On some of the worlds most notorious strongmen. And one of them is today a guest at the white house. President erdogan of turkey, who is not altogether happy the us is arming syrian kurds. And, news that ford might soon be shedding 200,000 jobs . Well tell you why the car company may be hitting a speed bump. Hello, i am katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. And we are both confused. Are reports that donald trump gave classified intelligence to russian officials a storm in a tea cup or a major breach of Us National Security . The Administration Says its the former. Critics say this marks a serious violation of an allys confidence. The white house is not denying the information concerning Islamic State was given to russia, itjust says it was no big deal in fact, wholly appropriate is how the National Security advisor described it a short time ago. Hr mcmaster said a report in the Washington Post accusing the president of giving away intelligence was not accurate. I stan
Aisle, are rightly concerned about how he may respond when tested by russia, iran, north korea, and other transnational threats such as cyber. Considering some of these hotspots in the world in detail, i would like to start with iran, which remains a top concern for this committee. Their behavior with respect to forces across the region has not improved and irans unsafe actions have continued. I believe the joint plan of action is the most effective way to prevent iran from resuming their Nuclear Weapons program. General mattis, while you raise concerns about the jcpoa when it was being negotiated, you stated during a center for strategic and International Studies forum in april 2016 that in your words, there is no going back absent a real violation. I agree with that assessment. I look forward to hearing your thoughts about how we can build upon the jcpoa to address other
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So we havent had a chance to digest it. But the Attorney General in his Confirmation Hearings was very clear with a oneword answer when asked by a senator whether he had contact with the russians in any way, shape, or form. He said no, period. No condition, no modification. So obviously that turns out to not be accurate there is no reason to believe that Jeff Sessions in the Confirmation Hearing was trying to hide something. He may simply have forgotten. But it does mean two things. Number one, it adds to the incredible weight of evidence that the administration is not credible on these issues. Remember a couple of weeks ago when we heard that Michael Flynn was talking to the Russian Ambassador simply to wish him merry christmas. And of course that turns out not to be true. And Michael Flynn is no longer National Security adviser. So this white house has a very, very significant credibility problem. And its with respect to Attorney General sessions, what this means, and again, its too
Many levels as you point out. Thank you very much. It was a special day for the players that made that trip today to the white house and it was fun to see them there. We had an opportunity to watch some of that. Have a great night. We will see you back here tomorrow night for the first 100 days. Im dana perino, thanks for watching us tonight. Before we get to the other big stories of the day, we want to address the situation many of you may already be aware of. Del oreilly, who hosted this program for 20 years is leaving the fox news channel. We know that you, his very loyal viewers will have a lot of feelings about this and we will talk more about it later on in the program. But first, the Trump Administration by hearing a loud shot over the bow of iran. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson delivering forceful remarks that the state Department Today making clear the administrations tolerance their belligerence and provocation is growing thin. Iran is the worlds leading statesponsored terr