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>> all right. with that, we have to leave it there. thank you very much for coming to "the sunday show." coming up, my guests sound off. but, first, a special programming note. >> im coming to you from the ground floor corridor of the white house. illuminated in the rainbow colors of lgbtq plus pride month. first ever display here in the white house but also im here to tell you that on june 27th, at 10:00 p.m., well have an hour long special in prime time focussing on the many lgbtq plus officia...

Have real trouble. if america by contrast can get the europeans back on side with us by getting rid of these silly trade disputes and focussing on the big challenge of building our strengths, vis-a-vis china, and confronting china with universal values, not just a particular american interest, were in a much stronger position. when you think about it, anderson, what is our advantage in the world? our advantage in the world is that we have immigration. we can attract the best and know energetic m...

Obsession with that one region and that one region is the middle east. instead of doing the pivot to asia, instead of focussing on india and instead of focussing on other areas of world, i wonder as we sit here and obsess as we have not only over this past week but over the past five years, over a country with, again, gdp of $1.4 trillion a year compared to the wests $40 trillion a year. whether we are once again obsessing on the wrong country or the wrong region when obviously the great geopoli...

Follow the science of early childhood and started focussing on the things that would make the biggest difference for children and those who guide them. we could transform the prospects of an entire generation. this is an agenda that we should unite us all. so, clearly this is an important moment for the two of them to take their shared strength and put it forward. you know, they had a round table discussion yesterday with childhood experts that really talked about and by the time kids get to dr....

Is trying to do the right thing, and behave appropriately?— behave appropriately? you knowl would like to _ behave appropriately? you knowl would like to address _ behave appropriately? you knowl would like to address all - behave appropriately? you knowl would like to address all young i would like to address all young people, ratherthan would like to address all young people, rather than focussing on one gender, because i do believe it is everyones responsibility to, so boys and girls, men a...

Country that are trying to pass laws to restrict the americans right to vote. that is anti democratic. >> how do you think all of this january 6th and what were seeing now has affected how he is approaching his post presidency? what is it compared to what he thought it would be? >> thats a very good question. i didnt think he would have to -- im sure he didnt think he would have to be speaking out regularly in defense of our democracy. he thought those guard rails would hold. that doesnt mean yo...

On board. >> kimberly, while i have you, we talked a little bit earlier in the show about kamala harris and her interview with our lester holt here at nbc where she wasnt quite ready to talk about whether she was going to visit the border instead bringing up europe. bringing up europe. and shes come in, of course, for much criticism from republicans for that. how much of a problem for her do you think those remarks were? this is a very tough assignment to have gotten from the biden administratio...

Making sure that this was a more manageable situation or was she going to be focussed more on the root causes of migration that were actually driving people to the border in the first instance. well, republicans kind of seized on that confusion. and they made it seem as though vice president harris was going to be the new border czar. she was going to be responsible and be the envoy to the border and be responsible for all the problems that arise there. and so when her team kind of saw this bein...

Hello and welcome. japanese tennis star and world numbertwo — noami osaka — has withdrawn from the french open. the player has been in the spotlight for days after her decision to boycott post—match media duties at the grand slam tournament. she has released a statement on twitter saying "i think now the best thing for the tournament, other players and my wellbeing is that i withdraw so that everyone can get back to focussing on the tennis." courtney bembridge has the latest. after five da...

Story making global news tonight. the young tennis great, four-time grand slam winner naomi osaka has withdrawn from the french open. the 23-year-old has revealed she suffered bouts of depression and anxiety since 2018. several athletes have already come out in public support with martina navratilova for one saying today, good luck, naomi. we are all pulling for you. we get the story tonight from nbc news correspondent kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: it was not the finish anyone expected for naom...