joining me now, political analyst michael steele be a went with me onset, former campaign adviser, jess mcintosh. we are showing images of the protest on the screen, so you guys wouldn't know that. jess, let's start with you. actually, i will start with michael. this is more after question for you. donald trump used images of disorder during his campaign at his rallies to his advantage. by saying he would be the law and order candidate. >> yeah. >> do you expect he will try and use these images in the same way or at the very least, are they going to have that subconscious effect on those who believe in donald trump? >> i think for those who believe in donald trump, this is a european affirmation of what they already know about what's going on here in america, for example. so the dot is connected in that regard. i don't think these protests in hamburg will have any real impact on what donald trump says or does. he may reference it offhand. he may juice the goose a little bit, if you will, katy, to you know, get some play back here at home for his base. but i think overall, i think he knows what h

joining me now, former clinton campaign adviser, jess mcintosh, and nbc political analysis and "time" columnist elise jordan. let me start with you off the top here. what are your reactions to the first on the record comments by vladimir putin about the expulsion of the 755 americans? >> well, it seems like donald trump's strategy of continuing to capitulate to russia and vladimir putin is not working in the best interests of america. we saw the sanctions bill pass. we don't know why he hasn't signed it yet. it's sitting there on his desk. it's one of the few pieces of bipartisan legislation that passed with an overwhelming majority, and he clearly doesn't want to do it. we saw the way that he behaved at the g20, where he was very preoccupied with making sure that the rest of the world leaders understood that he had a very special intimate relationship with vladimir putin and he wanted to publicly perform that at that dinner. i haven't seen anybody suggest that that is a worthwhile national strategy, national security strategy for us, and we haven't seen russia behave in a kinder, fri

and former clinton campaign jess mcintosh joining us on this hectic day. it is 9:00 p.m. in hamburg, germany. that's where donald trump is. he is there at g20. he just met with angela merkel, german's chancellor. there are a number of violent clashes between protesters and police have have been ongoing for about the last hour and half. this all comes right before donald trump has his very first face-to-face meeting with the russia president tomorrow. all ice will be watching that. i will hand it off to my colleague. ali, take it away. >> this is not how i thought the day would go a few hours ago. hamburg, germany, center of the universe ooze every major world leader is showing up for the world summit. chaos in the streets. about an hour ago, tension boiled over. water cannons and some sort of gas tossed into the crowds to get them to disperse. let's get right to the action this afternoon. pair of first-rate journalist is for us. kier simmons has been in that mess for a while. kier, let me start with you. we have pictures on the left and right of the screen. different shot

here to debate it is alli beth stucky of the conservative palestines and jess mcintosh editor.nt for this country when that happens. no republicans on this list though, alli. >> yes, so we have two problems here right off the bat. cosmo claims in its mission statement to be a publication that empowers all women to be themselves. what we are seeing, however, is they want all women to be themselves unless they are conservative. problem number two is that this article that we're discussing describes itself as a list of imminently qualified women who could be the next president. the funny part about that is that on this list of imminently qualified women there are democratic women who are far less qualified than the republican counterparts. where is senator susan collins who has been in congress for more than 20 years? where is condoleezza rice? where is any republican female governor, kim rendle, for example. where is carly fiorina? this is a pattern that we are seeing conservative females excluded from the conversation about political leadership. abby: good question. one thing if