andrea mitchell's live interview with u.s. ambassador to the u.n., samantha power. and right now on andrea mitchell reports. terror in turkey. 41 people killed, hundreds more injured. today, the third busiest airport in europe has reopened. showing resilience in the face of tragedy. >> reporter: this attack did note shut down istanbul. it did not shut down the airport. the airport is still functioning. it is a political decision here, it is a decision to show resilience. this country does not want to cower to terrorists. it is also an economic decision. travel warning, but now a renewed focus on how to keep american airports safe. especially heading into the big holiday weekend. >> isis knew they could get to that area and still target westerners. so i think in the u.s. what we will likely see even over this holiday weekend is a greater move to push that security perimeter out. and coming up, we'll talk to

samantha power about the syrian civil war and the refugee crisis hitting turkey as well as the rest of europe. plus fear factor, donald trump's reaction to istanbul, reopening the debate over torture. >> they can do chopping off heads, drowning people in steel cages, they can do whatever they want to do. you know, you have to fight fire with fire. and good day, i'm arpd ma mitchell in washington. istanbul's airport open for today less than 24 hours after three suicide bombers struck a coordinated terror attack. 41 people were killed and more than 230 were injured. a chilling of videos recorded the horror. these scenes are graphic. security capturing the moment one of the big explosions right

by the arrival's hall. nbc news has not confirmed that this is the actual blast, the police officer shooting an attacker. the attacker then drops his gun, later detonating a bomb. white house condemning the blast as a heinous terrorist attack. we have team coverage, richard angle at the airport. tom costello hans nickle in canada. and let's start with richard who started this yesterday evening, istanbul time. richard, extraordinary seeing that airport back open for business. open for travel. >> reporter: i was surprised when i got here this morning and i went to the terminal, first i was surprised that i was able to get to the terminal. and then was very surprised to see people inside, people in the cafes, checking in for flights. i didn't expect that at all. i thought there would still be a

police cordoned in place, heavy secure presence. instead clean-up crews are sweeping up the debris, sweeping up the glass that it was destroyed by explosions, by suicide bombers, by gunfire. and as they're sweeping it, people are moving with their luggage carts around the clean-up crews and going to check into their flights. extraordinary scene, one that i've never seen before which i think speaks a lot to the resilience of this country. also, we're learning more about the actions of the turkish security forces. they did not take this lying down. the militants arrived in two taxi cabs according to prime minister. at least one of the militants was wearing a black dress. the first attacker opened fire, drawing attention, drawing security forces to him, then he detonated a device. that explosion caused chaos, a diversion, allowing the the two other attackers to slip inside the terminal building. but once inside, they were confronted by police, one was

tackled, the other was shot by a police security officer in a video that is gotten a lot of attention over the last 24 hours. still, high death toll, more than 40 killed, 41 is the latest figure we're hearing. 41 people still in intensive care according to health officials in this country. but from what it sounds like, it could have been significantly higher. >> and, richard, i was hearing this morning an interview with one of the security officials there who was being questioned about the decision to shoot one of those attackers who then detonated the explosive device, and the official was saying the turkish official was saying that this actually prevented far more casualties because he was running directly towards the vip lounge for turkish airways which was crowded with hundreds of people. i don't know if that's correct for your reporting, it was an interesting question about -- >> reporter: that is -- >> that is the protocol for shooting an attacker who will

then detonate a bomb? >> reporter: well for many years i covered the israeli conflict and the israeli position is to absolutely shoot the attacker to immobilize him and clear people out of the way. but, not only was that attacker shot, and i saw the location because i then spent quite a bit of time in the terminal today. so the first problem was by the, was outside the building by a taxi cue. the second bomb was inside by the place where people wait for their arrivals and their loved ones outside. generally they're standing there with signs or balloons or children's toy as people come through customs and they greet them. the third attacker managed to go upstairs to the departure area and was heading toward the vip lounge. they've gotten inside of that lounge, obviously there's more

