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That the real action on this issue is playing out in ways that are not visible, that are -- theyre going after each other in an ever more that there is likely to be an intensification of the cyberwar. people talked about the revival of the cold war. weve moved beyond that kind of cold war. the tit for tat expulsions and that kind of thing. were into something much more profound, much deeper and will define more of the 21st century -- >> robin, if you read this statement, this statement is stunni...

Put on them have really hurt them. theres a lot of bluster and verbiage and what whatever you want to call it from putin but it actually hasnt benefited the russian people. >> i think thats right. youve got to look at this two ways. first as youre suggesting theres an economic piece of this sanctions might have actually impelled vladimir putin, who has to at least think at some level about his domestic constituency to move forward to try to develop a new relationship. but lets move beyond that a...

Quote highly unusual and inadvisable. >> thank you very much for the reporting. so much to discuss. lets bring back matthew chance and evan perez, and lets welcome in more guests, robin wright contributing writer for the new yorker and a joint fellow at the u.s. institute of peace and woodrow wilson center. also philip mudd former cia counterterrorism official. let me begin with you, philip mudd, because this is just -- no one expected this this morning. we expected tit for tat. we expected russ...

Friendly towards him but a strategy that theyre using to -- >> so their benefit? >> to get what they want. and i have to ask you this, robin, isnt this the whole reason that president obama and bush before him referred to one president at a time, and any foreign policy decisions or questions about it would be targeted to the person who was in office at the time and not the incoming president? >> absolutely. and vladimir putin is clearly playing to a lame duck president, taking advantage, whether...

Particularly president obama, a lawyer, you know, who leaves in the legalisms and following the structure, has been increasingly angered by the defiance, by the current israeli prime minister. >> robin, rick tyler. it looks like "bibi" netanyahu has slammed the door on the new administration. do some prognostication for us. it seems they have a very long relationship. what do you see from the israeli/united states administration as far as relationship? >> they have ideas of what israel might par...

>> robin wright, thank you so much. we appreciate your take. always good to see you around. >> thank you. theyre gearing up for a fate on three of trumps cabinet picks, plus, donald trump is sworn in as president in three weeks. well go inside the preparation for inauguration day. youre watching "morning joe." well be right back. sweeet... wow... there it is. this holiday season, people have a lot to say about the chevy red tag sales event. this thing is a beast. steel or aluminum? steel. why?...

Hard. even though the white house has said, look, its not going to happen, kerry has doggedly travelled to the region, worked the international community to try to get something. i know the israelis believed there was some kind of collusion that they actually engineered this resolution. but the process at the u.n. always involves many, many parties and they claim they didnt make a resolution on this until the very end. >> robin, we were talking earlier in the show about the two-state solution as...

Andrea mitchell reporting for us. lets bring in our contributing writer to the new yorker, robin wright. can you recall a more contentious time in the relationship between israel and the united states? >> this is clearly one of the toughest moments. there have been past crises, whether it was president eisenhower with the israelis in the 50s. you actually have negotiations at stake between the two warring parties. so this is -- this has been a very bad moment in the history of their context, yes...

Does attack him head on, but i do think there was a reminder there that, hey, all of you guys to your point, you lost on these issues that were the bedrock and fighting that again isnt going to get you there. i do think theres more of an appetite than is on display from donald trump. i think mckanld graham are more in line not just with republican bus democrats. i mean that together, theyre out there saying with good reason this is going to be a bipartisan investigation and thats going to have s...

And ultimately to repeal it. >> pre-eminent middle east writer robin wright joins us in on the conversation when "morning joe" comes right back.