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Much pain and lost so many lives not only for our own men and women in the armed forces but for people in that region as well. >> thank you, senator. ashley? >> thank you. mr. yang, if you win the 2020 election, what would you say in your first call with russian president vladimir putin? >> well, first id say im sorry i beat your guy. or not sorry. and second i would say the days of meddling in american elections are over, and we will take any undermining of our democratic processes as a act of ...

Until c change, a shift, away from the bush-clinton legacy of interventionism and more regime change wars, and instead towards a foreign policy that -- >> so bush-clinton, its obama? >> its bush-clinton-trump. >> let me ask you about bashar assad, is he a war criminal in. >> there is international court systems set in place to determine that fact. >> what is your -- answer the question. >> if he is, he should be indicted as such. >> its an open question at this point. >> i think we have processe...

Sorry, not sorry. and second, i would say the days of meddling in american elections are over and we will take any undermining of our democratic processes as an act of hostility and aggression. >> all right. 36 past the hour. joining us now, former u.s. senator and now an nbc news and msnbc analysts claire mccaskill. how do you like these hours? >> i feel like im on a campaign, no sleep. >> exactly. and white house reporter for "the washington post" and msnbc contributor ashley parker who comode...

>> thank you, senator. ashley? >> thank you. mr. yang, if you win the 2020 election, what would you say in your first call with russian president vladimir putin? >> well, first id say, im sorry i beat your guy. [ applause ] or not sorry. and second i would say the days of meddling in american elections are over, and we will take any undermining of our democratic processes as an act of hostility and aggression. the american people would back me on this. we know they found an underbelly and theyve...

>> thats correct. >> now two days later on august 12th you receive another text message from mr. yermak which reads, special attention should be paid to the problem of interference in the political processes of the united states, especially with the alleged involvement of some ukrainian politicians. i wanted to declare that this is unacceptable. we intend to initiate a transparent and unbiased investigation of all available facts and episodes which in turn will prevent the recurrence of this pro...

White house white house visit? >> thats correct. >> two days later you receive another text message from mr. yermak, which reads "special attention should be paid to the problem of interference in the political processes of the united states, especially with the alleged involvement of some ukrainian politicians. i want to declare that this is unacceptable. we tend to initiate a completed transparent and unbiased investigation of all facts and episodes which in turn will prevent the reoccurrence ...

Was a smoking gun. that they manipulate their search results. brian: you wonder, you want the free market to be a free market. its a free company. you have to ask people to have integrity. how do you legislate integrity? >> you know, there are ways, ted cruz and others have talked about antitrust action against these companies for abuse. but there is also section 230 of the communications decency act. see, these companies are immune for liability for content posted by users because they are open...

Referring to that, is the date for the white house visit? >> thats correct. >> now two days later on august 12th, you receive another text message from the aide which reads, special attention should be paid to the problem of interference in the political processes of the united states, especially with the alleged involvement of some ukrainian politicians. i wanted to declare this is unacceptable and we want to conduct a transparent investigation of all available facts and episodes which in turn ...

Of richard nixon. the unfortunate part is that it hardened americans reaction that this was a set up and might have caused him single-handedly the election to jimmy carter. what do you think? >> that was before social media. the feeling right now inside of the white house is that the president has been transparent. they will argue that he has nothing to hide. and while the white house is open to offering other written testimony or actually having president trump come to capitol hill and set, is ...

And the fact that they are part of the government, that they want to help these countries do better, that they are part of a system that still kind of maybe works. there was like this little light of good right now amongst all this, like, crazy washington, d.c. stuff that some of the systems, some of the processes in place do actually get to function. >> jeff mason, i want to switch gears here and talk about the presidents unannounced visit this weekend to walter reed medical center yesterday. t...