leader kevin mccarthy says this is bad for national security, that it s an incentive for finding more american targets to hang onto. all of these things can be true at once, and i think the way you are both framing it so important. this is not a choice between brittney griner and paul whelan. this was a choice between brittney griner and nothing. that doesn t mean there s still not an important discussion about whether or not the united states engages with rogue nations like russia over getting hostages back. that s an important discussion to have, whether that should happen ever. and, you know, i think it is happening, and i welcome it. i will say there was a distinct change in u.s. policy over this issue. when? the trump administration. this all changed between 2016 and 2020 when donald trump made it a point to do things the united states hadn t really done this overtly before, which was work to get hostages home no
states engages with rogue nations like russia over getting hostages back. that s an important discussion to have. whether that should happen ever. and i think that it is happening and i welcome it. i will say that there was a distinct change in u.s. policy over this issue when the trump administration. this all change between 2016 and 2020, when donald trump made it a point to do things the united states hadn t really done this overtly before, which is way to get hostages home no matter what the cost is now doubled in today said they were offered viktor bout for paul whelan, and they didn t take it. donald trump himself seems to go off the rails and indicate that wasn t the case today. but but you know, trump exchange taliban, prisoners, taliban prisoners that were held in afghanistan. he exchanged 300 and worked to exchange 300 houthi rebels and gamut for a couple of americans being held hostage. that just wasn t done for a
part. look, north korea which was testing everything left, right, and center for years and threatening the united states hadn t done so in that two-year period, roughly two-year period, and he s right. they hadn t, and it was a clear willing there was clear willingness on the north korean s part to suspend that demonstration and try to see what could happen diplomatically. they ll say all north korea was repeating what they had done before and trying to get out of it. this could be a clear escalation over the last two years if there s a long range missile test. ann, thank you for being here. appreciate it. for only the third time in 243 years the president of the united states has been impeached. while you may know the ins and outs this time around of impeachment, it really is a rarely used constitutional power. here s nbc s lester holt. even in the infancy of our
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