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Pacific. Im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. Thank you for joining us. Right to the breaking news at the United Nations this morning, President Biden is about to address the general assembly for the final time as this Countrys Commander in chief. His address comes amid global turmoil with War still raging in ukraine. And conflict escalating in the Middle East. Israel ratcheting up its attacks against hezbollah over the last few days, killing more than 500 in a series of deadly Air Strikes wi...

Democratic ukraine today. but before that, there was this liberal international, they were all united. i would hope that this horrible heinous war in ukraine will finally break it up but so far, mr. trump has decided to stick with mr. putin. >> peter, i was struck by jonathan -- point today in new york magazine. that if donald trump had won this election, its entirely possible that president lewinsky would be dead tonight. what might you imagine the situation in ukraine being tonight if joe bide...

Locked and loaded is a broad term that, quote, talks about the realities that were all far safer and more secure domestically from energy independence. >> he could have said locked and loaded actually means peanut butter and jelly. thats just -- you know, i think one thing we know about trump, hes risk averse in the sense of using military force. generally a good thing. but i think again, go to 30,000 feet, because the parallels to china where ive just come from and iran situation are similar. i...

Know about trump, hes risk-averse in the sense of using military force. generally a good thing. but i think, again, go to 30,000 feet because the parallels between china and this iran situation are similar. in both cases theyve created enormous leverage, but its never clear to me trump can actually close, close a deal with them ultimately, because closing a deal requires compromising. and compromising means saying to your base, im not going to actually get everything. well, every time weve seen ...

That this was a very, very big problem, the biggest yet. i know that he was hearing, watching some of his friends on television and taking that into account. it is one thing to pick up the phone, another thing to watch people he respects giving him messages. >> making a good point. rod rosenstein, yesterday newt gingrich, supporter of the president, former house speaker said what the president did with putin, the most serious mistake of his presidency and must be corrected immediately. the presi...

All this now? >> well, people expected there would be a learning curve when donald trump came into office, and perhaps some of his more simplistic ideas would start to be shaded with more nuance. we havent seen that. were seeing more of donald trump today on the world stage, an event designed to strengthen our national security. you see him playing to the domestic audience as kori pointed out. this dream of 4%, an increase at 4%, its really the foreign policy equivalent of getting mexico to pay ...

Normally you read about history in your high school or college textbook. no. we now have the experience of living in it. what were seeing is history unfold, the daily bringing about of what people described, as the postamerican world. voluntarily giving up our position of advantage, supremacy, creating a level playing field where everybody essentially decides what deals they are going to make. either they have to defer to more powerful countries like a china or a russia, rather than being able t...

Thought that i saw liberal talk show hosts are already out saying, well, this is just like the movie wag the dog. and hes trying to distract from the comey interview. but i think that pictures coming out of syria were so horrific, the children, victims of chemical weapons attacks, its just i dont want to say tugs at the heartstrings, but certainly its an emotional motivator for anyone, i think. leland: the emotion is unmistakable, but is emotion the way to make these serious foreign policy decis...

Foreign policy portfolio. the big challenge, and i think what he will have to decide in terms of future here, what kind of juice does he have left with foreign governments? when hes meeting with foreign leaders and he says this is the position of the united states government, do they believe him anymore? and frankly, talking to diplomats around town, they dont always believe him. >> i want to pick up on exactly that point with you, tom, because whether tillerson stays or not, you would think tha...

Foreign policy portfolio. the big challenge, and i think what he will have to decide in terms of future here, what kind of juice does he have left with foreign governments? when hes meeting with foreign leaders and he says this is the position of the united states government, do they believe him anymore? and frankly, talking to diplomats around town, they dont always believe him. >> i want to pick up on exactly that point with you, tom, because whether tillerson stays or not, you would think tha...