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AND THE EXECUTIVE ORDERTHAT'S   
BEEN SO CONTROVERSIAL.          

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WILLIE?                         
>> THANKS A LOT.                

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CHUCK TODD IS MODERATOR OF "MEET
THE PRESS."                     

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GOOD TO SEE YOU, AS ALWAYS.     
LET'S START WITH THE MISSILE    

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TEST.                           
PRESIDENT TRUMP SUBDUED IN THE  

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PRESS CONFERENCE CALLED LATE    
WITH PRIME MINISTER ABE SAYING  

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BASICALLY HE SUPPORTS JAPAN.    
HOW IS HE HANDLING THIS SO FAR? 

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DO YOU EXPECT TO HEAR MORE      
TODAY?                          

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>> I DO EXPECT TO HEAR MORE     
TODAY.                          

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IT WAS VERY SUBDUED.            
HE'S SAID MORE PROVOCATIVE      

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THINGS IN ADVANCE OF WHAT COULD 
BE COMING.                      

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NORTH KOREA WAS THE FIRST       
WARNING HE GOT AS               

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PRESIDENT-ELECT.                
THE FIRST MEETING WITH PRESIDENT

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OBAMA WAS AMONG THE BIGGEST     
WARNING, NORTH KOREA IS GOING TO

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TEST YOU AND LIKELY EARLY.      
LO AND BEHOLD, HERE HE IS.      

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THEY ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT      
PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS DID, NOT    

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OVERREACT, BUT NOT UNDER REACT. 
THEY ARE TRYING TO ENGAGE AND   

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SEE IF THEY CAN STRIKE THE      
BALANCE.                        

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>> COMPLICATED BY WHAT WAS A    
GOOD PHONE CALL WITH CHINA IN   

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SUPPORT OR THE ONE CHINA POLICY.
A LOT OF WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT 

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INCLUDING QUESTIONS ON RUSSIA   
AND IN GENERAL, MICHAEL FLYNN,  

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THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER.  
DOES HE SURVIVE THIS?           

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NANCY PELOSI TWEETING HE SHOULD 
BE SUSPENDED, HIS NATIONAL      

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SECURITY CLEARANCE SHOULD BE    
REVOKED.                        

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ALL THIS ABOUT HIS CONVERSATION 
WITH THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN  

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THE DAYS BEFORE TRUMP WAS       
PRESIDENT.                      

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>> THIS IS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT  
HIMSELF.                        

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MIKE FLYNN HAS SOME DETRACTORS  
IN THE WEST WING.               

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MIKE FLYNN HAS DETRACTORS WITHIN
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.       

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IF THERE WERE A VOTE ABOUT      
WHETHER HE STAYS OR GOES IN THE 

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WEST WING, I THINK HE WOULD GO. 
ULTIMATELY, HE ENJOYS THE       

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SUPPORT OR HAS THE SUPPORT OF   
PRESIDENT TRUMP.                

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THE PRESIDENT, WHEN ASKED ABOUT 
THE MIKE FLYNN CONTROVERSY ON   

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AIR FORCE ONE ON FRIDAY NIGHT,  
SOMEHOW SAID, OH, I HAVE TO READ

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UP ON THAT STORY.               
AS YOU AND I BOTH KNOW, HE IS A 

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CONSUMER.                       
HE DID NOT PROVIDE A DEFENSE OR 

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ATTACK THE PREMISE OF THE STORY.
IF YOU ARE MIKE FLYNN, YOU HAVE 

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TO BE NERVOUS ABOUT THAT.       
I THINK THIS, IF HE MISLED VICE 

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PRESIDENT PENCE, THAT MIGHT HAVE
TO BE A FIREABLE OFFENSE IF YOU 

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ARE PRESIDENT TRUMP.            
>> THAT MIGHT BE THE OFFENSE    

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MORE THAN WHAT HE DID, TALKING  
TO THE AMBASSADOR OF RUSSIA.    

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I WANT TO MOVE TO THE IMGREAT   
LAKES ORDER, OBVIOUSLY ANOTHER  

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BLOW FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP THIS   
WEEK.                           

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WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THIS      
THING?                          

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THE REPORTING IS HE'S GOING TO  
GO BACK AND RECRAFT IT.         

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>> THAT'S THE SIMPLEST WAY.     
IF HIS WORDS AT THE TIME OF     

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SIGNING THE ORDER IS TO BE      
BELIEVED, THIS IS URGENT,       

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SOMETHING YOU CAN'T WAIT ON,    
THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE BOTHERED  

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WITH THE COURTS.                
IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THE NINTH    

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CIRCUIT GAVE A ROAD MAP TO THE  
WHITE HOUSE ABOUT HOW TO REWRITE

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THE ORDER SO IT MEETS           
CONSTITUTIONAL GROUND.          

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I THINK THE REWRITE IS COMING.  
IT'S PROBABLY, I ASSUME WE'LL   

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HEAR MORE ABOUT IT ON MY SHOW,  
AFTER YOURS, FROM THE TRUMP     

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WHITE HOUSE.                    
I SUSPECT WITHIN DAYS WE'LL SEE 

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A NEW ORDER.                    
>> TALKING TO THE MAN WHO       

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CRAFTED THE ORDER.              
SHOULD BE FASCINATING.          

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THANKS, WE'LL BE