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India, kashmir, on the verge of war. iran, persian gulf, on the verge of war. europe coming apart at the seams. russia launching nuclear missiles that blow up and killed their scientists. brazil -- >> while russians have been protesting for -- >> with 50,000 russians in the street this weekend. protesting vladimir putin. and, of course, on top of all of this, the greatest crisis of our time, you have arctic fires, greenland melting. every single one of these cases, every single one, has been made worse by the policies of donald trump. by trying to sweet talk kim jong-un. by sending a message t...

>> if the president had a comp hen -- comprehensive environmental solution, that would be one thing. his web site, i know you know it because you're a member of the stress. >> where's the shade. >> shade tree is going right now. >> doesn't the president like plastic straws. >> he does. he's going after them. >> his campaign is trying to raise money on keeping plastic straws. >> i don't know why john told us he has an opportunity to give him dkudos. >> this is where bakari has plastic straws. >> that's not what i said. >> now you're backing off. >> what i said was that paper was not my preferen...

Policies that they've held their entire careers? >> well, i don't see them backing off. i do think we're going dob able to be able to see some nuance in the way that -- >> but does nuance win elections? >> well, nuance in this democratic primary where you have to make distinctions. even among republicans, what are the distinctions among them? i think elizabeth warren will have that opportunity tonight. and her demeanor and contrast to bernie sanders, where she is on some of these issues, where she's done a deep dive on the policy end. and i think that's going to be important for voters to see....

>> out on the island off polly point road, the trio of former cops instinctively revert to the long practiced standard procedure. >> we said, okay, let's secure the crime scene, back out, wait for law enforcement to get here. >> so far, so good. but what happened next was quite a surprise. >> the first officer was a charleston county deputy. and i said, "we'll show you where the remains are." took him out there and said, "it's your crime scene now, and we're backing off." and that's what we did. >> but that wasn't the end of it, was it? >> no. >> no. we were detained to put it mildly. >> detai...

Of those vessels. >> i completely agree with you. what struck me about that is that he was very measured in his response. he said iran is nothing but trouble and has been trouble for a long time. he took another shot at president obama's deal with them. he said he was going to talk to the u.k. about the situation with the british tanker that has been seized by the iranians. seemed quite measured and i agree. not aggressive at all about a response. doesn't mean that won't happen but he was not sending a signal that we're anywhere close to escalating the situation there in response to what iran ...