tom friedman: money can buy you comfort. it can buy you better health care.can buy you certain opportunities. and a meal at a good restaurant. and those can make you happy if you have got the underlying thing first. if you're in an unhappy marriage, unhappy work setting, you could have all the money in the world but it will not buy you happiness. warren buffett: i could take all my money and do what they used to do in egypt, i could use that money to build the biggest tomb ever built, we could have it outside omaha and i could literally get 50,000 guys to put them in loin clothes and haul granite around and make them forget all about egypt in 10 years. the net product of everything i had done in my life would be the world's biggest tomb and 1000 years from now people would come to omaha to see it at that strikes me as crazy. even modified versions of it. i do not get it. michael bloomberg: a cynic would say you cannot to get with you, although i remember the cartoon with the family with vultures looking down on this conjurer on his deathbed and he says, i kno

ford in an exchange that she had with "new york times" columnist tom friedman about clinton's privateil use. slaughter wrote friedman, quote honestly, otr, off the record, everyone i know use her private e-mail. i used princeton manure out of the office because of his cell at credibly clunky and difficult to get onto the state system when we were not in the office. it was a complicated set of steps in the system always froze or crash. we send sensitive but unclassified documents to her e-mail so we could work on them at home and then send them back to her work e-mails. friedman told slaughter he was still troubled as a matter regardless after slaughter forwarded her exchange to put needs, one of them wrote to his colleagues there is just no good answer. we need to get through the process, get them all out there and in that the content do the talking. back to you in new york. nicole: thanks so much. lauren: president obama secretary of health and human services sylvia burwell to the fourth enrollment. in the controversial obamacare market plan. trying to defend obamacare after the admi

and tom friedman. all right. we have -- stewart you have been in her role interest interpret what she said when it came to donald trump's 100 day speech. >> look, your job she has is to spin whatever happens. i hate going out with those accusations that you are going to sue everybody. it's the craziest way to begin a substantive speech. a groom showing up at the rehearsal dinner with a stripper

and tom friedman. we have -- stewart you have been in her role before. interest pret wh interpret what she said when it came to donald trump's 100 day speech. >> look, your job she has is to spin whatever happens. i hate going out with those accusations that you are going to sue everybody. it's the craziest way to begin a substantive speech. oo and thinking the wetding iing going to okay. was this scripted? does he just do it? i really have no idea. it stops you from being able to deliver a clear message. >> she was trying to say that, yes, he should stay on the issues and the ideas she didn't want to say -- she didn't want to go behind him and say he should not have brought up these women. but that's what happened. in the debate -- you could tell issues. he was at his best when he was talking about abortion, talking about guns. conservatives like that. then he started saying he might not accept the results of the election. that turned the whole headline into that. when he sticks on his issues, he is at his best. everybody that's working for him is tryin

. >> joining me for insight and analysis are tom friedman of "the new york times." iliana johnson of the national review. repu stevens and yamiche alcindor of "the new york times." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. while it's too early to declare this election over, remember my colleague tom brokaw's ufo theory, the unforeseen will occur, it's trending in hillary clinton's direction. what's in store for the next 2 1/2 weeks though, does hillary does she go for a big win, a landslide? does she try to quell the talk of a rigged election by pushing hard into red states like utah, georgia and arizona, sensing an opportunity since the last time the clinton was on the ballot. how about donald trump, his tone and his words have been more reserved. he's seeing the same polls we are. does he try to win or lose with grace? does he try to save down ballot republicans or does he even care? >> donald trump is delivering the closing argument. outlining plans for his first 100

. >> joining me for insight and analysis are tom friedman, eliana johnson, stewart stevens and yamiche alcindor. the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> it's too early to declare this election over. remember tom brokaw's theory. there's no question the election is trending in hillary clinton's direction. what's in store for the next two and a half weeks? does hillary clinton play it did she try to quell the talk of a rigged election by pushing hard into utah, georgia and arizona, sensing an opportunity for the biggest electoral victory since the last time a clinton was on the ballot? what about donald trump? his tone, if not his words, has been noticeably more reserved in the last two days. trump is seeing the same polls we are. does he try to win or lose with grace? does he try to save down ballot republicans or does he even care? >> >> donald trump is delivering his closing argument, outlining plans for his first 100 days in office. while acknowledging, he may never make it to the white house. >> you know, these guys have said, doesn'

