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Operator. and msnbc terror analyst malcolm nance. always good to have you. let me start with you, doug. if you had been in the room for the briefing garrett was just talking about, what would you be asking? >> well, i think the questions are obvious, but so are some of the answers. you want to ask, well, why are they there. the answer is essentially congress has authorized them to be there or at least the executive branch reading of what the congress has passed authorizes them to be there. now, what then the second question would be, why does the congress not know and why did it appear that la...

It's time for the united nations to pick up and do its fair shar share. >> julie: john roberts with the u.n., thank you so much. >> jon: part of president trump's address today emphasized one of his biggest messages from the campaign trai trail, america first. joining us now, a former terror analyst of the treasury department. america first certainly part of his speech but he also castigated iran for its behavior, that must be welcome news to the israeli delegation. >> absolutely, we will hear soon from prime minister benjamin netanyahu, he is expected to echo those remarks and perhaps persuad...

Joining now the mother of heather heyer and murdock. there is other breaking news. le terror attacks in spain. our vehicle-involved incidents the new normal and how should officials respond. here to discuss, a terror analyst and senior fellow. what is notable now, as we look at what happened in spain this morning, this seeps like a fairly large cell. i mean we count ten if not more, 12 people involved in this. they apparently were trying to build bombs in the night before. what does this all tell you? >> this is one of the biggest operations we've seen in europe for a while. if things hadn't g...

Outskirts, so they are working this one suspect from every single angle they can. they are going to, by the end of the afternoon, be able to write his biography, and they're going to start writing biographies on all of his friends. so, that's -- it's very, very pressured right now, very hectic in the investigation. >> good. we want them to get all the information they possibly can. steve, stand by. karen greenberg is joining us now, terror analyst. you know, you've been listening to all of this. good to see you. your initial reaction. >> my initial reaction is i think, like so many others, whi...

That group, but he wasn't one of the ones that we thought were trouble makers. he was the quiet one. we didn't know that he was planning an attack. certainly, this is raising some questions, for sure. >> what's known about the other two terrors? >> well, interestingly, very little. this is where it becomes interesting in terms of trying to piece together how these three men knew each other. one man we don't know anything about. the police have identified him but they're not publically identifying him. although, it appears he may have been carrying an irish identity card with him. the second ma...