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More. >> what was released publicly in my view was lawyerly. it was incomplete and i think its extremely important that this witness testify in public. >> so just to give you context, jared kushner will be up here on the hill before the house intelligence committee tomorrow. a similar situation. it will be behind closed doors and adam schiff, the ranking democrat, said on the sunday programs that that session will probably be about two hours. thats what kushners lawyer is giving them. he describ...

Former undersec stare of state and u.s. ambassador to nato and retired colonel frank prfrancon. the era of strategic patience is over, what does that mean, what is strategic impatience? >> well i think the administration is clearly signaling frustration that the diplomatic processes of the past, including of the obama and bush administrations have not succeeded, and theyre right to be concerned about what north koreas doing and this possibility in the next four or five years north korea might be...

Is it worked out? probably not. you have a combination of a president who likes some element of surprise, clearly. then you have guys like mcmaster and haley and tillerson. all of whom i thought came off well yesterday. i was impressed to see the white house deploy some pretty strong foreign policy and national security voices on the sunday programs to layout where they are strategically. >> you like surprise, but not surprise they didnt tell russia they would drop bombs. that surprise is okay. ...

President of the united states and he is going to make his decision. clearly we dont want to be in any spats especially with countries that are important to us. going back to things weve discussed on this program. i think the fighting with mexico is not smart for us anyway. but i thought it was perfectly played by him. i was also disappointed to hear nothing ab general michael flynn or the voter fraud comments this weekend from steven miller on all of the sunday programs, or also the fact that s...

The other possibility is kutter. the question that is out there today is will the president send john kerry there sometime this week. thats a question were waiting for the answer to. >> thank you very much. let me bring in author and foreign policy expert who covered the middle east region for years and with us as well time magazine chief foreign affairs correspondent. let me start with you here. i want to play a little bit what benjamin netanyahu said on one of the sunday programs about israels...

Immigration groups than getting control of our border. >> it sort of speaks to a larger issue thats being criticized about. you know, across the board does he have a plan. does he take action. whether its iraq or health care or the irs. you know the list goes on, mark. and its really across the board on the sunday programs, all over the networks, everybody is asking the same question. does he care? is he neglecting his duty? >> his presidency is engulfed in crises in three areas. in abroad, at h...

Entertainment. entertainment thrives on the next fresh, shiny thing. news franchises tend to be durable. in fact, they grow with strength and time. taking sunday programs thats very durable and tinkering with it is different than starting a program like "csi" or changing the host on a late night entertainment show. they are really built on familiarity and comfort. as you pointed out, bob schaefer is the king of the hill right now. >> im going to steal a word from earlier. i think this is a very ...

When we visited there, we found a poor and drab place. where putins forces are hunting down suspected extremists. no carrots here. just a stick. a war that athletes and fans will never see just over the mountains from the olympic park. its too early, david, to celebrate a complete security success. theres still a week to go till closing ceremonies. >> (in english) richard engle, thanks so much this morning. im joined now by the man who headed up the olympic games the last time they were here in ...

States at the state of the union address said its settled science. climate change is settled science. its not really. there are people on both sides who disagree. there is no doubt that the climate changes but it has always changed through time. the big question is, is it because of man or is it because simply of the planet? weve had a number of climatologists on the program talk about how the weather now is reminiscent of 50 or 60 years ago. the big question is, is it caused by man or is it cau...

The president did not mention the free syrian army and our moral and material assistance for them, which is required. >> president putin should be the last person to lecture the united states about our human values and human rights. >> expectations are high. they are high for the united states and perhaps even more so for russia to deliver on the promise of this moment. this is not a game. it has to be real. >> area joining me now senior political editor mark murray. i want to pivot to sunday. o...