devastation that could have been caused, then was caused by the while attacker was mobilized and people managed to step away from him. >> and finally, richard, do we know anything about the gnash namty of those who were killed? >> reporter: we know that from what government officials are saying that they've identified 41. they say 13 are foreign nationals, u.s. state department says no indications that any u.s. citizens were killed or seriously injured. and there are still several who have not been identified. but the majority 23 turkish nationals, 13 foreign nationalings among them, but no americans. >> it's all extraordinary, the terrorism, but of course the response as well. as you know so well from there. thank you so much, richard angle, and of course this attack in istanbul makes a lot of people worry about security here at home. one major defense between

domestic and foreign airports is that most international airports have a security perimeter, stopping people from getting to the main terminal. former director of the national counterterrorism center michael ryder said these help so far as they go, but they don't solve the problem of terrorism. >> the fact is that moving security away from the planes is a good thing. we have to have security for the cargo, the bags, and the people getting on the the planes, but as you push that security perimeter out, it's not as though the threat goes away, it simply adjusts to those other check points. >> joining me now from reagan national airport nbc's tom costello. what are officials telling you about any changes to security here at home? >> no real changes. to the overall skurtd posture, some individual airports have kind of allowed their tactical police units to go to a higher profile. we've seen that in new york and miami, but those are units that are already deployed and they're just trying to make them more

visible because that acts z a deternlt, but it's not a tactical rollout if you will. it's putting those people into a high profile position. some tsa viper teams, those are the teams you see at some airports where you've got a couple of tsa officers, usually they're armed, might have dogs with them. they're always deployed. so the bottom line for most airports around the country, this is business as usual today, as we go into the fourth of july travel weekend. they are expecting somewhere in the neighborhood of i think it is 36 million people will be traveling by car, maybe another 8 million or so by air over the next week or so. the most airports are not changing their security profile. that said, this incident in istanbul along with brussels has refocussed the conversation yet again on whether it's time to rethink security yet again at airports. now, the kbe really becomes -- to pick up on michael lighter's issue there, do you move the

security the first line of defense out so out of the airport? you move it to the curve? move it to the parking lot? move it down a block? down the street? and if so, if you're creating a bottleneck, aren't you essentially creating another target there? you know, brussels airport immediately after the attack there back in march, they try to move that initial security stretch point out to the parking lot and the roads which feed into the airport. but they created such a dramatic bottleneck, so many people standing around outside that they essentially, they have a lot of people missing their flights. people were getting their four hours ahead of their flights, and it became untenable, and so they've moved everything back inside again. and yes, they have officers more officers watching people coming in, but that security check point, the real security check point is back inside the brussels airport. and that's the bottom line. unless you're ft. knox, it's hard to defend against an airport. every airport in the world is essentially a soft target.

you roll out more police officers, you could put more armored vehicles outside, but a determined terrorist is still awfully hard tostone, andrea. >> indeed, tom costello, thank you very much. president obama is in ottawa for the north american leader summit. he just made a statement after arriving about the terror attack in turkey. joining me now is nbc hans nichols traveling with the president in ottawa. hans, you're right in front of the parliament building, we know that that's where there was a lone wolf terror attack which we all watched unfolding in realtime. and now the president talking with the other leaders from mexico and canada, of course, north american summit talking here and answering questions about this as well. what did they have to say? we're going to get the tape back in now any moment from the u.s. white house pool. >> reporter: andrea, what we heard from president obama is really a public expression of what he privately told the

