world and how about bandwidth we have and as well as the resources we can bring and vulnerability to what goes on in the world. i actually think it s important to break down the barriers because a lot doesn t stop at the border in either direction. certainly the russians seem to think that when they were attempting to meddle in the u.s. election in part by inciting political division here at home. richard haass, msnbc contributor, thanks. also the author of a world in disarray. coming up, we have the jfk files in just three days, thousands of documents on his assassination will be released for first time. i m going to talk with my colleague and jfk expert, resident here at msnbc, hardball host chris matthews. in fighting in the gop, we ll break down the latest on president trump and the establishment. we ll be right back.
the problem they have this morning. last week they tried to frame it around the congresswoman. this weekend the president tried to frame it around the congresswoman. then the widowically endorsing and the president taking the bait in a tweet changes it somewhat. if you remember what general kelly said at the briefing on thursday, it was about respecting the families of these fallen soldiers and so just is not consistent to have a war of words with a mourning pregnant widow. thank you both so much for taking the time to talk to us about this today. i want to get to richard haas joining me from new york city. president of the council on foreign relations and msnbc contributor and the author of a world in disarray. i highly recommend it if you hadn t already picked it up. thank you so much for being here. i really appreciate you taking
the president s trip to that region just weeks away. it was when tillerson was coming back, as you know, the president really undercut the secretary of state saying, in effect, stop wasting your time. indeed. thank you for this breaking news, glenn thrush and peter alexander. he s the author of a world in disarray. so well named, so impressioned. your book holds up day by day, richard haas. alas. let s talk about the iran deal, first of all. what i ve been told today and it s now being reported elsewhere as well, if this holds, and the president can change his mind, he s not going to certify that iran is complying with the spirit of the deal. the cia, i understand, does say iran is complying with the letter of the iran deal and he ll kick it to congress to see whether they can impose new
your makeup artist has family and friends there. and he s just, you know we re praying. he can t believe how bad it is and, yeah, a lot of praying. walt ait and see, and hope a pray. bill karins, thank you. we ll check in with you all morning long as this hurricane passes through. david ignatius and mark halperin are still with us. from the author of the book world in disarray, and elizabeth joins us. ongoing crisis with north korea, president trump held nothing back. now north korea s reckless pursuit of ballistic missiles threatens the entire world with unthinkable loss of human life. no nation on earth has an interest in seeing this band of
tone today when he held that first meeting which focused on ways in which he wants to see the united nations change and reform. he said that this is an organization that has great potential but that has not lived up to its great potential. he called on a number of world leaders to try to cut through the bureaucracy and the mismanagement to really try to live up to the high ideals of the united nations. so expect that to all be on display. of course, he has critical meetings later on today with the leaders of israel and france when all of it will be on the table, andrea. thanks so much to kristen welker powering through that and those dump trucks you see behind kristin. that s all for security around trump tower. this place is in lockdown. richard haass is the president of the council on foreign relations and the author of a world in disarray, american foreign policy and the crisis of the old order. and joins me now. i know you wrote that book awhile ago, maybe a year ago. boy was it