are going to be inspections, the inspections will be anywhere, anytime, at will. not what we got under the lousy deal we got with the iranians. look, we are always we are never going to be in a place where all of our allies are going to necessarily be happy with everything we do. there were countries that were difficult to bring to the table with regard to the iranian deal. in fact, that is why it ended up being so weak because we did not have the strong support of our allies. and doing things like insisting upon this being permanent, not temporary. this not allowing a breakout in ten years, this not allowing them to delay the visits of inspectors or to visit military facilities at all. so we ve got to lead. leading sometimes mean you put your allies in an uncomfortable place but that is the only way you get a good agreement. dana: marie harf, karl rove and michael allen, stick with us. i ll ask you about the iranian people and the president s
released from u.s. sanctions, which they hate. they would like to decide what happens in syria. russia has resented for years, for decades what they see as the meddling of the u.s. state department in their affairs. i m sure they d like to hit the state department and render the u.s. state department inert. they want their seized u.s. properties back, the ones that obama took away from them in response to them hacking our election. and speaking of them hacking our election, they presumably would like continued ability to do stuff like that, continued intelligence operability to mess with us at will. the unnerving thing about that list, of all of those things, russia has at least made progress towards getting since the u.s. election in which they interfered. and now we re learning that there are boxes on that check
states to be isolated in the world and the west to be fractured. they certainly want to be released from u.s. sanctions, which they hate. they would like to decide what happens in syria. russia has resented for years, for decades what they see as the meddling of the u.s. state department in their affairs. i m sure they d like to hit the state department and render the u.s. state department inert. they want their seized u.s. properties back, the ones that obama took away from them in response to them hacking our election. and speaking of them hacking our election, they presumably would like continued ability to do stuff like that, continued intelligen intelligence operability to mess with us at will. the unnerving thing about that list, of all of those things, russia has at least made progress towards getting since
we re going to start reversing things very, very quickly. china is taking us to the cleaners like probably nobody in history. the worst abuser of the united states. you have the massive theft of intellectual property, putting unfair taxes on our companies, not helping with the menace of north korea like they should. and the at-will and massive devaluation of their currency and product dumping. other than that, they ve been wonderful, right? nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson is in florida this afternoon. you also see air china on the left side of your screen. president xi jinping just landing there. what are the expectations for this meeting, hallie? reporter: saying hi and breaking the niice, craig. administration in the u.s. and experts in chinese/american relations are saying expectations are somewhat low in the sense this is the first first to face meeting.
they have the largest influence over assad and the regime, and have been unwilling to dwluz us in a constructive positive way, rather backing and supporting assad s brutality inside and around aleppo. move to another serious issue right now. china. i want you to listen to what the president-elect donald trump said last night about china and then we ll get your reaction on the other side. one of the most important relationships we must improve, and we have to improve, is our relationship with china. you have the massive theft of intellectual property putting up fair taxes on our companies, not helping with the menace of north korea, like they should, and the at-will and massive devaluation of their currency and products. other than that, they ve been wonderful. right? all right. so let me get your you re the spokesman for the state