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Circulateed that president trump may ultimately pick from. one is brian hook, rex tillerson brought into the state department. he is currently leading the push on iran through the state department right now. another name is rick waddell. he served as trumps deputy adviser, a third intriguing name is rob blair, the acting chiefed a haver to dick mulvaney. some think mulvaneys influence may lead him to that job. another pete poke stra and charles cuberman is not on that list. a source telling me h...

About its about the countless john boltons who currently staffed the federal bureaucracy. deeply mediocre life are stronger on hubris protected by bulletproof job security. theyre more likely to die on the job then be fired and they know it. these people have done an awful lot to make this country poor and sadder and more divided. the actual john bolton is gone, likelyev forever. the question tonight is will he be replaced by another john bolton just like in and are signsely there that thats pos...

John boltons who currently the staff federal bureaucracy deeply mediocre lifers, drunk on uberous. protected by bullet proof job security. they are more likely to die on the job than be fired and they know it. as a group these people have done an awful lot to make this country poorer and sadder and more divided. the actual john bolton is gone, likely forever. the question tonight is will he be replaced by another john bolton just like him and unfortunately there are signs that thats possible. in...

Come and you played a little bit advice is a device that is closely. if nothing else this is a conference thats going to let of it, what bolton said about giving biden. the problem is a short come up pepeople are going to watch what to the point, its a sink, these the libyan model applying to we are saying and parents are are not words we associated with goin wonderful. north koreas nuclear program. this was prior to the singapore joe biden. he i think recognizes that he meeting which almost der...

He wanted nothing to do with john bolton. thats not a question of being tough. its a question of being not smart to say something like that. >> john bolton told me directly after he made that statement that he was thinking about the libyan model of 2002 where the bush administration, and he was in charge of nuclear proliferation at the state department, wrapped up libyas nuclear program and shifted to tennessee. he said he was not talking about the libyan model where a mob dragged libyan leader ...

Welcome back, everybody, im yasmin vossoughian. alongside ayman mohyeldin. it is the bottom of the hour. lets start with the mornings top story. in the wake of john boltons exit from the trump administration, the white house says that charlie cupperman is the new acting national security adviser. the second acting nsa in president trumps office. president trump saidly will be meeting his fourth national security adviser next week. the list includes rick waddell who served as deputy nsa previousl...

Senator lindsey graham said that trump has told him that waddell and kellogg and hook are top contenders back in 2018, macron asked trump who is brian hook after he praised him on iran. and then to pay several millions to the an iranian tanker. theres been a ton of reaction on capitol hill to john boltons departure. nancy pelo nancy pelosi has tweeted. and chuck schumer said it is just the latest example of government by chaos approach. when ambassador boltons extreme views arent enough for yo...

Around these type of issues is the president. and hes yet to sort of accentuate where he stands on gun control legislation. obviously, there is a bipartisan proposal that could likely pass both chambers on those so-called red flag law us. background checks is a big question mark right now and i think folks are looking to the president for some leadership here, especially republican senators. the president, as we know, has been very inconsistent on his views when it comes to gun control policies....

But he stuck to the principles that he had, and so the idea that now they had a policy disagreement, i think, you know, i think president trump is going to see when some of these views happen, some of these policies tank, hes going to need someone to talk tough to him, and i dont know if mike pompeo is going to do that. hes really going to need to step up and give president trump husband unvarnished views. right now i think hes going along with what president trump wants and trying to implement....

Anniversary of ner9/11 today. john bolton unusual bipartisan cheers. the national security advisor chair, national security counsel and distill ideas and options for the president. a list of emerging who could possibly replace bolton. the names so far including major waddell, brian hook, u.s. representative for iran and general kellogg who served acting security advisoadvisor, homeland security tom bossert and ambassador to germany richard grenell. joining me now our annie carney and our nancy c...