you ve spoken about setting conditions for success in advance of president trump s meeting with kim jong-un and i am right now very concerned that the lack of a coherent policy in north korea could lead to a very poor meeting. if that meeting goes poorly, some might reach the conclusion that economic pressure and diplomatic engagement have va failed. national security advisor has outlined the case for military strikes on north korea. are there any conditions under which you would support preventative military strikes against north korea as secretary of state. senator, thanks for your question. that phrase prevented military strikes has a long history. lot of folks have different views. there s a legal view. there spreemption.
is going to be about setting conditions for the follow-up. is that another conversation that takes place, is it done through people who are at the cabinet level representing each of the countries, is it bilateral? if you want to have a first phone call without any preconditions, we have to understand our expectations are low. if you want to have further progress it s going to be a conversation about setting conditions for a follow-up interaction. harris: it so interesting to get your point of view on this because at first blush you may think has this console political that republicans and democrats can t come together. it doesn t sound like there s that kind of divide that you may be able to go someplace for. the big question is what is the president willing to do that you know of? the president sounds like someone who may want to give this try, it sounds like he may
because they stayed in the stupid deal and we walked away because we have more power. it not a stupid deal. melissa: obviously for the sake of the other countries to help them? we don t have a deal in place of it, you know, we don t even have a bilateral. we didn t even pick off one or two of the 11 countries. what are you expecting. the first trip over there. melissa: hang on, gerri, is that the way donald trump. melissa: hang on, guys, guys! one at a time, stop, you ve got to talk one at a time. gerri, go ahead gary, go ahead. back to the headlines, not one bit of credit for anything the man has done and look, i ve got plenty of issues with him, but this was a big, big win. as i said, the two words, setting conditions. something the president does. he s supposed to defend the country militarily and economically and he put all of these countries on notice, and i don t care, as i said, bilateral, unilaterally, they re
he has reasserted the nation state as the core unit of analysis in the international system and that way it was a fundamental kind of moment for the united states to say, not only are our interests important, but the interests of other nations as well, and when we put our interests first, we can actually negotiate better and come to more enduring agreement. ainsley: that s what the president is saying, he was over with president xi and now china sending a senior diplomat to north korea to negotiate with them. is that because our president talk today china and said, you need to do this and get more involved? the chinese are claiming that they were going to send an envoy in any case. i think president trump set background conditions not just at the asia summit but in 2017. if you think at all of his trips, speech at united nations, speech in poland, he s setting
on the statement that was unsealed last night that explains the government s case for why manafort and gates were seen as flight risks and why they have the terms that they had. government seems to have gone out of their way to describe they re using tax filings in the case. is that something you have to cross ts and dot is to get the permissions? i don t think they had to notify them specifically about the tax filings, i think the defendants would expect government would use tax filings in a case especially where there is issue about failure to disclose foreign bank accounts. the common evidence for that is going to be in tax filings. but when the government argues concerning conditions of release for a defendant, the government will typically lay out the strength of its case. that s one of the factors that the court considers in setting conditions.