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What they're shocked about is this has created such an incident and that u.s./afghan relations at least dipmatically have appeared to have hit such a low with accusations going back and forth from different podiums here in kabul and at the spokesman's office at the white house. i don't know if they're shocked. i think they're more, like, backtracking. >> of course, savannah, a lot of this escalated again yesterday when you and chuck todd were interviewing peter galbraith, the former diplomat who had, widely known, a long standing feud with karzai. was probably fired by the u.n. because karzai ...

The white house knows it's got a problem with karzai. and it's a public relations problem more than anything else. the things that karzai has been saying over the last week are enormously unfortunate from the perspective of this white house because, of course, they've escalated troops into afghanistan. we've got 100,000 troops on the ground right now. and if the american people clue into the fact that karzai's out there saying the west, the u.s., is interfering in my country, that's a real problem. it's not that karzai has changed so much. it's just that he's being so vocal in a way that's ext...

This guy. >> of course it's also very close to the mid-term elections to be firing the ship's captain. >> you don't want to validate the story that the opposition is pushing. on the other hand it leads you to dig in your heels when maybe you shouldn't. >> of course, join savannah and chuck todd week days at 9:00 eastern for the daily run down right here on msnbc. have a great weekday you guys. been a tough week for republicans, i imagine. michael steele, for our daily briefing on michael steele's job performance. coming up next, jonathan martin. as the weather warms, walgreens and the makers o...

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>> oh. well, that's walking it back a little bit there. it kind of reminds me actually of his campaign slogan, "yes, we can. but should we?" you know -- >> savannah, you've got to love it. they nailed him there. at this point i don't know how they get away from this because the calendar -- you can say that this is just august and people are on vacation and no one's paying attention. it's true that some polling -- i think pew had a poll that showed most people were not paying attention to this, but the calendar means that this isn't going to stop because you're approaching the ninth anniversary...