes to operate. But hes not the first president to think of transactional diplomacy. Every president does it. Its just that they usually do it at a much lower level. Its done at the staff level. Ill give you this. You give me that. And it goes back and forth, and that way when the president gets there, hes assured of an outcome. It takes away the suspense. It also takes away the risk. So if i were advising the president , id tell him to do as much as he could before. He knows how to play and get suspense anyway, but get the agreements. Get the road map for what happens after ward locked in before he goes to do the meeting. Theres usually a solid bio on who the president will be negotiating with. Now hes meeting with the president of france. Theres very little known about kim jongun. Thats an unusual position for a president of the United States to be in. It is an unusual position, and it creates risks. But heres what we do know about kim. We know, first of all, that hes very strategic. So he thinks in big terms. He knows his country is failing. He knows hes got to get south korean money and skills and Big Industries into the north. He wants them in there. He doesnt want to give up his country, but he wants that investment in the north so he can strengthen himself. The problem that President Trump has is if you agree to that and he denuclearizes, how do you prevent him taking all that economic strength and rebuilding his military . General wesley clark gets tonights last word. Thank you, general. The 11th hour with Brian Williams starts now. Tonight, disturbing allegations about Donald Trumps pick for the v. A. As a u. S. Senator charges dr. Ronny jackson, the president s physician, has been drunk on the job and is nicknamed the candy man for handing out drugs like candy to the white house staff. Plus is the president considering a pardon for Michael Cohen . Trump called that a stupid question today. Well ask a former Clinton White house counsel. Also brandnew Election Results just in to us this hour from arizona. Steve kornackis at the big board. And as Ashley Parker of the Washington Post put it tonight, there was simply so much touching. The 11th hour on a tuesday night begins now