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Meant to push back on a lot of a criticism trump has gotten for his weakness on russia, for his deference to vladimir putin at the summit in july without taking the necessary step of imposing tough measures. that's why you have seen criticism from even republicans like senator marco rubio in florida who want to push a tougher bill. >> there was a statement about this. today's announcement by the administration recognizes the let, but does not go far enough to address it. the united states can and must do more. mandatory sanctions on anyone who attacks our electoral systems serve as the best de...

Staff when i was attorney general. it was like harvey weinstein gave a lot of money to women's causes. it misses the point ofsin. but i actually hear the similaritiesso i s a kind of co here. to me, clinton was caught off-guard and was a little bit trying to have it both ways in the way he sometimes does, sort of talking in half measures. and you compare that to the pedal to the metal sort of grievance and defiance you get from trump who, all his supporters know, for example, that of course, he had sexual relations with multiple women. but he's chosen to play it in such a pugnacious way that h...

>> what is your take away for this? the eagles thrust into controversth this white house. seems as though it came out of nowhere. >> it's not very surprising. the last time we spoke we talked about the anthem policy and how it was a bunch of half measures designed to satisfy everyone and doesn't satisfy anyone. donald trump taking aim at the nfl. this is very easy for him to do. you have a league that's 70% black. you have a league that didn't alhim to becomer back in the '80s. he loves to play the hits. when he says something about the nfl and talks about players, it doesn't matter who stayed...

Owners did the right thing if that's what they have done. >> jonathan jones, he's suggesting if you don't stand for the flag then you should be kicked out of country. >> it's totally ridiculous. then he's going to take credit for this. this was the problem with the nfl's policy in first place. it's this five or six pronged policy that leaves itself wide open to interpretation. what they try to do is extend a number of half measures to satisfy every one, at least a little bit. ultimately you don't satisfy everyone at all. here you have donald trump, man you're clearly trying to satisfy and he c...

What parallels do you see here? >> look, you can always talk about half measures. if you want foreign policy of half measures, fine. incrementals, that is fine. donald trump going for a big prize here. that comes with some cost. everyone was amazed that donald trump could pull off a big meeting like this. i think it still happens in the long run but on america's terms. that is the right way to negotiate. if it looks like we want it too much like the iran deal they will string you out and get a variety of concessions. that is what happened with obama and president trump says it won't happen to ...