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About the trade war with china right now. and will this overshadow that and what is expected to be a very consequential meeting. >> it will be a consequential meeting and come after a breakfast he's having with the crown prince of saudi arabia. so three leaders of three countries that have severe human rights issues that jail and kill journalists, the president in all of these meetings really abdicates what we have seen as the traditional role of the american president. even when you're talking about trade, even major policy issues the american president is expected to go into those meetings a...

Are leaders in congress, there are none. they're all followers. they follow their constituency. if the constituencies in their districts follow trump, they're going to follow trump. if the constituencies rise up and say no, this is unacceptable, foreign interference in an election is unacceptable, propping up saudi day care d dictators who kill journalists is unacceptable, then the congress will turn. >> and those constituencies follow trump because they follow fox, unfortunately. and he follows fox. >> well, i invite all the constituencies to tune into msnbc daily at 9:00 a.m. and 1 p.m. with...

How cheap their lives are when an oppressive regime wants them gone. >> shepard: this sets a stage for a message for those that kill journalists that i can imagine. we're going to have a moment here, aren't we? >> yes. this is a very brazen act. to lure someone inside a consulate and kill him in a grisly way. sends a terrible message to all journalists. it puts them in great danger and we need a strong and vigorous response. >> shepard: what sort of reaction are you getting from governments and news rooms? >> from news rooms, the reaction has been great. this has been on top of news bulletins ...

Between what the united states does abroad in terms of our armed forces and what putin does domestically. trump basically said that what soldiers in afghanistan are doing and pilots in syria are doing is the same thing as those that kill journalists in russia. that is not in america's national interest. >> both of you have served in this administration, wendy sherman, you served in the prior one as well. chuck hagel, the former defense secretary, had some sharp criticism in "foreign policy" magazine of this administration. saying in a piece headline "the white house tried to destroy me. whethe...