Weeks, disrupting imminent plots to kill americans. Also the brandnew leader of al qaedas most dangerous abranch is calling for attacks against the u. S. This after a top senator warned here in the situation room terrorist slaughter like the recent beach attack in tunisia is all but certain to happen here in the u. S. Possibly very soon. Ill talk with a former u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. Who now serves on the House Armed Services committee, congressman ryan zangky and our correspondents and analysts as we cover all the news breaking now. First our chief National Security correspondent, jim sciutto. You remember the terror alert that went out before the july fourth weekend, hearing from Law Enforcement now one of the reasons behind that. U. S. Officials telling us that Law Enforcement foiled several terror plots in the last four weeks, including attacks timed to the july fourth holiday. The fbi has as you said made more than ten isisrelated arrests during that time. Some of those arrests tied to attacks tied to july fourth. And even though the holiday is past and i want to make this clear, when i speak to u. S. Counter terror and Law Enforcement officials, they say the threat today even after the holiday remains very high. Brianna, theyre pointing their finger primarily at isis and how isis is having Great Success radicalizing people here in the u. S. And theres also a new threatening video message thats been released from the new aqap leader al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in yemen. Tell us about this. And this relates to the other terror group that the u. S. Sees as the primary threat to the u. S. Homeland Aqap Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. We heard today the first speech from al sawnnahadi the succeeded leader. He declared his allegiance aqaps allegiance to core al qaeda and its leader al zawahiri who succeeded Osama Bin Laden after he was killed. Crucially he called for attacks on the u. S. Saying all its policies and administrations are built on terrorism, the enemy can no longer hide its weakness. I think you can safely say theres some competition going on here between isis and aqap both showing that they are attacking america, both encouraging their supporters to attack america, in any way they can. Particularly as you have some sympathizers out there even leaving a group like aqap to join isis. They both have to show their relevance. Tonight a powerful new warning that the biggest threat to this nations security comes from russia not isis at president Vladimir Putin becomes more dangerous and aggressive. Urpentagon correspondent barbara starr. Good evening. The number of u. S. Threats is rising. The number of u. S. Troops available to deal with those threats is declining. Dire warnings from the marine corps general slated to become president obamas top military adviser. Russia presents the greatest threat to our National Security. If you look at their behavior its nothing short of alarming. Reporter marine corps general dumford believes the u. S. Should provide weapons to ukrainian forces. Frankly, without that support theyre not going to be able to protect themselves against russian aggression. Reporter he listed china north korea, and isis as the nextbiggest threats to u. S. Security and had this warning about iran. Iran will continue to be a malign force and influence across the region. If confirmed as chairman ill make sure that our leadership has a full range of military options to keel with iranian activity. Reporter his confirmation hearing came on the very day the army announced its putting its force by 40,000 troops, going from 490,000 to 450,000 troops in the next two years. Military bases and communities across the country affected. Ft. Benning, georgia, and ft. Hood texas, suffering the biggest impact. Unfortunately, under sequestration and automatic budget cuts todays announcement may not be the last. Reporter but muted reaction from many in congress. The cuts largely a result of congressionally mandated budget cuts known as sequestration. Some analysts say with no large land wars for the army on its horizon, it is time to cut and save money. The local communities could pay a price. Its hard to justify the force size that we had at the peak of iraq and afghanistan, given the deployments and the commitments that we have dead. That also means theres going to be fewer people at the Grocery Stores fewer teachers at the school. So the Economic Impacts will expand out from the base. Reporter even as the outgoing chairman warned the u. S. Is entering a time of what he calls perpetual war. The Global Security environment is as uncertain as ive ever seen it. The world is rapidly changing everywhere and were seeing significant shifts in an alreadycomplex strategic landscape. Reporter on the day that 40,000 u. S. Army troops were told they were no longer needed where was the secretary of defense this sun valley idaho, talking to top executives at hightech and Entertainment Companies to talk to them about their vision of the future as they see it. Tomorrow he will be back on the trail at ft. Bragg talking to Army Soldiers about what is happening to them. Brianna . Barbara starr, thank you so much. Joining me to talk more about this we have republican