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America wants. thats a food reason for us to be out of it. because we cant back a military that is shooting people in the streets. but the brotherhood is not promoting democratic values either. it is really bad situation. alisyn: so what can the u.s. do? you say we should stay out of it. really? just sit on our hand? is that what we do as we watch 600 people now be killed? >> what we first have to do is recognize we have no leverage the administration talks as if we control events but we obvious...

Again. its going to be very, very difficult. >> its going to be worse before it gets worse and in large part its our own illusions that have conditioned us to believe in hollywood endings. when this started in the spring of 2011, the notion that the arab spring would somehow perceive in even fits and starts toward a quicker transition to democratic life was an illusion because the basic requirements for democracy, strong leaders who believe in a national vision, a mechanism to basically debate w...

Obama cancelled a meeting with putin earlier this week. he also made it clear he want to continue to do business with russia. take a look at what the president said. >> i know the press likes to focus on body language and hes got that kind of slouch, looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom. but the truth is, is that when were in conversations together, often times it is very productive. >> senator, is the relationship productive? is canceling the summit enough or should we get to...

Are can dad, they are blunt. oftentimes, they are constructive. i know the press likes to focus on body language and he has got that kind of slouch looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom. but the truth is that when we are in conversations together, oftentimes, its very productive. >> the president comparing him to a kid in the back of a classroom, i think, is very indicative of the presidents lack of appreciation of who vladimir putin is. he is an old kgb colonel that has no ill...

Obama cancelled a meeting with putin earlier this week. he also made it clear he want to continue to do business with russia. take a look at what the president said. >> i know the press likes to focus on body language and hes got that kind of slouch looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom. but the truth is is that when were in conversations together, often times it is very productive. >> senator, is the relationship productive? is canceling the summit enough or should we get toug...

There were very few illusions about richard nixon, i think, among the senior staff particularly as we got into things. a good deal of kind of dry humor about his mannerisms and foibles and prejudices. but nevertheless, you work for the president of the united states. hes the only president around. you-all elected him. we all worked for him and its up to us to make it work. >> it was a very unnatural kind of life and you had the feeling you were in the middle of a great big, brilliantly lighted, ...

The streets to hook up with. and then i would play them to get some money. >> then what? >> i would continue to get money. >> then she would have them fired. >> devon believes the officers she seduced deserved their punishment. >> i have no remorse when it comes to that. i feel as though its some type of perverted injustice when you get a free lick off an inmate and have access to the free world. yeah. i have gotten a lot of money that way. yeah. but i have kind of cut that out in this relations...

Country and face the -- >> will be in russia at least a year. there is a year of leeway to get snowden back to the u.s., to face what he will -- kelly: exactly. >> there are a whole range of issues we have to deal with russia. the president early on tried to extend an olive branch. he called it a reset with russia. remember, kelly, the cold war never ended. the russians are working behind the scenes with iran on their nuclear program. with syria, along with iran the prime sponsors of assad regim...

Heres a administration thats pulling back, thats timid. >> our attempt to placate parts of the world, reset, whether its russia or somewhere else, are clearly not working, and the perception of weakness in this administration is encouraging this kind of behavior. >> the weakness we have displayed around the world, particularly after the september 11th, 2012, killing of our ambassador in benghazi, without any retaliation, nearly 11 months later, so the administrations world view has been in effec...

Happened, we havent seen anything from this administration really go after the people who were responsible or the network behind it. and im sure if youre looking at it from a terrorist perspective, you say, well, heres a administration thats pulling back, thats timid. >> our attempt to placate parts of the world, reset, whether its russia or somewhere else, are clearly not working, and the perception of weakness in this administration is encouraging this kind of behavior. >> the weakness we have...