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Hallie jackson, kasie hunt, david knack what murrah thank you. joining me today is brett stevens, msnbc contributor. >> congratulations. >> so lucky to have you. >> elise jordan. and princeton university professor, just as happy to have you. joining me from washington, my friend, chief national correspondent for "the new york times" mark liebovitz. you have to join us at the table next time. >> i probably will. >> we'll call you and book you a flight as soon as this show ends. >> i'm ready. >> what do you do with the president who does not understand the conservative policy making impulses of ...

Also help explain it again to diplomats, to folks on capitol hill, and even to foreign nations. >> david knack knew rah there at "the post" headquarters, we missed you on set but thank you for the perspective. coming up a new twist in the case of the so-called dreamer arrested and deported. the judge who will hear his case gonzalo curial who has gone head to head with the president before. we'll look at what, if anything, it could mean for the new case, when we come back. there's nothing more important to me

Politics. it is time now for your first look at politics with washington post david knack uemu uemura. david, what do you make of the u.s.'s handling of the situation so far? >> veronica, it's a tough test for president obama. somewhat unexpected. it's sort of caught the u.s. off guard by their aggressive action in crimea. president obama and the white house stressed over and over in several conference calls and statements that they're using all diplomatic avenues and looking at all economic possibilities to put the pressure on russia and isolate them. that will take time to put the pinch on...

Especial especially a lot of districts. >> both sides will take a hit is what you're saying. would they work then to overcome this sequester reality? >> they would. they might get -- you know, to look at it in a broader way, there may be ways to deal with finding money elsewhere, putting it towards this budget, giving hagel more flexibility. part of the point of the sequester was to make the military deal with tough spending cuts. it might not be easy this year, people are looking at out years and deeper cuts. something the military got used to. >> there's a lot from over here early on for man...