congressman ryan zenky, a member of the Armed Services committee, a veteran u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. He brings a really interesting dual perspective to this. I want to talk to you about the russian threat. But first i want to ask you what we learn from the fbi director yesterday, that there have been several threats that have been thwarted here in the past weeks. Have you been briefed on these . What can you tell us . Its troubling. I have to commend the fbi and Law Enforcement officials, they do a great job out there protecting what could have been a devastating holiday turned out to be good. It goes to show, look at the threat we face. Our Foreign Policy and our military policy is make sure that we fight on foreign shores and not shores here. And youre looking at it, its a failure of this president , i think, to take the offensive and fight on foreign shores rather than here. When we dont act as a country, when we dont lead there is no country no nation on the earth, that can stand in our place. We heard from senator rich yesterday something very alarming. He told me in his estimation that at some point one of these plots will be successfully carried out. Here in the u. S. Do you agree with that . Unfortunately i do. But theres action we can take. We need to secure or southern border. Clearly the southern border as nexus between immigration and National Security. Its a sieve. Weve known it. Were a great nation are. We built the panama canal in the 19th century. Were up for a fence in the 21st. Theres a lot of things we can and should be doing now. We heard from the new leader of aqap today, al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in yemen, and he gave his first speech since he succeeded al wa haush show, who was taken out by the u. S. In a drone strike. As the head of this organization hes the new aqap leader, what do you know about this guy what concerns you about him . Hes dangerous. Hes an ideologue. Clearly isis has an agenda of evil. Youre not going to reform isis. Quite frankly, our policy of air operations alone and very limited strikes, it is not going to work, it hasnt worked. Its not just me its the generals those that i fought in fallujah with. We all agree, we all assess. I think the way ahead is make sure we arm the kurds. We look at syria and have a policy in syria. Probably root out isis in the Syrian Desert. Then iran. As long as iran has the influence they do within the territory of iraq the sunnis are not going to invest in a centralized government. And iraq will continue to move in a threestate nation. You just told us that you see the southern border, the security of the southern border to be essential. You say its the nexus of National Security and immigration. Do you have any evidence the terrorists are trying to come in through mexico . Theres been cases of individuals dressed as bin laden come across in full daylight and make their way up to the i10. Ive been at the border. I can tell you it is a sieve. It needs to be corrected. In the last six months or so there has been over 60 nations represented. Its not, as a lot of the people look at it this is a south american problem, hispanic problem. Its not. Is that recent . What has happened . And do you think terrorists are coming across the border . I absolutely do. If i was a terrorist do you have evidence of it . Certainly from the number of people in the nations represented in the last six months yes, theres evidence that its multinational. And look from a perspective but im trying to get a handle on this because theres a difference of it being a vulnerability, which i think a lot of people might look at and say theres a possibility, but is it happening . Are you seeing isisinspired people Isis Al Qaeda . What do you know of someone coming across the border . Unfortunately, the time we know when a terrorist attack will occur from our southern border well be too late. I think its a risk. I think the assessment from the experts, it as risk, in my experience. Given how large the border is and given how many people are coming across the border. I mean look. If a child can come across the border and we know theres hundreds of thousands of children that have what makes you think that isis and terrorists cant . And weapons of mass destruction im not saying they cant. I just want to be able to be sure if thur saying that they are or if they could. Well unfortunately, i believe the probability is the case where they are. Okay. All right, we want to talk to you more congressman zinke, about russia. Well take a quick break and talk about how big a threat russia is. A new season brings a new look. A chance to try something different. This summer, challenge your preconceptions and experience a cadillac for yourself. Take advantage of our summer offers. The 2015 cadillac srx, a crossover with space safety, and style. Lease this from around 339 per month. Developing some of the highest quality nutrition isnt easy so at gnc, why do we do it . Why do we work to deliver clinically studied products to fill the worlds nutrition gaps . Why do we insist on the most stringent quality checks period . Well, heres why. Celebrating 80 years of quality life and quality products. And were just getting started. Gnc. 