now to matt bradley in warsaw, where the president will kick off his visit thursday. matt, why is he starting this trip in poland? >> reporter: well, this is something of a pit stop for the president before he heads on to hamburg, where he's going to confront tens of thousands of somewhat violent protesters. the police have deployed water cannons in order to subdue protesters in that city, and the president will likely get confrontational and uncomfortable questions from european leaders about the environment, about trade, and about north korea, which you have been discussing all morning, but this in warsaw, this will allow him to kind of eat his dessert first, because any american president would get a rapturous welcome from this pro american country, but especially donald trump, and the reason why is because the leadership here and throughout a lot of eastern europe see themselves as sort of ideological kinsman to trump and his far right populous politics, because so many have been outspoken about the policy of accepting immigrants and have been suspicious of enviro

market, but as nbc's matt bradley reports, that could have major implications for the auto industry. >> reporter: as president donald trump shifts american climate commitments into reserious. >> so rear getting out. >> britain is groan-lighting an audacious plan, and put disaster that causes some 40,000 premature deaths a year. in the end everybody will have to buy electric, otherwise more -- with -- with smart thins like that. >> reporter: it would take more than two decades. environmentalists say the new rule is too little too late. >> it's a public health emergency, but he doesn't seem to get the urgency dealing with this. >> reporter: but for iconic brands like aston martin, the new law will spell disaster if it doesn't come with government help to make sure the company has battery plants and home-grown tech to go to the change. >> if you don't put the investment in, you'll be a net importer for technology. that would be a disaster. >> reporter: cars and fuel are already heavily taxed and regulated. it's hard to imagine a this in the u.s. >> i don't think the u.s. will set a date

nbc's matt bradley has those details. >> an inferno in a crowded syrian refugee camp, in 20 minutes, a dense tent city was turned to ashes. a 2-year-old boy was killed, others suffered serious burns. some 600 syrians were made homeless by war, homeless once again. they'll be housed in a temporary camp nearby. aide workers blamed a faulty appliance for sparking flames that ignited gas canisters. nbc news visited the site where nearly 90 tents were burned down. >> whenever you see a settlement like this, where tents are too close to each other, it will continue to be a problem. a single fire can cause many tents to be destroyed within minutes. >> reporter: many refugees fled to lebanon -- >> imagine if it had happened at night, it could have been worse, many people could have died in this kind of an incident. >> for those fleeing syria's horrors, no sanctuary is truly safe. matt bradley, nbc news. >>> in london, heavy security is in place tonight at wimbledon, one day before the start of the tennis championships. among other things, concrete and steel barriers have been put in place to

matt bradley, nbc news, london. >>> when we come back, how working with birds of prey became a liberating experience for one man and how he is now helping others soar. >> wait a minute. >>> finally tonight, if you've ever thought of soaring like a bird, consider the story of a man that didn't learn to fly, but who wound forking with birds a liberating experience at a time in his life when he desperately needed one. and now with the birds he loves, he is helping young people spread their wings. tammie lightner caught up with him in washington, d.c. >> not flying today. >> reporter: rodney found an unexpected calling in birds of prey known as raptors. >> freedom. that's what all the numbers mean. >> reporter: two decades ago, his father was murdered, mother addicted to crack, his life was headed in the wrong direction. >> i wasn't kind of lost. i was lost. i was a drug dealer, nonsense, street life. >> reporter: then he met a bird that would change his life. an eagle-owl famed mr. hoots. >> he's the first bird that i ever really worked with and from that moment, he was one of the greatest i

matt bradley has more tonight. >> reporter: five victims, in only 90 minutes. police charged a 16-year-old boy today with a frenzy of acid attacks in london thursday night. the victims, all men, were riding mopeds. >> jumped from the bike, and it's burning on my face. >> acid attacks are absolutely horrendous, barbaric. >> reporter: with no common motive, acid attacks have grown dramatically. from 166 in 2014 to 261 in 2015, to 454 just last year. last month, this man and his cousin were attacked as they sat in his car on his 21st birthday. >> i'm never going to be the same again. this guy tried to kill us. i'm lucky i'm alive. >> reporter: both will be scarred for life, but she once dreamed of becoming a model, hopes her trauma will also leave a permanent mark on english law. she started a petition to restrict the sale of the chemical. british lawmakers are taking notice and tomorrow they'll debate here in parliament about how to confront a problem that seems to resist easy solutions. lawmakers could consider classifying acid and other corrosive substances as

