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Area. donald trump is actually going back a couple of thousand years. the chinese thought this was a great idea. >> the great wall of china. a tourist attraction. >> perhaps it was a great idea then. moving forward. but he says he knows war and isis better than the generals. he says he knows technology better than anybody. we are learning that he actually is a know nothing. >> the wheels are coming off the bus. >> he knows absolutely nothing and the wheels are coming off. all hes trying to do is...

Msnbc and co-host of shoi show times "the circus" john heilemann, political analyst susan del percio. president of the council on foreign relations, author of the book, "a world in disarray." richard haase. columnist at the new york post john fedoris. now, chief analyst for nbc news, and msnbc, retired four-star navy admiral james stavrides, and former ambassador to nato. former state department spokesman nicholas burns, joins us, professor of diplomacy at the harvard kennedy school of governmen...

Frustration comes in. because its not really a view of foreign policy that you can understand. its whatever the president is angry about at any moment anywhere else in the news cycle. the other thing that i think is really interesting about this and particularly with the mcconnell reaction is republicans now have no top cover at all. for two years, mattis has been their kind of backstop to say, if you criticized president trump, republicans and the enablers and the media would say mattis, now th...

Republican strategist susan del pierce owe, president of the council on foreign relations richard haus, and capitol hill correspondent casey hunt. also with us professor of international politics at the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university daniel dressner. author of the pook the death of expertise, tom nichols. and bill crystal was the editor at large of the weekly standard. >> looking for a jb now. >> yeah, taking it easy. showing up here on "morning joe." just drifting arou...

Him. and the one that did, senator corker trying to introduce legislation to kind of curb his unilateral trade actions were shot down by members of his own party who were silent and even the senate majority leader who said the corker legislation was an exercise in futility. so yes, if youre trumps political team, this is great news for you. hree journalists who with we pay attention, john heilmann, jonathan lemire, ashley parker, our thanks for tonight. and coming up, why hillary clintons e-mail...

>> john heilmann, veteran journalist and psychology enthusiast, i note the president went after us, nbc and cnn particularly today. and gave us that rare enemy of the people stamp of approval. what is his mindset returning from what he saw as a spectacul with kim jong-un, coming back to what he knows exists. and remember, i keep reminding everyone, he knows what was in his lawyers office. >> yes. well, and i will point out, the one thing most aut that tweet, we were also supposed to be distracti...

To fulfill their role as a check on the executive branch. >> we continue to act here as if all is normal, as if all parties are observing norms. even as the executive branch shatters them. robustly trafficking in conspiracy theories and attacking all institutions that dont pay the president obedience. our justice system, the free press, the list is getting longer. we demearselves and our proper constitutional role when we act like we work for the president, that we are only here to do his biddin...

So yes, if youre trumps til team, this is great news for you. >> three journalists whose work with we pay attention, john heilmann, jonathan lemire, ashley parker, our thanks for tonight. coming uillary clll emerge morrow as a news story all over again. well have that when we come back.

Legislation to kind of curb his unilateral trade actions were shot down by members of his own party who were silent and even the senate majority leader who said the corker legislation was an exercise in futility. so yes, if youre trumps political team, this is great news for you. >> three journalists whose work with we pay attention, john heilmann, jonathan lemire, ashley parker, our thanks for tonight. and coming up, why hillary clintons e-mails will emerge tomorrow as a news story all over aga...

Stuart and john, thank you for joining us. coming up, women were a big part of the wins last night. for democrats. you will meet one of them, ashley bennett, she challenged a local republican for his seat after he mocked the womens march. ashley bennett went after that seat and took it away from him to punish him for mocking the biggest inauguration protest in history. when you have a cold