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>> the president intends to go to russia in september. >> you wont say moscow -- >> i have nothing else astay for you. >> deliberately vague. >> thats for you to decide. >> reporter: last month president obama didnt want russias refusal to extradite snowden to reflect relations with the u.s. >> im not going to have one case of a suspect who were trying to extradite suddenly being elevated to the point where ive got to start doing wheeling and dealing. >> reporter: putin seems to agree saying he ...

Stupid. why would you be talking about this. ill go a step further. why deny science. you have the same problem with global warming. theres undeniably a fact that global warming is a problem. 99% of the scientists say so. the republican party denies it. when they deny science, deny facts they make themselves irrelevant. >> dana millbank wrote an article. trent franks abortion claim and the manly republican party. theres not one woman on the panel. if they push legislation like franks bill that b...

Yesterday about 24 hours ago we showed you the president of the united states and the president of the palestinian authority right there, a live news event. we had a close-up shot. we didnt realize when the camera pulled out, look who is peering over his shoulder. yasser arafat, the father of modern terrorism that. is what we would call a messaging problem. thats an optics problem. that is a big mistake. >> brian: the same guy that gassed up the beast with diesel gasoline. also the one who signe...

Are expressing dismay. new york democrat charlie rangel called the lack of women embarrassing as hell and yesterday chairwoman of the congressional black caucus, marcia fudge wrote a letter urging the president to nominate two members of the cbc. bill, you are a former diverse member of the presidents -- >> still diverse. >> yes. you remain diverse, though not sequestered at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, for which we are thankful. i wonder what you make about this contention that he is being too ins...

Of staff are two more white men, den is mcdonough and ronald klain. let me get your reaction to this. >> barack obama is black. >> some of the presidents top advisers are women, valerie jarrett, half of the white house staff is women. thats been a diverse cabinet and white house staff. what were experiencing now is a communications problem more than an actual diversity problem. >> rich, is this an optics problem? >> let me agree with bill. that this is -- this is a very difficult job to fill bec...

Cliff negotiations. and you dont have to stare it to know theyre all men. how much is an optics problem and how much is a very real problem? >> i think the majority of the problem is optical and also a communications issue. even if you look at the timing of the rollout, some of his previous nominees. look at the chuck hagel nominee. theyve been hanging them out to dry essentially. and for members of congress to have their opportunity to throw shots at them. its been rather interesting and rare t...

Had an optics problem in rolling these folks out back to back to back. so what you have them do, of course, is say, well, theyve got all these other people who are sane in the cabinet. >> let me interrupt you there. i want to play exactly. the question, obviously, was asked yesterday and here is the white house response. >> janet napolitano is the secretary of homeland security. the u.s. ambassador of the united nations is susan rice. again, i could go through the list. this president has appoin...

Something of a departure. kerry, unlike clinton, condoleezza rice and madeleine albright is a white man. this is the last white man to serve as secretary of state. look at him, warren christopher who stepped down in 1997 during bill clintons second term. no woman or person of color led the defense or treasury departments. it was interesting to hear the name of american express ceo float this week. white house officials approached him for joining the presidents nomination as treasury secretary. i...

Didnt pay anything, thats going to be bad optic. >> right. keep in mind no one is saying mitt romney has done anything illegal. i want to make that clear. this is a -- political problem that he has. and as jonathan said and optics problem. if it turns out he didnt pay any taxes at all in 2009, how does he explain that to the satisfaction of the american people? >> we are not going to find that out because he will not release the 2009 taxes. that aint going to happen. >> look, he is a good busine...

congressman arthur davis says hes voting for mitt romney this time around. hes going to tell us why. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." the cold war is long over, but a chill has settled in in the relations right now. the key shoous, moscows support in the regime for syria. it may help fuel a brutal crackdown. president obama is addressing that issue headon at the g-20 summit in mexico. dan lothian is joining us right now. dan, whats the latest on this tension between the ...