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Tragic day? >> this report was five years in the making. it is called an after action report. it is some 76 pages long, we are still making our way through it. we received it just about 38 minutes ago. but i can tell you that the headline appears to be in the conclusion of the report. to the report states in its conclusion, and i quote now "in summary the response to the attack at the sandy hook elementary school was handled effectively had it not been for their heroic actions of the teachers, s...

They call in the military and national security business the after action report, when its all looked at. what do you think will change? >> the strategy going forward is going to center around what are the things you can do that are scalable and sustainable within the resources of this community to try to deter this from happening. no strategy is fool-proof. but there are some key elements when you try to protect a mass gathering like this. sight lines. potential sight lines for an attack like t...

And question number two, bill, as a law enforcement professional and i imagine we have people on the job throughout the country watching this today who are just sad and interested in how this kind ever thing could happen, what do you think the lessons learned will be, the after action report from this is going to be after we get through this first wave of sadness for all of the souls who have been lost. >> brian, thats -- you know, thats a very wide ranging question or two. i want to start by fi...

Team what exactly the strategy was, what the thinking was behind not having the president engaged in that very public way, they say, look, the senate is a very different body. it is a much thornier, more complicated process, they felt as though leader mcconnell was the right person to take the lead publicly. they argue the president did have a role behind the scenes that he was working the phones, but the reality is it was vice president mike pence who took the lead from the white houses perspec...

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Republican district. and we came within spitting distance. and surely thats true in south carolina as well process. so i think what it tells us is clearly we have a message and we do going forward as democrats. but i think what it really tells us is that a lot of these marginal seats that are not the solid republican seats like these special elections were are going to be completely in play for democrats in 2018. and weve got a long way to go from here to there. but i -- you know what, i take he...

Special elections tell us a lot they dont tell us everything. what i look at is i see congressional race to congressional race a seat in georgia that was held for 37 years by republicans. its a solidly republican district. we came within spitting distance. surely thats true in south carolina, as well. what it tells us is clearly we have to have a message and we do go going forward as democrats. i think what it really tells us is a lot of these margeal seats that are not the solid republican seat...

Republican district. and we came within spitting distance. and surely thats true in south carolina as well process. so i think what it tells us is clearly we have a message and we do going forward as democrats. but i think what it really tells us is that a lot of these marginal seats that are not the solid republican seats like these special elections were are going to be completely in play for democrats in 2018. and weve got a long way to go from here to there. but i -- you know what, i take he...

Countries staff sit down and negotiate the terms of the press interaction with these visits. its sometimes interesting, sometimes awkward to watch a foreign leader listen to the translation of a foreign question that is somewhat intense political interest to both press corps. i imagine thats what well hear today. >> elizabeth holtzman is with us in the studio. we dont have your after action report with what you witnessed yesterday with james comey. im curious to hear your assessment. >> if i was...

Made. because you know, health care is complicated. [ laughter ] and so is foreign policy. and other stuff that on a presidents desk. i mean, if it is easy it doesnt get to the presidents desk. >> i want to put a finer point on this. you said during the break this is the most you have seen from her kind of an after action report. >> yeah. it was -- i think it is her first autopsy really. up until now we only heard her talk about russia. as my co author and i point out i think it is a whole slew ...