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The winter olympics is under way in sochi, russia. the games go on until february 23rd. now president obama wont be there, but he talked to bob costas about his relationship with vladimir putin. >> we tend to have pretty plubl conversations. the one thing i will give mr. putin credit for is when we sit down and talk, theres not a lot of beating around the bush or niceties. its all business, and i tell him where i strongly disagree with him, and he does the same. >> a lot to say about that. cos o...

They have the olympics team -- that is writing the copy for somebody like bob costas to read from the teleprompter. and what they need to have is somebody from the political desk or the state department, the nbc reporter that covers the state department. because if bob costas is not going to be up to speed, the tragedy that happened in syria, somebody should be there to help him. and should just fax him, you know what? this does not exactly sound right. to bob costas, who is reading it, he is sa...

>> no, go. >> they have the olympics team that is writing the copy for somebody like bob costas to read from the teleprompter, and what they need to have is somebody from the political desk or state department, an nbc reporter who covers the state department. if he isnt going to be up to date on the tragedy in syria, somebody else should be there to help him, and they should fact check it and say, this doesnt exactly sound right. bob costas as hes reading it, does it not occur to him, were going...

>> they have the olympics team that is writing the copy for somebody like bob costas to read from the teleprompter, and what they need to have is somebody from the political desk or state department, an nbc reporter who covers the state department. if he isnt going to be up to date on the tragedy in syria, somebody else should be there to help him, and they should fact check it and say, this doesnt exactly sound right. bob costas as hes reading it, does it not occur to him, were going to call pr...

The winter olympics is under way in sochi, russia. the games go on until february 23rd. now president obama wont be there, but he talked to bob costas about his relationship with vladimir putin. >> we tend to have pretty plubl conversations. the one thing i will give mr. putin credit for is when we sit down and talk, theres not a lot of beating around the bush or niceties. its all business, and i tell him where i strongly disagree with him, and he does the same. >> a lot to say about that. well,...

To a certain other host here, it is rather long, jay, and weve enjoyed it. but man, stop. >> youre done with it? were done with it? >> i would say good-bye. >> we tied that up with a bone, stay good-bye. >> all right, you must stay with us because bob is going to make good on the super bowl bet he lost to me. he will settle it by wearing this little number here. this blouse -- >> give me a break. give me a break. >> this hot little number. >> are you kidding me? >> no way that will fit. youre go...

All right, you like that? all right, the winter olympics are under way in sochi. the games go on until february 23rd. now, president obama wouldnt be there, but he talks about his relationship with vladimir putin. >> we tend to have pretty blunt conversations, the one thing i will give him credit for when we sit down to talk there is not a lot of beating around the bush. it is not all niceties. i tell him where i strongly disagree with him and he does the same. >> have a lot to say about that. a...

>> no, go. >> they have the olympics team that is writing the copy for somebody like bob costas to read from the teleprompter, and what they need to have is somebody from the political desk or state department, an nbc reporter who covers the state department. if he isnt going to be up to date on the tragedy in syria, somebody else should be there to help him, and they should fact check it and say, this doesnt exactly sound right. bob costas as hes reading it, does it not occur to him, were going...

A nonstarter. >> yeah. and at least yesterday told us that, you know, theres a lot of tension because of these comments, because of these talks that are going on. and a lot of tension here. do you think the apology is enough to move forward now with these critical peace talks hes engaged in? >> reporter: well, its interesting that normally when dealing with its israeli allied united states is fairly careful. but in this case, they came out very strongly, and very angrily, reacting to these state...

After declaring that assad had to go, we sat on the sidelines and watched this revolution, as such, unfold without any effort on our part to really achieve that goal of making assad go. so now were in a situation where al qaeda and other elements, extreme elements, seem to be the dominant force in the region. weve allowed president putin to ride in on a white horse and say hes a peacemaker. i cant say its been a triumph of diplomacy. despite a sun su expression, i think our policy, we should be ...