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Beginning bolten left the white house ask you strong upon and leaving many people gassing what the National Security process in the Oval Office Comes down to these days to discuss that im now joined by matt asked larry sells started professor of Public Policy at the university of maryland professor dessler its a privilege for me to talk to thank you very much for your time. Its a privilege to be with you thank you for inviting me now about the daycare to go you published a very influential book on the history of president s National Security advisers as i was reading it it occurred to me that in this capacity john bolton was truly one of a kind if you were writing that book today with you warrant a separate chapter. I suppose we would have a separate chapter on all or all 3 are now 4 of the people of the time trump has chosen to be a National Security advisor bolton would get the most emphasis i think i think hes probably the most colorful of all right absolutely and also the man who c
Civilization which came out on tuesday. It is getting incredible reviews. We have hosted a series of conversations about the truman era, joe. And it kind of makes us realize we should be talking about truman more and the impact on the world stage. Lets bring in another great panel to continue the timely discussion. Former u. S. Senator now an msnbc news and msnbc political analyst, Claire Mccaskill is here. She knows truman more than anybody. Columnist and associated editor for the washington post, david ignatius. Historian and rogers chair and the american presidency at vanderbilt university, jon meacham, who unofficially advises president elect joe biden. So, jon, let me ask you, you were the first while i was writing the book and sort of developing my thoughts, you were the first to draw parallels between harry truman and joe biden and saying at the time if joe biden ended up being elected, there would be some parallels between the two that were too hard to miss. Yeah, you know, com
Weve hosted a series of conversations about the truman era, joe, and it makes us realize we should be talking about truman more and its impact on the world stage back then. His presidency and still today. Lets bring in another great panel to continue the timely discussion. Former u. S. Senator, now an msnbc news and msnbc news political analyst, Claire Mccaskill is here. She knows truman more than anybody. Columnist and associate editor for the washington post, David Ignatius and historian and rogers chair at vanderbilt university, jon meacham who unofficially advises president elect joe biden. Jon, you were the first while i was developing, while i was writing the book and sort of developing my thoughts. You were the first to draw parallels between harry truman and joe biden. And saying at the time if joe biden ended up being elected there would be some parallels between the two that were too hard to miss. Yeah, its, you know, a coming to power at a moment where the infrastructure of
Im dara brown. We have more breaking news north korea yet again testfiring a missile. South korea first reported the unidentified missile which it claims flew about 310 miles. The one fired last week traveled more than 400 miles. There are few details about the launch but well get a live report in a few minutes. Lets go to riyadh, saudi arabia, where Kristen Welker is traveling with the president today. Kristen, good morning. I know the white house issued a statement on north korea. What have we learned so far . Reporter we got that statement a few moments ago, we can do analysis on the other side. This is from a white house official who says theyre aware that there was a missile fired. It has a shorter range than the missiles launched in north koreas three most recent tests. We refer you to the department of defense for further information. Now, obviously, President Trump has been focused on north korea. This is the fourth projectile launch since he took office. Two of them failed. On