matt bradley, nbc news. >>> in this country, another kind of battle is going on tonight against a raging wildfire that threatens dozens of homes in california. the fire doubled in size overnight, and a scorching heat wave sure isn't helping. we get more from nbc's steve patterson. >> reporter: out west, 40 wildfires fueled by scorching temperatures are burning across 11 states. >> there goes the shed. >> reporter: in northern california, at least ten structures destroyed by a fast-moving fire. >> we're seeing a fully-engulfed home at this time. >> reporter: farther south near santa maria, 200 homes evacuated when the so-called alamo fire exploded overnight, doubling in size. low humidity, high temperatures and strong winds fueling a blanket of flames along the countryside. >> your heart drops when you look out and you see the giant orange glow behind you. it is not a good feeling. >> reporter: in all, more than 3,000 firefighters battling blazes in california alone. in british columbia, canada, close to 170 fires burning across the providence, forcing nearly 7,000 evacuations. but the bi

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garrett haake and matt bradley are joining me now to look ahead.ss of a week at the white house between health care, something that was supposed to be energy week. and all of that. they have got this to plan for this week. how's it going? >> well, the white house is trying very hard to get and stay focused on this trip ahead of the president's departure on wednesday. the president has been up at bed minister, new jersey, not here at the white house. sort of seg regaited from the distractions of the past week. he's been focus on the calls with the foreign leaders. he has spoken to leaders from china and japan this morning france, italy and germany. all g20 members. all of whom there's significant business frankly with the chinese and japanese leaders. focused in some good measure on north korea. a threat to all three countries and one that the president has tried to address jointly with both of those nations. we have gotten readouts from the calls with the french, italian and german leaders but the german relationship is so important and off to some

matt bradley, nbc use, london. >>> looking at the box office now.unkirk stayed number one this weekend. this is the second week in a row that "dunkirk" took the number one spot. now, the emoji movie took second place making just under $126 million. and that surprised a lot of people because critics thought it stunk. >>> just ahead, not a bird or a play. inhigh playing shapes and colors. don't float away. we'll be right back. well here you can see a giant >>> i know it's late, but i still have to ask you a question. have you ever seen an ocps flying in the air? well, here you are. a giant purple ocps kite. it marks the last night of the annual berkeley kite festival. i hope it's over, it's almost midnight. apparently fish and ocean animals like the octopus very popular this year. there we go. there's a bunch. festival providing kite making and kite flying lessons to families. and free to public. the and as always, just peck tackler. gorgeous sights. >> it would be nice to have that sea breeze all week. >> not going to happen, though. >> no. 77 san fr

. >>> we go to matt bradley in warsaw to recap some of the highlights we've heard so far. morning, matt >> reporter: good morning, sara. this is something of an interesting morning for the president. he had an adoring crowd greet him at airport last night when he arrived around 10:00 in warsaw then this morning he held his first foreign public press conference with a foreign head of state that was president duda. as you saw earlier, this is kind of an awkward pairing. of course president duda is a far-right populist, the same sort of ideological ilk of president trump, but widely criticized by the european union and human lights organizati rigs for his authoritarian turn president trump chided north korea. came down on russia just a little bit then he attacked his usual enemy, the u.s. domestic press after that the president addressed the three seas summit, a gathering of some 12 mostly former communist nations in eastern europe he told them more or less exactly what they wanted to hear he said he was going to help with providing them with liquid natural gas that would all

