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Some notion, some impulses, you know, from dald trump during the course of the campaign, nato obsolete, china is ripping us off, china should do more regarding north korea. and i think we can find common ground with russia with regard to syria. >> yeah. >> so tillerson will be pressed to see if he can begin to put, you know, some meat on those threads in terms of what a trump foreign policy will be. you know, tillersons challenge obviously is how much flexibility will a trump transition team, yo...

Because president exercising will and making good on his commitments. i think the tweet was engendered by people in the media, that this dishonest media as donald trump calls them. brian, making suggestion that hes going back on campaign promise. that is not true. he is going to build the wall and mexico is going to pay for it. that hasnt changed. steve: let me ask you a little bit about the process because in the last one hour donald trump has tweeted four times. so far today. when you came in,...

Voter suppression, someone who is going to stand at the side of people who need the defense of the attorney general, and a justice department that works for everyone. im standing here with the president of the alabama state congress of the naacp, members of the branch who are sitting in literally in the office of a son of -- jeff sessions was born in the birthplace of the voting rights act, and he, of all people, of all people, does not acknowledge the reality of voter subpoena press, did not de...

Start, the red line, and then your decision at the very last minute not to use military force, wouldnt it be fair for critics to say this shows inconsistency, perhaps it shows your own ambivalence, and yet you have seen it as one of your best moments. >> ambivalence, absolutely, because its hard. with respect to my red line, we in fact positioned our military to be able to strike assad if he did not give up his chemical weapons. the fact is, he got rid of his chemical weapons in an unprecedented...

Mutual advantage, up until now at least, to have that relationship. for putin its kind of obvious, the oil and gas secretaries which is a vast majority of the import revenue that russia gets and key to the economy has suffered quite a bit. he wants better deals with western companies with lifting of the sanctions with the easing with the pressure that the obama administration has placed on them. for trump, of course, it was a handy way to sort of beat up on the obama and clinton foreign policy o...

Experience and the lessons from the past four years, i have suggested, i believe, and president obama has signed on to and believes in, a path that the parties could take. realistic steps on the ground now, consistent with the parties own prior commitments that will begin the process of separating into two states, a political horizon to work towards, to create the conditions for a successful final status talk, and a basis for negotiations that the parties could accept to demonstrate they are ser...

Suggested, i believe,ç and president obama has signed on to and believes in a path that the parties could take, realistic steps on the ground now, consistent with the partys own prior commitments that will begin the process of separating into two states a political horizon to work towards, to create the conditions for a successful final status talk, and a basis for negotiations that the parties could accept to demonstrate that they are serious about making peace. we can only encourage them to ...

Minute not to use military force, wouldnt it be fair for critics to say this shows inconsistency, perhaps it shows your own ambivalence, and yet you have seen it as one of your best moments. >> ambivalence, absolutely, because its hard. with respect to my red line, we in fact positioned our military to be able to strike assad if he did not give up his chemical weapons. the fact is, he got rid of his chemical weapons in an unprecedented way. >> the world will now expect the assad regime to live u...

Weapons. the fact is, he got rid of his chemical weapons in an unprecedented way. >> the world will now expect the assad regime to live up to its public commitments. >> assads allies in the kremlin helped broker a deal that forced him to give up his chemical weapons stockpile. within a year, syrias declared materials were removed without a shot being fired. but the syrian civil war continued. and extremists gained the upper hand. >> when you have these ungoverned spaces, thats exactly where they...

And one million said i better leave and one against russia who is carbing up the ukraine and what about this organization? how can they exist this tilted against one small nation? >> its one of those institutions like so many that we see anywhere in politics that started out with great intentions and good ideas and people can come together and you need a place to go and talk. but then after a while, special interests take over. it just gets mired in corruption and there are negatives to what the...