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I think its going to -- on state tv, i think its going to be perceived in this way. im already seeing in the russian media that people have piped up on putins comments that alexey navalny left germany for treatment and yulia has posted a photograph of the gurney on which navalny left russia, which looks like a ka cocon, a coffin, after being poisoned and air lifted out of russia. people are very much picking up on the insane, absurd hypocrisy of that statement. >> julia, vladimir, thank you for ...

And it also casts a cloud over what his attorney general said, we need to get to the bottom of what exactly happened. any investigator says you have to let this investigation play out before weighing in on what may or may not have happened. in this instance, really is striking that the president would take this tactic. he clearly has an eye on 2020. this is something that energizes his base and hes also here in bedminster on his summer vacation. clearly with some extra time on his hands as he wa...

The president tweeting an unfounded theory that jeffrey epstein had information on bill clinton and now he is dead, including the #clintonbodycount, slamming both clintons. spokesperson for president clinton tweeting ridiculous and, of course, not true, and donald trump knows it. phil rubbinger, white house bureau chief and msnbc political contributor and kristen welker, msnbc reporter. you both cover the white house. you both have covered the white house for years. presidents of the united stat...

Rallies before last years midterm elections, president trump repeatedly warned that america was under attack by immigrants, heading for the border. you look at what is marching up. that is an invasion, he declared at one rally. that is an invasion. and "the washington post" phil rubbinger, isnt about how the president will respond but whether his words contributed to the carnage. joining me now assistant director in the counterintelligence division and nbc national security analyst who wrote tha...

Negotiator was dispatched to seoul a week or so ago. theres been talk, im told, for many months about something like this, going to the dmz, trying to get a quick meeting with kim, much like he had with south korean president moon jae-in. people say its a hail mary pass. too risky. why do it? trump road through that, said im going to wing it, take the risk. it seems like it came up. >> david ignatius, phil rubbinger, interesting times. >> thank you. >> going rogue, top trump financial regulator ...