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United states a standing ation. it's breathtaking, it's audacious, it's bold. it will be historic. >> the commander-in-chief's leadip is now leading to a major foreign policy break through as it relates to north korea. >> joining our discussion now, the root.com and msnbc contributor. jason, how did it happen? bob corker complaining about his republican senate colleagues as a cult at this point. >> you know, the republican branding to cult 45 has been going for a couple of years now, right? this idea that you can get elected, that you can be in power, that you can push through policy, not beca...

Roundtable. george wills, nita kumar, and jason johnson from the root.com and msnbc contributor. george, i thought i was listening to a real estate developer there. >> you were. he thinks north korea's beaches are grea yd seecuba. if cuba had in 1959, 1960 decided to open itself up, it would be a tourist meccaen a very wealthy country. turns out the castro brothers weren't interested in that. they had other goals for their dictatorship. the same is true with north korea. mr. trump is demonstrating the ultimate parochialism which is to believe everyone wants what americans want. >> i don't know...

Times the departing president took the long view. at other points he called mr. trump a cartoon figure who cares more about his crowd size than any particular policy. and he expressed rare an self-doubt wondering whether he had misjudged his own influence on american history. "the new york times" reports that obama and his team were confident that mrs. clinton would win and like much of the country were shocked when she did not. president obama asked his aides after the election what, if we were wrong? maybe we pushed too far? maybe people just want to fall back into their tribe. after his aid...

Members of congress, democrat and republican are going to be informed a lot by their constituents. so our jury, as it should be, is the american people. >> impeach or not impeach. joining us john holland, and also with us harry litman and deputy assistant general under president clinton, and jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com and an msnbc contributor. john heilemann, so jeff sessions is now a significant part of the obstruction of justice investigation? >> and i think, you know, in retrospect, as "the times" story notes, it's sort of crazy that we didn't focus on this earlier. peop...

Johnson politics editor for the root.com and contributor. i want you starting with aisha, put this together the way trump is trashing our institutions, the by, from and for the people institutions like the fbi, our u.s. government, our democratic form of government and at the same time accusing everything of it being a deep state. at the same time taking the side of the owners against the players in this issue of taking a knee. i think it's part of one thing. what do you think, aisha? >> i think when it comes to the nfl, president trump feels like he's honed in on an issue where he can rile up...