reporter: it was september 2006 when a smooth talking stranger walked into pete s auto dealership in great falls, montana and got himself a job as a used car salesman. he was quite the character, not your typical car salesman per s persona. reporter: he was at the dealership the day the new guy started. he was very sure of himself to the point of smug. in montana, where you have a lot of down-to-earth meat and potatoes people where they are friendly towards one another, having someone with a smug attitude is not going to go over very well at times. reporter: still, joe was friendly in the way montanans are known for and gave the guy the benefit of the doubt. one sunday evening, they got to talking. joe says the salesman said he was a successful stockbroker with a beautiful home in texas, looked up the property on google
the trail had gone cold. then hundreds of miles away a retired cop with a sharp nose for nonsense picked up his scent. here again is keith morrison. reporter: it was september 2006 when a smooth talking stranger walked into pete s auto dealership in great falls, montana, and got himself a job as a used car salesman. he was quite the character, wasn t your typical car salesman persona. joe parsetich was the finance manager. he was at the dealership the day the new guy started. he was very sure of himself to the point of a little bit smug. in montana where you have a lot of down to earth, meat and potatoes people where they re very friendly towards one another, having somebody with a smug, cocky attitude isn t going to go over very well at times. still, joe was friendly in the way montanans are known for.
reporter: it was september 2006 when a smooth-talking stranger walked into pete s auto dealership in great falls, montana and got himself a job as a used car salesman. he was quite the character. wasn t your typical car salesman persona. reporter: joe parsetich was the finance manager at pete s auto. he was at the dealership the day the new guy started. he was very sure of himself to the point of a little bit smug. in montana, where you have a lot of down-to-earth meat-and-potatoes people, where they re very friendly towards one another, having somebody with a smug, cocky attitude isn t going to go over very well at times. reporter: still, joe was friendly in the way montanans are known for. he gave the guy the benefit of the doubt. one sunday evening, they got to talking. joe says the new salesman told him how he used to be a successful stockbroker, had a beautiful lakefront home in texas. they even looked up his property
pretty jarring to hear it said about kim jong-un of all people. i do think the president is now stuck. he s stuck in terms of saying he s going to show up for what he s explained will be a deal. i think regardless of what happens, he s going to characterize it as a deal. but i think we re overcomplicating this. look, the president is playing the used car salesman. you, erin burnett, show up on the used car lot, that car looks pretty good, i think $15,000 is a good price. the salesman says, you re a terrific negotiator, we re going to do a great deal, when you drive off the lot it s going to be wonderful. the president wants a deal, he s buttering up the person on the other side who s now nervous after the bolton comments. i don t think this is very complicated. of course you can understand kim jong-un s view of libya being brought up. nuclear weapons were gotten rid of, it was a few years later, but gadhafi s demise was brutal and awful and many do see it as a link between giving t
the question mark is about the president, where he is, where the advisers are, and what he will sign onto. enough democrats who were not assuaged by mcconnell s assurances into the night that he was going to follow through. yeah. so i think that s the issue here. democrats, whatever pain there may be political and otherwise, are feeling like, you know, their political base is going to be satisfied with the fact that they are holding firm on this issue of daca. unless there are red state democrats up for reelection in 2018. there are senators in the center trying to come up with a compromise. to david s point, you not only have the question mark in the oval office but with his credibility with democrats. he kept saying it is my intention. well, that s sort of washington s version of a used car salesman. that s not a commitment. that is floating something.