nbc he's foreign correspondent matt bradley takes us to the front line. >> guns that once shot to kill fire in iraqi soldiers feel victory in mosul is imminent. days ago nbc news crews were on front lines of the iraqi troops as they pinned down the remaining isis fighters for the last few square yards of the city. the group announced over social media that they will fight to the death. that's because mosul is key where the so-called caliphate was announced three years ago by their leader al baghdadi. al baghdadi vowed he'd never give mosul back. look where we're standing now. across the middle east isis is on the run. u.s.-backed troops have surrounded the group's syrian capital of raqqa, but isis still has small towns in eastern syria and western iraq, but mosul is the prize. by far the largest city under isis control. this woman says no one suffered more than the people of mosul. tell that to the world. the fighting left nearly a million people homeless and but those are problems for tomorrow. today iraqis are looking forward to a hard won victory. matt bradley, nbc news. >> a 22-yea

jacob. >> nbc's matt bradley in seoul, south korea. matt, thank you so very much. >>> the korean peninsula continues to be a major issue for the trump administration. joining us now is daily beast columnist gordon chang. great to see you here. when you look at the show of force last night by america and our allies in the korean peninsula, who's the target of this show of force? who is the united states attempting to influence? >> i think that we're really attempting the influence the south korean public, to reassure them. of course there's this little bit of element that we want to intimidate kim jong un, but he's not really scared of what we can do, because he knows what the balance of forces, what a war would look like. the other thing that we may be trying to do now, which we haven't been doing in the past is that south korea has a new president, moon jae-in, we may be trying to box him in a little bit, to prevent him from moving too close to the north koreans, too close to china, so there's that as well. >> you know, president trump

matt bradley, nbc news. >> a 22-year-old man from texas killed on a greek island. now eight people, eight, have been arrested in his death. those suspects are expected to face homicide charges. police say bacarri henderson of austin was beaten to death outside of a bar after a brawl this. happened on one of the islands. henderson just graduated in may from the university of arizona. police say they are still looking for more suspects in that attack. >>> former maryland congresswoman donna edwards is pleading with lawmakers to save the affordable care act. for her she says this is a and a "washington post" op-ed she announced she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. she found out about that diagnosis last june while still in office. edwards is worried she and others with pre-existing conditions will lose health care coverage if republicans repeal and replace the affordable care act. >>> political donors could soon have less influence in the district. starting tomorrow d.c. lawmakers will begin discussion on measures that would limit the awarding of government cont

garrett hake and matt bradley join me now to look ahead. it's been a mess of a week at the white house between health care, something that was supposed to be energy week and all of that, and they have this to plan for this week. how is it going? >> the white house is trying hard to stay focused on this trip form the president has been up in new jersey, not here at the white house, sort of segregated, if you will, from some of the distractions, where i'm told he's been focused on these calls over the last few days, leaders from china, japan, this morning france, italy and germany, all g-20 members, all of whom there's significant business frankly with the china's and japanese leaders focused in some good measure how north korea, a threat to all three countries, within the president has tried to address. german relationship is something off to a fraught start with angela merkel upset about the u.s. pulling out of the accord. we know that it is something that president trump will be pressed on and we know white house aides are keenly aware the

nbc's matt bradley is in london with more of the interview putin gave. it is now airing on russian state tv. we got a rough translation of it. talk to us about how angry vladimir putin is in this interview at donald trump and the trump administration. >> well, you know what's really fascinating about this decision, jacob, the american sanctions bill hasn't even become law yet, so he's made this decision, of course, before president trump has had the chance to either sign or veto the sanctions bill that just passed the house and senate with near unanimous support. the white house has indicated they are probably going to be signing this bill, and, of course, even if they didn't, the senate and the house have the votes to override a veto, but let's be clear. this is a huge setback for russian-american diplomacy and as putin said, this would restore, quote, diplomatic parity. by that he means that expelling some 755 american personnel from embassies in russia would leave 455 diplomats and technical staff. that's the same number of personnel russia has in the

now to matt bradley in warsaw where the president will kick off his trip to europe. >> reporter: this is basically just a pit stop for donald trump on his way to the g-20 conference in hamburg. he's going to be here in hamburg getting some uncomfortable questions from european leaders about his environmental record and about course this north korean issue that you've been discussing. here in warsaw the president can eat his dessert first. the leadership here and throughout eastern europe most of the countries that are going to be coming here for the so-called three seas conference see themselves as of you trump's ideology ilk. they are anti-immigration and suspicious of some of these super national groups like the eu and some others. they are also going to be looking to donald trump to make assurance about nato. in the past donald trump voiced some spentism about nato but rewarding the polish leadership because they are one of the few countries that actually meet the 2% threshold for financing their military. now, the main goal, the main event here is going to be donald trump's speech

