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With putin days after. the worry is justified. the president thinks he can be friends with putin. former national security advisor hr ma h.r. mcmaster complained during his time in the white house according to u.s. officials. i don't know why he would want to be. the post continues, adding, putin complains to trump during their phone call about fake news and how in putin's words, the quote, deep state is conspiring against them with putin tell trump it's not us, it's the subordinates fighting against our friendship. joining me now, peter baker again, michael crowley and our team back here. p...

>> first of all, peter, easy to say i'll take a bullet until a loaded gun is pointed right at your chest. it doesn't seem like such a good idea. people don't take bullets for other people. that happens in the movies, not in real life. barb knows this as a federal prosecutor. he has to look out for himself. he's said as much. right now it's his family and himself -- >> why is he being public? >> why is he being public? >> yeah. >> i'm not sure he should be. i agree with barb. it seems a little strange that lanny davis would also wade into a public debate. it's in michael cohen's best interest t...

We were just talking about that death of a british woman, a result of poisoning believed to be the responsibility of the russians. in a statement to nbc news an nsc national security council spokeswoman says the u.s. continues to concur with the united kingdom's assessment that russia is responsible for the march chemical attack in salisbury. while the current incident remains under investigation, we stand with our allies in condemning the use of chemical weapons. peter baker from "the new york times" is here again. peter, i want your reaction to that. the white house sent this to me within th...

There really is going to be progress here. >> peter, that's what was sort of striking in the president's tweet this morning, right? this is a guy most of his deelds had to do with real estate, not with nuclear weapons. saying, i have confidence, kim jong-un, my partner in this deal, will abide by our handshake. >> yeah, exactly. i was struck also by the word contract he used. contract as if there was actually some sort of -- let's face it. this wasn't an agreement. this was a 391-word statement of intent, a statement that we would like to get to a certain place where we could denuclearize the ...

Self-value, self-interest. is this unprecedented, this moment? >> i think it is literally unprecedented, peter. even nixon wasn't appointing justices to the supreme court during watergate so it makes it different. but there is an important "but" here and it is this. regardless of who he puts on the supreme court and i agree with your panelist. it's going to be one of the four. they're going to be conservative. the supreme court precedent that very clearly says in u.s. v. nixon, the president cannot assert executive privilege to keep documents and materials from a grand jury. there is another r...