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Not nodding and not sitting there crafting any sort of policy response. the cybersecurity is not a punishment statgy. it doesnt prevent actors from doing certain behavior over and over again. it seems like a pretty soft response and a working group of nonsense and whats going around on twitter right now, its like forming, again, a group with assad about chemical weapons use. >> malcolm, real quick. did you want to squeeze in there? fast. >> its funny. i go to the spy museum in washington, d.c., ...

But hes going to like me. heres president trump. >> he hates obama. doesnt hate us. i think he liked me. id get along great with him. >> if putin likes donald trump, i consider that an asset, not a liability. it would be great if we could get along with russia, just so you understand that. tomorrow you will say donald trump wants to get along with russia. this is terrible. its not terrible. it is good. >> it all depends on why the russians want to get along with you. if they want to get along wi...

It pushes the story of the ongoing fbi investigation to the forefront. another question, will trump bring up with putin not just the interference with the election, whats going on in syria, they made one actual strike and one threat to the assad regime, back by putin. will trump take him on about what hes doing in syria, another open president. >> this is a president who always said he wanted to work with russia with isis. you have -- evelyn, you were nodding during rons report. the real tension...

I didnt agree with a lot of his policies, but when we were attacked on 9/11, i never doubted for a second that his main objective was to keep us safe. this is the first time weve had a president who i believe is only interested in his own well-being and not interested in the well-being of the country. >> and joan, you are nodding because it is a strange sort of thing that the president literally refuses to acknowledge that our greatest sworn adversary is even an adversary at all and wont do anyt...

We havent gotten to, theres other encouraging language in the analysis for the trump administration. we talk about national security power. immigration is not about the movement of people but also risks and threats posed to the united states. reading from the opinion here, they say, the governments interest in enforcing this ban, and their authority to do so, are undoubtedly at their peak when theres no tie between foreign national and united states. they go on to say, and this is the key langua...

Think about the legal case is this may be the one instance where the crime is worse than the cover-up. we always tend to say, gee, the cover-up is what got this guy into trouble. if nixon hadnt covered up hed be okay. thats probably right. its certainly true that, you know, the clinton case was -- you know, the cover-up was worse in terms of, you know, a presidential crime than what the president did. here i think we at least have to consider the possibility that what hes trying to cover up, whi...

>> hans, youre in the nbc family so you get to go back to work. eli and ashley drew the short sticks. they have to stick around. im going to bring my panel in. joining me, msnbc national affairs analyst, john heilemann. former clinton campaign communications director jen palmieri. national action network president, the rev al sharpton. was from massachusetts, msnbc analyst, former senior adviser to the bush/cheney campaign, my friend, robert tranam. jen, you were nodding because the news that th...

Jeff sessions struggled to do that and would not commit to answering questions behind closed doors, so after the hearing democrats very frustrated, did not get their answers to some key questions, republicans trying to move on to other areas of the investigation. thank you. democrats fumed over sessions testimony, republicans used lighter touch. heres senator tom cotton down playing these allegations while nodding at sessions taste for espionage thrillers. >> do you like spy fiction? daniel si...

Executive privilege that was claimed by the white house. instead saying there was some sort of department of justice policy that prohibited him from discussing this matter with the committee. democrats will point to that provision within the department of justice guidelines. jeff sessions struggled to do that and also would not commit to answering questions behind closed doors, so after the hearing democrats very frustrated he did not get their answers to some key questions. republicans trying t...

Other areas of the investigation. >> while democrats fumed over sessions testimony, republicans used a lighter touch. heres senator tom cotton down playing the collusion allegations while nodding to sessions taste for espionage thrillers. >> do you like spy fiction? daniel silva, jason matthews. >> yeah. david ignatius. >> do you like jason bourne or james bond movies? >> no. yes, i do. >> have you ever in these fantastic situations heard of a plot line so ridiculous that a sitting united states...