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Safe spaces. optional exams. therapy goats and grade inflation. some schools are doing everything they can to create a generation of sanctimonious, sensitive, supercilious snowflakes. were not going to have it. [cheers] brian: well, its easy for a 70-year-old to talk about the next generation. every older person likes to ridicule the next generation. how do you feel, zac, is he hitting the mark here. >> i think he is definitely right about the fact that there are students who believe that tolera...

The facts are the administration saw a waiver. so i want to point out and weve had this from previous administrations but not as much as were hearing today, when congress is requiring you to do, all of a sudden you found religion and taking credit for it. in reality you have not implemented on time the sanctions passed by congress. >> senator, thats not true. we passed a number of sanctions and its also true, my best recollection, the president signed that law. >> and he complained -- >> and i t...

Interesting rebuttal that he made. i think an interesting point/counterpoint. where do you sit on this issue. youve served on administrations where you disagree on policy. when do you think a public serve anxie -- servant should use its threat of resignation as a statement? >> chuck, i think you have to look at this particular administration and this particular president, whos obviously very erratic and unpredictable in the way he handles himself. and for me, frankly, i find some degree of comfo...

By the way, the white house also now clamping down on what the public knows about the presidents contacts with foreign leaders. cnn and cbs news reporting that the white house will no longer issue public summaries of the presidents phone calls with foreign heads of state breaking with tradition of past administrations. according to the reports, non-public readouts of the presidents calls still will be circulated among government officials and relevant agencies but not made available to the publi...

To be imposed that have not been imposed. and the facts are the administration sought a waiver in regard to it in regard to the national defense authorization act so i really just want to point out, and weve had this from previous administrations but not as much as were hearing today, that what congress is requiring you to do, all of a sudden you found religion and are taking credit for it. but in reality, you havent implemented on time the sanctions that have been passed by congress. >> senator...

Administration not to look petty. we with know the nature of the -- we know the nature of the current white house. it is interesting brennan, a former cia official, talked about spying on stallers. someone -- staffers. someone who should not have eligibility status. we remember other regimes clear out the old guard, but we know administrations and the people in power change and human nature doesnt. we shouldnt prevent that people in the intelligence kmcommunity once they leave, are no longer int...

Dems. this is not boding well for him. the president did not want people from the intel heads, the other administrations, to have these security clearances extended at the beginning of this administration. and these security clearances, don, are specifically to help them come in, if this white house wants them, and this is something thats been happening before in other administrations. these security clearances allow these people to come in and be read in on an emergency issue, foreign policy or...

It is usually and expressly to help advise their successors. to help government in the future. i remember when i was in the white house, when i served at the homeland security adviser, i regularly called on my predecessors, who served in prior administrations, administrations from other parties, and i would call upon them in national security crises, in terrorism crises, or to help develop policy. and some of them did criticize the sitting administration. but you know what, john? i may have disa...

General michael hayden, as impressive as these men have been, theyve served in different administrations, not just for democrats, but they werent being called upon by the white house. so if he revokes their security clearances, whats lost? >> so i would agree that this is one gigantic distraction. thats been a narrative that weve heard since this came out yesterday that theyre just attempting to now gaslight and distract from something else. the problem for them is we can all walk and chew gum. ...

It the press. there is an enemies list on every platform for this president. but at issue, and this is a national security issue, this russia issue is bigger than people want to understand or care to believe. at issue, this president does not listen to his own intelligence community. then you have people from prior intelligence communities from other administrations who could help shed light on several topics. now, this president currently is fighting wars in afghanistan and fighting against isi...