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Many people seem awfully and curiously reluctant to use this word. as american national -- foreign policy, we use what, catastrophe? a regrettable series of incidents? >> richard: yeah, how insulting. >> anthony: yes. but i mean, it seems to me, just as a casual observer, anytime a state actor or organization makes a concerted and organized effort to eradicate any ethnic or national group, thats genocide, right? >> richard: yes. whats important though, however, is this is our defining issue. thi...

>> well, you know, the sucker would rather go out than actually face his destiny that way. >> reporter: suicide attempt, delaying tactic, whatever it was it didnt work. a day later the judge ordered ralph back to court. >> people versus ralph lee candelario sentencing. >> reporter: and ralph, bandaged up, got another day in the spotlight. >> your honor, i have maintained that i have been innocent through this whole process. >> reporter: and then a keen observer might almost have heard the jaws d...

Look at you. this tech stuff is easy. [ whirring sound ] you want a cookie? its a drone! i know. find your phone easily with the xfinity voice remote. one more way comcast is working to fit into your life, not the other way around. to continue our royal wedding coverage. msnbc contributor mike barnicle joins us. >> im all over it. >> hes obsessed. >> im not walking her down the aisle. >> i heard thats -- >> no. >> charles is doing it. >> thats great. >> im an observer. >> what happened to the ...

Anybody is what influence did they have beyond their own pages. i think there are a number of people who are both in the business and writing today, who are there because their world was electrified if you will by wolfes prose. >> you know, the other aspect of him, jon, is that he was a wonderfully generous human being to others. in the business. he was willing to sit, listen, offer advice, but at his root, he changed both businesses. i think. both journalism and novel writing. and he did so bec...

Nonfiction, which is so true. in the time of trump. but he didnt just listen, he felt things, his descriptions of loneliness and despair. "i am charlotte simmons" was the reason i wanted to write novels. it wasnt just a neutral, detached observer, he sort of crossed that transom of feeling thing angst, feeling the agony and despair and putting it on the page. he was a poet. >> our friend peggy noonan wrote an appreciation of her friend tom wolfe in a piece entitled "hats off to tom wolfe." he pi...

Say. >> the president wants to testify. wants to -- he wants to give his side of the case. which he believes is the truthful one and says to me i never talked to russians. what is this nonsense about russians? about obstruction of justice, what he says very simply is im just expressing my opinion. >> now, obviously, part of the obstruction of justice charge is not just him expressing opinion and saying to jeff sessions attorney general you shouldnt have recused yourself, et cetera. but firing ja...

Talks were called off. japan hopes military exercises will continue because they say thats the stabilizing need. i think hans point is key as we wait to hear from the u.s. president. a lot of this if youre an international observer or world leader is baked in. we knew he was going to push back and flex. the variable, the thing we dont know now because we dont have a play book for it, how does the u.s. president react. does he overreact on twitter, does he say something that slowly as hans said p...

I dont know. >> you took the words right out of my mouth. arent these the same conversations when we talked about donald trump. what is the role of a lawyer? how should a lawyer act? were having the same conversations. i think hes out there outtrumping trump. >> keep the information coming. helps us have a better understanding of the relationship between trump and michael cohen. thats critical for a lot of us. >> if he is interfering with that by disclosing information and, thereby, revealing it...

That by disclosing information and, thereby, revealing it to people who are the subject of muellers investigation, giving them insight as to how he should behave. >> as an observer its. didnt people say the same thing about donald trump? thank you. when we come back, the white house still refusing to apologize for a staffers cruel joke when it comes. why cant president trump just ever say hes sorry. as you can clearly see,

It is almost like a great comedy being played on a large stage with characters that most of person has never seen or heard about. >> what would you tell republicans running for office, michael, if you were talking to them right now? >> i think that it is important to embrace the presidents agenda. the economic gains that weve made, tax reform, et cetera. while distancing yourself from his own personal foibles, from the things like payoffs to an adult film actress, things like all these questiona...