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I know you were listening to general joseph dun fords testimony, the nominee to be the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. In his confirmation hearing he was saying that russia this is a quote, presents the greatest threat to our National Security. That was something that i think a lot of people were surprised to hear him say. Do you agree with that . Well, certainly its time to send in mat reasons. I respect the general greatly. I think with russia though hes shrewd hes smart, you cant negotiate with russia from weakness. But i think the soft vulnerability of russia is whats driving their ability too be aggressive is their energy. If you you take the energy out of their economy russia is not so strong. And all of a sudden u. S. , we have liquid natural gas potential, we have enormous amount of petroleum. We can, in the words of reagan, challenge russia and put russia in a box by free market, export of crude and liquid natural gas into eastern europe. Were not going to put a battle group in the black sea but we can check their aggressiveness with the good oldfashioned free market. When listing potential threats he said russia, then china, north korea and isis. Are you saying you might reaveragere rearrange that . Certainly i think russia is the nation states i think russia is among the top four. I think we can debate whos number one. Certainly russia is a threat. As long as they have the means to be aggressive and that means, with the russian economy, theyre a onetrick pony. Theyre about energy. In the u. S. We need to advance our ability to export crude and export liquid natural gas. I think that would check a lot of russias aggressiveness. Putin is a very shrewd and cunning leader. And it takes great strength to stand up to such a leader and we need to do our part and show the free world were going to stand. The secretary of defense yesterday, as we turn now to syria to talk about this he said this week 60 syrian fighters have been trained as part of u. S. Efforts to train moderate Syrian Rebels to fight isis, because obviously u. S. Troops arent going in there. Its a 500 Million Program for 60 fighters. What do you think about that . Dismal failure. You look at syria one is whats our policy in syria . Are we going to support a regime change . Are we not . Are we going to cede the Syrian Desert to its its as were presently doing . If youre our ally do you have the confidence were going to be there . Am i shocked theres 60 . Im not shocked, im disappointed. Take it from an individual that wants to be trains in the u. S. If they know that were not going to stand with them and youre going to be targeted your familys going to be killed because were not going to be there for you, why would you be trained by the u. S. . So i think our policy needs to change and we do need to removies sister from the Syrian Desert we need to engage the Syrian Free Army much more than were doing. But it is right now 60 individuals is a dismal failure and it will never bring the ball to the field. Before i let you go since you are the first navy s. E. A. L. Elected to congress i want your perspective on the plans of the army to cut 40,000 troops over the next couple of years. You know, i think our active duty force needs to remain what it is today. If were going to cut, lets cut the bureaucracy. We have over 700,000 d. O. D. Employees. You dont have to fire anybody, you can atrophy, do hiring freezes, look at acquisition processes. Theres a lot of areas within d. O. D. I think you can reform quickly. But the active duty strength i think its necessary, considering what we face. Nation states as well as an uncertain future. 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Right now, South Carolina is just hours away from finally removing the confederate battle flag from the grounds of the statehouse rejecting a southern relic thats widely seen as a symbol of racism. Governor nikki haley signed a bill a short while ago authorizing the nag to come down at 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow. The South Carolina state legislature gave its final approval to the historic move this morning and this marked the end of a long and painful debate that exploded after the massacre at an africanamerican church in charleston. One lawmakers remarks captured the raw emotion. I cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful. Such as take a symbol of hate off these grounds on friday. Joining me now, former South Carolina state representative and cnn contributor ba carry sellers. I want to talk about how significant this moment is. How did you feel as this bill was being signed . How do you feel in the aftermath of this . Today is definitely a great day if day in South Carolina. Im overjoyed. Theres been so much bloodshed, so many voices have been lifted up so we can have this moment. Im 30 years old but i can say today we actually had a civil rights achievement. Now its time for us to move forward. Its much more to be done in South Carolina than just removing the flag. This journey is just beginning. I want to know what you think the next steps are. It occurs to me as i see the flag there behind you that between now and 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow there will be people coming by