president, and that is the united states stands with turkey, a nato ally. he emphasized that point and they'd be doing whatever possible to help them, offered his condolences and touched on this issue that tom is talking about. this issue of isis is on the run, potentially in iraq and syria, that's according to to the president, according to to the white house, but you do not talk to national security officials either in europe or in the states that don't think that is ultimately going to present some short sort of challenge for soft targets. as hard drowned on the battlefield. in countries like iraq, in cities like fallujah, potentially mosul where we're waiting for an offensive there. some time later this year. what happens there to isis? look out west, look across that border. with turkey. and look for softer targets and try to hit there. it's a challenge of frankly a president doesn't have an answer for. he is talking about what he's trying to do to ensure security, ensure strength and ensure the trade continues. remember, that is the focus officially of the summit making

sure trade and security and some energy goals are met. we'll see to what extent it is blowing off course, officially and private meetings by these events that happened in istanbul, andrea. >> from ottawa, traveling with the president, thaurng, hans. and coming up now, more from istanbul, the stark divide between donald trump and hillary clinton's initial reactions to the attacks. that's next right here on "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. "owen." that's me. ♪ you should hire stacy drew. ♪ ♪ she wants to change the world with you. ♪ ♪ she can program jet engines to talk and such. ♪ ♪ her biggest weakness is she cares too much. ♪ thank you. my friend really wants a job at ge. mine too. ♪ i'm a wise elf om a f off shire. ♪ and sanjay patel is who you should hire. ♪ thank you. seriouy though, stacy went to a great school and she's really loyal. you ould give her a shot. sanjay's a team player and uh... mothern-law with a glad bag, full of trash. what happens next? nothing. only glad has febreze to neutralize odors for 5 days.

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and dwrurp take on this threat. and then there's donald trump. he responded aggressively last night with a call to even return to outlawed torture practices. >> can you imagine them sitting around the table or wherever they're eating their dinner, talking about the americans don't do waterboarding, and yet we chop off heads. they probably think we're weak, we're stupid, we don't know what we're doing, we have no leadership. you know, you have to fight fire with fire. >> joining me now, nbc's halle jackson and nbc's kristin welker, thank you both for being with us. halle you're up in maine where donald trump is campaigning today. that is about his stark a contrast as you might ever have between the two postures in responding to this terror attack to this crisis. >> reporter: and it's indigtive, andrea, of what donald trump is trying to do in the campaign is paint himself as the toughest

person on terror in this 2016 race. it's what he tried to do throughout the primaries that worked for him then. the question is it going to work in the general election. particularly after what we saw from his campaign an almost notably subdued response or maybe understated response to the attack in turkey. this rapid response statement coming out that was a little more toned down, trump comes out just hours later, talked about how water boarding is -- >> halle, just hang in there, we're going to play some tape just now from president obama in ottawa. >> relationship, let me just publicly extend my deepest condolences to the people of turkey for the terrible attack that took place in istanbul. i had a chance to speak to the president earlier today. to discuss with him not only how heartbroken we have been by the

images of the injured and those killed, but also to reaffirm our strong commitment to partner with turkey, with nato, with the broad based alliance that we've structured around the world to fight isil. it's an indication of unable to govern those areas that they've taken over. that they are going to be defeated in syria. they're going to be defeated in iraq that have an impact on the entire civilized world. and i know that that view is shared by mexico, it is shared by canada. it's shared by all the people of this hemisphere, and it's shared in every region. we stand with the people of turkey and we intend to do

what's necessary to make sure these kinds of terrible events are not happening. now, on a happier note, the cooperation that's been taking place between the united states and mexico across a whole range of issues has been outstanding. >> and that is the meeting that is taking place at this the hour. this is taped by host television, canada's television, that is being sent in. the president meeting with the president of mexico and you could see again, not always on the president if you could hear his voice. halle jackson and kristin welker, with my apologizes, halle you were saying that this is donald trump's strategy. which is to portray himself as the tough guy, the tough candidate between the two. >> reporter: and marking contrast, andrea, not just what you were talking about with hillary clinton, but even with president obama and the words that we just heard from the president there in his response

