again it's probably very unfortunate that madeleine albright said we don't know what's happening in iran right now but probably there is you know the implication of these things sions are very vivid and i know people who are in iran who tell me about things that they were able to do five years ago they wouldn't know what to do you know a lot a lot of a lot of things they have to do with their daily lives that have to do with their can you back and forth with their families they have to deal with their education that have to do with a lot of things that really affect their lives and the quality of their lives that is prevented because of these sanctions my understanding is the iranian people historically have been pretty positive on the u.s. is that your understanding is that changing though is are these sanctions having an effect on the spirit of the people there and their thoughts about the u.s. . is. descent it's a process what what do you think i mean it's high ratings not to it's hard for people not to see how they're being punished for something that they haven't done and they have

and former secretary of state madeleine albright and comic billy connolly and singer willie nelson and on and on. what do these faces tell him about the meaning of wisdom? what does zuckerman see after photographing esther mahlangu of south africa, an artist and a matriarch of her tribe, when he looks at the portrait that resulted? - i think that she is a happy person, and i think there's a certain amount of joy that comes out of her--sort of joy and curiosity are what i think about when i think about esther mahlangu. - nick nolte? it's great. it's a fantastic photo. - i think that nolte has a-- he's mischievous, and i think that the portrait sort of has a bit of that in it, which i guess is a strong mix of cunning and sort of childish behavior. he's fantastic. - did you get it with the wyeth photo? - yeah. the andrew wyeth photo. - what do you see in that face? - i see an uncompromised life, a life with no compromise, and a complete calmness, a complete satisfaction. - so, what does it come to when 48-plus people tell you what worked for them in life-- what, if given the chance, they

i sat on a panel with madeleine albright a couple of days ago.tability, kept coming up. the u.s. administration and the people who advise cannot get over that stability must not come at the expense of the people. 20 years ago, 30 years ago i would have told the administration, make sure there's enough space in the middle for people who aren't either the military or muslim brotherhood to be the only powers in the country. we're now the third point of that triangle and the military must understand that people will not allow return to military rule. >> if you could sit down with the president for 15 minutes and tell him how to play the next 12 hours, it seems like a real difficult thing to navigate. what would your advice be? >> well it's clearly a difficult position. the first thing mr. obama has to realize is the united states' influence on egypt and other countries in the region is significantly less than it was before. in the past it was a phone call to an autocrat who was not accountable. egyptians and tunisians and yemenis are making their own

madeleine albright to name a few. we'll leave it there because you took all the time with that cute, cute, cute little boy. >> you can say hi. >> hi. >> if it's way too early, what time is it, mika? >> it's time for "morning joe." but now it's time for "the daily rundown" with chuck todd. >>> the conversation starter. president obama's personal reaction to the zimmerman trial verdict sparks a new wave of discussion and debate. a very special discussion this morning on race, politics and what's next. plus, no main event. susan collins says she's running again and has no interest in running the homeland security department. what's that mean for harry reid's hopes to keep the senate in democrat hands? virginia's fight for governor turns personal. the first debate between mcauliffe and cuccinelli will have the highs and, quite frankly, a lot of the lows from that showdown. it's monday, july 22nd, 2013. welcome to "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. we'll have royal baby news if it happens during this hour. whether it's a

>> we have strong advocates for the united states and i'm thinking of madeleine albright a successfulambassador and susan rice certainly. all of them have the courage of their convictions. all of them stood for something. and they were very clear about what the united states represented. that style often works well. oddly enough, it's not shrinking violets but sometimes people who are aggressive advocates for the united states that win a lot of applause overseas and that win the cooperation of countries around the world. most countries want to see an active united states not a united states withdrawing into isolation i- >> former ambassador nicholas burns, thank you for coming on. >> thank you. >>> it is usually a spot reserved for rock stars. accused boston bomber tsarnaev is on the cover st "rolling stone." according to the report, tamerlan told his mother he felt like two people were inside him and instead of seeing a psychiatrist, his mother pushed him deeper into islam. [ female announcer ] made just a little sweeter... because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you act

madeleine albright to name a few.he time with that cute, cute, cute little boy. >> you can say hi. >> hi. >> if it's way too early, what time is it, mika? >> it's time for "morning joe." but now it's time for "the daily rundown" with chuck todd. >>> the conversation starter. president obama's personal reaction to the zimmerman trial verdict sparks a new wave of discussion and debate. a very special discussion this morning on race, politics and what's next. plus, no main