taking fote else to many of them will be mourning that this flag is going. So thinking of that what else do you think needs to be done . Well before i get to that for me the feeling is so amazing. Because i think about the fact that i dont have children yet, but when i do they will be able to grow up in a South Carolina where the Confederate Flag does not fly in front of the statehouse. Thats an awesome feeling. But if we can come together black, white, democrat republican to take the Confederate Flag down in South Carolina im going with imagine what we can do next imagine how we can make sure every child regardless of zip code is educated imagine how we can make Health Care Affordable and accessible to everyone. Imagine if everyone had economic opportunity. The world is our oyster and i think what we did here in South Carolina the world should be proud of. This is going to move on this movement of trying to take down flags, to mississippi, for instance. What do you think needs to happen with other flags who borrow their design from the confederacy . Mississippi does some of the others do as well. First of all, i have to say i understand the argument about heritage. But for me i also have to understand my heritage. I understand that the war was fought for savory. I understand that the war was fought that so many of my ancestors were robbed of their religion and left in shackles so that we would have this south that we have today. Thats what that flag means so so many of us. February 1st 1960 when these kids sat in so we could remedy ourselves of segregation. These things are our history. That flag represents so much hate. And im glad that its coming down and i hope it comes down in mississippi. I hope its down in georgia, alabama, everywhere else. Then we can heal and november forward. I know well be talking to you in the days to come. Next time we speak, i imagine that backdrop behind you will look very different. Thanks for talking with us. Im happy. Thank you so much. I know you are, thank you. Just ahead, the gop struggles to rein in donald trump amid growing backlash from his remarks about mexican immigrants. And while hillary and jeb battle on the campaign trail, bill clinton and george w. Bush are coming together tonight. 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Even as he faces pressure from within the Republican Party. Listen to what he told cnns anderson cooper. Illegal immigrants coming in are causing tremendous problems. In terms of crime, in terms of murder in terms of rape in terms of lots of other things. Cnn chief Congressional Correspondent dana bash has more on trumps troubles. Give us a sense of what youre finding out from your sources about this call between donald trump and Republican Party chairman priebus. You talk to one side or the other side and completely different stories were getting. It does seem that way. What i am told is that the Republican Party chair priebus was returning a call to donald trump yesterday afternoon. It wasnt a call that was unsolicited to chastise the billionaire billionaire. It was simply a call that he needed to return and that it was a wideranging conversation and at the end, i am told that priebus said basically, look i have spent a lot of time trying to help republicans reach out to the hispanic community. And he has. Hes spent a lot of time doing that, even did an autopsy at the Republican National committee to try to figure out how to reach out to hispanics. Im told that he basically made clear to trump that hes concerned about his tone. But to be clear, my source never said that he chas tised him, never said that he really went after him in any way, shape or form but that he did make his concerns clear when it comes to his responsibility for the party. He took away from it that it was a congratulations. So certainly that wasnt the only thing they talked about. But its interesting what they each may have zeroed in on. Donald trump recently responded directly to cnn about your reporting. I want you to listen to this. He did say, you know you could keep it down a little but, but you cant change your personality and i understand that. But it was really a nice call a grat la tore call. And it was just a short call. What do you think . Is it also a possibility that you know you sort of maybe want to be positive with someone to also deliver a message of constructive criticism . Absolutely. A couple of things. One is im here in wisconsin. That is where mr. Priebus is from. People here in the midwest tend to speak in niceties. And people in new york dont. And i can say that as somebody whos from new jersey right across the river. So somebody a republican here i was talking to today, said maybe trump just didnt understand the language priebus was speaking. Because he was maybe being too nice for trump to get it. But clearly he wasnt harsh. And theres the context of this that number one, priebus and trump have known each other for a while. Trump has been a donor. And also mr. Priebus is the Republican Party chair so he does have to walk a very fine line. He is neutral in this republican primary race. So he really has to be careful in picking up the phone and calling any of the candidates saying please do something differently. Because that really isnt technically his role. Although