. >> nbc matt bradley is in london with more are vladimir putin's reaction to those sanctions. all these diplomats, hundreds of diplomatic staff, matt. what can you tell us? >> we haven't heard a reaction yet from the kremlin to what vice president pence was just saying this morning. but we don't necessarily have to expect a reaction, if you'll recall, hallie, president putin is a studied practitioner. if you remember back in december president obama when he was still president levied a punishment against russia by expelling 35 russian diplomats. in this case, president putin is expelling 755 u.s. diplomats who can hardly call it proportional. but back in december, vladimir putin decided to answer obama's broad side by posturing magnanimous. he said nothing so no retaliation for diplomatic expulsions and then invited all of the state department personnel in mouscow and their children to sit. and we might be hearing that now. vladimir putin coming out and really signaling a drastic de r deterrieration and this is not just a replay of the cold war. this sort of tit for tat and dip

joining me now from london matt bradley. can you give us the details of what happened here? >> reporter: the australian government said their major security operation overnight had netted at least four suspects. this is from malcolm turn bul. he's the australian prime minister. he said a large scale police operation interrupted a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane. they were believed to have been inspired by isis ideology. now all of those suspects were arrested in the suburbs around sydney and so far none of them have been charged with a crime but turn bul the prime minister said they managed to seize a considerable amount of material. at the moment police have released precious little about the operation and those arrested. nbc is working to get you more information as we get it. the prime minister also told the australian public to expect longer waits at the airport and asked people to show up at airports much earlier. he's keeping the threat at probable. the police have indicated that the planning for this potential attack showed a unique level of sophistication an

. >>> all right, now let's turn to matt bradley, covering the latest between u.s. and russia. what is the impact of putin expelling those 750 diplomats and their families out of russia? >> reporter: well, phillip, there's no understating this. this is a massive reduction, and indeed it's starting to look more like the cold war than the cold war itself. the "washington post" noted this morning. this is the largest force reduction in diplomatic personnel since 1917. since the russian revolution. that's well before the cold war even began. but phillip, you know what's fascinating about this decision from russian president putin, the american sanctions bill that he's reacting to hasn't even become law yet. he made this decision before president trump had the chance to either sign or veto that bill. now that bill passed with near unanimous support, so the white house has indicated that they will be signing the bill. and even if they didn't, of course, they could always use their two-thirds majority to go past the veto. but let's be clear, this is a huge setback for russian/american

matt bradley is joining me with the very latest from there. matt, what can you tell us?reporter: thanks, alex. these sort of escalating tit-for-tat attacks have struck with horrifying regularity in jerusalem over the past couple of years. it's never really clear from the outset just how much worse these sorts of flare-ups can become once they have started. while this latest round of dead low violence shows no sign of ending soon, the israelis may relax tensions on temple mount. authorities today just installed video cameras at the entrance to this holy site. now, those cameras could become an alternative to the metal detectors they have been using to scan muslim worshippers for weapons. israeli authorities have told nbc news that they may be replacing those metal detectors with the cameras today. so, remember, it was the arrival of those metal detectors last week that sparked these days of violent protests in jerusalem. those have left at least four palestinians dead. and on friday, three israeli settlers were stabbed to death by a palestinian man who invaded their home

