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Hillary clintons e-mails and release those? and at the same time, a key republican members of congress in the most secret committees that were being briefed about russian actions were very resistant to doing anything. were giving counsel to the white house. i think its disingenuous -- >> why is that, david? mitch mcconnell knew about that. why was he counseling in the middle of the election for president obama to do nothing on this? >> joe, in the end, thats a puzzle, and robert mueller is going...

Volatile country at the flash point and almost certainly makes things worse rather than better for all sides. >> david, how is the russian experiment working in syria right now? do they want to stay there indefinitely? would they like to make peace with the united states there and figure out a way to de-escalate? >>o, everything that i can see from conversations both in moscow and then my little holiday in syria last week tells me that the russians are nervous about getting caught, about getting...

Meeting on friday with president putin. >> is this a sign, or should we at all be worried, david, that this is the sort of attitude tone approach hes taking as he goes into these meetings? it doesnt seem to be kind. ill try and be charitable. it doesnt seem very well prepared. >> it is a puzzle why donald trump, every time this subject comes up, looks for in effect, excuses not to blame vladimir putin. thats been consistent now for many months. on this question of why barack obama waited so long...

Your photos from syria from your visit last week, extraordinary that you are still the preeminent columnist reporter, reporter first, perhaps columnist equally second. but at this point, the state department budget calls for wiping out usaid and there say knerr survey coming out showing the usaid workers completely demoralized as a result of what theyre hearing from the new secretary of state. >> i wish that donald trump and rex tillerson could have been with me and with the state department spe...

Course, andrea, what comes out of that meeting, what does president trump offer, what does president putin offer, because we know he is a wily negotiator. >> keir simmons, a lot at stake. we have angela merkel and the whole beginning of the g-20 summit. thank you so much, keir. for more on all of this, washington post columnist david ignacious. lets talk about putin. hes getting a meeting instead of just a pull aside. ukraine is still not resolved hardly. hes been active in controlling the air s...

Address this issue. >> david ignacious i am going to ask you to take it t to -- benjamin netanyahu has questions surrounding him as well, some scandals. >> but benjamin netanyahu has for months facing israeli litigations of various questions of potential corruption and some involving big military contracts that his lawyer said he had been involved in. those are not resolved for the last six months or so. there is a cloud over benjamin netanyahu. it does not seem to be affecting him this visit. h...

Women, and has a history of empowering women and promoting them. and it is what you will hear from her going forward. >> thank you so much to carol lee and david ignacious. hitting a wall, a campaign promise getting put on the back burp burner for now. senator joe manchan joining us next. if you have medicare parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance

One of our strongester allies, angela merkel, he would do things deliberately insulting to reportedly hand her a bill for amounts due like she is a debtor or a deadbeat of some kind. thats the kind of thing you do if you want to directly sabotage an important relationship. i dont see why that would benefit the united states anyway, shape or form. its not just about trust, but it is about whether these actions are damaging our national security. >> joe. >> congressman, obviously, we agree with mo...

>> right. just a few days ago iran torchered the saudi allies. they held them hostage over a year. not only that but theyve taken two more americans hostage. theres been an unending series of provocations since the nuclear deal was signed last july and an example of how iran holds president obama and the united states hostage to his desire to preserve the nuclear deal. >> lets go to david in washington. david. >> thank you, senator for pe speaking out on behalf of our reporter who is held in a r...

On the move. would you be recommending that today. >> david, the news reports theyve seen have been released which is a good thing but theres many unknown details about how they became to be seized. irans semiofficial state news agency showed video tape of equipment being seized. we needed to hear from them about exactly what happened before we reach conclusions. >> lets go to bloombergs al hunt in washington. al. >> what did you think of nicki hay lees response last night? >> al, i confess ive ...