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Mcfall, is you've got three leaders here from a very tense part of our nato relationships worried about russia's encroa encroachme encroachments, russian harassment. they want to see a greater u.s. troop presence. that's going to be a trip wire presence. that's not going to be a presence to really defend against russia, but it will tie the united states more deeply into their security. but as mike mcfall just said, donald trump's behavior thus far has tended more to reward russia despite its attacks on the united states. we need to understand that. russia has attacked the united states. it's a...

Our thanks to ambassador mike mcfall, ashley parker, clint watts and rick stengel. a special note for rick stengel. his book "mandela's way" has just been reissued to coincide with what would have been nelson mandela's 100th birthday. congratulations on that, rick. a day after one republican attorney joins the trump legal team, another big name dedecline the reporter who broke that story joins us next. and later, if it's tuesday it must be a primary night somewhere. in fact, steve kornacki is with us tonight at the big board, and that would be the illinois results from this evening. "the 1...

Put on line is going to go anywhere to anybody. so i -- i follow the precautionary principle that anything i put online will -- my grandmother will see on the front page of the newspaper. >> that is the politician in you thinking that way. senator, i'll leave it there. appreciate your time, thank you for coming on. >> good to talk to you. and now turn to mike mcfall and an nbc news national affairs analyst. so ambassador, let me dive right in here. i have a bit of a satellite delay so we may be pinging back and forth in california but the president today said what is wrong, obama called to c...

And new supply routes to afghanistan to go into pakistan and kill osama bin laden. these are very concrete things that advanced america's national interest. what is striking is i can't think of a single thing that he's gotten out of the relationship that advanced america's interest. that is big difference. >> mike mcfall, thank you. >> thanks for having me. up ahead, the putin problem. the president's phone call is just one of the things causing an uproar in the gop. we'll break it down and the political impact of it with the panel. that is next. wn to ugly thin grass! now there's new scotts...

Concerned. what do they hear when the president doesn't con front putin publicly? >> they hear weakness. let's just call it for what it is. they like what they hear from the trump administration. with regard to russia. and that disconnect is also truly extraordinary and unique. that the trump administration's policy toward russia is not so bad in my view. but trump himself doesn't endorse it. i'm a bigger fan of the trump administration policy toward russia than the president trump is. and when you have that -- >> mike, didn't we have that -- have that in the reverse with russia when you and t...