richard haass also with me. richard, based on what you just heard, what were your major takeaways? >> well, the major takeaway is the president continues to outline a sense of national greatness as the key to american foreign policy rather than articulating any vision of international cooperation be to deal with a challenge like iran or north korea or deal with a challenge like climate change. it is a century old approach that is really ill-equipped for dealing with climate change and other challenges in a modern world. and secondly, given the immediate issues for american foreign policy, i didn't expect them to go into ukraine, but i was looking for something on iran. and what is most interesting is what he didn't say. we had an emphasis on the flaws of iran's leaders. there was no signal whatsoever that he would be open to any serious diplomacy to improve on the old nuclear agreement. so i actually think that the most immediate takeaway from the speech is that iran is sitting there watching and listening to it, they are saying there is nothing in it for us, so i think that the ch

. >> also with us, the author of the book a world in disarray richard haass. heidi prison bi heidi prisbilla is with us, jake sherm sherman, an msnbc contributor. and historian at vanderbilt university john meacham, what a big day we have today. >> yeah, a big day yesterday and today, and before we get into the news, willie, it happened -- all of this happened very quickly, but then again so did the president's admissions. it's -- i'm going to say, it was a little exasperated yesterday hearing one talking head and news analyst and news host after another going well, we don't know if there are going to be any revelations in the transcript or any revelations in the, you know, they're saying it may be anticlimactic. the bank robber already told you he robbed the bank. >> this is not the mueller report. >> i heard some people last night who i have respect for saying, well, this is really going to blow up in the democrat's face if the whistleblower complaint is not that huge. what do you mean? we already know. we already know the president of the united states reac

we have john lemire, richard haass, msnbc and former chairman of the national republican committee michael steele. former chief of staff for hillary clinton's presidential campaign, adrienne elrod. she's an msnbc contributor. and historian auth thofr soul of america and roger's professor of the presidency jon meacham. he's an nbc news and msnbc contributor. we begin with president trump admitting he discussed former vice president joe biden on a phone call with the president of ukraine. the admission only came after the "wall street journal" and other news outlets reported that trump repeatedly pressed the ukrainian leader to investigate the business dealings of the former vice president's son hunter. the journal puts that number at eight times. >> so t"the wall street journal says that eight times, eight times the president of the united states got on the phone and, as "the wall street journal" said, specifically pressured the leader of ukraine to deal with his personal lawyer to dig up dirt on joe biden and his family. >> the president deflected questions of whether he inappropriately en

we just into woods where this was going to richard haass senior state department official. this is a step in the wrong direction destabilisation in the middle east again if i were responsible foreign policy or middle eastern policy and i'm not responsible for either i would be more clear cut but i'll leave it at that you talked about the. new trying to have this right part of that will who should include justice shouldn't it and if people like us who you say we're not committed to any personality we're not trying to get rid of us by you you know that of us i believe . personally as someone spent much of my life that a world order to be truly effective and to be. truly accepted around the world should include justice. but. i recognize that. that is not shared by everybody including much of the american public because once you accept that that is part of it that's. right to intervene or need to intervene this was very popular in the 1990 s. i was involved in the concept when i worked on bosnia the problem with that is that it gets you involved in every internal conflict becau

president of the council on foreign relations and author of the book "a world in disarray" richard haass and carol lee. a lot to get to on this 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. president trump finds himself searching for his fourth national security adviser in three years. we're going to have 9/11 coverage throughout the morning leading up to the moment of silence at the moment that the first plane hit the north tower, and tom brokaw was reporting on the air that morning. he'll join us live at the end of the show. in a moment we'll get to all the questions surrounding bolton's ouster. that was staggering news, but first the two special elections that were decided last night in north carolina, and what they could mean for 2020. in north carolina's third district special election race, republican fwrgreg murphy is th projected winner over democrat alan thomas and in the closely watched district nine republican dan bishop is the projected winner by about two percentage points over democrat dan mccready. president trump took credit for bishop's win tweeting in part dan bishop was down 1

. >> let me bring in richard haass. richard, good to have you here. what are your thoughts about the direction, the tone of that speech given the audience that he was speaking to? >> well, if it was meant to insult the people in the room, it would have been hard to have done better. i would describe it as a 19th century speech for a 21st century world. basically we live in this world of global challenges. like it or not, what happens in the world is going to affect the welfare of every american and the well-being of the united states, but none of that came through. to the contrary, though, the president defines patriotism against globalism, whatever that means. but again, unless we work with others to tackle global problems from climate change to terrorism to disease to building a global trading system, we americans are going to pay a price. so, again, i think this is a speech at odds with much of the realities of the world. and also he didn't give himself any way to climb down on either iran or north korea. he still insists on denuclearization. that'

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with us, we have the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haass, msnbc contributor,e, white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire, and proud to welcome to the table, former defense secretary, retired four star marine general james mattis, and former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs under president reagan, they are coauthors of the new book entitled "call sign chaos", learning to lead and we welcome you both to the show. >> great to have you here. by the way, barnicle, they have a history here. >> i know that. this is a terrible problem. terrible problem. >> thank you both for coming in. >> so why don't we -- you know, let's just, we'll throw the softball to you first, why did you write the book? >> i was very fortunate, to tell you the truth, i was able to lead 40 sailors and marines, a second lieutenant, 21 years old, and have ncos teach me leadership principles, eventually i commanded a quarter million u.s. and allied troops across the middle east and i learned a lot about leadership from direct leadership to stra

richard haass and senior white house reporter shannon pettypiece joins us this morning. we've got a lot to sergeatart w. >> i think rick okasich was a boston guy. he passed away. we just got reports, he was the front man of the cars found that he passed away last night at 75. not only was he a great swong writer, great producer and performer, also was the -- was the producer for wheezer, and really expected in the music community. >> and author of a number of timeless songs, stuff you hear on the radio even now decades after they were released. and front man one of the seminal boston bands. i grew up in the area. you'd hear their stuff all the time. i don't think we have too many details on his death, but it's a maim jur major loss of him and the community. joe, you were a fan of him and wheezer, right? >> absolutely. >>> we've got a lot to news to get to. we'll begin with the overnight deputy e development that tens of thousands of auto workers officially went on strike against general motors. negotiations set to resume this morning. leaders from the united auto workers