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>> it was a disaster with a useless president george w. bush who at least surrounded himself with people that looked competent. he wants to do a war, donald trump who cant handle things at the boarder as youve just seen. kids with tath brushes want to handle a war with iran. ten times as many men on their amarms and uniforms. this is military that america wants to fight alone. theres no allies here. this idea of the u.k., its madness. every general in fact we believe its the chairman of the join...

The mullahs that kills our boys in iraq, that fomenting terror, you want to drop another $150 billion on their tarmac? >> are you talking about saudi arabia? every one of these radical madrasa is funded by the saudis? >> sean: geraldo, i am the most critical of sharia in this country! the most critical! >> im not blaming you, brother, i love you. im telling you, iran has a story to tell. >> sean: i dont really give a -- theyve been fomenting terror -- >> [laughs] careful. >> sean: they killed am...

Americans or the iranians in terms of those making decisions right now are looking for direct military confrontation. everything the iranians have done has been to, first of all, dragging their feet, trying to say we want to stick with the deal but you guys, the europeans, others, need to give us some economic relief because our economy is really hurting right now. we see the fact that theyve increased the proxy war in yemen and their missiles now that are going into saudi arabia at a greater le...

>> a speech act. what i keep obsessing over is we talked a lot about russia and they played a prior role, but there were multiple regimes with digital capacities and all kinds of intelligence at their disposal with vested interests and lets be clear, on both sides of an election, you dont want to create it as digital proxy war for various global regimes. >> i think donald trump is under the illusion that the russians favored him in the 2016 election. they didnt favor him. they favored the candid...

What i keep obsessing over is we talked a lot about russia and they played a prior role, but there were multiple regimes with digital capacities and all kinds of intelligence at their disposal with vested interests and lets be clear, on both sides of an election, you dont want to create it as digital proxy war for various global regimes. >> i think donald trump is under the illusion that the russians favored him in the 2016 election. they didnt favor him. they favored the candidate who would wor...

With the saudis? >> the congress, michael mccaul, who is the lead republican on the house foreign affairs committee, says, "i would have strongly preferred for the administration to utilize the long established and codified arms sale review process that requires the president to submit a formal notification to congress." mike pompeo saying hes determined that an emergency exists which requires the proposed sale. in the national security interests of the united states and thus waives security req...

Hill. and one has to ask what is the link, why is the president and the administration so embedded with the saudis? >> the congress, michael mccaul, who is the lead republican on the house foreign affairs committee, says, "i would have strongly preferred for the administration to utilize the long established and codified arms sale review prove that requires the president to submit a formal notification to congress." mike pompeo saying hes determined that an emergency exists which requires the pr...

And how the justice department is using julian assanges crimes as a proxy war against what we in the news business call good reporting. welcome to friday, it is "meet the press daily." good evening, im chuck todd here in washington. we begin tonight with president trump giving his attorney general specific authority, bill barr, specific sweeping new powers to investigate the presidents perceived political enemies at the fbi. then telling barr what crimes to find and where to look. all of this ...

Some people have suggested that maybe there was a misunderstanding or that the u.s. did something to provoke iran. which do you think it is? >> thats a legitimate question and the sort of thing we ought to discuss in a classified environment. exactly why its so important for the administration to come forward and brief a broad group of senators who are able to question them is to force them to focus their strategy, to make key decisions. think it is an open question whether or not the provocatio...

Theres a public discussion of the phone calls to set up the meetings and the results of the meetings and so on. all of that has to take place behind closed doors. >> nicholas kristof is pointing out that the u.s. is already in war with iran. why do you think this is not as concerning to the american public? >> because were not physically involved directly. it is a proxy war. the engagements are fewer and less violent in the past. its a long-running conflict. two actors want to control influence ...