to the attack overseas. so clearly, daylight trump's trying to draw between himself and the democrats on this issue, but even within his own party. he's raising eyebrows, given the incendiary nature of what he's saying, including senator john mccain, they have a history. >> and kristin welker, you had a very different response, of course hillary clinton, she was not on camera, she was issuing a statement and talking about working with our allies and the need to do more against radical jihadism, but the importance of our alliances and this attack on a nato ally. a very different response indeed from secretary clinton. >> reporter: there's no doubt about that. and that is because she's essentially trying to do the exact opposite of that strategy which map out. she is picking herself as a steady leader, has the most experience, of course she served as secretary of state under president obama, and she's trying to draw that sharp contrast that donald trump can

be bombastic in these moments. he can shoot from the hip, of course saw that after orlando where he congratulated himself for being right about another terrorist attack happening. interesting to hear president obama, and joining secretary clinton next week on the campaign trail and he is going to be making a very similar case for his former secretary of state that she is the one who has the experience to lead and he's going to talk about the experience that he has working with her personally, andrea. >> kristin welker and halle jackson with interruptions understandably from the commander and chief. thank you both so much. and president obama had a very busy day as well as flying to ottawa, he also of course this morning spoke with the turkish president to express i had condolences for the airport attack. and while there's no claim of responsibility, he said that turkey is confronting a security crises. of course, turkey is the major transit point for isis fighters acrossing both legally and

illegally in and out of syria across the border. five years of civil war in syria has created a major refugee crisis as well. 3 million rebel strered. nearly 400,000 in istanbul alone. according to turk yis's government. the joining me now is the u.s. am bass do the united nations, samantha power. ambassad ambassador, thank you very much, today you gave a major speech saying that we are in the midst of the greatest refugee crisis since the second world war. called for us all to do better against in the face of this crisis. i want to talk to you about that in depth, first, initial reaction to this attack of the refugee crisis, of course, creating a major problem, challenge for turkey, but this attack now as well with security threat for turkey. >> well, i can't say it better than president obama who you just heard from, we stand with turkey, it's a nato ally, alliances are the foundation of

how we have also responded to isil. isil's on its heels, it's losing territory in syria and iraq, but it is still capable as we've seen of staging attacks. we don't know in this case who the perpetrator of the airport attack was, our hearts go out to the people of turkey and we will work with them in london, any assistance to track them down and make sure they're held accountable. >> i know there had been some friction with turkey in the past, but in the last year or so. they've really been stepping up on border controls, facing all the problems that they faced from this continuing civil war next door. >> yeah, they are a key partner, and they're a key partner working with secretary johnson and others on the homeland security. they're a key partner on the intelligence side. they're a key partner through nato, and i have to say, their generosity in sheltering 2.6 million syrian refugees makes them a key partner to humanity because that's not something a lot of countries would have taken it upon themselves to do.

>> and in your speech today, you spoke about the challenge of vetting the refugees from this war. this obviously has become a huge issue in the political debate in 2016. one of the candidates donald trump calling for a ban temporarily on muslims, he did that after san bernardino, saying that there is just no vetting of these refugees coming in. what is the actual record that you spoke to today of how refugees from syria are vetted and the numbers of people who are in fact not really even coming to the u.s. compared to other countries. >> yeah, well again the facts i think are very important here. even if if they don't always get the headlines. since september 11, we in the united states have let in more than 800,000 refugees for resettlement and of course none of them have been involved in an act of domestic terrorism. the system for processing people who are pursuing resettlement

through unhcr is incredibly i lab rate, at the table the representatives from the department of homeland security, the fbi, the counterterrorism center, we take in information from all of our partners, information, information sharing has been enhanced as it needed to be in the wake of isil's rise. and this screen and this methodical process, it takes time. for most refugees, that process will last well over a year for syrian refugees, there's an additional layer of screening. given that of course isil has set up a foothold in syria. so we are confident that we can pursue our dual aims for to keep the american people safe, but also to do our fair share of responding to the largest refugee crisis since the second world war. we also think again that if we can get more countries to step up, if the burden -- because it is a burden for, especially those front line states, if that burden can be spread more equitably around the world, it

