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About how devastating its likely to be to the u.s. economy, this is what the president said. >> ive seen it. ive read some of it. and its fine. >> they say the economic impact will be devastating. >> yeah. i dont believe it. >> you dont believe it? >> no, no, i dont believe it. >> you can also say the presidents gut instinct overrule career intelligence officials. the cia reported with high confidence that saudi arabias crowned prince ordered the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. heres how t...

True that he backed hillary clinton. this is exactly how president -- >> he also worked with george bush. >> yeah, worked for george w. bush and obama. >> yeah. >> when we wonder why we are locked in mart spartisan mortal combat, the president sees almost everything exclusively in those terms. >> what this reminded me of, as soon as russia investigation began you heard the president say, he said it to me and in public and many occasions that john brennan and james clapper and all of the other in...

And so they demonstrated that they were personally attuned to whats going on and this was the highest priority for law enforcement. but i think they also really showed america what apolitical law enforcement looks like. and so here you had a republican attorney general, a republican nominated and confirmed fbi director and they were leading the case of a violent acts that were taken against members of the democratic party in addition to john brennan, who was a career intelligence professional. i...

And a moderate democrat, and he said, look, if these allegations are credible, then it is disqualifying for a nominee for the supreme court, and jeff flake saying the same thing, and leaving the door open to believing this woman, and you know, it does not take, and it only takes two republican senators to have that kind of the change of oheart, or view of the situation to put this confirmation really on ice. andrea? >> kasie hunt with all of the breaking news there at the capital with senator fl...

Isnt that a person who spent decades in intelligence and his last job was head of the cia and he was head of the cia and knew everything in 2016. so he is not just ranting like some operative. here was john bolton said that many people have been thinking but this is the first time i have heard this said by a trump official. >> whether he actually used classified information, i think people will be able to determine. i think thats a serious problem. i view at the time that he and others in the ob...

Convinced that brennans behavior warranted the termination of that privilege. listen here. >> it was my view at the time that he and others in the obama administration were politicizing intelligence. i think thats a very dangerous thing to do. i think especially for senior intelligence officials, career intelligence officials who come out of the government to keep that law of separation between intelligence and policy. and i dont think brennan has followed that and you know, whether he actually ...

Happening on foreign intelligence services and others who look at the united states, what kinds of questions are they asking themselves as they watch this spectacle? >> i suspect they look at this as they looked at other recent episodes here where you have the president taking a position that is contrary to the intelligence community and his national security establishment and, again, they see a president going off in one direction, sort of attacking the intelligence community. because thats wha...

The very intensive vetting process that career intelligence officials and political appointees go through. they didnt -- you know, as soon as you got elected, once you swore an oath, you were entitled to view classified information. you didnt have the fbi calling up ex-girlfriends and former roommates and verifying former locations where you lived and asking them questions about whether you were a potential terrorist. you got access to that information because you were a senator. >> and the answ...

>> lets bray in rick santorum. is this a strong arm tactic? is this how he wants to role? you come at me, youre messing with power. >> no. i dont think so at all. the larger issue is why does he get security clearances anyway. i sat on important committees that got lots of intelligence. as soon as i left the united states senate i lost my security clearance. i dont know why they keep the security clearances in the first place. >> hes not getting -- >> hold on. >> i want to clarify. to my knowled...

First of all, i think when youve got people who are career intelligence and military officials, people who have served the nation, distinguished and for such a long period of time, making comments as they did, i think theyre looking to ensure that free speech is not squashed and this does not turn into a political issue. i think the text of their comments are strongly worded, and it is done so specifically to ensure that this type of action doesnt occur again. it works against national interests...