pleased to welcome nicholas kristof from "the new york times" back on this program.d to see you, nick. >> good to see you. >> welcome back to the program, in seattle, for a change. >> glad to have you back on the coast. >> the west coast. before we jump into these crises, i was on the plane back from the coast to see you today, and i was reading your brilliant conversation with president carter yesterday. and the title was, "am i a christian?" a question that you posed to president carter. >> right. >> i love the questions that you ask him. i love even more -- >> some pretty tough questions, actually. >> some pretty good questions. and i love the answers president carter gave. i'm curious what response you got from the column yesterday, because i was in a number of conversations on the way home yesterday. >> i think there was an out pouring of warmth towards president carter, and it followed a previous kind of similar conversation which i had asked tim keller, who is a very prominent evangelical thinker, and i had asked similar questions and he had given a much kind

tonight, a conversation with two-time pulitzer prize-winner, journalist and author nicholas kristof ofthe new york times." we're glad you've joined us. that conversation starting right now. ♪

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amy: actually, the interview that hillary clinton did was with nicholas kristof in the women in the worldonference. it was several hours beforore ts took place.. that video clip of her saying, why doesn'n't he bomb and aiaird or, i would bomb and airfifield was plplayed before the attack took place. >> in fact, come to think of it, the way trump operates -- if that was publicly available, maybe trump saw that clip. that is the kind of thing that would set him off the set, oh, my god, i have to at least match her and maybe top her. but this gets back to the more fundamental point that it is really important to understand, which is u.s. has this violent system which is criminal, and it has had it for decades. it is willing to commit aggression and kill civilians in country after country after country. and all of those responsible for it should be judged by the same standards that we judge domestic killers. and by those standards, they should all be in prison, including the living u.s. presidents, including hillary clinton. but trump -- that all said, trump makes it even worse. doctrinebring

. >> joining us now, nicholas kristof, pulitzer prize winning columnist for "the new york times." charlie sykes, editor-in-chief of write wisconsin and an msnbc contributor. nick, the one contribution i had to campaign coverage when it would come to a trump speech or debate or something is to simply say that's not going to happen. get rid of nafta, that's not going to happen. coy rattle off all of the things that weren't going to happen. i did expect the big tax cut to happen. republican presidents get elected, they cut taxes. there is a way to do that. george bush did it right away. so i'm sitting here not having come close to predicting they would get zero on the tax cut. but i don't have any other surprises. are you surprised where we are in the 100 days? >> i think i had more faith than you did in the president's incompetence. >> okay. >> it seemed to me doubtful he would manage to get these things through. and i'm indeed, i don't think he is going to get a health care bill through. i don't think he is going to get a tax bill actually passed. and i doubt he is going to get an

. >> and joining us now, "new york times" columnist nicholas kristof and daily beast contributor nick wilson. it's been a very interesting misdirection where donald trump gets up and tweets i was wiretapped. and now you've got up until today sean spicer really getting angry at reporters for not following that story instead of the story about russiangate. >> i never would have thought i would be sensitive to sean spicer. but i have to say watching him try to explain the tweets. it reminds me of the time i was in north korea. and this poor north korea was claiming there had never been any crime ever in north korea. when year trying to compare the white house spokesman to a north korean spam, boy, that is a problem for the country. >> and rick wolf, i compared him to baghdad bob. >> sure there. >> are no infidels in iraq. there are no american attacks. it is not happening. he does that day after day after day. but now it is becoming absurd. and this insistence and demand by spicer that journalists waste their time chasing a story that has already been debunked. is there a part of the cou

. >> and joining us now, "new york times" columnist nicholas kristof and daily beast contbutor nick wilson. it's been a very interesting misdirection where donald trump gets up and tweets i was wiretapped. and now you've got up until today sean spicer really getting angry at reporters for not following that story instead of the story about russiangate. >> i never would have thought i would be sensitive to sean spicer. but i have to say watching him try to explain the tweets. it reminds me of the time i was in north korea. and this poor north korea was claiming there had never been any crime ever in north korea. when year trying to compare the white house spokesman to a north korean spam, boy, that is a problem for the country. >> and rick wolf, i compared him to baghdad bob. >> sure there. >> are no infidels in iraq. there are no american attacks. it is not happening. he does that day after day after day. but now it is becoming absurd. and this insistence and demand by spicer that journalists waste their time chasing a story that has already been debunked. is there a part of the country wh

appearances in the months since, including she did an extensive interview about the campaign with nicholas kristofimes" just the other week. and i think you've heard her articulate the high stakes that she knew all along were on the line in this election, and i think that, obviously, she feels disappointed, just like the rest of us that worked on the campaign did. when we went around and we said that we didn't think donald trump was fit to be president of the united states, we really meant it. so, now that he is president, it means a lot, and we're living with the consequences of that every day. so, i think that that is something that never leaves her mind. but to her credit and to the credit of the people that worked on the campaign, most of us have, you know, right back at it, back on the horse, trying to hold this president accountable and take a stand on behalf of all the issues and values that we defended during the campaign opinion. >> bill, let me bring you in. one theme that came out of the book is kind of encapsulated in this one quote that's coming out of the book is this -- "one person

. >> nicholas kristof, thank you for being with us. it's good to have you. >> we're joined now by connecticut democratic member of the house of representatives jim himes who has been on our air a lot by dint of his seat on the house intelligence committee, and whom i'm sure we'll continue to hear about all things having to do with the house intelligence committee now under new leadership. but, congressman, about the subject before us, your reaction to what we've all learned took place tonight. >> well, like everything else in the middle east, brian, this is not a simple answer. i think nick kristof is right. there is definitely virtue in making sure that assad understands that if he steps over that line, that line from the conventional -- remember, the conventional brutality has been horrible. hundreds of thousands of dead in syria because of assad. but if he steps over that line into the unconventional, there is a price to be paid. that's a good thing, but there's some profound questions here. look, as a member of congress, i have to

here's an excerpt from an interviewwell nicholas chris to- kristof. >> what does it say about misogyny with women voters. >> i am currently writing a book write spend -- ( cheers and applause ) -- yes, i spend a lot of time wrestling with this. as you might guess, i've thought about it more than once. ( laughter ) i don't know that there is one answer. let's be clear. i think there -- you know in, any campaign there are so many different cross currents and events and some have greater impact than others, but it is fair to say, as you just did, nick, that certainly misogyny played a role. that just has to be admitted. why and what the underlying reasons were is what i'm trying to pars out myself. >> rose: she also wrote an op ed, after historic march, what's next for women. she says women are experiencing an unsettling sensation, a scary, wary feeling of real and present danger. i'm pleased to have tina brown back at this table. welcome. >> good to be here, charlie. >> rose: first about the "women in the world" summit. this was the eighth one. >> mm-hmm. >> rose: how has it changed? how