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Syria only after a typical weekend morning tweet storm attacking "the washington post" and fraizing fox news. in true trumpian fashion he blamed the crisis hes facing on barack obama. if president obama had crossed his stated red line in the sand the syrian disaster would have ended long ago, exclamation point. animal assad would have been history. joining me now colonel jack jacobs, natasha bertrand and rosa brooks. colonel jack, i will read you the update. hes added to that, many dead inclu...

Where this guys going to be on privatization. but this is a highly political issue and it will be played out in the election. >> the opoid crisis within the va, thats something else we didnt even get a chance to talk about. john, thank you. colonel jack, always great to have you. liz and michael are going to be staying with us. up next, "the new york times" reports that president trumps former lawyer floated the idea of pardoning flynn and manafort. weve got the latest on the russia investigatio...

Reference to those fbi agents, as you pointed out, one reassigned from the mueller probe after it was determined that there had been some disparaging texts sent about president trump in this case the text in question says, this is not an exact quote, but basically potus wants to know everything that we are doing. there you have it. because potus wants to know everything we are doing. yes, i did quote it correctly. and thats potentially an indication, some are saying, that and raises questions ab...

Compete with frances bastille day celebration. president trump apparently enjoyed watching that parade in paris so much last year, he wants one of his own. if not by july fourth, perhaps on veterans day, next november. but that would cost millions to ship in tanks and other weaponry, as well as assemble the troops. to say nothing of the grandstands and all that security. joining me now, nbc white house correspondent kristen welker, and msnbc military analyst colonel jack jacobs, a medal of honor...

That it takes to make a parade okay, is how to parade better. it doesnt do anything at all for the defense of the republic, and is an extremely bad idea. >> and our best research is that it cost $12 million to welcome back those troops after "desert storm." the parade in 2018 could cost as much as $22 million. its awfully hard to guesstimate what that would take. but if the, as you point out, if the lack of time for training, and if the fact that clearly, the military isnt thrilled about this, s...

Its one of the reasons russia is complaining about it. it will change the entire battle on the ground. >> admiral, if we can pick up on that point, where does that leave the united states in term of it vulnerability if were seen as aiding the ukrainians with these anti-russian rebel capabilities, that could be game changers at least on the battle field, is there a place where we could see the russians perhaps counter that with something in syria or block measured well be interest in the pursuing...

Lets remember that ultimately what vladimir putin would like to do in ukraine is connect south eastern ukraine with crimea, the so-called land bridge across. these weapons will prevent an armor assault coming across, and i think colonel jack lays it out just right. the strategy is to prevent the next step in ukraine. its the right move. >> let me turn if i can to north korea. lets talk a little bit about what russia has been saying. obviously they said theyre willing to broker negotiations. we h...

And also here colonel jack jacobs. admiral, if i can begin with you. when you survey the foreign policy of this trump administration, looking at the hot spots, its hard to say there has been a paradigm shift in some of the conflict zones or key issues he promised when he was campaigning. were still trying to negotiate with north korea. weve kept our relationships in the middle east despite the criticism he levelled against the countries. when you survey it, do you see any difference in how were ...

>> and, colonel jack, there was this conceit during the obama administration that the president was too reluctant to talk about terrorism. he was too reluctant to call things what they were. this feels like a terrorism-related event, right, that were getting no information about. its clear were going to get more information. its just dribbling out, little by little. can the administration hide behind the terrorism thing without making the mention of the terrorism thing? >> no. i think eventually...

Have more? >> reporte . >> naveed, what would you want to know? >> ill go back to what the colonel said. this should be a case study of how not to inform the next of kin, how to do things in an undignified manner. thats what i would push back on. >> jack rice, colonel jack jacobs and naveed jamali, thank you. "the new york times" gets dragged for a glowing profile of american nazis. i love you, droolius caesar, but sometimes you stink.