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>> is bill barr your roy cohen? >> i think it's a talented. >> you know you've always said is he a -- >> but i had many lawyers. a lot of lawyers. roy was one of them. he was a tough guy. bill barr is -- >> cut from the same cloth? >> bill barr is equally tough. he's a fine man. he's a fine man. the job he's done is incredible. he's brought sanity back. >> let's bring in joe crowley, republican strategist, susan, and jonathan alter. big welcome to the three of you. ladies first. the president says bill barr and roy cohen are equally tough and he's brought sanity back. what's your reaction? >> ...

Donald trump and finds a way to carry out his agenda whether it's the right thing for the country or not. he is an attorney general for donald trump whereas i believe jeff sessions was trying to be an attorney general for this country. >> what do you think congressman in terms of how democrats interpret this? >> susan hit it on the head. the president wants someone who has his back. 100%. that he is his attorney general. not the attorney general for the united states. and i think looking at the vote, it was bipartisan in the senate. only three senators voted for him. i think they're looking ba...

Responsible thing is to do. she wants to be responsible about this. we all know that his red meat to his constituency is the border wall, is being anti-immigrant, and i think he's going to continue to do that. i don't think he wants to see a full settlement here. >> susan, nbc news cited two dhs officials saying it was called off because of detailed leaked to the media. another factor lack of space to detain those arrested. why is the president putting this somewhat different spin on him? what does it buy him? >> the president puts a different spin because he sees what's happening in the news ...

Nothing terrible happens. >> hey, why were you shaking your head when susan was doing the framing of how the president is playing this? >> she's absolutely right, i mean, this is a moment of disaster already for our european allies, and for our nato allies, and susan hit it on the head, he's talking about, he's eager as a school girl to have this meeting with vladimir putin, and he's throwing all kinds of shade and hating on our nato allies, folks that have stood with us for 70 years, and, you know, he's resisting the treaties of the allies and his own staff, to please issue a statement about ...

Consequence of a lack of mission clarity? >> susan hit it in the last segment very clearly. this is a political issue that's being played politically instead of looking militarily at what we need to achieve. jim got it right by the fact he said the source of instability is pakistan and it always has been. all the al-qaeda leadership we got after we won in afghanistan was really in pakistan, and all the days after 9/11 was actually located in korachi. we'll never be able to stabilize afghanistan as long as that exists. i believe al-qaeda is going to do things to make life difficult where ever w...