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joining me now is nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell and michael o'hanlan from the brookings institution. andrea, i want to start with you. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power today delivered stinging remarks implicating russia for its role in the separatist movement that's blamed for bringing down that plane. i want you to take a quick listen. >> on july 14th, separatists claimed credit for the downing of a ukrainian military cargo plane flying at 6,000 meters. on july 16th, they claimed credit for the downing of a ukrainian fighter jet. if indeed russian-backed separatists were behind this attack on a civilian airliner, they and their backers would have good reason to cover up evidence of their crime. >> and andrea, how might this tragedy impact the administration's ability to really convince europe to start standing up to the russians more on ukraine? >> if not now, when? so far the u.s. has been pretty much standing alone against vladimir putin. angela merkel has come along to a certain extent. certainly david cameron in the u.k. italy and france have res

at same time that you have michael o'hanlan arguing for more troops in iraq, you have americans sayinghey don't want it, this is also encouraging to rand paul, who wants to pull back. every single number in this poll bolsters his position. >> peter baker, i want to ask you about the foreign policy of this poll. 88% say it will be an important factor in voting, yet there's that sort of other desire for less intervention that has been brewing for years now as we find ourselves engaged in endless wars. having said that, with crises escalating in the middle east and with russia, is there an opportunity for the president to be effective in terms of leadership? >> what's interesting is the contradictions, both in this poll and in the op-ed pages. disparity between the establishment in washington, bipartisan establishment that believe that is washington ought to play an assertive role in places like the middle east, john kerry ought to go there and make peace, so forth. and the broader sense that we've done enough. stop expending so much american resources outside our country. president obama