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Self-entitlement, of being able to lash out at will, be able to ignore the facts and the law. making a statement in that letter regarding the crown prince that he may or may not have ordered the killing, what does it mean? that is a stunning sort of statement by a president of the united states that the reality is unimportant if a leader of a foreign country orders an assassination? thats the type of behavior that people are becoming more and more uncomfortable with. >> senator jack reed of rhod...

North lawn. do not miss that in nine minutes on "americas newsroom." >> sandra: what a day, what a week. a lot going on. meanwhile, the first ever state visit hosted by president trump is about to conclude. we expect macron will make his case for keeping troops in syria and staying in the iran nuclear deal at laoeflt for -- least for now. >> president trump: if iran -- >> bill: calling out tehran. is the nuclear deal about to change? senator john barrasso is here to answer that question live nex...

An msnbc contributor. thanks for being here. a lot of folks will say that frances president is trying to manipulate the president, trying to play the long game, by being very chummy, in a way that angela merkel cannot or teresa may cannot, but if he walks away leaving with nothing, does it show, one, that the president is just stone minded and is not going to move on these issues? or that ultimately that he just doesnt have any real influence? >> i think were about to find out over the next coup...

Interests in afghanistan has been defined is that afghanistan should never be used again as a place, a safe haven from which terrorists can plot international attacks. you cannot say that our 14 years in afghanistan have ensured that in some ongoing way if we left. if thats the interest weve got to secure, then maybe well have to be there forever in order to secure that interest. its very hard once you say thats what were doing there. >> when you look though at the cost in afghanistan, i mean $6...

>> i think the hope is, definitely, that the russians get themselves into some kind of quagmire, learn their lesson, and pull back. but the problem is, theres going to be so much wreckage in the meantime, that the country is going to be in a worse situation and more refugees. and as was mentioned, the saudis. theyre apoplectic about this, that we are going off the russian state, theyre going after theest are. o opposition, and they are dumping into all islamic groups there. so the tension is goi...

>> we were encouraged by the work that the prime minister maliki has done in the past to ensure that all people inside of iraq sunni, shiite and kurd feel they have a voice in their government. >> reporter: last week, maliki was still preaching unity. >> translator: we must stand as one united front. our insistence and will must never waiver when it comes to expelling criminals. >> reporter: yet it was maliki who may have prevented the united states from keeping troops in iraq to help build a tr...

Lets move on to after more than a decade of war president obama is preparing to make a very important speech outlining a new approach on foreign policy. hes come under fire for perceived passive approach from critics called as passive approach in dealing with international dilemmas, russia, syria, the global terror threat. hes making the address during west points graduation ceremony this morning. he outlined plans for a major drawdown of troops in afghanistan. cnns michelle kosinski has this. >...

Syria with the arms that they are providing with the soldiers that are fighting for them with their armies? thats not true. >> let me bring us a little bit broader, danielle and van talked a little bit about the obama doctrine. id like to know what that is. because, as i see it, weve sent a lot of mixed messages here. weve stayed out of syria, but we went into libya, we even had boots on the ground in uganda. we trust people like putin, assad and rouhani but we withdraw troop and send in drones....

Security, and medicare. the two most successful anti-poverty programs in history. at a time when people say we have too much inequality, the notion you would increase in equality is nuts, and further -- look, i had some unhappiness when i read about chuck hagels remarks from 14 years ago, which i didnt remember, but now the question is hes a man who is going to help us withdraw from afghanistan and reduce the military. im very encouraged by that. my one criticism of the president was he wasnt go...

Prepared having just done what i have done to do this. its not that id be the best interim senator ever. just that in these particular circumstances with very complex issues as kind of a continuation, im there, and i believe its very important for us to go after them, for example, on this phony, irresponsible issue on the debt limit and do defense, social security, and medicare. the two most successful anti-poverty programs in history. at a time when people say we have too much inequality, the n...