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Tweets? >> well, thats the big question. i mean, he was tweeting about pakistan. most people, democrat or republican, who have worked in administrations and dealt with that country that we are supposed to treat as an ally, have been very frustrated by that same relationship. weve when would military aid from them before. that sounds like something he will follow through on. its unclear what exactly hes going to do. he has a travel ban that blocks iranians from coming here. social media platforms...

The iranians dont want to cooperate in that effort, use that as than excuse to impose more economic sanctions and the europeans might be willing to go along with that. right now the u.s. continues to stand alone on the idea that the nuclear deal ought to be renegotiated. >> jon: the 2009 protests in iran, the feeling in that country at least was that the u.s. did almost nothing to help them. would that be the same case this time around do you think? >> i think already you see the rhetoric out of...

Indi indicted, people have decided to cooperate with the investigation, and i think that looking at two things, the obstruction part of it is going to be more political and in the end i think more difficult for bob mueller because of the campaign thats begun and will be continued to discredit james comey. the collusion part of ti think is where the money is and where the real controversy will be in the next year. >> and howard, youve covered so many administrations. there is a fair argument that...

Making fake news a problem of the media, when in fact the media is actually, you know, constantly, as you mentioned, using fact checking and we could talk about it all day, when theyre responsible for a lot of truth and disproving the falsehoods. >> yeah, but whats scary is its working. there are americans out there asking how do we really know if russia meddled in our election? or how do we know how big the crowds were? so that strategy has worked for this administration, and those comments fro...

Do that. >> jon: three successive administrations have faced this issue. thank you for being on. >> protests in the streets of pakistan in reaction to president trumps angry tweet about the countrys quote, lies and deceit. trump is slamming the islamic republic for protecting terrorists while taking billions in u.s. aid. our ambassador is summoned to the capital city for an explanation of the presidents comment. benjamin hall is live in london with more. >> the trump administration has been talk...

Street. >> im just asking -- >> i think its trillion of investment. taxpayer dollars or a public/private partnership or some other type of dollars. it is a trillion dollars. thats a priority. the well form reform aspect, it gets down to this, should able body adults with non-dependent children have a work requirement, either 20 hours at work, 20 hours at school or 20 hours volunteering at a local municipality, should they be required to do that in order to get welfare. >> modelled off of the geo...

I think last at least one more year, maybe longer. reasons are as others have said, people indicted, decided to cooperate with the investigation. and i think looking at two things, obstruction part of it is going to be more political and in the end think more difficult for bob mueller because of the campaign thats begun and will be continued to discredit james comey. collusion part of it i think is where the money is, and where the real controversy will be in the next year. >> and howard, youve ...

And patience level is like, the dynamic between ivanka and jared, where theres legal jeopardy for jared kushner. thats a huge question and also how long the dysfunction is going to last. in the west wing. the big thing is the posture and foreign policy team. who has the big influence and the personnel. thats always a question when you think about defense secretary, secretary of state, national security adviser, who is running the cia, how those people advise the president in a big foreign policy...

When in fact the media is constantly, as you mention, using fact-checking, sourcing, talk about all the great stories from 2017, theyre responsible for a lot of truth. disproving falsehoods. >> but what is scary, thats working. americans are asking how do we know if russia meddled in the election, or how big the crowds were. that strategy has worked. and comments from sean spicer preceded comments from jeff sessions, couldnt recall discussions with russians and what trump is said on phone call t...

That is unified and everybody is emboldened by their shared hatred of donald trump, you have a large contingent that is not pleased with iran and upset with the corruption of the regime and the bad economic effects of that i dont think redeem change is likely but this is dramatic. >> no surprise president trump turned to twitter to talk about the protests. lets take a look at that: susan rice tweeted: >> mara liasson, you covered both administrations.