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And phil here. we have been watching this develop. you have been sitting here with me on set as were looking at our e-mails deurg the bre s durd former chairman of the white house counsel of economic advisors and lonnie chen, also served as policy director for the romney 2012 campaign. we have 4 a seconds before we get to senator schumer. you have sort of informally advised mitch mcconnell and the senators on the first draft of this bill from what i understand. from your insider perspective, wha...

Look a little bit better than it was, but that could have been done a lot sooner, and you wouldnt have had the same situation that you have right now in syria. that was a big mistake. but i think well just take a look at what happens over the coming weeks and months with respect to north korea. its a shame that theyre behaving this way, but they are behaving in a very, very dangerous manner, and something will have to be done about it. >> joining us now, david ruth cough, columnist for "the wash...

Studies and a former defense policy adviser for romney 2012. david, where to begin? in fact, please begin wherever you want on the presidents public comments today working from what we just heard about north korea on back to -- everything we heard today. >> well, youre absolutely right. we heard a lot of outrageous things. we heard another bumbling, inarticulate performance that was unleaderly, attacked our press, attacked our intelligence community. but i think something bigger is happening her...

Just asked how many campaign veterans had in their campaign. romney 2012 stuart stephens responded simply, nyet. joining me now, a former ambassador to nato, and malcolm nance, msnbc trim analyst. as someone who is familiar with diplomacy, familiar with international relations, and the protocols by which governments talk to each other, perhaps incoming governments may talk to each other, what do you make of this story? >> well, its a remarkable story, and as the press and the investigators figur...

Jeff sessions met twice with the sim russian ambassador, sergey kislyak, who keeps popping up, last year. sessions didnt disclose those meetings and had to recuse himself from the russia investigation after they became public. michael flynn had repeated and largely undisclosed contacts with the same russian ambassador last year. he was eventually fired for lying about the content of their conversations. and jared kushner met with both the russian ambassador and a russian banker named sergey gork...

Have ever seen him when asked about u.s.-russia relations. >> how will the firing of james comey affect u.s.-russian relations? >> there will be no effect. >> your question looks very funny to me. we have nothing to do with that. president trump is acting in accordance with his competence, with his law. >> joining us now, john heilemann, co-author of "game change", joy reid, host of am joy weekendsed on msnbc. james boot, a former defense policy adviser for romney 2012.

>> your question looks very funny to me. we have nothing to do with that. president trump is acting in accordance with his competence, with his law. >> joining us now, john heilemann, co-author of "game change", joy reid, host of am joy weekendsed on msnbc. james boot, a former defense policy adviser for romney 2012. joy, reid, this latest report tonight out of "the new york times" quoting james comey telling associates, thats how its defined in the article, mr. comey told associates that the pr...

That job that is surrounded by crisis every day. he actually issued a statement about the crisis with north korea, saying the united states has spoken enough about north korea. we have no further comment. and that statement now goes straight to the top of the stack of stupidest things ever said by a secretary of state. and most secretaries of state dont have any entries in these stupidest things ever said file. as long as rex tillerson is secretary of state and is advising the president, we will...

Leading the morally blind. joining us now, david corn, washington bureau chief from mother jones and msnbc political analyst. also with us max boots, senior fellow for national security studies at the council on foreign relations and a former defense policy adviser for romney 2012. david corn, rachel has been watching how rex tillerson has basically been never saying a word. he famously did not bring the press with him on that foreign trip where he brought just one reporter. handy has stayed ver...

Biden on the right. pence in michigan telling the crowd there his ticket is going to win the state. i think the vice president will have something to say about that. hes speaking live in florida now. usa today publishing the closing arguments before election day. hillary clinton referring to what she argues is donald trumps campaign. quote, we can come together to build a stronger america or fear the future and fear each other. trump wrote america has too many problems, too many things to fix to...