for the "washington post" out with a new piece tonight. it's a hard problem inside trump's decision to send more troops to afghanistan. michael crowley back with us as well senior foreign affairs correspondent for politico. and kimberly atkins is with us, chief washington porter for the "boston herald." michael i'll begin with you by quoting the always smart michael beshlash. can't think of any other president in history had had who had to start a president on war and peace by vowing he opposed bigotry and prejudice. your reaction, michael? >> pretty amazing. rather unexpected. that marks his third ob maybe fourth bite at this apple trying to get it right on his reaction to charlottesville, brian. and i think the larger picture here is that trump saw this as an opportunity to elevate himself above the chaos and controversy of the past couple