things. howie: some people on the left are upset that he met with this guy. mollie: it s hard to hear the president praise somebody like this. but it s worth keeping it in context. we had a president who was bashing kim a year ago when he was in seoul when he gave the speech that took him down a notch. flattery is a tool when dealing with something likeuclear disarmament. even if that require sos flattery of a dictator rather than make this the time to talk about human rights violations. howie: president obama wasn t criticized for his relationship with cuba. marie: the relationship cans in the press were critical of the
want to get involved in that. certainly they seem like very criminal acts to me. i think the report yesterday more than anything totally exonerates me. there was no collusion. there was no obstruction. howie: joining me to analyze the coverage. mollie hemingway, sara fischer and marie harf, former spokeswoman for the obama administration. howie: that scrum looked like an out of control kindergarten that needed a time out. the press saying the president was wrong when he said he was totally vindicated because the report didn t examine whether there was obstructioner. collusion with russia. mollie: this is focused on the hillary clinton email probe. but there is a lot.
obama administration during the iran negotiation. some of those same commentators are not saying anything about donald trump. howie: it sounds like to is hypocrisy on both sides. marie: his language was so extreme, little rocketman, fire and fury. flattery can be part of diplomacy. but it s so striking, especially coming out of the g-7 with our allies. howie: aren t there lots of legitimate criticism being made. all to bed, the president didn t get much of a turn. i think the question journalists are asking is worth
want to get involved in that. certainly they seem like very criminal acts to me. i think the report yesterday more than anything totally exonerates me. there was no collusion. there was no obstruction. howie: joining me to analyze the coverage. mollie hemingway, sara fischer and marie harf, former spokeswoman for the obama administration. howie: that scrum looked like an out of control kindergarten that needed a time out. the press saying the president was wrong when he said he was totally vindicated because the report didn t examine whether there was obstructioner. collusion with russia. mollie: this is focused on the hillary clinton email probe. but there is a lot.
things. howie: some people on the left are upset that he met with this guy. mollie: it s hard to hear the president praise somebody like this. but it s worth keeping it in context. we had a president who was bashing kim a year ago when he was in seoul when he gave the speech that took him down a notch. flattery is a tool when dealing with something like nuclear disarmament. even if that require sos flattery of a dictator rather than make this the time to talk about human rights violations. howie: president obama wasn t criticized for his relationship with cuba. marie: the relationship cans in the press were critical of the