nbc's matt bradley joins us now from seoul, south korea, with more details. matt? >> reporter: thanks, jacob. american officials are telling nbc news that this sort of exercise was done to put korea on notice, to show that the u.s. is on a war footing in the korean peninsula. and general terrance o'shaughnessy, he's the head of the pacific air command, he said this was done to show that the full compliment of weapons are available in case of a provocation with north korea. now this is just a typical shot across the bow of the north koreans. the u.s. does this all the time, particularly in the last couple months. in fact, there have been six such flyovers just since april. and that just goes to show now tense things have really gotten here on the korean peninsula. this latest flyover was done in response to the july fourth testing by pyongyang of an icbm, a intercontinental ballistic missile. and the north koreans say it was an icbm, and u.s. officials then agreed, and some experts say that with some modifications, this weapon could be used to attack u.s. soil. it c

nbc's matt bradley is covering this from us from seoul, south carolina. matt, with a good day, what can you tell us about the show of force? >> reporter: officials are telling nbc news that these exercises were meant to demonstrate to north korea that the u.s. is on a war footing in the korean peninsula. general terrance o'shaughnessy is the head of the u.s. pacific air command. he said that this was to show, quote, the full lethal capability of the u.s. in asia. now, this is a typical shot across the bow of north korea. the u.s. does this all the time. in fact they have done it more recently. there has been six such flyovers over south korea just since april. this just goes to show how tense things are becoming as north korea ramps up its capabilities, especially when it comes to missiles. now, this is a response to the july 4th test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. that's an icbm. north korea said it had launched an icbm and u.s. officials agreed that the test qualified as an intercontinental ballistic missile, which means that it could strike a

nbc's matt bradley joins us from london.are you. >> reporter: hey, how are you, keir. >> well, my friend. how are they making the connection between the government policies and this tragic fire? >> reporter: well, keir, that's certainly something that all these participants are trying to do. they're trying to sort of claim kinship between the grenfell fire and the austerity policies. that's basically what we would know as reduced pay by the government and less taxes. it's a normal conservative platform. but while there's no real smoking gun connecting the actual fire in grenfell tower with the austerity policies of the past decade, it did contribute to what a lot of people in this rally, and there were thousands there today, consider to be a lot of additional inequality within the british government, within the british system, and the lack of pay for social workers like firemen, like ambulance workers. you know, one of the things that jeremy corbyn came out and said was that it was disingenuous of some of these tory politici

matt bradley is in warsaw for us.s about this reception, what the president will see what he gets there. >> reporter: thanks, chris. well, if everything goes as planned, and that's a really big if for this white house, but if everything goes as planned, it's expected to be something of a love-in here in warsaw when president trump arrives at about 10:00 p.m. tonight. any u.s. president who would visit poland would get a very, very warm reception, but especially donald trump. that's because the political leadership here and indeed many ordinary pols really consider themselves to be ideological kinsmen of the president. that's because they tend to be, especially this ruling political party, they tend to be anti-immigrant, skeptical of climate regulations and environmental regulations and very skeptical of international organizations like the european union. but for this reception, they're going to be demanding some things from trump. they want to see him doubling down on article five of nato. that's the bit of the nato

matt bradley joins me with more. what can you tell us? >> good morning, dara.these sorts of escalating tit for tat attacks, it is never clear from the outset how much worse the flareups can become. the latest round of deadly violence shows no real signs of ending soon, the israelis may be look to go releesburg tensions. they installed video cameras at the entrance to the holy site. those could be an alternative to metal detectors used to scan worshippers for weapons. remember, it was arrival of the metal detectors that sparked days of violent protests that left at least four palestinians dead. friday, three israeli settlers were stabbed to death by a palestinian man that invaded their home in the west settlement. they imposed metal detectors and other security measures last week after three israeli arab gunmen opened fire and killed two israeli police officers. since then, israeli police made dozens of arrests in a sweeping crackdown across the west bank. just this morning, benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, announced the home of the palestinian wo

>> our matt bradley reporting in london for us. matt, thank you very much. >>> we turn to the other big story that was breaking through the week. it's health care, and if you thought that fight was over, it could just be beginning. a new reset with that with the president issuing this ult maimm for republicans in congress. trump threatened to end key subsidy payments. it's a last-ditch effort by president trump to get congress to try harder by hitting them where it hurts, but the threat didn't seem to affect senators as they spoke out today. >> with that kind of pressure change your vote? >> no, but the ball is really in our court right now i would turn that around a little bit and say to the president of the united states that, yes, every single american in every state in this country should be able to get the health care that members of congress have. >> all right. so it is not just congress who is speaking out on this. we have the president threatening to end subsidies about the insurance companies he'll help pay for coverage fo

