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First, a special shout-out to my colleague andrea mitchell, one of the best in the business. this woman is celebrating an incredible 40 years at nbc news. that includes covering seven presidential administrations. this woman has seen it all. and she talked to trevor noah on "the daily show" last night about the current political climate. >> fake news is what russia did to our election, the propaganda that we see from russia, you know, invading our social media. to say nothing of the hacking. but...

Our language, malign behavior, you heard it here first, and second, that was the secretary of state after the president said he would demand no preconditions. you might remember back when president obama suggested meeting with an iranian leader, the republican party was not pleased. here to talk about all of it, retired four star u.s. army general barry mccaffrey, happens to be former u.s. drug czar and a man with extensive experience around the world. general, if i hired you to give the preside...

You might remember when president obama suggested meeting with an iranian leader the republican party was not pleased. here to talk about all of it, retired four star general mccaffrey, former battlefield commander, happens to be former u.s. drug czar. general, if i hired you to give the president the iran brief about the country and about rouhani what would you tell him? >> a couple of concerns. first is i work for both republican and democratic administrations. i think one of the concerns is t...

The white house from the sort of questions that we call news of day, the biggest headlines that may be out there. of course there are so many questions to ask the president. but it is true, kofl, i can tell that you white house aide were asking some reporters here today what they planned to ask the president. now, this is not necessarily untypical. you probably remember this as well from when you covered the white house for so many years. administrations do ask reporters what they plan to ask. m...

Leadership because something about america, you know, we keep doing this drastic swing of the pendulum. we have to have a continuum. you talked about ronald reagan early on, you talked about calvin coolidge. if you dont have people that follow up behind those presidential administrations to continue those principles and those perspectives and those policies, then you do swing the opposite direction, and at some point in time, the american ship of state has to have the steady state. mark: heres w...

Leadership because something about america, you know, we keep doing this drastic swing of the pendulum. we have to have a continuum. you talked about ronald reagan early on, you talked about calvin coolidge. if you dont have people that follow up behind those presidential administrations to continue those principles and those perspectives and those policies, then you do swing the opposite direction, and at some point in time, the american ship of state has to have the steady state. mark: heres w...

Focusing on protecting species like previous administrations. not only are these animals under stress from natural changes, from manmade changes, but also from a department of interior that doesnt embrace their importance like we have in the past. very important creatures. a lot of lessons to learn here. youre in their home, their backyard. respect them and their space. >> jeff corwin, thanks so much for being with us. all right. top stories were following for you this hour. civil rights icon ...

Sort of punitive force. i think he really likes to punish people to send a message or make examples or look like the strong man, the tough guy. and he has long wanted to punish the press, labeling us fake news, the enemy of the people has actually been very effective. trust in the media is at an all-time low. so, this is having a significant impact. the difference now, i think, is that finally our news institution, our media, our press is sort of united around -- in solidarity around each other....

>> the presidents efforts to roll back tape med with incredible object instrumentation. with this administration we faced four times more filibusters in our first two years then any of the last administrations going all the way back to jimmy carter. what the president and i believe as we travel across the country is that we need to communicate our majorities and have more republicans in the house and senate. as more americans see what the president is doing and enthuse enthusiastic about the com...

Administrations plan for $12 billion and helping farmers hit by tariffs built on a history of agricultural support. they said this is something that goes back to the 1930s. it was intended to be temporary. and it remains today, and it just grew by 12 billion. what are americans supposed to take on this? >> i think we are seeing a trade war with china as people call it. but really, we are trying to stop chinas persistent theft of u.s. intellectual property and of course these are long-term, these...