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>> rick, im just wondering, is russia just getting what it wanted out of this already? you know, the fact that lavrov is sitting in geneva with the united states secretary of state, that everyone is talking about this, how do you read it, rick? >> thats a good point. part of what i think putin always wants out of these things is attention, for russia to be with the big boys, for russia to be a super power, for us to pay attention to them. theres a long school of theory about russian diplomacy is...

Different than france. france wants something different than england, and its a difficult negotiation. antony blinken may be the worlds best negotiator, so i think some of these things are a bit overblown. its always going to be problematic, and, frankly, the more we talk about them, the more were doing putins business. all putin is trying to do is divide america from nato, and when were talking about that, that starts to look like its happening when, in fact, it may not be. >> rick, lets not fo...

Euphemism. more people have died per square inch in ukraine than almost any other part of the whole world. ukraine has suffered at the hands of russia more than any other country in the world. and part of russian disinformation and russian propaganda is that somehow ukraine is threatening russia. thats like saying im threatening mike tyson. it isnt the case. >> richard engel, andrea mitchell, and rick sengle, thank you for being with me this morning. appreciate your time. still ahead, the hous...

Criticism from people like ann coulter, now calling donald trump a wimp. >> crazy that i expect a president to keep the promise he made every day for 18 months. >> youre finding out hes a lying conman what was your first clue >> okay, im very a very stupid girl fine. >> i didnt say it joining the table, msnbc political analyst rick sengle for public diplomacy and emily fox, senior reporter from "vanity fair." in this moment, it is half "seinfeld," half tragedy there are people serious harm was d...

Their mother agencies, they want to get out of there. >> it will be hard for them to recruit people. theyre enquanlging or threatening witchhunts, well see if that continues when flynn is replaced. you also have a creeping irrelevance of the national security council as the parallel structures assert their authority. steve bannons strategic initiatives group is something that is clearly filling the void, conducting reviews that traditionally get led by the national security adviser. to the trans...