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Tweeted, what has he been smoking, referring to president trump. in response the president tweeted a clarification of sorts yesterday. he said, my statement as to what's happening in sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on fox news concerning immigrants and sweden. you might hear my floor director, don, saying, oh, in the back. now he gets it. that aired friday night with a documentary film maker who claimed a surge in violence following an influx in immigrants. >> perhaps no country -- if they aren't able to work they're at least able to commit crimes. >> you see violence spr...
I want to get right now to our panel, ryan crocker, the former ambassador to syria, iraq, and now executive professor at texas a&m university and nbc news chief correspondent richard engel joining us as well. ambassador, i'll start with you. quickly to get your reaction if i can to the national director james clapper. he resigned, not going to be here for the transition into donald trump's presidency. what is the impact in the handoff from barack obama's administration to the one that will follow? >> as you said, this was widely expected by people who've followed national security developments...
Welcome back. pakistan getting ready to host an important meeting. the goal to bring an end to the taliban attacks that have been plaguing the country for years. pakistan will present a list of taliban members open to future peace talks as well as ones opposed to talks with kabul. the u.s. and china will also be at this meeting. more on this with ambassador ryan crocker, the former u.s. ambassador to syria, iraq and afghanistan. he's also the dean and executive professor at the george bush school of government and public service at texas a&m university. sir, good to have you on the program. th...
Gaining strength. what is true is that from the star our goal has been first to contain and we have contained them. they have not gained ground in iraq and in syria, they'll come in, they'll leave, but you don't see the systematic march by isil across the terrain. >> isil or isis has been contained? i'm joined by ryan crocker, former ambassador to syria and iraq and lebanon, among other countries. he's now dean and executive professor at the george bush school of government and public service at texas a & m. ambassador, great to see you again. i wanted to ask you about that assessment from the...