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Possibly in response to a government shutdown or the fears of a government shutdown, i mean, this could get to be a very dire situation very quickly. >> yeah. >> and its already early in his presidency. i mean, seven, eight months in. typically you see these kind of numbers in a second term, right? i mean these are the kind of numbers you saw in bushs second term post katrina when people really started to lose faith in him as a leader, lose faith in terms of what was going on in terms of foreign...

Myself who have worked for a lot of presidents and theres qualities that you see in a president that i see in every president that are lacking in this one. presidents that ive known have been calm and controlled in a crisis. they have been able to unite the country, even when their personal popularity has been down, and they have taken responsibility for things even when something thats happened is not directly their fault. on the nuclear codes -- and i dont see those qualities in the way this p...

The levers that a president can exercise, i worry about, frankly, you know, the access to the nuclear codes, if he in a fit of pique, he decides to do something about kim jong-un. theres actually very little to stop him. the whole systems built to ensure rapid response if necessary. so theres very little in the way of controls over, you know, exercising a nuclear option, which is pretty damn scary. >> you saw there in the corner, that was a moment last night on live television about quarter afte...

>> i really question his ability to -- his fitness to be in this office, having some understanding of the levers that a president can exercise. i worry about, frankly, you know, the access to nuclear codes. in a fit if he decides to do something about kim jong-un, theres actually very little to stop him. >> joining us now, john mclaughlin, 32-year veteran of the cia and now an msnbc analyst. john, your reaction to what jim clapper said. >> well, i understand where jim clapper is coming from. peo...

Only imagine what the tweet storm from president trump tomorrow morning about that is going to look like. >> ron klains predictions about the senate judiciary committee. you can write them down. they are all very solid. >> thanks. >> adam, well talk to you in a bit. the presidents speech is once again an issue with one intelligence professional worried about the president having the nuclear codes. ♪ walter? hmm? is that the rest of our food? what? no. how come you have cheese in your beard? ...

And really that will -- i can only imagine what the tweet storm from president trump tomorrow morning about that is going to look like. >> ron klains predictions about the senate judiciary committee. you can write them down. they are all very solid. >> thanks. >> adam, well talk to you in a bit. the presidents speech is once again an issue with one intelligence professional worried about the president having the nuclear codes. where, in all of this, is the stuff that matters? the stakes are so...

Three-star general appointed by republicans and democrats. this is what he said after the speech when he asked if president trump is a threat to national security. >> well, he certainly could be. again, having some understanding of the leverage that a president can exercise, i worry about, frankly, you know, the access to the nuclear codes. 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...

Who ive known, ive watched him in government, and hes got a stellar record, not a partisan. and calling into question the presidents fitness for office, particularly invoking the nuclear codes, which has been a concern of some for a long time. and i suspect that he was echoing private concerns that hes heard among national security and intelligence people. the only reservation i have about this, anderson, is one of my concerns about the president is hes been so reckless about kind of delivering ...

Conversation thats been happening behind the scenes is coming out in public. its not just james clapper. you know, three days or so before, maybe two days before, it was senator bob corker who said he was worried about the presidents stability. and that was a really remarkable moment for corker who is known as sort of the stoic voice on capitol hill, not one prone to hyperbole. its a remarkable conversation to have. the fact that were here talking about the idea of someone hiding the nuclear cod...

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 did you think of the former director of national intelligence coming out and saying that, david? >> startling and frightening and everything else. i dont like the whole hes crazy argument. he knows what he is doing and being divis...