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Americans, it is especially something it sort of seems like the russians are sort of egging on the united states or sort of saying yeah, tell us what we cant do. its got to have a huge effect on the foreign policy implications, especially regarding syria. >> it doesnt help matters. and especially since president obama has been so -- i mean, hes been very vocal about his support for lgbt rights in the united states and around the world. remember, former secretary of state hillary clinton gave a f...

Eurozone leaders, also the head of the ecb has been trying to control those yields, michael, has been the role that the ecb has been playing in buying up specialty bonds on the secondary market. we have another rate meeting coming. what are you expecting the head of the ecb to say? >> im expecting him to outline how successful the ltros have been. weve seen in recent data that its been going on overnight deposit for the ecb. it doesnt help matters in europe. what needs to happen, i think, within...

Consequences in terms of who people trust in terms of that information? >> absolutely. i think that the american government and the japanese government should be in synch. it is very scary if youre sitting in tokyo, you understand english, youre watching the american broadcasting, msnbc in your hotel, you may think wait a minute, why are the americans saying this and my own government is saying something quite different. it doesnt help matters. but we see it all the time. we saw it with the flu ...

Government should be in synch. it is very scary if youre sitting in tokyo, you understand english, youre watching the american broadcasting, msnbc in your hotel, you may think wait a minute, why are the americans saying this and my own government is saying something quite different. it doesnt help matters. but we see it all the time. we saw it with the flu pandemic threat two years ago. we see it any time there is a big threat out there that potentially could cross borders, you get different adv...

Recommending larger evacuation than the japanese government, they are giving out different, more dire technical information than the japanese government is, does that have indirect consequences in terms of managing panic, in terms of what counts as trustworthy authority? look at the way we show it. evacuation area, where to stay indoors, and where the u.s. says you should evacuate from. does that have big, broad consequences in terms of who people trust in terms of that information? >> absolutel...

Up. i think the republicans can keep shooting each other. ideally they would like to be talking about other things, but they have their hands full. jon: if you are a small donor and you want to send $100 to the committee and then you find out this money was used at this club, that has a put a damper on peoples enthusiasm. >> it doesnt help matters. but i think people are responding to the national scene more than the rnc. thats why you are seeing an outpouring. if i were harry reid i would be co...

It doesnt help matters. people arent thinking clearly. when people like this man and myself can have a conversation like this, thats what it is. >> i dont look at a statue and say this man -- this man was against slavery, it has less to do with that. he was in his time. >> alex, at this point its mostly winding down. it has the feel almost as a church picnic thats been dissipating and has all but wrapped up. we did see one arrest across the way here. the robert e. lee statue is right there. its ...