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They were looking for any information. it is of concern security wise. >> right, and my sense talking to people at the white house that they hadnt heard about it. im sure they have now. this is not something on the houses radar. there is a personnel concern. this program was created to help the department of defense fill positions they had trouble filling with people who speak a language like mandarin or arabic that they have trouble finding u.s. citizens who speak that language or who have the ...

That is how cia director mike pompeo was describing u.s.-russian relations. pompeo was speaking yesterday. he expressed hope for improved relations with moscow, but also saying that russia continues to be a thorn in our side here at home and in syria. >> they love warm water naval port on the logistics to americ america. im sort of kidding, but i think they find any place that they can make our lives more difficult and they find it something thats useful to them. from an intelligence perspective...

If you repeal it something has to go in its place. >> par of the problem is the president has always been unaware and unwilling to understand the details of how this works. what hes describing is essentially impossible. youd through 20 million people off obamacare, its not clear what theyd do or insurance company wills do or whether medicaid is expanding or not. i think the president he thought he was going to be which is the person bo he saw on president. the president, the guy that meets with ...

It seems like a pretty curious thing that we are to ask questions about. is not just a trump. if the foreign adversary appeared in general elections that is a national security issue. it something that is still unclear. hopefully we will get more clarity going forward. what do you make of the fact that the president president just returned from overseas. do you think the russia stuff is drowning out that president trump is trumpeting u.s. interests abroad. what do you make of this. protecting ou...

Those discussions with those senators are on the wing as you mention, senator paul looking at may be taking two separate approaches, may be bringing those back together. we talked about that yesterday. i was on the phone last night at 11:00 with another senator looking at some of the issues. this is not about me negotiating, its just about trying to help them understand where the house is. we believe we can get it done. weve got to make sure that we drive premiums down, protect those pre-existin...

Exists outside that west wing ecosystem, putting so much pressure on them right now? >> sure. well, first to be clear it wasnt actually us calling it a category 5 hurricane. that was a close republican ally of the white house calling it a category 5 hurricane and someone else compared it to house of cards on netflix. i think what the white house is feeling is a tremendous sense of frustration basically and even the people -- some people say this is a real issue. you cant argue with the facts. ma...

To take him out, you have to make sure that it something that will stabilize the region, the people will be accepting of, while at the same time pursuing the parallel path of the economic sanctions and putting pressure. we need to put pressure on europe as well. they cant be doing any business with them, because if you sit there at the table with kim jong-un and you placate, then you are looking at two very disastrous results. youre looking at a nuclear iran, thanks to the pastor administration,...

Make sure that it something that will stabilize the region, the people will be accepting of, while at the same time pursuingi the parallel path of the economic sanctions and putting pressure.. we need to put pressure on europe as well. they cant be doing any business with them, because if you sit there at the table with kim jong-un and you placate, then you are looking at two very disastrous results. youre looking at a nuclear iran, thanks to the pastor administration, and you are looking at nuc...

Buy into because its simply leaves the whole chess board as it is and the u.s. would like to see the removal of any threat from north korea in terms of missiles that could reach the u.s. mainland and the nuclear tests. >> keir, thanks for that. i want to bring in msnbc contributor and editor at large for the atlantic, steve clemons. so big picture from your perspective, steve, youve been following this stuff literally for decades. whats at stake here? >> i think right now whats at stake is how o...

Being here. when you see these big speeches, the huge outpouring on the campaign trail, is it really as simple as him understanding something and tapping into a? >> certainly i think, the reason he does understand is his own life experience in new york. he wanted to be in that club, or he disdained to the people who disdained him for not playing the game they wanted him to. that certainly is a court he struck with a lot of his supporters who felt left behind or ignored or whose concerns of the e...