will be easier to have systems in place to process people in an orderly way, but the flood and the march of people, whether into turkey or well well beyond into germany and elsewhere in europe, mine, that's not good for systems to have systems where you actually process people in a methodical way and allow the kind of screening that we have been able to put in place for our program, that's really important and that's what european lead verse sought now to put in place. >> you said in your speech you referenced that after orlando, explicably, house republicans were talking about banning immigrants when in fact orlando really didn't have anything to do with immigration, but that said, that you take this personally. talk to me about that and what you had just said in your speech and piece this morning. >> well, you know, there's this tendency in our history, we have moments right, where we have collected guilt, one individual

who does something who has as characteristic and we blame a whole group. we're never proud of that, but the temptation is always there in the present. i always spoke about being an immigrant to myself, being an irish immigrant, coming from a country when i came to the united states in 1979, multiple terrorist attacks carried out in the town in which i lived. if that were enough to band me from from this country or to ban the irish, i wouldn't have the privilege and certainly wouldn't be representing the united states of america. all of one group, you know, carries the sins of a single individual, it's a tendency to apply and lately, its been something that's not only not true to our values and something i think again later we would be embarrassed by if we acted upon it, but it's also not in our interest. and to terrorist groups who

themselves think in terms of collective guilt. all yazidis deserve this, all people of this faith deserve this. we don't need to trade in that kind of thinking. individual responsibility and individual accountability is essential. and that is what we are pursuing in our fight against isil and will continue to pursue, but part of countering violent extremism is showing us for the inclusive society that we are and as others have noted, drawing on the incredible help that we get from our muslim partners in the region. but also muslims in our own communities that are the first to tip us off when people of one community or another may be strained. >> coming from ireland, being a diplomat, you're very aware of the european response to the crisis. five-year civil war. >> there was recently 50 or more

diplomats, unusual decent complaining through the channel. from the assad regime, killing his people and killing the resistance that we were supposedly supporting. and the involvement of course with russia now. what about the u.s. policy that is now been criticized to publicly by some of your colleagues in the state department? >> well, let me say again that we have had very, very live debates throughout the last five years. i don't think anybody can be satisfied with a conflict that has gone on this long that has resulted in such heart ache, chemical weapons use, barrel bombs, mass displacement, isil establishing a foot hole, it's a dismal conflict with some of the most heart breaking consequences i think we ever seen.

so the decent that was reflected into the cable is dissent and debate that is part of our every day process as we seek to crack the code as we seek to find a way to finally bring this conflict to an end. and as you mention now, we are trying to work with the russian federation and hold them to their word. they have signed on to the idea of political transition here in the very near future. they have signed on to a cessation of hostilities and to enhance access for people starved to death by be the assad regime prince bli, and keeping them to their word has proven challenging, but if russia, the lead patron of the assad regime wanted to follow through on what it has committed to. and secretary kerry puts on them through this large gathering of countries that he has assembled. you could then begin to deal with the core root cause of the

displacement, but also one of the main root causes of terrorism and something that isil has exploited very much to a nefarious purposes. >> i want to play for you michael lighter earlier today, talking about a view that is reflected by many in fact diplomatic community and perhaps by many in the state department as well. about a pivotal moment when the president decided not to engage the assad regime. >> there was still a moment at the red line and really even before that where the french and the british wanted us, the united states, to get more involved in iraq and syria, and we hesitated. i think that was problematic. that was a period where david petraeus and hillary clinton and some others were pushing the president to do more. i think the second thing was, it really did make our allies in the region question our commitment. and that is very problematic. because everyone has said, this can't just be a u.s. fight, this has to be a deep, deep alliance

