North korean actions just reenforced for both leaders why this is the number one threat to both Prime Minister abe and to President Trump. I think the north korean actions were deliberately timed after what was a pretty good week in terms of u. S. Policy in asia, with regard to President Trumps call with xi jinping and secretary mattiss trip to the region, i think the Trump Administration said look, were here and were not going to be an easy issue to deal with. Right now the National Security advisor is said to have broke on the law and critics call for him to be fired, for him to step down. How much does that impact the advice that this group can give the president at this time . I think the precedent is going to get advise from a wide range of people, including the folks in the State Department,
particularly those commitments to china that would affect the finances that north korea has for building these missiles, there may be a statement that comes out of the u. N. Security council
Which i imagine mueller i imagine he disclosed it to rosenstein when he appointed him. It would involve something that actually wasnt settled even to this day. Whats the conflict in. I have a good idea what it is. Its one that would have kept me out the investigation. All cleared up . Add to that this. Giuliani is not sure that collusion with russia that collusion with russia, if it happened, is a crime anyway. Is this the definition now of moving the goalposts . Regardless of goalpost moving, why then is the president spending so much time and at every turn will say that no collusion happened with russia if its now not a big deal and not a problem . Again, all cleared up . As far as Michael Cohen, the president s Attorney Says cohen doctored the tapes of his conversations with the president , says their experts agree. Now what . Abby phillip is at the white house. I would not fault anyone if their head was spinning today
the payment to an alleged mistress, its not about that. Its abou
Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Okay, this person is trying to move a conversation in this direction for this purpose. So it seems a little obscure, i dont understand where are theyre trying to go. Is it a pr strategy or is it a legal strategy . Is he a lawyer or a spokesman we have michael avenatti, lanny davis and Rudy Giuliani out there just talking away. I dont think any of them are actually coming up with a cohesive legal strategy for what they need to do because they want to win the pr battle. Lan ny is not allowed to talk. Whatever were talking about now, i have a feeling Robert Mueller has already been over that. But Rudy Giuliani is acting like a squirming coil an going all over the place. Hes saying donald trump never hacked the dnc. No one ever claimed that. Hes also saying that donald trump Didnt Attending T the me with russians. Take a listen to what else he said. This russian meeting, he wasnt there. He wasnt at the meeting. He did
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Interviews with political figures and news updates. Or observed it. I think if this is true, its a very important development. Its always been hard to accept trump juniors characterization of this meeting as unimportant because of the timeline that it happened on and because of the participants. You have microsoft, the then campaign manager, along with trump jr. , kushner and others meeting with russians. That didnt look like an unimportant meeting that you would runt after the fact which is what trump jr. Said. If there were setup meetings in advance, this will take on increasing significance as a key part of the narrative involving collusion between the campaign and the russians. And barbara mcquaid, the fact that the proximity of the then candidate, just one floor away from when that meeting took place, the fact he then went to a Campaign Lunch later that day with his son, the likelihood they never would have discussed that becomes even more implausible just because of the relations