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The head of a global security foundation. he was interviewed on "the rachel maddow program" earlier tonight. >> the seriousness of this situation cannot be overestimated. not because they could hit us out of the blue that could take out los angeles or seattle. you have two insecure, inexperienced, impulsive leaders in control of a vast amount of destructive force, squaring off in the most heavily militarized area on earth. what is trump going to do now? >> that got our attention for good reason, and with that, let's bring in tonight's starting panel. andrea mitchell, retired four-star u.s. arm...

Tonight's starting panel. andrea mitchell, retired four-star u.s. army general, barry mccaffrey, and our military general, malcolm nance. a 35 year intelligence veteran including with special operations and homeland security, also happens to be an msnbc analyst. andrea, you have covered this on and off for some time. what about the president's words, if anything, struck you as coordinated, vetted, planned and then the second part of the question is, how do you de-escalate from where he put this thing this afternoon? >> that is the harder question, isn't it? he seemed to be reading from notes. ...

Department i dealt with russian active measures, as they call it, and i just want to add one thing to what the intelligence officers said. sometimes the russians do a thing where they make you want to think that they are doing something but they are not doing. that maybe they wanted us to think that they're tampering in this election. they have a term of art in the russian military called the gray zone and it's about the fact that nothing seems clear at all. that is what they like. they like frozen conflicts, things to not look clear. that's what they are doing now. to get to your actual first...

That's what they're doing now. to get to the first question, yes they're completely on the back foot and will be probably forever. while the investigation is going on until that is consummated i mean they're going to be asking question about this and you have a president by all accounts is absolutely obsessed with this. and may be watching right now about it. >> our great thanks to our starting panel. last day of the week but our first segment on a friday night token, indira, rick thaupg soefrp. coming up after the first break, the legal team that keeps growing to deal with the russia response...

That is what they look like. they like grows frozen conflicts they like things unclear np that's what they're doing now. to get to the first question, yes they're completely on the back foot and will be probably forever. while the investigation is going on until that is consummated i mean they're going to be asking question about this and you have a president by all accounts is absolutely obsessed with this. and may be watching right now about it. >> our great thanks to our starting panel. last day of the week but our first segment on a friday night token, indira, rick thaupg soefrp. coming up...