. >>> now let's turn to matt bradley, who's covering the latest between the u.s. and russia. matt, what is the impact of putin expelling those 750 diplomats and their families out of russia? >> well, thanks, phillip. this morning we're just starting to get some of the reaction from the american side. you can see that there's a desire on both sides, it seems, to leave a bit of a diplomatic opening, even as these relations deteriorate dramatically just over the last couple of days. remember, that in his address yesterday to the country on state television, vladimir putin actually listed a bunch of areas in which the u.s. and russia could try to reconcile. and the timing of it is also really interesting and quite fascinating here, phillip. he actually announced this reduction of staff by 755 diplomats only after congress had approved this bill with near unanimous approval but before donald trump had actually accepted or rejected the bill. that seems to be leaving a safe space for donald trump so he can be beyond reproach and wouldn't have to be blamed for any deterioration in dip

nbc's matt bradley joins us from seoul, south korea. what exactly were the three nations practicing? >> reporter: thanks, dara. u.s. officials are telling nbc news that this exercise was meant to show that the u.s. is poised and ready to confront north korea at any moment. and actually general terrance owe shaughnessy, said this was meant to show full lethal capacity of the u.s. in a confrontation with north korea. but this is a typical shot across the bow, dara. this is something that the u.s. forces do all the time here in the korean peninsula, especially recently. and now just -- this is the sixth time one of those overflights have happened ever since april, and this just goes to show the frequency of these sorts of overflights goes to show how tense things have come here on the korean peninsula. this latest one was a reaction to the july 4th intercontinental ballistic missile test. pyongyang said it launched an intercontinental ballistic missile, and in fact u.s. officials agree. many experts say that this bomb, the one that they lau

nbc's matt bradley gathering information, the very latest. matt what more have you learned?thanks, thomas. well, we did hear that this fire spread about 20 minutes, destroying this entire tent city in lebanon's baca valley. about a 40-minute drive east of beirut. about 80 tents destroyed. workers on the ground said they believe this was caused by a faulty appliance, that then ignited or sent out sparks that ignited some of these gas cooking canisters that are prevalent throughout this camp. but this means that about 600 people, 600 to 700 people, have been displaced. these people were already homeless because of the war in syria and now they're homeless again. they're going to be housed in temporary shut shelters amid soaring temperatures in eastern leb mano lebanon. lebanon is only 4 million people and it has to take in 1 million refugees and it's struggling with incidents like this. it's just the latest thing to afflict this massive population of refugees that have been spread throughout the middle east. thomas, you can expect a lot more tragedy amongst this group of peopl

. >> matt bradley at wimbledon, thanks. from tennis to golf and a shot you'd have to see to believe. saturday kelly craft shanked his drive so badly it landed on the ledge of a hospitaltality tank. but rather than make a penalty he took the shot and played it from right there on the walkway. he sailed it from 200 yards and managed to save par. cleared the trees during that, dill an. i'd take that drop 100 times out of 100, but i guess that's why i'm not on the tour. >> exactly. >> what's going on with the weather? >> it's hot. see you. there's not really a whole lot going on. we do have some heat alert starting to develop back through california, and also hotter temperatures working into the midwest. so we do have heat watches into effect. about 500 people under the heat watch. also the humidity will be high. grand junction, 97. las vegas 109. and in the midwest on monday bad when the temperatures >>> it is already warm outside even after 6:00 a.m. hour. 67 degrees height now in san jose, 49 in mountain view and 16 in oakla

