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Jonathan lemire for the associated press. robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post," and moderator of washington week on pbs. and barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. good evening and welcome to you all. robert costa, id like to begin with you with the proviso, the reminder to everybody watching we are seeing exactly one side of these negotiations over a sit-down meeting between the president and mueller. the mueller team doesnt ta...

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This weeks issue of "the new york times" magazine, all 70 pages of it, is devoted to one article, the headline, lose earth. an account of how political leaders were close to stopping climate change 30 years ago but failed. nathaniel rich wrote that story. he joins me now. great to have you with me. let me start by reading one line from the piece. well use that as a spring board. in the decade that ran from 1979 to 1989, we had an excellent opportunity to solve the climate crisis. the worlds majo...

Proliferation. and remember, the state department still regards the iranian regime as the worlds leading state sponsor of terrorism. >> well, thats right. and thats where you see this conflict between trump and pompeo. again, pompeo just gave a very strongly worded speech at the ronald reagan library in california, in which he basically encouraged opponents of the regime to rise up against it. >> sounds like regime change. >> well, thats right. number one. number two, you still have a legally bi...

Use of funds. its in the nda. any use of funds to support joint russian and u.s. military exercises and the ability to undertake a national security waiver if he thinks thats the right idea. does the administration accept the legality and binding nature of that provision of law? >> senator, i -- i think the dod general counsel would be the right person to ask about the nda provision to have to do with complex issues that span the gap between i think what you are getting between deconfliction and...

Mass destruction. the resolutions were passed unanimously and remind binding. we absolutely need every single nation to maintain the enforcement of the sanctions to which every nation is committed. the path ahead is not easy but our hopes for a safer world and a brighter future for north korea endure. the national security strategy calls for peace through strength. president president trumps engagement on nato resulted in greater burden sharing to strengthen the alliance against the myriad and u...

Russian and u.s. military operations and gives the secretary of defense the ability to undertake a national security waiver if he thinks that that is the right idea. does the administration accept the legality and binding nature of that provision of law? >> senator, i think the dod general counsel would be the right one to ask about complex issues that span the gap between i think what youre getting between and coordination. its a complex undertaking. not a waiver that the state department has t...

Use of funds to support joint russia and u.s. military operations and it also gives the secretary of defense the ability to undertake a national security waiver if he thinks thats the right idea. does the administration accept the legality and binding nature of that provision of law? >> senator, i -- i think the d.o.d. general counsel would be the right person to ask about the intricacies of an nda provision that had to do with complex issues that span the gap between i think what youre getting ...

What are they going to do about it? senate voted to limit the tariffs but not binding. require congressional approval. >> when i watch that press conference today, i kept thinking back to two weeks ago where the president came back afterwards and said all of these chr countries are going to be chipping in more. macron from france denied there was any agreement here. it was all a bunch of we are starting a dialogue. trying to change the subject of what happened yesterday. >> more evidence of trum...

The invitation of the president just sends a signal that the president of the united states is going to let putin do this again and again. we need to stand up to what russia did in 2016. doesnt mean we cant work with russia on other issues. but we need to hold russia accountable for the attack on american elections. >> there is a fear for people on both sides of the aisle in congress, from people in different parts of government that the president could have agreed to various things. and now you...