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Election. you have the trump administration saying, you know, say something about the poisoning. chastise him in this phone call about the -- for the poisoning. what does president trump do? he doesnt. so, there is on one hand this reality that things have gotten really, really bad for the u.s./russia relationship in a way they hadnt been under the obama administration, though they got pretty bad then, too. and you did have the obama administration marshaling the countries of europe to unite, ev...

And you did have the obama administration marshaling the countries of europe to unite, even though some were dragged in kicking and screaming on the anti-russia sanctions for ukraine. you didnt have this kind of, you know, the right hand doesnt know what the left arm is doing. i think thats really scary. we dont know even where our executive branch stands on russia. >> how would you, michelle -- our policy towards russia in the trump heera, how do you look at it? you can look at it through the p...

Happening in new orleans. i really like the mayor. i think hes a very thoughtful man. i think his family has a real roots, real cred when it comes to new orleans and louisiana history generally speaking. remember, i resigned from my fellowship at yale university a year ago, when they changed the name. taking calhoon name off the college and c naming it for more contemporary person. i fear, when history starts being rewrittenen constantly through the prism of political correctness we risk cutting...

Landrieu. i think is he a very thoughtful man. i think his family has real roots. real cred when it comes to new orleans and louisiana history generally speaking. remember, laura, i resigned from my fellowship at yale university a year or so ago when they changed the name taking john c. calhouns name off the college and naming it for more contemporary person. i fear when history starts being rewritten constantly through the prism of political correctness and contemporary thought, that we risk cu...

President. we have to understand this is a natural phenomenon it wouldnt occur to him he is he is become mendacious. >> he is a former reality tv star. is he roo looking at the prism of what sounds good, what makes good tv, make maybe thats a truth and thats reality for him. >> not even. because then we get back this idea that he is actually doing something, that he is actually taking a deep breath and sipping his coffee. ill bet he doesnt drink coffee. >> diet coke. >> and thinking about it. he...

Familiar way of looking at things because its what a toddler does. were wrong to think of him as mendaciously lying like mr. burns. its not like im going to say something wrong. nothing of the sort. he doesnt frankly think in that way at all. its like homer. homer and mythology. he wasnt trying td pirts. he was telling a story. talk about mr. burns he is more homer simpson than mr. burps. he is not thinking in that way but the problem is he is the president. we have to understand this is a natur...

Our future is in jeopardy. thats a chilling statement from someone who knows the things you know about the way our government works and whats happening around the world. what do you mean specifically by that? >> i think hes mishandled so many matters. just look at what happened yesterday with his call to vladimir putin. vladimir putin was the person who authorized interference on our election. vladimir putin was involved in directing the poisoning of an individual on british soil. and to congrat...

>> is there a difference between president obama back in 2011 con graduating vladimir putin than president trump did today? >> it absolutely is. president trump is doing it in a different environment. president trump has not confronted him and yesterday he congratulated him. we also have to remember what has happened in ukraine. the russians have taken over crimea, theyve taken over eastern yukraine. and syria, the casualties that have wrapped up in that country, all of that is what president tr...

Outcome which is the assad regime remaining in power. he has hit us in our election system and weve not responded back. so when i see the president make those statements, that we need him as a partner, no, the russians are laughing at us that we are moving back from the world stage and they are moving forward and taking whatever they want white house any resistance and that is the whole goal of russian active measures. the whole playbook and desire by going into our democracy, dividing us up, pi...

Welcome back. there is a lot to break down after a wild, i should say another wild weekend of the president on his twitter, talking about robert mueller. i want to talk to our panel here, seth waxman, criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor, cnns senior political analyst mark preston. hi, guys. thank you so much for coming in. and, mark, i want to ask you, lets talk about this notion through the prism of the trump universe. lets just say that donald trump fires robert mueller. >>...