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The president says he misspoke when talking about russian election interference. the fact that russia attacked the u.s. election in 2016 and, of course, he refused to defend u.s. intelligence while standing next to vladimir putin. not everyone accepting the presidents clarification this morning. democratic senator richard blumenthal called it back-handed and half-hearted. senator richard blumenthal joins us now. he sits on the judiciary and arms services committee. you were not impressed, senato...

Putin arrive late. he has held -- >> as always. >> he has held up american presidents. hes held up the queen. hes kind of slouching comfortably in his chair like hes on a late-night talk show. trump is forward, his weight is forward, his hands are together whenever he references putin, he casts his head his way. putin seems to understand english in real time. describe the tableau for us based on what you know about putin. >> brian, ive been in about half a dozen meetings with putin, with preside...

The window at a rural village or at the streets of yangon, whats happening is probably pretty similar, a tableau of dancing, body painting, car-mounted speakers blasting. but its also three days of merit accruing, the practice of performing charitable or otherwise good works in the hopes of jacking up your karma. money trees are paraded around pinned with cash donations for monks. free banquets and feasts are held. and many moments of spiritual reflection. the majority of people here practice th...

Want limb to do well. >> you can see, its this type of thing thats starting to move the underlying numbers for the president. his approval is 41%. not great. democratic approval in north korea, and everything having to do with it is high. >> i think thats fine, i dont think thats important, frankly. what the polling says is more important on how my president defends my country. its giving away the store. the most important thing kim wants is recognition and respect on the global stage. this is w...

77% of americans support this meeting. >> i support my president, i want limb to do well. >> you can see, its this type of thing thats starting to move the underlying numbers for the president. democratic approval in north korea, and everything having to do with it is high. >> i think thats fine, i dont think thats important, frankly. what the polling says is more important on how my president defends my country. its giving away the store. the most important thing kim wants is recognition and re...

Attorney, as you look at this tableau of essential consultants of these companies that have come through there, the one company that had the russian oligarch as its chief backer, what do you see in what are the problems and terrific the president here? >> i think you have to separate out the liability or the exposure in the russia angle of things and everything else. because i do think that its likely -- we dont know -- but i think there is at least some basis for thinking that michael cohen use...

>> anthony: next day in the full moon festival. and whether youre looking out the window at a rural village or at the streets of yangon, whats happening is probably pretty similar, a tableau of dancing, body painting, car-mounted speakers blasting. but its also three days of merit accruing, the practice of performing charitable or otherwise good works in the hopes of jacking up your karma. money trees are paraded around pinned with cash donations for monks. free banquets and feasts are held. and...

Bill, to sign if, or to do what he actually did, which was to gross about it and to ultimately sign it. theres no sense of where this president is going to go, and hes sort of making decisions and making policy and hiring and firing and theyre scrambling to react to it. >> and phil, think about that, that tableau today, his tiny signing desk was there. it was standing by. we didnt get the big signature and we didnt get the moment where he shows it to the class after he signed it. we didnt get to...

Analyst. julia ainslie, nbc news national security and justice reporter. and david jolly, former gop member of congress from the great state of florida. peter, id like to begin with you. while stating clearly mar-a-lago rules are now in effect. and by that, of course, we mean the president enters the warm bath of family, friends and paying guests who form the kind of tableau, the backdrop, and can sometimes inform his thinking and his twitter habits. >> thats exactly right. hes there tonight for...

Of conversation with his son and close friends such as waldo rivera. as someone who has given advice to president trump, is it odd the stance he takes on policy? >> nothing that we see is consistent with anything that i know from the white house i served in, and i would suggest that if you talk to anybody who served in any other white house, theyve never seen anything quite like this. theres been a merger of mar-a-lago as part of the official tableau of the government where he walks around and t...