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nbc joins us live from the pentagon. jim, how does this gruesome killing affect the search for steve sotloff, the other journalist still being held by isis? i m sorry. i didn t get the question, ronan. how does this new announcement from the president and the video itself affect the search for steve sotloff, the other journalist being held by isis? the search for foley and sotloff have been going on for years. it s believed they are being held in syria. the u.s. military has no military forces in the air or on the ground there at syria. but i can tell you, one of the big questions, of course, was the threat from isis, that if the u.s. continues these air strikes, there would be similar killings. the u.s. military went through this in the opening war itself in iraq. when al qaeda in iraq was grabbing americans and other foreigners and beheaded them on camera, yet the military proceedings. the portland made it clear that the u.s. would continue to support the iraqis and t
but offers no proof. i hope it s not so, because if it is there s never been anything like it in the history of our country. while rudy giuliani says truth is relative and that robert mueller s team may have a different version of the truth than we do. my guests this morning, senator jeff flake of arizona who attacked the president and also congress for failing to respond to president trump. and, patriot games. nfl owners vote to find teams who s players kneel during the national anthem. who gets to define how to be patriotic. joining me for inside analysis are nbc news chief correspondent andrea mitchell. eugene robinson, amy walter, and matthew continetti editor and chief of the free beacon. welcome to sunday, it s meet the press. from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. good sunday morning and a happy memorial day weekend wherever you are. we have two big stories we re following this morn
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