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>> the president intends to go to russia in september. >> you won't say moscow -- >> i have nothing else astay for you. >> deliberately vague. >> that's for you to decide. >> reporter: last month president obama didn't want russia's refusal to extradite snowden to reflect relations with the u.s. >> i'm not going to have one case of a suspect who we're trying to extradite suddenly being elevated to the point where i've got to start doing wheeling and dealing. >> reporter: putin seems to agree saying he wants this snowden situation resolved. >> translator: we have warned mr. snowden that any har...

Stupid. why would you be talking about this. i'll go a step further. why deny science. you have the same problem with global warming. there's undeniably a fact that global warming is a problem. 99% of the scientists say so. the republican party denies it. when they deny science, deny facts they make themselves irrelevant. >> dana millbank wrote an article. trent frank's abortion claim and the manly republican party. there's not one woman on the panel. if they push legislation like frank's bill that ban abortion after 20 weeks don't they have an optics problem because of people behind all of th...

Yesterday about 24 hours ago we showed you the president of the united states and the president of the palestinian authority right there, a live news event. we had a close-up shot. we didn't realize when the camera pulled out, look who is peering over his shoulder. yasser arafat, the father of modern terrorism that. is what we would call a messaging problem. that's an optics problem. that is a big mistake. >> brian: the same guy that gassed up the beast with diesel gasoline. also the one who signed off on the banner for the president. come on, you can't do this. this is not even fair to the pr...

Are expressing dismay. new york democrat charlie rangel called the lack of women embarrassing as hell and yesterday chairwoman of the congressional black caucus, marcia fudge wrote a letter urging the president to nominate two members of the cbc. bill, you are a former diverse member of the president's -- >> still diverse. >> yes. you remain diverse, though not sequestered at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, for which we are thankful. i wonder what you make about this contention that he is being too insular, a, in terms of the possibility of group think, people that have been with him forever, and th...

Of staff are two more white men, den is mcdonough and ronald klain. let me get your reaction to this. >> barack obama is black. >> some of the president's top advisers are women, valerie jarrett, half of the white house staff is women. that's been a diverse cabinet and white house staff. what we're experiencing now is a communications problem more than an actual diversity problem. >> rich, is this an optics problem? >> let me agree with bill. that this is -- this is a very difficult job to fill because you have to be so much in tune with the president. if you want to start add up blacks and wo...