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Credit for a bombing that killed a u.s. soldier. jessica levinson joins me, now, from los angeles. always great to have you with us. >> good to be with you. >> president trump just canceled a secret meeting at camp david with taliban leaders after they claim eed responsibility for a bombing that killed a u.s. soldier. many republicans are asking why taliban leaders were ever scheduled to meet on u.s. soil, just days before the 9/11 anniversary, especially when they reiterated their support for...

Responsibility for a bombing that killed a u.s. soldier. now, critics, many of them republicans, are asking why taliban leaders were ever scheduled to meet on u.s. soil just days before the 9/11 anniversary, particularly when they recently released a video reiterating their support for the 9/11 attack on this country. what was the president thinking? >> well, i think the president was thinking that he is a master deal maker and that he could make a deal with the taliban. he was thinking he could...

Allies no,w presents a problem. many said to not trust and frankly not like this president. and it will all go back to the move he made against the advice of allies and those who knew better -- dont get out of the iran deal without a plan "b." a promise of a self-proclaimed master dealmaker has utterly failed to even get started. god forbid the situation moves beyond saber rattling. i dont know why anybody would want to see that. i dont get why his friends on fox are screaming for him to muscle ...

About. everyone says we need an international response. the team that did the iran deal was basically spat on by this president and his harshness with allies now presents a problem. many said to not trust and frankly not like this president. and it will all go back to the move he made against the advice of allies and those who knew better -- dont get out of the iran deal without a plan "b." a promise of a self-proclaimed master deal maker has utterly failed to even get started. god forbid the si...

Overall debt in american history. this is -- hes not just doing worse than barack obama, hes doing worse than every american president and hes actually screwing up the -- a border situation that barack obamas administration improved markedly and they did so while being humanitarian about it. >> first of all, joe, its great to have you back with us at the table. thinking about you all week. but to your point, all three of these areas that you just laid out, north korea, trade and the border, spea...

Than every american president and hes actually screwing up a border situation that barack obamas administration improved markedly and they did so while being humanitarian about it. >> first of all, joe, its great to have you back with us at the table. thinking about you all week. to your points, all three of these areas, north korea, afraid and the border speak to donald trumps "art of the deal" falling apart. he sold himself as the master negotiator, master deal maker. he said were going to sto...

Election here to determine who wins this seat. and then and only then would we be able to say from every election all seats have been settled and then and only then will we be able to tell you what the number of all time will be of what democrats picked up in the 2018 election. north carolinas 9th district, the gift to keep on giving to political reporters. up next, donald trump said he is a master deal maker, and theres no reporting of the advisers being worried he might get outfoxed next wee...

You get an actual special election there determine who wins this seat. and then and only then would we be able to say all seats have been settles and then and only then will we be able to tell you what the number all of time will be what the democrats picked up. north carolinas ninth district. up next, donald trump has said hes a master deal maker and theres new reporting of some of the presidents own advisors being worried about being out foxed against kim jong-un. was ahead of its time. still,...

American public as a master dealmaker. joining me now is msnbc contributor tim obrien. he wrote a biographical book about trump in 2005 and sued by the president over that, but with a welcome back to the broadcast. what did you make of the presidents rose garden speech? >> i think it was classic trump. i dont think anybody should be surprised that he is trying to find paths around congressional legislation and trying to spin this as a victory because ultimately, i dont think his goal is to apiec...

Do that again? shut it down? the pressure would be on that he couldnt cave a second time. >> two things. one is his personal desire to not lose, even though we have frankly seen him lose in this case, but he could make the battle or he could make the argument that i lost the battle but im going to win the war and therefore were shutting down the government again. really to see how far nancy pelosi will go and see if she will blink. the other reason is this is popular with his base. and that is a...