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Billion to. >> reporter: president trumps proposed contribution elimination donations from 89 climate fund and. >> were going cancel the paris climate agreement. >> reporter: many trump supporters including those in his cabinet applaud these proposals as a way to prioritize domestic interests. >> its a bad deal for america. it was an america second, third or fourth kind of approach. >> reporter: but money isnt the only concern. >> as water it gets more scarce it threatens to can be a catalyst fo...

In the end, he was recovered from afghanistan and returned to our care and that is entirely appropriate. again, consistent with the entirety of the united states history when weve had armed conflicts. and not just our history, by the way, history that predates the birth of the united states and history that includes actions taken by some of our closest allies, when it comes to making sure that prisoners that are being held in situations by the enemy, that they face, where they have engaged in ex...

In this case, wes d did the rig thing. >> even though he was being held by the terrorist organization, you were willing to make that deal? >> wolf, i know, because youve covered this for years, this war thats been going on now for more than a dozen years, this is not a typical conflict, but we were engaged in an armed conflict. the taliban was the enemy. and they were holding bowe bergdahl, a member of the united states military -- >> let me interrupt you -- >> hold on, wolf, he was a prisoner, ...

Add president who said for eight years consecutively, arm yourself, self defend, create a culture of us against them. i propose a totally different thesis. disarm yourselves. lets all disarm ourselves. >> so petro instituted a trial ban on guns in public places. no weapons allowed on streets of bobata, not in cars, not in bars. it is a bold proposal in a place where guns form the fabric of daily life. >> this this very unique country of latin-america, very few people prefer to this their own sel...

Us to do that, im confident that were going to be able to come up with something that hits that mark. >> all right. thats president obama. like i said, the microphones are set up at the white house. and soon those lawmakers will be behind those microphones commenting on what the president said in that closed door meeting, or at least partially closed door meeting. well bring their remarks to you as soon as they happen. tonight, president obama boards air force one and he travels to russia for ...

Accepting the nobel peace prize in 2009, a controversial decision at the time. considering the united states was engaged in two wars. the libya offensive now puts u.s. armed conflicts with a muslim nation at three. we have andrea mitchell still with us in washington. and joining us now, we have the president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. thanks very much, reverend al, for joining us. >> good morning. >> look at this comment that tavis smily posted on twitter. he said this...

They have a whole workshop area where they have a central fire going where they are making molotov cocktails off of that. like most armed conflicts after awhile, reviewed from a distance. its hard to tell what they are fighting over. 5,000 years of human history. how bizarre this is taking place alongside the great treasures. its being fought with stones and fire. but here we are. >> brian, to be clear, what you said a moment ago when speaking of seeing the gunfire coming from one side, i couldn...

Donald trumps presidency. mr. trump and vladimir putin about to sit down for their first official meeting. at stake, armed conflicts in syria, ukraine, trade in europe and asia, domestic politics and questions about past, present and future espionage. all that in a simple question of whether the two men will get along. they already shared a brief handshake. an arm grab right there. a simple pat on the back. a brief grin. thats on the sidelines of the g20 summit in germany. a short time ago they ...