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Now i want to bring my guests back, eugene scott, national reporter for the washington post, and tim alberda, political reporter for politico. thank you for sticking around. a lot to chew on there. before we get to what we heard in jacob s spot, i want to remind viewers of how president trump s started his campaign. when mexico sends its people, they re not sending their best. they re bringing drugs, they re bringing crime, they re rapists and some, i assume, are good people. tim, when he first spoke those words, everyone said, that s it, he doesn t have a shot. you just heard one voter there in that conversation say, i actually feel better about him now that he s in office. how do you square all of that? well, look, it s a great reminder that the latino community is not a monolith, electorally speaking. a couple things, first, president trump actually was elected with a slightly higher percentage nationwide than mitt romney was according to exit polls, 28% for trump, 27% for ....
Backdrop of meddling by russia in the 2016 election and all those investigations you have been focusing on back at home. all right. nbc s peter alexander, i know you have been working around the clock, i hope you get a few minutes to rest. i know it s another busy day for you. peter, great to see you. see you soon. with us now, ambassador stuart holiday, the u.n. ambassador for political affairs. and political reporter for the washington post, eugene scott, and for politico flmagazine, ambassador, glad to have you here. what we thought was a meeting president trump and putin isn t going to happen. what do you make of that? against the backdrop that the white house is trying to secure a deal in regards to syria, maybe that didn t happen? well, first of all, there was never a formal meeting on the books but there was a ....