with the saudis, jordanians, with the turks, and when the u.s. says it's going to do something and then it hesitates, unfortunately it reinforces a narrative which rings true in the ears of some of our allies. >> do we have, have we lost credibility with our allies in trying to do something about the civil war? >> i don't think the way in which we have built the antiisil coalition as one example, the way we built the international support group for syria to work the political transition suggests anything other than our ability to lead and to summon countries to our side around the shared objective. i mean, we have, you know, 70 countries in our anti-isil coalition ligs. we've taken back huge chungs of territory, more than 40% of the territory they had in iraq as you know and more than 20% in syria, the issg, russia, iran,

qatar, turkey, all at the same table and with the u.s. and rush in a way that few could have forshadowed. have either solved the problem? not yet. ending the civil war, i think the historians will judge various moments whether we should have done this or that. hindsight is always 20/20, but the president tells us is to continue to look under that stone and bring me options that you see, that will help us deal with the dual challenge of ending the civil war and defeating and destroying isil. we're living in the present and trying to look forward and trying to take advantage of this nay isn't a, political opening that we have seen with russia, which has not yet paid the dividends we need on the ground. >> and before i let you go, i did want to play you just label the of donald trump talking about his response to the istanbul attack at an ohio rally yesterday. >> we have lost, and the laws

say you can't do this, can't do that, you can't do a lot, their laws say you can do anything you want, and the more vicious you are, the better. so we can't do waterboarding, which is, it's not the nicest thing, but it's peanuts compared to many al tern tifrs, right? we can't do waterboarding, but they can chopping off heads, drowning people in steel cages. they can do whatever they want to do. >> your reaction to that? >> well, i'm staying out of presidential politics and commenting on anything that any of the candidates have said, but i can tell you my job at the united nations is to build coalitions around our national security interests. combat ebola or to fight terrorism. and one of the reasons that the united states is able to build a coalition like that, many have forged against isil is that we live by the rule of law. we respect human rights, because of the mistakes we've made in

the past that when you alienate whole communities, you serve up a gift to isil or al qaeda. and we're not interested in serving up gifts to terrorist organizations. we're interested in defeating them. >> and i know you can't get into politics, do other leaders talk to you about what's going on here? certainly secretary kerry said they are talking to him. >> i'm sorry, could you repeat that, andrea? >> i'm sorry, secretary kerry said that other leaders are talking to them about comments like this and other comments during this campaign, are you hearing that from the other ambassadors whom you have to deal with? >> oh yes. i think this is topic number one, but i try to change the topic as quickly as possible to get down to business in the present. >> that's because you're a diplomat. thank you very much. >> thanks for your service and thanks for joining us today. >> you bet. and coming up, inside the global terror threat, are attacks like the one at the istanbul airport the new norm?

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this in terms of the profile of the attack and the nature of the attackers and certainly we're learning more about the identity of these attackers once the turkish government confirms who they believe they are. what we do know about them is that right now base d the fact that they coordinated the multiple stages of the attack, there was one attack that went outside the airport, the other one at the entrance, and then a third one a little bit further inside the hall of the terminal itself suggests that very similar coordinated aid tack like what we saw in brussels and isis has this notion of carrying out spectacular attacks. the target itself cannot be forgotten. target the the airport, highly symbolic, it's international arrivals, and that in itself suggests that this does not fit the profile of other groups including leftists and kurdish

separatist who in the past have tried to coordinate the international locations like an airport, andrea. >> you know obviously this is an area where isis, because of its border and the fact that foreign fighters go through back and forth through the turkish border. this is a key area for isis. what is the current relationship between the turkish government and the isis fighters in terms of shutting that border down and trying to control it? >> turkey right now is obviously in a state of war against isis. let's be clear about that. there's no working relationship there, there never was in any way, shape, or form, despite the fact that at least on paper, turkey wanted to topple the assad regime and expand its caliphate. the turk ir border has proven to be a challenge for authorities there for two reasons. one earlier on in the civil war, they wanted that border somewhat open to allow foreign fighters to join other militant groups.

