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Theres an old saying that divisions end at the waters edge. id like to believe that that can happen again, that we can all work together. >> shannon: he got a question. if you saw the presser before the speech, he got a question about this issue of the media and his constant jousting with them. >> what cnn did was unfortunate for them. as you know now they have some pretty serious problems. they have been fake news for a long time. i think theyve hurt themselves very badly. very, very badly. and...

People trust the media more? do they trust president trump more? for his base, this is a fight they like him to engage in. >> it is a fight his base like. there have been places where the media has been just plain wrong. but when youre overseas dealing with threats to the united states like that which north korea has presented with their launching of an icbm, just duck the question, turn things back to the challenges we face with russia and china basically pronouncing moral equivalents between n...

Skeptics who dont have as much adulation to the president. heres some of the head lines. trump heads to g-20 summit on a collision course. faces uncomfortable conversations with world leaders at summit. as u.s. retires from world leadership, china and germany step up. others about his ruined credibility. listen, there are a lot of people who are taking this battle over trump overseas. >> well, and, look. it is inevitable given the fights that quite clearly outlined that there are going to be cri...

Mike lee, because they do not think it does enough to repeal obamacare. they are at a crossroads. we will see where mitch mcconnell want to compromise. does he go at that moderates or the conservatives? usually, the moderates go towards conservative plan, but we do not know. >> leland: >> molly: they did mo defund it, and he did not sign it, but in essence, the repeal would be the easier part. the part apart would be replacing it. ned, what you think? everything is pushing off? >> and fact they ...

Greem and moscow andtairn that any action will have profound consequences. instead for several hours we had profound confusion in this yes. >> ned price aband rick thank you for joining us appreciate it. >> coming up a surgeon gets tonights last word on the republican health care bill. ♪ music

Committee were caught off guard. that is important not just for professional courtesy that these people be brought into the process. but when it comes to the kpt of defense and state they need to around the table formulating the strategy, a stand alone statement does not a strategy make. and it leads to serious questions the fact that so many people were in the dark about whether this is nested within a broader strategy. it also undermines the credibility of a statement like this. a statement li...

Administration after invading iraq when their popularity was so low. the thing thats disturbing about this is not his personal popularity but the fact it undermines the world base order that we tried to establish since world war ii. it makes people question our values, it makes them question when we talk about those kinds of things, and that, i think, will take years and years to get back. >> ned, i want to bring into this frame this story that broke last night at 10:00 p.m. when the white house...

And back with us, richard stengel, also an nbc political analyst. rick, so russia sees donald trump the way he wishes the united states would. >> what a surprise. in fact, donald trump has achieved, after a hundred-some-odd days where george bush took eight years to get to the end of his administration after invading iraq when their popularity was so low. the thing thats disturbing about this is not his personal popularity but the fact it undermines the world base order that we tried to establis...

The shootdown of the syrian fighter jet was another example. shooting down iranian drones that have been threatening to u.s. interests and our allies on the ground has also been a message. so i think this is part of a tableau of measures taken by the trump administration to demonstrate that were willing to use force. and i think ned is right. you have to have a -- what is next strategy. i think one of the challenges in 2012 with the obama administration statement was what happens if they use the...

Something along the lines where russia will be held accountable for the acts of the assad regime. it is clear they havent spelled it out. i think thats going to raise even more questions both for allies and for adversaries in this context. >> we have to leave it there. but, ned, i have to say that having covered so much of what happened in 2012 and 2013, that the obama administrations process, their red line didnt cover them with glory and a lot of questions were raised as to whether that was a ...