in this particular case because he has been so forthright in trying to change the way republicans are perceived in the hispanic community, especially since the 2012 election when mitt romney only won 27 of that vote this particular issue might be a little bit different for him. Dana stand by for us as we bring in cnn political reporter sarah murray cnn political director david chalion, former special assistant to george w. Bush rudy fernandez. Maybe it is a cultural difference but sounds like maybe rights priebus didnt get this point of toning it down across to donald trump. But do you think republicans should be worried about donald trump . Look. I know chairman priebus and hes a nice midwesterner ease a gentleman. I worked at rnc, part of the bush team in 2004 that helped president bush get 44 of the vote. And i guarantee that the rncs concerned about the hispanic vote about being perceived as antiimmigrant. And they realize that to get anything less than 35 of the hispanic vote in 2016 would deliver the keys to the white house to Hillary Clinton. So theres concern by chairman priebus, theres certain by senior staff. Candidates who are serious candidates candidates for the presidency like jeb bush and marco rubio, are going to be quick to denounce the inflammatory and frankly the statement by donald trump is something that appeals to the far, extremists and to bigots the few bigots that we have left in the party. Theres no room for it. So thats what you saw jeb bush criticize so sharply the comments by trump. Youre saying that there are a few bigots who are attracted to this language that donald trump is using. But isnt it also i wonder looking at republicans as they seem to try to navigate exactly how to handle this theyre also aware of the fact that maybe it isnt just a few. Maybe this is a chunk of the Republican Base that is so important in this primary season. Listen theres a roadmap for how to win, as a republican candidate. That roadmap was highlighted by people like president reagan. President reagan was someone that always talked in terms of optimism and positive vision for the country. He talked about a shining city on a hill. He would be turning over in his grave when he hears some people that claim to be conservatives defend donald trump. You cant appeal to hate. You cant appeal to peoples fears. Weve got to be campaigning for the presidency to win the white house in 2016 from a place of having an optimistic vision for the country. And thats what you see jeb bush trying to do. There are others. Marco rubio is a very positive candidate. I hope that scott walker rectifies some of his comments as it relates to immigration and paint a more positive tone. Because thats what it will take. If were seen as antiimmigrant seen as grouping all mexicanamericans and hispanics all in one bucket because of a few isolated incidents unfortunate incidents, but isolated incidents, were going to listen were going to wish that we had the 27 that romney received in 2012. Wow. Chris, you hear what rudy says. I know youve done a lot of reporting on gop outrage to the latino community. This is very important to the party. It absolutely is. Theyve been putting the resources behind it the past several years proving that point. Not just within the Republican Party, who has recruited president ial candidates like jeb bush rick perry, who are very good at talking to latino voters. Also outside groups. The koch groups like Libre Initiative doing this fulltime. I talked to them and they said this is killing them. Theyve worked so hard to try to convince latinos to embrace free market ideas for the principles of the conservative ideology or Republican Party. And this just tears a lot of that down quickly. Weve seen it gave Hillary Clinton this opening to lump all republicans in with donald trump. And then you saw jeb bush fire back right away. And theyve been in this sort of back and forth. That tells you how big this is going to be in 2016. I think the reality is were now seeing the incoming attacks from democratings on this issue. We saw the democratic National Committee put out their own video on this issue, painting all republicans sort of mini versions of donald trump when it comes to these kind of comments that a lot of people perceive as hateful. That is a huge risk to the Republican Party. If people who are thinking of voting republican tune in now and this is what they think the Republican Party stands for, that turns those voters off immediately. Reince priebus and Hillary Clinton completely agree. Because Reince Priebus is making a call to donald trump saying hey, can we knock that off a little bit, im a little concerned. Hillary clinton is injecting it into the conversation because it serves a dual purpose for her. She gets to expose what is internal divide in the Republican Party in nominating season. And she gets to excite support among the Obama Coalition voters that she needs to desperately recreate the folks that propelled barack obama to the white house in 2008 she needs those folks. She tweeted in spanish in the has it hour. Hillary clinton tweeted saying donald trump is not the only one with retro grade ideas about immigration. I dont know if their translation is accurate she did it in english and spanish. Exactly. So shes clearly