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Thats terrible for democracy. it sets a bad precedent for the future. what about the future if we have a democrat president? is he going to try to silence his republican critics. if you dont like what john brennan has to say, fine. you should believe he has a right to say it. hes not out there declassifying information. hes just exercising his freedom of speech. >> so peter given your, appearance working in three administrations, how far does this strategy of going after critics like this trying...

April bus abuse of power and targeting those who are voek tcal opponenf the president. his view of this. the white house isnt going that far. income, the president dismissed the notion hes trying to silence critics instead giving him a higher profile because he is now talking about this this publicly and his name is in the news. a debatable point if this is actually somehow a benefit to someone like john brennan, served as cia chief but in many top positions with both democratic and republican a...

Assert his control? are they things simply the president exercises his normal power? or more nefarious? was it a larger conspiracy? >> michael, you sort of touched on it. im not a lawyer, so i dont know, but it seems odd you would see this level of cooperation coming from this lawyer. can you dig into that for me? how strange is this? >> well, mcgahn was so surprised by this. he was surprised the white house was going to allow him to do this. mcgahn thought it would set a bad precedent for futur...

Nondisclosure agreement. we asked bannon if it was his experience as well. >> did you sign an d nrnda. >> i think everyone had to. >> he is host of the beat here on msnbc. ari, great job with this. what is your sense of the audience he had in mind. he is stepping out of the normal ecosystem here and issuing a dire warning to republicans. who is he trying to reach? >> its clear that he wants to go beyond the usual ecochamber and as we noted, it was the first msnbc interview and not for lack of ou...

>> thats why im asking you to define racism. >> but does he think racism -- >> wait a minute. i want him to tell me what is racism. do you believe there is a thing called racism? what is it? >> of course. i mean, its using race as a basis to treat somebody differently in a very negative way, the way that you would treat somebody else of a different race. >> now, do you believe -- >> i havent seen that -- >> -- that still exists because we even see in our strong economy, blacks are still doubly u...

Interview with steve bannon today. hes host of "the beat" at oclock p.m. eastern. what is your sense of who the audience he had in mind. >> it was his first msnbc interview and not for lack of outreach because we cover administrations, we cover white house advisers in both parties. he wants to step out. so he wants to talk to other news networks in a wider community. number two, i cant rule out the idea that just like the video showed quote/unquote a war hes seeking in the midterms that he thoug...

Is something that doesnt look good. so changing the narrative to john brennan and whether you like his speech or not, is a strategy but it is not a particularly good one. because your focusing in on the very people who have provided national security for republican administrations and democratic administrations for most of the last three decades and when they are virtually universally united on the fact that this is not a useful strategy for national security, that means something. >> and again,...

Things. >> im not saying you cant do it. i dont know what practical effect it has other than petty revenge. jennifer, its interesting mike isnt concerned about the president doing exactly those kinds of things in terms of undermining confidence in the intelligence community by telling people not to listen to them, but what do you make of brennan getting his clearance stripped? >> well, id like to know from mike what he thinks about admiral mcravens column today coming out and saying that he -- >...

Every single day acting in a partisan way doesnt help his cause. >> former top government officials are generally allowed to keep security clearance to advise future administrations. president trump will have to wait until next year for his military parade. it was scheduled for november, but the defense department will explore dates into 2019. the parade would be held on the anniversary of the eve of the armistice that ended world war i. >> the planning for the parade is up to $92 million. ten...

Intelligence community by telling people not to listen to them, but what do you make of brennan getting his clearance stripped? >> well, id like to know from mike what he thinks about admiral mcravens column today coming out and saying that he -- >> is he a hack too? >> -- that he sides with brennan. is he a hack in. >> he said something really interesting in his column. he said leaders should set an example. exactly right. dont become partisan when you leave the intelligence community. dont cas...