now that has worked in their disadvantage. there's another aspect. we were hearing from ambassador powers that millions have come across that board herb. turkey feels obliged to keep that border somewhat open for the refugees that are trying to escape the battlefields of syria and iraq and in doing so, they run the risk of having people infull trait some of them. not to say that these attackers came from syria, we don't know anything about their background and we don't know if they came in from that side of turkey along the border with, but it is a major challenge for officials as tray try to keep a humanitarian window open for people to get to turkey for a safe place and making sure that the foreign flux of fighters does not increase the area or increase coming out of syria into turkey. >> thank you so much. thanks for being with us. and coming up, the survivors, surviving terror. we'll hear from travellers who witnessed the chaos in istanbul. that's ahead right here on msnbc.

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we figured out what was happening and we immediately notified our families and let them know we were okay. we just left the airport. i'm gutted. i feel absolutelier it shl this is happening to turkey. >> an american tourist who narrowly missed yesterday's attack in the airport. today those who witnessed the bombings are describing the terrifying aftermath and we are joined now, claudia, you've talked to people there, what are you telling you? >> reporter: well, andrea, the ataturk airport is like any other international hub in the world. there are wide spaces, no place to side, so for the passengers running away from gunman and suicide bombers, they must have felt or said they felt like open targets. those who managed to escape those attacks unharmed, they told stories of horror and near-death experience. >> now into the taxi rank where you'd hail a cab, and it just,

mass, i mean, destruction. seven ambulances, blood on the floor, bloody rags, people were stepping through them. >> the biggest panic was from the fact there is nowhere to run. no place to go. >> reporter: now, i landed here at ataturk airport an hour ago and of course i had to walk through the international arrival and terminal, that was the target of the attackers yesterday. about 20 hours ago. and it was surreal how quickly everything just became operational again. you can see shops open and even information desks open, even though right behind them, there were holes riddled with bullet holes, andrea. >> the dramatic stories from istanbul, thank you. and next, teaming up, president obama joining hillary clinton for the first time on the road next week with the support of the former boss and former arrival, both campaigns, stay tuned right here andrea

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democrats within the base as we have seen elizabeth warren be for her as well. he is an even larger figure. obviously as president of the united states to do that. i also think that he can go places and rally people in swing states. he is a very gifted candidate, he is someone who has shown the campaigns he knows how to campaign across and i think he is as much as possible. >> some comments by john mccain about both donald trump and bernie sanders. let me play a little bit and he's obviously in a very tough reelection campaign himself out there in arizona. this is what john mccain had to say today. >> if you believe that donald trump was going to be the nominee and you believed that bernie sanders was going to come

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he is really rearing to go. >> this is the year of change, this is the year of throw everybody out, against washington, and that if hillary clinton were becomes the nominee as expected and is elected, that would be the equivalent of a third obama term. because she is with some exceptions, embracing barack obama as much as he's embracing her, ruth. >> sure, and as john mccain reminded us, crazy year here, history is a guide only until it proves we get the exception from history. and the other history that you point out is that it's very, very difficult to get a third term. of the same party. so, there's lots of indicators that should make democrats look good to the hillary clinton campaign will be the first to tell you that should not make democrats complaisant in any way. >> ruth marcus and chris alyssa, thank you both. and coming up, the first

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fight. and you can see more of his interview rather with vice president and dr. jill biden also having their experience with the loss of their son from cancer. all of that coming up tonight on nbc nightly news. that does it for us for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. remember, follow online, facebook, and twitter. peter alexander continues with the very latest from istanbul, right now on msnbc. publicly extent my deepest condolences to the people of turkey or the terrible attack that took place in istanbul. >> good afternoon, everyone, i'm peter alexander right now on msnbc live as you just heard that was president obama just moments ago condemning the terror attack in istanbul, turkey. extending his condolences to the