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Washington, d.c. is largely democratic in terms of its electoral population. but yeah, he went straight there instead of, you know, criticizing his own -- >> and even though washington traditionally has been democratic and has been majority african-american and lead by african-american politicians, this is really noteworthy, that this white house of republican or democratic administrations has done no outreach that i can see to local political leaders. >> well, and it comes during a week when th...

Some cases? >> i certainly think that trump -- the trump tweet from a week ago announcing aluminum an steel tariffs was kicking turkey while its down and gave president erdogan material for his narrative that the united states is engaged in economic warfare against turkey. but overall, i think increased public pressure on turkey to release americans who are being held in turkey unlawfully is a welcome change from past administrations. of course thats not the only issue between the united states ...

Political matter rather than a question of protecting state secrets or whether someone is suitable or fit to protect state secrets. >> what do you make of the 13 former intelligence officials signing a letter telling the president, hey, listen, what you are doing is not only a suppression of free speech, but it will send a chilling message to everybody inside the intelligence community. these are democrat and republican administrations. are they people who are fans of john brennan? >> thats inte...

Operations. he wrote this "the washington post" calling brennen one of the finest public servants ive ever known. he goes onto say, i would consider it an honor -- this is talking to the president -- if you would revoke my security clearance as well, so i can add my fame name to the list of men women who have spoken up against your presidency. and from the former top officials, just about all the big names you know weve covered around here that represent both democratic and republican administra...

First of all, theres navy retired admiral william mccraven, the former navy s.e.a.l. who oversaw the bin laden raid. hes written this open letter to the president in "the washington post." calling brennan one of the finest public servants ive ever known. he goes onto say, i would consider it an honor -- this is talking to the president -- if you would revoke my security clearance as well, so i can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency. then came this...

Sense to me. i dont think we should change the system because of brennan. i think the idea of collaborating with people in prior administrations to keep us safe makes sense. but i cant imagine sharing anything with brennan given his hatred towards president trump. >> why do people who no longer work for the federal government still continue to have a security clearance? >> is this nakedly political, all people who have opposed the president in some political way not just on the national security...

Deputy directors who served under both republican and democratic administrations joined in on the criticism with their own statement. one of the people who issued that statement will join me in just a moment. but first, how is the white house responding to all of this? for that we go to nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett whos been on this all day. geoff, the president said today he was looking to strip the security clearance of justice department official bruce ohr. that appears to...

Women who have spoken up against your presidency. and from the former top officials, just about all the big names you know weve covered around here that represent both democratic and republican administrations, in it they defend brennen and call the presidents action an attempt to stifle free speech. well, here to talk about it all nancy cook is back with us, white house reporter for politico. and we welcome to the broadcast aaron blake for "the washington post." aaron, your colleagues have gone...

Yourself, so you know that. mr. mueller is highly conflicted. >> reporter: and we should say the president followed up that statement by saying so let him write his report, we did nothing wrong, there was no collusion. so the president is suggesting for now hes not going to take any steps that would ultimately shut down the russia investigation. but heres where we are, ali. the white house suggested that john brennan posed a security threat. the president undercut that argument just there on the...

Also precedent and the precedent is that the directors of cia are brought in very, very closely to administrations, they handle significant sensitive information for sensitive decisions so if we have a precedent by which former cia directors are extremely vocal of the outgoing administration -- the counteradministration youll wind up with a changed intelligence culture and a highly politicized intelligence apparatus in the country so is it ultimately worth it? the american people should not fall...