steve schmidt remains by satellite with us. rick, we talked about this possibility. this is -- i heard the political discussion tonight on chris matthews before we knew what we were going to be covering. this is the opposite of the bannon nationalists. but this is also something barack obama was unwilling to do. >> and i have to take a little bit of issue with what steve was saying. i mean, you know what they don't teach you at diplomacy school? >> what don't they teach you? >> they don't teach you that you have to make foreign policy for prim tiffs. i was traveling around the middle east at the time that president obama did not follow through on the red line. and every sunni country i went to, they were like what is up with you guys? why are you not acting? the truth is that with these prim tiffs around the world, and there has been a growth in autocrats and auto accuracies and prim tiffs they are going to go there is a strong man finally. and steve was talking about the fact that president obama which i devoutly belief in tried to form alliances. that's a different

and on the right-hand side of your screen, steve schmidt rejoins us after an absence of way too long. a veteran of gop politics, senior strategist and adviser to the '08 mccain/palin campaign. among them, eugene, proximity has its advantages. you are across the table from me, so you get to go first. >> all right. >> you are going to hear people who have been involved in the fight. they could be diplomats, politicians, ngos say that we've watched this war almost half a decade. we've watched this war consume half a million lives. there have been worse more egregious chemical attacks even, why now? i've seen white house officials on background briefing reporters tonight saying the president watches television. it's how he takes in the world. saw it on television, and by din of the fact that he is on duty now, this was personal. >> well, look, what assad seems to have done again with the chemical weapons was a -- just a horrific thing. whether you saw it on television, read about it, saw the pictures on the front pages of the newspapers, of the children, it was unbearable. the question is

steve schmidt, thank you very much. >> thank you, steve. >> eugene robinson. on "morning joe" with north korea possibly gearing up with another nuclear test, president trump will find himself making another makeshift situation room at mar-a-lago this weekend? that's the question. >> cake. >> will they have the very large cake? >> the most beautiful, beautiful cake. >> plus what you just saw there, cia director mike pompeo. >> exquisite, luscious chocolate. >> words for wikileaks and kellyanne conway. but his tone has not always been so critical. we'll take a look at what that shift could mean for russia's interference in the u.s. election. check your microwaves. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ sfx: engine revving ♪ (silence) ♪ are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. well, what are you doing o take care otomorrow -10am? but... staff meeting. 3:45? tai chi. 6:30? sam's baseball practice. you are busy. wouldn't it be g

. >> i'm joined now by republican strategist steve schmidt.something tells me if you were in a bar with pena kneeity tow and trudeau having a few beers, their versions of the singh -- sequence of events would be a little different. >> i suspect you're right. this is a $500 billion a area trading relationship with mexico. it's upwards of nearly $1 trillion with canada. for 35 states, the number one trading partner is canada. for the ones that it's not, in the number two, and the rest, the trading relationship is with mexico. this would have plunged the american economy into a recession. it would have tanked the stock market. there are millions and millions of american jobs dependent on the free flow of trade and goods across the borders in north america. and i think increasingly, chris, we talk about competitiveness over the next decade, the decade after that, and we look hemispherically. north america from a creativity perspective, from an innovation perspective, this is the most competitive region in the world. >> right. >> and i think that d

i'm joined by steve schmidt larry corb. larry, i'm going to go to you first because there is a very strange donald trump relationship to the military. he claed durinthe mpaign that you knew more about the generals, that he was smarter about isis, now he's in office he's outsourced everything to them. what do you make of that contact. >> president trump is going to have it both ways. he's outsourcing to them and if something goes wrong, he will blame them. and he's also making a very tragic mistake as you pointed out here with the number of civilian casualties. that's why you need a civilian to oversee what the military wants. i don't blame the military. i remember when i used to fly for the navy, you'd want to, you know, go after the enemy. you've got to have somebody who looks at the civilian casualties. for him to say he did not know about dropping this so-called mother of all bombs, basically if i can paraphrase general mcmaster's book, that's a dereliction of duty. the first time you drop that bomb, the president's got

. >> i'm joined by washington post columnist eugene robinson and republican strategist steve schmi schmidt. what do you make of this? let's talk about both these guys. first of all, bannon. i think somebody once said, beware. make sure the boss or the king never knows that you know his secrets. and bannon was on the inside when they were really looking like they weren't going to win. bannon was with them during the bus story with bully bush and all that. he was with them through that hell they had to go through, and this guys knows what trump was like when he thought he was losing. >> step back for a second as we come to the end of the 100 days. it's the most unsuccessful first 100 days of any presidency in the modern era. his domestic agenda is completely stagnated. it's flat. as a republican and conservative, i'm delighted by the appointment and the supreme court justice gorsuch, but aside from that -- and steve bannon is the architect of all of this stuff. the chaos of the travel -- >> was it his agenda? >> well, his agenda -- and we were talking off air. this is the 72nd anniversary to

steve. it's good to be in (good hands). this is the schmidt's yard. and, oh schmidt, that's a lot of dirt.f time for scotts outdoor cleaner plus oxiclean to work it's magic. all while being safe to use around plants and grass. guaranteed. this is a scotts yard. ess super bowl champions visited president trump at the white house. the patriots tweeted out these photos lack context. in 2015, 40 football staff were on the stairs. in 2017 he were seated on the south lawn. he was forced to apologize it was my idea, my execution, my blunder. i made a decision in about four minutes. once we learned more we tried to fix it pass quickly as possible. i just needed to own it. at least he owned it. joining me now former nfl quarterback. these guys win championships and get to go to the white house no matter who is president. what's the mindset of the player? did politics get involved? >> unfortunately politics get involved. remember the goalie for the boston bruins decided he didn't want to go to the white house with president obama there. i scold him on the radio. i always say no matter who is occupyi

schmidt. the search continues for a killer in ohio. this is the suspect. his name is steve stevens. and streamed live on facebook. he is considered armed and dangerous. >> he was a good guy. he would give you the shirt off his back. i'm not just saying that for the cameras, like people do, people really ain't right. i'm telling the truth. this man right here was a good man. i hate that he's gone. i don't know what i'm going to do. >> a sad and senseless story. north korea has yet to acknowledge it's failed missile test. leader kim jong-un hoping it would be the highlight of the festivities to celebrate the birthday of the country's founder. the attempted launch failed right after takeoff. turkey's president is claiming victory. voters giving him powers to expand his own office. turkish state media responding 51% voting in favor of the changes. his opposition is trying follow tonight. u.s. lawmakers debating whether or not to authorize more military action in syria. john mccain praised the military for taking a stand against chemical weapons but pointed out the that the road ahead re