mr. bolten: absolutely not.ntify, which is state subsidized overcapacity in china, especially in steel. that's the issue that ought to be addressed. ironically, the announcement that president trump made this last week hits steel imported from all kinds of countries, most of them are friends and allies. many of them are free trade agreement partners. and hits china only minimally. china accounts for only 2% of the u.s. steel imports at this point. the remedies that peter navarro is pushing the president to impose doesn't address the real problem, which is chinese overcapacity. how do you address that? is really hard. it got to get together with our friends and allies, who all face the same problem. put pressure on the chinese jointly, because you can't do this individually, and forced the chinese to reform their practices. it's not an easy task. it's not as easy as waving your hand and putting tariffs on a whole bunch of countries that are not the problem. >> chris: let's talk about what you say are the downside

the headline john bolten is a national security threat. mr. kaul is making a argument.like that initial tweet it's about as serious as a heart attack. joining us now. and former national security adviser to the vice president. thaurng for joining us tonight. appreciate your time. >> great to be with you. >> you alarmed me. i respect your expertise. and think of you as a non-hyper bollic person. you were setting often early alarm. he would be a terrifying choice. why did you single him out? >> the tweet you mentioned was a little bit of black humor in a dark moment. there are genuine concerns. there seems to be a bolten play book that goes back frankly to the iraq war. that play book goes something like this. take a threat, hype it. base it on questionable intelligence. define it as imminent and say that diploma si is a fools errand. with rogue regimes and claim the only answer is military action. including preventive action and regime change. that was the play that bolten supported and the bush administration towards iraq. and the play he supports towards north korea an

bolten, welcome back. you were listening to mr. navarro, what do you think of his defense of the presidents new tariffs?> i think it's a huge mistake. i am sad that president trump has been led by that kind of advice. >>chris: president trump. >> thank you. president trump is coming at thiswith the best of instincts. he's trying to fulfill his campaign promises. trying to help some workers in the united states , specifically in the steel and aluminum industries. what he needs to understand what the overwhelming majority of the businesses in our organization are trying to say is, this will cause huge damage across broad sectors of the economy. you may be able to give help to the steel and aluminum industries, you will cause damage across any number of downstream industries in any number of industries that export countries that are likely to retaliate. >>chris: but there's no question, i think you would agree, that the chinese overproduction of steel and their imported to the u.s., sometimes not only directly but through other countries has to medically heard the steel industry crossed american jobs. you

bolten, welcome back. you were listening to mr. navarro, what do you think of his defense of the presidents new tariffs?> i think it's a huge mistake. i am sad that president trump has been led by that kind of advice. >>chris: president trump. >> thank you. president trump is coming at thiswith the best of instincts. he's trying to fulfill his campaign promises. trying to help some workers in the united states , specifically in the steel and aluminum industries. what he needs to understand what the overwhelming majority of the businesses in our organization are trying to say is, this will cause huge damage across broad sectors of the economy. you may be able to give help to the steel and aluminum industries, you will cause damage across any number of downstream industries in any number of industries that export countries that are likely to retaliate. >>chris: but there's no question, i think you would agree, that the chinese overproduction of steel and their imported to the u.s., sometimes not only directly but through other countries has to medically heard the steel industry crossed american jobs. you

john bolton's missteps is a russian spy voters here in mr shit different colors which makes him look like he's in disguise and just over two weeks bolten will officially take over as trump's national security adviser giving the media plenty of time to tease out any and all ties but may have to russia and speculate on exactly what they mean good luck guys legal and long legal the media analyst lionel believes but was appointment sends conflicting messages we suppose we don't know we started off with hawkish responsible bellicose saber rattling let's be more circumspect it changes by the day i have to remind you of this one issue north korea. phase one president trump wanted to why now we can annihilate you are a button is bigger than your button we are more a missile than you do watch it face to rapprochement detente great let's meet stage three let's bring in bolden who wanted a preemptive strike if the you can figure this out if you can see any pattern to this you are a better person than i. story help me right now it's alert you to must marches are getting underway in cities across the united states calling for stricter gun control l