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live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. breaking right now, an unprecedented move republicans trying to expel three democratic lawmakers in tennessee for protesting gun violence on the state house floor after the nashville shootings. hundreds packing the state house to protest one of the democrats being targeted calls todays vote, quote, morally insane. and court dates are on a collision course with campaign events in 2024 as attorneys for former president donald trump try to de...

Talk a little bit about how this has hung over in many ways the foreign policy of this administration, you heard at least at the beginning, the idea that, frankly, the biden administration inherited from the trump administration the lack of a plan, the lack of a transition, but ultimately, of course, the buck ends in the oval office. >> well, chris, we remember so clearly when ron klain, the former white house chief of staff stepped down from his post just in the last few months. he did say on m...

Economy and we continue to talk about the deliverables that weve done and the things weve executed. 6 million jobs we created. the amount of americans vaccinated. passed the infrastructure bill. it takes time to see for the american people for the american people to see these things come to life. i understand the frustration. inflation doesnt help. its a global force that not only the united states is facing but inflation is happening across the world. look, the buck ends with joe biden and i un...

Or the organization that did, president trump has been going after for months? >> well, thats true. he could say that. but again, this appears to be sort of a shout across the united states bow that this -- the buck ends at the president and shes going to make it eminently clear hes responsible for anything given to u.s. officials. >> to malcolms point, this get your house in order, president trump on that phone call with the president of the philippines saying oh, by the way, weve got some nucl...

Operations officer, and hes also the host of americas declassified that airs this weekend. so mike, if you are tapping personal cell phones of world leaders, im not talking about terrorists, world leaders, our friends, do you think the president should have to sign off on that? >> i think, a, i think we certainly know where the buck ends at this point. i think, and if youre going to do that, if youre going to say the buck stops with me, then its incumbent upon you as an intell intelligent, very ...

It up concerns us all. why not put that on the table, that there could have been many different theories? and the obama administration did corner itself by sticking to one version of events. and thats a problem for everybody now, and its going to come to haunt, i think, hillary clinton in 2016, and its a real tragedy because there are a lot of other issues out there. were getting so caught up in the past -- >> but its going to haunt her, thats a self-fulfilling prophecy. its like saying whitewat...

Decision has to be made by the democratically elected government of israel. that is our duty, that is our right. that right has been recognized by president obama. obama said israel has a right to defend itself against any middle eastern threat. only israel as a sovereign nation can decide how best to defend citizens. >> you are saying that pers has ceremonial role in israel and this does not speak to netanyahu administration. >> the buck ends with the government of israel. that buck is in jerus...