. >> joining me for insight and analysis are tom friedman of "the new york times." iliana johnson of the national review. republican strategist stuart stevens and yamiche alcindor of "the new york times." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. while it's too early to declare this election over, remember my colleague tom brokaw's ufo theory, the unforeseen will occur, it's trending in hillary clinton's direction. what's in store for the next lock down 270 electoral votes or does she go for a big win, a landslide? does she try to quell the talk of a rigged election by pushing hard into red states like utah, georgia and arizona, sensing an opportunity since the last time the clinton was on the ballot. how about donald trump, his tone and his words have been more reserved. he's seeing the same polls we are. does he try to win or lose with grace? does he try to save down ballot republicans or does he even >> donald trump is delivering the closing argument. outlining plans

i think, tom friedman, many of you know he writes for "the new times," and he said the mideast is tootant to ignore and too hard to fix. charlie: you have said we cannot fix the middle east. james: no we can't. think we can help others but , in the end, i think fixing the mideast, whatever that means, is not something the united states can do unilaterally. charlie: but we are participating in iraq in that battle to retake mosul. how long do think that is going to take, what should we know about that? james: probably a long time. i tell you, the greater concern i would have is what happens after mosul is declared recaptured. charlie: what is your concern? james: what will happen in terms of holding it and importantly, what about governance in mosul, depending, and recovery, depending on how much destruction occurs in a highly urbanized situation. and if that vacuum is not filled rapidly with governance, provision of meniscal services, etc., that will just provide the fertile ground for isil or some other extremist group to come back. charlie: everybody in today's papers are talking abo

i think tom friedman, many of you know from -- writes for the "new york times" -- i thought he had one of the great talks on sunday which is the mead is too important toying nor and too expensive to fix. >> rose: you said we can't fix the middle east. >> no, we can't. >> rose: what can we do? we can help others, but in the end, i think fixing the mideast, whatever that means, is not something the united states can do unilaterally. >> rose: but we're participating in iraq in the battle to retake mosul with special forces and the air force. >> correct. >> rose: how long will that take? >> probably a long time. i tell you the greater dern i would have is what happens after mosul is diclaird erecaptured? >> rose: and what is your concern? >> what will happen in terms of holding it and more importantly, what about governance in mosul and recovery, depending on how much destruction occurs, you know, in a highly urbanized situation. and if that vacuum isn't filled rapidly with governance, provision of municipal services, et cetera, et cetera, that will just, you know, provide the fertile grou

slaughter was forwarding an exchange that she had had with "new york times" columnist tom friedman about clinton's private e-mail use. slaughter wrote friedman -- friedman told slaughter in this exchange he was troubled by the matter, regardless what she was saying there. after slaughter forwarded exchange to clinton aides, one of them wrote to his colleagues, there is just no good answer. we need to gut through the process phase, get them all out there and let the content do the talking, trish? trish: peter barnes, thank you very much. >> you bet. trish: the latest wikileaks dump shows how worried the clinton campaign was about the clinton foundation. hillary's campaign manager robby mook sent an e-mail with the subject, quote, foundation vulnerability points. title kind of says it all, right? here's some of the vulnerabilities mentioned in that e-mail. money from foreign governments. especially lavish/high-end hotels for events and potential conflicts from overseas-owned organizations. uk and sweden. joining me for analysis national security expert and the author of the book deceiving

love to have you, tom friedman. of those voices who says, look, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. and then you ask the question, is it the train? so come back and talk to us about it, please. >> thanks, tom. >> really appreciate it. thanks so much. >>> all right. so, the fbi director james comey front and center. you know why? because he put himself there. was this the right thing to do from the beginning how he handled this case against hillary clinton? we're going to speak with former president george w. bush's chief ethics lawyer who filed the complaint against comey. why did he do that? next. prepare for challenges specific to your business by working with trusted advisors who help turn obstacles into opportunities. experience the power of being understood. rsm. audit, tax and consulting for the middle market. you tell your inthey made a mistake. the check they sent isn't enough to replace your totaled new car. the guy says they didn't make the mistake. you made the mistake. i beg your pardon? he says,

. >> i always liked tom friedman's line, he writes for "the new york times." >> yeah. >> sorry. >> mid east, a columnist? >> too important to ignore, too expensive to fix. that's why we are going to be i think in this business, as we are now, suppressing these extremist movements, whether it is al qaeda, isil or something else is spawned. and so we in the intelligence business and military will be in the business of suppressing these groups for some time to come. when you this i about it, by the time you get to we're involved, it is too late. because until the fundamental issues that give rise to these movements, you know, economies that are strained, ungoverned areas, places awash with weapons, large population of frustrated young males, et cetera, so until those conditions are addressed, people in my business, my profession and the military are going to be doing this suppression for some time to come. >> so when we think about this, we should think about this in generati generational terms and not look for an end state that is like the endings of most wars that we fought. this just a