trying to make sure to continue to hang donald trump around the necks of the entire republican field. And rudy to be clear, do you see one of the vulnerabilities here for republicans is that when you look at immigration, donald trump obviously has one view on one end of the spectrum. You see republicans along this spectrum. But theyre not united. And so there is this division that can be exploited. Lindsey graham is for a path to citizenship. But you see jeb bush who is for some sort of recognized status but not a path to citizenship. Listen i spent 20 years fighting for republican candidates and campaigning for republican candidates. Polling and data in elections today is very important. There was a poll recently i think released two years ago, by the partnership for american community, a right of center group, and that poll shows you to follow trump lane gains you 1 of 5 voters Republican Voters in South Carolina new hampshire, and 1 of 5 caucusgoers in iowa that are republicans. But it costs you twice as much come the general election. And thats its a losing game. If you try to build a winning coalition, as trump is trying to do by trying to win iowa or new hampshire, i assume hes in it to win it by appealing to that extreme right, you put yourself in that position where youre going to be toast in the general. The reality is theres a path. The good news is while 1 of 5 people agree with trump in iowa that means 4 of 5 are reasonable people Reasonable Republicans on immigration, and are open to a jeb bush position on immigration that wants to increase Border Security wants to deal with the undocumented in a fair and responsible way wants to increase and modernize our Legal Immigration system. So thats good news. Youve got to focus on the 4 of 5 that agree with you, that will allow you to stake a position thats defendable come the general election. Dan na, rudy talks about this difficulty of navigating the primary versus the general. He says its pretty clear what you have to do. It doesnt seem that clear to these candidates. It doesnt seem that clear. Jeb bush now famously said he was going to try to win the primary by winning the general. Meaning, kind of appeal to the masses and not just the right, as traditionally you have seen or the past couple of cycles republicans try to do at their peril. Donald trump is doing the opposite. He is trying to appeal to who knows what the real percentage is. The part of the Republican Party that really this message resonates with. And it does exist. What im hearing from my republican sources that are more, for lack of a better word the establishment, more with the Republican National committee, is that theres some im talking about people who are from around the country, not in washington. There is some concern that the more you kind of push donald trump and the more you kind of get into a public war with him, that at the end of the day, assuming he doesnt get the republican nomination he is such a wild card that he could go off and be the ross perot of 2016. That he could run on his own. Which historically has meant taking votes from the republican nominee and ultimately delivering the white house to the democrat. There is already concern about that. Because it is so hard to navigate. Never mind the republican electorate. But right now, donald trump. And Hillary Clinton remembers that all too well doesnt she. All right, dan na, stand by with the rest of our panel. We will show you whats bringing former president s bill clinton and george w. Bush together tonight as presidnt bush faces backlash for charging a group of veterans for a speech. What to do when youre stranded in a city and you need a last minute hotel . A priceline tonight only deal stuck out on the range . Nowhere to rest your beard . Choose from thousands of handpicked hotel deals at the very last minute. Only on your phone. Only from priceline. The kids are asleep. Look what i got. Oh my froot loops [sniffs] lets do this . 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Reporter good evening. President bush has done such a careful job tending to the public image since he left office. He has stayed out offof politics. Some of the hours he has helped veterans couldnting intoare coming into question. I would rather be with the men and women of the United States military. Reporter president bush has made a mission of helping veterans who fought in iraq and afghanistan. He has made money. Tonight, he is under fire for charging a sixfigure fee to headline a fundraiseing gal lala. A marine who served on the board told cnns Brooke Baldwin today the president s speaking fee was out of line. The fact he was down there helping u. S. Raise money, thats terrific. But you have to put things as priority before money. Reporter the payment stirred con troetroversy for bush. The charity defended the fee saying president bush helped raise 2. 