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These things are insurance. we have been insuring the stability of korean peninsula since 1954 when the cease fire went into effect. if end that yarks thats great. ill never take that away from anybody, but right now the president has to understand that what hes done is he has disarmed us. and if these exercises actually do stop, we will immediately degrade our ability to defend all of our interest in asia, not just the korean peninsula. >> malcolm, thank you for your analysis. we have much more...

Transactional way of doing business with people. we do not do business with murderous dictators as the united states on an off the cuff basis. this was almost the equivalent of chamberlain going to germany in 1939 and saying hitler is a great guy. he sat around. maybe we should keep doing wiz with him. kim jong-un is going to keep those nuclear weapons. this whole thing is going to fall apart, because if he doesnt, kim jong-un could end up dead or even worse, his own regime could kill him and th...

Indicate to you whether or not theres a real bond here or whether, in fact, theres been some division on the policy in syria and others? because as malcolm just said, if you have rex tillerson saying no engage, now nikki haley bringing up regime change, what about this trip will bring clarity? what do you as a member of the foreign affairs committee going to be looking for to gain collar thety? >> im not sure that well get much clarity from rex tillersons trip over there just because kind of wha...

To do whatever is in the best interest of donald trump at all times, and consistency be damned. its not beyond trump for rex tillerson to go to russia this week. perhaps he will, and i hope he will, say the right things, especially as it comes to not just syria but when it comes to standing by our nato allies such as ukraine and our other european allies. at the same time, rex tillerson could then come back to the u.s. and donald trump say something that completely contradicts exactly what the s...

In st. petersburg while hes there, its almost like giving him a hammer, right? it allows -- it gives the publicity but for the chechnyan and dagestan and russian state supporters its almost like asking russia to come after them everything they have. >> it puts into context what dangerous times were living in. malcolm, thank you so much. carlo, be safe in moscow. we have to take a turn and take you to home, a news here. its a showdown of course of epic proportions and it could forever change the ...

Still very unclear and no conclusions from russia yet. >> carlo, stay with me. i want to bring in malcolm nants. saying theyre considering all causes including terrorism. st. petersburg is putins hometown. based on what you know and i realize its very limited, does this look like terrorism to you? >> well, it certainly has the initial hallmarks of terrorism. you have to understand russia has actually gone through a series of subway attacks. back in 2010 there was an attack on the moscow subway w...

Sit up and listen to a strong leader. minutes after saying he wanted the american people to sit up in attention, like they do in north korea, here is how the president tried to clarify his comments. >> reporter: what did you mean when you said you wished americans would sit up at attention? >> im kidding. you dont understand sarcasm. >> oh, it was all a joke. okay. well, then its okay. jeff bennett is live at the white house. also with us is msnbc terrorism analyst malcolm nants. malcolm, youre ...

Did and calling president obama weak. the its astounding>> not only was senator mcconnell opposed to it. donald trump was opposed to president obama doing exactly what donald trump did as president. but let me ask you this, malcolm, touching on what the congressman said. i saw a front page story in the new york times this morning. that the trump doctrine may be no doctrine. i mean, when the congressman said, it runs contrary to whatvenwhat even a lot of people were expecting saying. its appearin...

>> and here is the president two days later on thursday. >> tonight i call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in syria. and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types. >> so, okay. we figured there must be some politics behind this syria strike. lets ask brendan boil, a democrat from pennsylvania. he sits on the foreign affairs committee and our analyst, malcolm nants. let me go to the congressman second, but let me ask you, malcolm, we hear a...