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Of the assad regime in syria. he has essentially ceded the landscape to putin. putin now cease himself as the leading force obviously in syria. russian news services today had deeper reporting than the white house's own read-out of the meeting. they said that putin also contacted the leaders of turkey and egypt, among others before getting in touch with trump. or after talking to trump. he's positioned himself as the primary mover. and i find it hard to believe that in the wake of all of this that assad is simply going to step aside and let democratically led elections take place in syria. i t...

Not be getting on the phone alone with a foreign leader like vladimir putin because he doesn't bring anything to the phone call other than his own ego. he is not deeply informed about middle eastern affairs. he does not have any real grasp it would seem of the trajectory of the assad regime in syria. he has essentially ceded the landscape to putin. putin now cease himself as the leading force obviously in syria. russian news services today had deeper report thang the white house's own read-out of the meeting. they said that putin also contacted the leaders of turkey and egypt, among others bef...

>> eric: we'll get a read-out of what they eat and maybe the senate majority leaders will have to get to his tums after that meeting. >> sandra: let's bring in michael warren, a senior writer for "the weekly standard". most of all we want to know will they play nice? >> it's in their interest both to play nice. this is a big week particularly for senator mcconnell. this is a senate majority leader who has struggled to pass anything. you could put part of the blame on president as well. he needs a big win on tax reform, on this budget. it is certainly in his interest to play ball. i should note...

Relationship is very important, particularly as north korea has launched more missiles, and that they will keep this alliance going. so while the president tweeted using a new nickname, unveiling a new nickname for the north korean leader, the read-out from the white house is a little bit more diplomatic, i should say. >> okay. hey, john, is this the preview we've all been waiting for on how the president is going to handle north korea this week while he's also meeting with some of the other allies in the region? >> well, i assume he's signaling he's going to bring sir elton john into the proc...

But if we understand that donald trump is someone who always finds a little marco and a lying this person or whatever, rocket man isn't actually the worst nickname. and so where i think we really need to focus on is that read-out of the discussion from the white house and also the fact that the president is about to go into one of the great premiere events for a new president. that appearance at the u.n. is a very big deal. for president trump, no matter what he does around it, it will be that moment when he stands at the lectern, when he stands at that podium. so all of this is sort of build-...