matt bradley live in warsaw, thank you. >>> force s fighting isis in syria claiming victory after breachinghe area. the u.s. central command revealed that u.s. backed forces struck two small portions of the wall. officials say that has allowed kurdish-led forces to advance into the most heavily fortified portions of the city by passing booby-trap booby-traps. they had planted explosion suffers at several openings. >>> coming up next on "morning joe," much more on the president's trip to you're rap, what u. europe, and whether he may change his tone in an attempt to ease their policy concerns. >>> plus the latest on north korea's later enter ter conditiente intercontinental ballistic missile launch. and a look at what the united states response may look like as tensions reach new heights. per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty, the quicker picker upper and it's also a story mail aabout people and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forge

matt bradley has the latest from london. >> reporter: vladimir putin made the decision before presidentonald trump has had the chance to either sign or veto this sanctions bill just signed by the house and senate with nearly unanimous support. it's almost as if vladimir putin in his announcement on russian state television yesterday was trying to lead a diplomatic opening straight to president trump shortly after their meeting in hamburg, germany. let's make it clear, this is a major setback for american and russian diplomacy. he said this would restore, quote, diplomatic parody. by dispelling some 675 diplomats from russia would lead 454 diplomats in russia. the same number of personnel russia has in the united states, but that 755 number is truly astonishing, because as many american officials have noted, there probably aren't 755 u.s. personnel, so it's not exactly achieving that kind of parody. this is a major ramp-up, a major deterioration in russia-american relationships, but putin seemed to leave a little bit of an opening. he listed all the places where moscow and russia could p

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nbc's matt bradley is in london with more of the interview putin gave.t is now airing on russian state tv. we got a rough translation of it. talk to us about how angry vladimir putin is in this interview at donald trump and the trump administration. >> well, you know what's really fascinating about this decision, jacob, the american sanctions bill hasn't even become law yet, so he's made this decision, of

deputy of defense for ukraine and eurasia and msnbc and nbc foreign policy and nbc correspondent matt bradley from london. thanks to both of you. let me start with you, national security adviser h.r. mcmaster said, quote, we have no specific agenda." it's whatever the president wants to talk about. we know vladimir putin is a former kgb officer, very disciplined. won't he have a specific agenda? >> first of all, craig, thanks for having me on. vladimir putin has a specific agenda. he wants a big deal if he can get it in the united states, a sphere of influence, basically his ability to do what he wants in eastern europe, central asia and even syria. what he'll want out of this meeting, he'll want assurances by the president they can have access to the two facilities obama administration closed down at the end of the administration in retaliation for russians meddling in our elections. i hope president trump will not give that to him. i hope president trump drivers a strong message to the russians they need to cut out their meddling, which is probably ongoing, their meddling in our political s

one thing about matt bradley's point of view on this is that he has got a point.nical the people on the left have become. it doesn't matter if donald trump says good morning how are you or donald trump says i want to help this chronically ill baby whose mother said very happy donald trump said. this no matter what donald trump does, people are going to say this is evil donald trump he shouldn't interfere with other people's killing babies. steve: the pope are on the same page regardin regarding th, christopher. i understand overnight the vatican hospital has offered to take in baby charlie gard so when the pope made the offer, watt the pope being political, too? >> the pope is only political when he is on the side of liberals. when the pope says something that cans misinterpreted to back up what the democratic party might push, then you will hear about it in every single section of the news. when the pope says something like i want to help this critically ill baby. when the pope talks about the sanctity of life should not be european issue. it should be universal

play it from matt bradley. listen. >> depending really on your impression he is of mr.eforehand you can either decide this is the president selfishly stepping in to help grieving parents experiencing a terrible wrenching pain and a baby who has a very rare and very difficult to treat illness or you can decide this was the president trying to use the grief of two parents and a small baby for political gain and weighing in to a situation that is really very much a national and european issue and not one that would expect anything from the united states politician. but, again, this just depends on how you look at it. clayton: that's a reporter. pete: that's a reporter straight reporter. i love the caveat at the end it all depends how you look at it. abby: as long as you put that caveat at the end. pete: that's the double speak. clayton: selfishly stepping in to help grieving parents. that's what he said. pete: reality is you have a state based healthcare system telling parents as you said clayton to do what they can and cannot do. statism. difference between free markets a