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Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Hes absolutely right about that. Nobody can be sure of anything. None of us can be sure of what to believe as of now, but how strange is it that that was Rudy Giulianis answer to this question. The meeting with the russians, how can you be sure if the president didnt know beforehand. Rudy giulianis answer to th...

Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Beforehand. Rudy giulianis answer to that was, nobody can be sure of anything. With Defense Lawyers like that, who needs prosecutors . So why Hasnt Donald Trump replaced his weak, Tv Defense Lawyer who is doing a terrible job of defending donald trump . Well, there are a few real possibilities and rational possibilities for that. One is that donald trump doesnt know what good lawyering looks like and so...

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Humiliation that he felt at the time of the breakup of the soviet union. so he is trying to reverse history to replace the modern world with something in the past. kind of grotesque distortion of nostalgia. but the second part of your question, can he do snit one of the reasons so few people in russia believed this would happen is that he doesnt have the troops to hold ukraine. he doesnt have an occupying force. and one of the fears that people have is that since he cant occupy it, he will destr...

Decree came korea. i would like to bring in michael mcphaul. good morning. what would be the significance of president trump crossing into north korea? >> well, he would be the first president ever to do it. i think he likes the optics of that. he likes to be the first to do things. it would be just optical, right? it would not be about policy. that underscores the fundamental flaws so far with his strategy toward north korea. weve had photo-ops, unprecedented summits where they met. this would ...

Conditions? have there been any discussions? >> i will meet with anybody. >> do you have any preconditions for that meeting? >> no. if they want to meet ill meet. any time they want. any time they want. it is good for the country, good for them, good for us and us an for the world. no preconditions. if they want to meet ill meet. >> joining our discussion now michael mcphaul. your reaction to the presidents willingness to meet with anybody including anybody in iran. >> incredible. what can i say...

You willing to meet with the iran president and under what conditions? have there been any discussions? >> i will meet with anybody. >> do you have any preconditions for that meeting? >> no. if they want to meet ill meet. any time they want. any time they want. it is good for the country, good for them, good for us and good for the world. no preconditions. if they want to meet, ill meet. >> joining our discussion now michael mcphaul. your reaction to the presidents willingness to meet with anybo...

Erin, i support that. i dont take it lightly. i dont think it needs to be a spectacle. i think the intelligence community could bring her in, in a closed session. you have a prior for this president in that he, in the past with russians, by himself, gave them, divulged national security information. now you have this concerning report that the president discussed with vladimir putin the possibility of turning over an innocent u.s. ambassador to be questioned by the russians. theres many reasons ...

Americans that they really dont like, bill browder and, as you pointed out, ambassador mcphaul. >> russians are the suspect in this attack, with a lot of good evidence. theres no reason we would open up our evidence files, send our investigators over there to let them review that. that would be like a victim allowing the burglar to set up the home security system. thats ridiculous. and also again this is just what about-ism by vladimir putin to try to turn the tables and make this good deal make...

Ambassador mcphaul, always good to see you. how do you read these mixed signals? >> i think the trump administration has one policy toward russia and president trump has a different policy toward russia. they are pushing back. they are responding to russian aggressive behavior and basically doing what the obama administration did, by the way. theres a lot of continuity in terms of actual policy. the president himself doesnt want to criticize putin. he has a theory that if he could just get toget...