On Assignment with Richard Engel

The first edition this week focuses on Vladimir Putin's Russia, using the news hook of Putin's meeting Friday with President Donald Trump.

Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, reports on the Iraqi Army, with the support of the U.S. military, successfully driving ISIS from its Mosul stronghold.

In On Assignment with Richard Engel, Richard doesn't just get the story, he goes to the center of it. This MSNBC special series -- reported from around the world. Richard draws on his 20 years of experience of original reporting in the field to host a special series providing in-depth reporting and interviews in key theatres across the world.

In On Assignment with Richard Engel, Richard doesn't just get the story, he goes to the center of it. This MSNBC special series -- reported from around the world. Richard draws on his 20 years of experience of original reporting in the field to host a special series providing in-depth reporting and interviews in key theatres across the world.

In On Assignment with Richard Engel, Richard doesn't just get the story, he goes to the center of it. This MSNBC special series -- reported from around the world. Richard draws on his 20 years of experience of original reporting in the field to host a special series providing in-depth reporting and interviews in key theatres across the world.

In On Assignment with Richard Engel, Richard doesn't just get the story, he goes to the center of it. This MSNBC special series -- reported from around the world. Richard draws on his 20 years of experience of original reporting in the field to host a special series providing in-depth reporting and interviews in key theatres across the world.

In On Assignment with Richard Engel, Richard doesn't just get the story, he goes to the center of it. This MSNBC special series -- reported from around the world. Richard draws on his 20 years of experience of original reporting in the field to host a special series providing in-depth reporting and interviews in key theatres across the world.

In On Assignment with Richard Engel, Richard doesn't just get the story, he goes to the center of it. This MSNBC special series -- reported from around the world. Richard draws on his 20 years of experience of original reporting in the field to host a special series providing in-depth reporting and interviews in key theatres across the world.

In On Assignment with Richard Engel, Richard doesn't just get the story, he goes to the center of it. This MSNBC special series -- reported from around the world. Richard draws on his 20 years of experience of original reporting in the field to host a special series providing in-depth reporting and interviews in key theatres across the world.

In On Assignment with Richard Engel, Richard doesn't just get the story, he goes to the center of it. This MSNBC special series -- reported from around the world. Richard draws on his 20 years of experience of original reporting in the field to host a special series providing in-depth reporting and interviews in key theatres across the world.

In On Assignment with Richard Engel, Richard doesn't just get the story, he goes to the center of it. This MSNBC special series -- reported from around the world. Richard draws on his 20 years of experience of original reporting in the field to host a special series providing in-depth reporting and interviews in key theatres across the world.

In On Assignment with Richard Engel, Richard doesn't just get the story, he goes to the center of it. This MSNBC special series -- reported from around the world. Richard draws on his 20 years of experience of original reporting in the field to host a special series providing in-depth reporting and interviews in key theatres across the world.