one of the biggest stars to come through here, david robinson, the ten-time all star who won two nbas and two olympic gold medals, one is a member of the historic dream team. and his post playing career hasn't been too bad either. >> well, as we sit here and watch the spurs try to win another title, it's hard not to think about the title you won and then walked off the court. i mean -- >> yeah. >> this is supposedly the athlete's ultimate dream, right? to walk away and retire a champion. we hear that a lot. does it actually make it easier? >> yeah. it's amazing. it's great experience. and especially since you work through your whole career, you're trying to build up to that one great moment. it is kind of the ultimate achievement. and it's a nice way to walk out. >> a lot of the athletes have trouble retiring. >> the first year or two after you retire, it's difficult because there's no place you can get that same kind of energy level. there's nothing in your life that gives you that type of instant feedback. you got a job, but everything moves slowly. so there's a lot of excitement y

prize winning columnist and associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc analyst eugene robinson. and davidinger. so much going on this morning. >> so much going on. i've been watching the show you know. i don't get this. >> nice colors. oh, this big top story. >> i don't understand any of it at all. it's one of the strangest things. it just doesn't add up. >> that's what we were yesterday -- there's updates today that actually make it even more of a mystery. given the information there, nobody could answer how the deal was being made. nobody could answer the question on the set. >> there are so many questions. like you can start with for instance let's ask somebody who's responsible for being in the room when it was time to go to the rose garden with the president. because the president announces momentous events. >> glorious events. >> that's the president's trophy case. who, nicole would have a president of the united states go out to the rose garden with a father who told his son to follow his conscience of deserting fellow troops in battle at one of the most dangerous outposts in afgha

robinson still bus. joining us on set in new york president of the council in foreign relations, richard haass. in washington the moderator of "meet the press" davidur. >> can we talk about iraq in a second? i thought you guys had a very fascinating conversation about scott walker off camera. >> you want to do that first? >> just really quickly. >> i agree. >> i'm not read in on it. i'm curious what you and others around the table were saying about that investigation. >> okay. so as we have been reporting, there's a criminal investigation involving governor scott walker of wisconsin and some are saying it could impact his election. prosecutors game he played a key role in a criminal scheme to coordinate. prosecutors say one e-mail from governor walker to karl rove highlighted how walker's chief campaign strategist was leading the alleged scheme. >> okay. so -- >> so there are no charges filed. >> no charges, but you and mark and mike and others who have read into this a lot more than i have, you all said this sounded strange. what do you mean? the investigation, like, what is going on? >> he's in a tough re-election challenge against a democrat ma

robinson, sam stein still with us. joining us the president of the council on foreign relations richard haass who you saw interviewing hillary clinton there. and moderator of "meet the press," davidning us this hour. i'm going to give a big recap of the big story. >> might be fitting. >> what i'm thinking. exactly. it is awful. in many ways, there are no longer separate conflicts in iraq and syria. you heard hillary clinton talking about this. rather one sweeping insurgency ripping through the region. the group at the center of the fighting is taking aim at baghdad. and this week, the weak centralized government there is struggling to keep it together. the thousands of shiites are vowing to fight back setting the stage for a civil war split along religious lines. shiite volunteers would fill the vacuum left by the iraqi armed forces. many of whom dropped their weapons and scattered. several soldiers in the capital are now wearing street clothes under their uniforms to make for a quick escape. the u.s. spent at least $25 billion arming and training those troops. the cities already overrunned, cigarettes and alcohol have been banned and they ordered women to stay indoors. they thre