at any moment, the president and first lady, as we can see entering the helicopter, will depart to visit an american cemetery a half hour outside of paris they will lay a wreath to honor u.s. troops killed in world war i. notably, and 2018, donald trump canceled the trip to the same cemetery. the white house blamed bad weather at the time. trump s then chief of staff later revealed that trump didn t want to go because he viewed the dead soldiers as quote suckers and losers. joining us as our msnbc political analyst. the former under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs. welcome. i m wondering what you think about, obviously the trip to france, the president wrapping it up. i wonder what you think of how this has unfolded from the big speech he gave thursday through his appearance at the state dinner yesterday and then now today. this split screen engagement with the former president in 2018. i thought he performed admirably well and did a careful bal
ep in crimea and the al-qaeda group in northern iraq decided it was the moment to step forward because they would not meet resistance. and taking over half of iraq in two days, obviously they understood no resistance in iraq or the united states. very well done. thank you. uma? on capitol hill another crucial hearing and into another scandal wrapping up. house veteran s affairs xhutee taking up the controversy in the va. millions paid to the top executives as hospitals in the country went out of their way to hide long wait times for veterans seeking medical care. now, about the fraudulent actions taken in this country that have harmed our veterans, do you think that the department s assessment that the