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Change the way you wifi. xfinity. the future of awesome. as weve been discussing, the president did what he thought should be done which is attack on twitter. the president went after james clapper who criticized him for his rast in phoenix on tuesday night. this is what clapper said on cnn which got under trumps skin. >> i really question his fitness to be in this office. i worry about, frankly, you know, the access to nuclear codes. >> joining me tonight retired general michael hayden who

President-elect to complain about the tweet with the nazi reference, and jim tells the story that it was actually a fairly productive call. >> lets pin this down. clapper talked about worrying about trump with the nuclear codes. from an intelligence point of view, from relationships with foreign governments, what kind of instability are you concerned about specifically as it would relate to the president eats handling of the crisis? >> well, first of all, david, lets keep in mind now who jim cla...

This is what clapper said on cnn which got under trumps skin. >> i really question his fitness to be in this office. i worry about, frankly, you know, the access to nuclear codes. >> joining me tonight retired general michael hayden who served as nsa director and as you might expect, knows clapper well. first, i wonder what you make of clapper publicly questioning president trumps fitness after his speech in phoenix. he said the event was downright scary and disturbing. >> i actually saw jims co...

Mcconnell said that he had expectations that were unrealistic, so just in terms of the political machinery, i think he is seeing a lot of frustration on the republican side with this president and with his willingness to attack and call them out and damage them with the republican party. >> shannon: well, and when you put it in the context of competency, stability, ability to do the job, the director of national intelligence out there repeatedly now saying that he has great concerns, he finds th...

To -- his fitness to be in this office. >> is he a threat to national security? the president. >> he certainly could be. again, having some understanding of the levers that a president can exercise, i worry about frankly, you know, the access to nuclear codes. >> what do you think of the former director of national intelligence coming out saying that david? >> startling, frightening and everything else. theres another phrase that he use, i dont think the thing that hes crazy, i think he knows wh...

Codes, if he in a fit of peak, he decides to do something about kim jong-un. theres actually very little to stop him. the whole systems built to ensure a rapid response if necessary. so theres very little in the way of controls over, you know, exercising nuclear option, which is pretty damn scary. >> lets get perspective from podcast host and former adviser david axelrod, and david chalion and michael dantonio. its extraordinary to hear from director clapper questioning trumps fitness to serve. ...

Fears of a government shut down, this could get to be a very dire situation very quickly. >> yeah, and its already early in his presidency right. hes seven, eight months in. typically you see these kind of numbers in a second term right? these are numbers you saw in bushs second term post-katrina when people started to lose faith in him as a leader and whats going on with the foreign policy, iraq and afghanistan war. thats why mitch mcconnell is looking at this and wonder requesting worrying whe...

This after lets just play a little bit of what clapper had to say the other night after the presidents phoenix speech. >> i worry about, frankly, you know, the -- the access to nuclear codes. in a fitted peak, he decides to do something about kim jong-un. there is actually very little to stop him. the whole system is built to ensure a rapid response if necessary. so very little in the way of controls over, you know, exercising a nuclear option, which is pretty dam scary. >> your reaction to this...

Tear down the house. he wants to burn the village but not in order to save it. >> well, while i have you, let me get you then on james clappers response to that rally in phoenix that night. he watched it live and his immediate reaction was that he didnt think that the man he saw in phoenix was fit to possess the nations nuclear codes. >> look, i think we have to walk on careful ground when assigning psychiatric -- you know? >> not one of us can diagnose him. >> theres a quality of demagoguery in...

And this is not good. if he cannot feel that there is -- if there is not a fundamental trust between the intelligence community and the white house then thats bad news. >> following president trumps speech this week in phoenix, arizona, the former director of national intelligence james clapper expressed his doubts about the presidents fitness for the job. do you share those concerns? >> i do. clapper was pretty direct in his word. words, he talked about trump really not having the temperament, ...