you may have heard president trump slamming democrat joe donnelly in his home state. democrats like sleeping joe joe donnelly will do whatever chuck schumer and nancy pelosi tell him what to do. well, the indiana senator may be feeling the pressure back home. we ll tell you why. and first john kerry met with iranian leaders, and you heard about hillary s comments. now former obama advisers are suggesting that europe retaliate against the u.s. over the president pulling out of the iran deal. is this undermining really treason? we re going to debate it, fair and balance, next.
could announce the withdrawal of ambassadors from the u.s. isn t that this what they do when they breech agreements, expose them to security risks and break havoc. might follow up with expulsion of american ambassadors. this following hillary clinton s attacks and joan kerry s meeting with iranian officials behind the scene to try to save obama s deal. could their moves be considered treesen? here to debate, former obama deputy secretary of state joe ruben and adviser to george w. bush and bill clinton. thanks for being here. joel, let me start with you. is this an appropriate form of diplomatic protest or are these former obama officials coaching foreign governments to retaliate against the u.s.? well, good morning, pete. and clearly this is an opportunity for debate and we should have a debate. americans, we still live in a
that russia was either complicit or incompetent when it came to the gas attack. ladies, there s a joint press conference for later today early evening moscow time which could produce a lot more than the typical diplomatic nicety depending on exactly they want to air what happened in private out in public. heather: leland, we were just discussing during your report, has there been a specific announcement whether or not tillerson meet with president putin. so far no, that s pretty telling in the sense that these are two men who were known to have pretty good ties, the secretary when he was ceo of exxon and they were known to be friends and get along well, one of the big issues during confirmation hearing was how close he was to putin and now putin won t even met with him. jackie: john kerry met with him frequently so this is very telling. heather: thank you, leland. white house secretary sean spicer apologizing for comparing
weeks ago in egypt. russia intensified air strikes of isis targets in syria. the russians said they were coordinating their campaign with france as it launched air strikes of its own. secretary of state john kerry met with french president francois hollande on a day when holland called on the u.s. and russia to overcome divisions in an effort to defeat isis. france invoked a never before used article 42 obliging members of the 28-nation bloc to give aid and assistance by all the means in their power to a member country that is the victim of harmed aggression on its territory. all of it further evidence that france is fully entering war footing as the citizens suffer with their own mourning. today i visited a restaurant that was one of the scenes in the crime. later in this hour, i ll speak with a governor in the u.s.
offer his condolences and represent the u.s. he met with president hollande today. he s concerned that the international community is not on the same page, that it does not have a strategy. he ll be meeting with president obama and president putin separately to discuss that. secretary kerry and i spoke at some length about the context of what s happened in paris and the context of the greater isis strength we ve seen of late. how could the u.s. and the west expectations of isis be so wrong? i disagree that people didn t know they had this capacity. we certainly have known that they could blow up a plane? sure. they have gained great expertise over a period of time and they have some people in isis who have been fight in the terror network for appear idea of time.