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Night. >> there's no question that the president and steve bannon had a tight relationship during the stretch run of the campaign, although they knew each other before that. and certainly in the first few months of this administration when bannon was a power player in the west wing. it faded over time, but that relationship did not end. they continued to speak even after bannon was fired or left the white house this summer. and i think you're right about this president. he's staffed differently. aides, you grew frustrated over the summer with his scatter shot approach to the health care reform...

Leadership. for me, this written document, which i think is not that bad will only hold up and be as good until the first tweet. i did not think there was a whole lot in that speech that i liked. i know that it's surprising. i think the overall strategy. again, parts of it takes a conventional look at the threats we face. his speech was focused on a whole host of other things, and it did not lay out, i don't think, beyond slogans how we will look at north korea. >> katie: the documented. >> marie: the document is only as good -- it's only as good as the implementation, and putting diplomacy on...

Exist in america, because we have laws. i want to make one point about the situation with russia, a comment that this guy made. it is ridiculous. donald trump is ready to deal with russia. in fact, he initiated policies that were don pro- russian, and that democrats are silent. this is a guy that will help america in any aspect, but it will a pro american policy. >> katie: they do acknowledge russia and china are adversaries trying to redo the world order, and they do admit, marie, the russians did have some influence in terms of propaganda in the election. >> marie: that is what is interestin...

>> they done know what he will say or do. a list of tweet-like sentences he could bring up with putin. it will include russia's efforts to disrupt the 2016 election to the president's benefit. efforts that are now the subject of a criminal investigation involving some of the president's closest aides and associates. i'm joined by the msnbc reporter. and lawrence, the former secretary of defense now with the center for american progress. >> describe how preparation would normally be going into a meeting, this first big face to face with putin, given how thigh stakes are, how strained the relati...

General. michael, last word to you, 60 seconds left. he said, clearly, if there was no cause to fire bob mueller, it would not matter to me what anybody said, noferdz, he would not do it. >> if he were given an order to fire him without cause, he'd quit before he executed that order. but he said something also that i think was very important, and it goes back to the testimony he had and the conversation with senator harris, where she was asking about his independence. i think he was pretty clear here that the mandate which he has given mueller, which is a written document, which everyone can r...