capabilities to understand what north korea is doing. it doesn t profit the possibility of eliminating north korea s nuclear weapons to talk on a day-to-day basis they are doing this, they are not doing this and they are doing the other thing. there s nobody involved in this discussion with north korea in the administration who is overburdened, we see how the north koreans have behaved before. the president has been very clear e will not make the mistakes the prior administrations, we will pursue this and we will see what happens. that s, i think, what the next step in the discussions will be. chris: i want to get two final questions in in the time we have left, back when you worked for bush 43, you called kim s father a dictator and north korea a hellish nightmare and they responded in kind, one of my favorite lines of all time, they called you human scum and blood subbinger, you called it a badge of honor. here we can see you sitting at
gearan and josh holmes. josh, when bush 43 was president you led team at rnc to help get john roberts and sam alito, given that the filibuster is no longer in existence, is there any way that trump s nominee will fail to get confirmed by the senate? well, i think the question itself, chris, gives us indication of how far we have come, how do we kill a nominee when we don t know who the nominee is yet. i mean, i think president trump could probably nominate lady justice herself and democrats would say that she s in there to try to overthrow roe v. wade. the filibuster is gone but razer-thin majority. one seat difference. they have a tactic to attack, senator susan collins and lisa murkowski but what they are ignoring red states, joe
gearan and josh holmes. josh, when bush 43 was president you led team at rnc to help get john roberts and sam alito, given that the filibuster is no longer in existence, is there any way that trump s nominee will fail to get confirmed by the senate? well, i think the question itself, chris, gives us indication of how far we have come, how do we kill a nominee when we don t know who the nominee is yet. i mean, i think president trump could probably nominate lady justice herself and democrats would say that she s in there to try to overthrow roe v. wade. the filibuster is gone but razer-thin majority. one seat difference. they have a tactic to attack, senator susan collins and lisa murkowski but what they are
weekend, but i will say this, we are using the full range of our capabilities to understand what north korea is doing. it doesn t profit the possibility of eliminating north korea s nuclear weapons to talk on a day-to-day basis they are doing this, they are not doing this and they are doing the other thing. there s nobody involved in this discussion with north korea in the administration who is overburdened, we see how the north koreans have behaved before. the president has been very clear e will not make the mistakes the prior administrations, we will pursue this and we will see what happens. that s, i think, what the next step in the discussions will be. chris: i want to get two final questions in in the time we have left, back when you worked for bush 43, you called kim s father a dictator and north korea a hellish nightmare and they responded in kind, one of my favorite lines of all time, they called you human scum and blood subbinger, you called it a badge of honor.
them. this summit with mr. putin will come exactly after the nato summit. that could be a very, very divisive affair. as nick burns, the former u.s. ambassador to nato said, we just don t know which mr. trump will turn up to that nato summit. but it could be divisive. he may attack the european allies again on their spending. that will delight moscow. it will further vladimir putin s aim to drive a wedge between the u.s. and its allies. so, you know, the timing of this summit, as well, is of real concern. bill neely there in moscow, bill, excellent points. thank you for that analysis. i want to bring in now john brennan who served as cia director under president obama and was the director of the national counterterrorism center under president bush. now a security and intelligence analyst. it is great to have you here. thank you. good morning. let s pick up where bill left off. is this summit a good idea for president trump or not?