5 million. In a statement the groups president said the event raised unprecedented funds that are putting our nations heros into specially adapted hopes throughout the United States. The explanation didnt sit well with wright who lost both hands in a 2004 rocket attack. Thats a moot point. The point here is that a leader should not charge to speak on behalf of the men that he sent into combat at any level, let alone the commander in chief. Reporter the payment was at odds with the president s public image. He has dedicated countless hours helping wounded veterans. Cnn reached out to several Veterans Groups, all declined to speak on camera. Some said the speaking fee raised eyebrows. Gop president ial candidate donald trump blasted bush saying jebs brother george insisted on a 100,000 fee and 20,000 for a private jet to speak at a charity for severely wounded vets. Not nice. A spokesman for former president bush did not return our calls today. Some of his former aides told me they were surprised byccept the fees. He is making an appearance with president clinton here tonight. I want to dig deeper on this. David, put this into context for us. Speaking fees get a number of candidates political figures in trouble. When you leave the white house or a high level government position theres a lot of money to be made at some of the events. They are usually surrounded by people who vet the events. Theres a lot of money to be made. I dont think there are many people that can get the kind of price tag filled by these groups than former president s. Bill clinton made a for thetune. 100 grand smiektrikes me on the lower side. They have a group so they avoid a controversy like this. Why this cuts so deep is what jeff got at. This is his legacy are the wars the people that he sent into battle where so much blood and treasurer was spent. The fact that this is sort of being criticized by people who thought the battles that cults against the entire bush brand. Thats why its such a bad headline for him. Rudy, you were special assistant to president bush. What do you think he was thinking . Listen i know president bush cares deeply about the Wounded Warriors. He is a very sensitive man. I have seen him cry when he thinks about the many sacrifices made by men and women that fought in the wars. I would not be surprised if this is not the end of the story. We would feel differently if tomorrow he turns around and donates that 100,000 fee to a charity that cares about Wounded Warriors. This may not be the end of the story. He has the right sentiments in his heart. I tell you, he cares passionate passionately about the Wounded Warriors. If he took it from one other thing. Trump has zero credibility. This is a guy i hear you on the tweet. That criticizes u. S. Policy towards mexico yet has his i hear you on the tweet. But if you are saying he you are saying george bush may donate this to an organization that benefits vets. He took it from an organization that benefits vets that builds homes for Wounded Warriors who have lost limbs. Here is my let me ask you let me ask you this. Let me finish. Not knowing details and how why he took it its difficult to comment. This is part of the story. If tomorrow he turns around and donates it you and i will feel differently about the donation. My question is do you think this is out of dshgfof this story line is this out of character for president bush . Yes. Its out of character. This is a guy has spent countless hours with our Wounded Warriors. This is not the only instance he helped them. He is famous for hosting a famous race a bicycle race at the ranch every year where he pays for hundreds of Wounded Warriors to come and participate in this bike race and to run with him. He has spent countless hours his post presidency spending time with the Wounded Warriors. He is not the only one gotten into trouble for Something Like this. Hillary clinton accepted a 225,000 speaking fee in october from unlv a Public Institution of higher learning. Now shes campaigning on more affordable college. Thats something that shes getting hit for for some hypocrisy there. I want to talk about jeb bush. I think some of this may sort of be percolating because he is running. Lets talk about something that he said. He is getting a lot of criticism because he suggested that americans need to work longer hours. What happened here . Yeah. Jeb bush would be happier paying attention to donald trump, because this remark didnt get as much coverage as it would have. He was talking about needing to speed up Economic Growth and improve Economic Growth. People need to work longer hours, increase productivity and make more money. He clarified the comments and said what he meant to say was he was talking about the 6. 5 Million People working parttime and want to work fulltime. Thats a decent argument to make. Probably not the best way to make that argument especially when people feel like they are working harder where productivity have been going up and wages have not kept up. Im sorry, i didnt fit you in there at the end chris, dana. Thank you, rudy. Join us tomorrow in the situation room. Watch us live or dvr the show. You dont want to miss a moment. Thanks for watching us. Im Brianna Keilar in the situation room. Erin burnett out front starts right now. Breaking news a top al qaeda leader threatening the u. S. Declaring war. We learn about planned terror attacks across the country. A rare event happening now. Bill clinton and george w. Bush in the same room talking politics side by side. We will go there live. A little Girl Found Dead near boston. Her identity a mystery. Who is baby doe . Lets go out front. 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