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To -- his fitness to be in this office, and i also am beginning to wonder about his motivation for it. maybe he is looking for a way out. i worry about, frankly, you know, the access to the nuclear codes. >> and just to be clear here, this is a man -- this is someone who is known for being nonpartisan. he has worked for the four previous presidents, including both bushes, where he first served as the head of the defense intelligence agency under bush 41 and later under bush 43. so with me now, c...

Get his wall funding because if they want a clean bill, they have to work with democrats. democrats like pelosi call the wall immoral. so he might have put us on a trajectory to another government shutdown. >> eli, were talking about a shutdown with a congress in the same party. were talking about a president who now i think has hurdled more insults at republican senators than democrats, at least in the last 14 days but you have told me time and time again as this white house functioning in para...

>> it is crazy. >> and then bragging about his -- we know hes got some money in the bank. we know he lifls up in a tower in new york. why ke bragging about richer than reporters? nobody says theyre not richer than reporters? why does he say all this. >> he is obviously desperate. i think he must know at some level somewhere that he is failing miss raeblel. he sees the poll nblz because he follows -- >> this is something up your front. clapper, former head of national security a couple months of ...

They will attempt to rewrite nafta by the end of the year. one thing this president believes. he looks at the trade deficit with mexico and sees winners and losers. he sees it only that america is losing. what trade economists say is that deficit is so big because you have such big exports and imports it shows the dynamism of the relationship and the way the president thinks about it just too cut and dried, black and white. >> and those people that voted for him. this is the message they want to...

What it was. >> and scott jennings, my initial question is, you know, at what cost at is what cost? this is the quote from i wanted to look it up as to what the former director of national intelligence said. he told me tonight that he found the presidents rally down right scary and disturbing. this is a quote from him. he said i really question his ability to be his fitness to be in this office. and i also am beginning to wonder about his motivation for it. maybe is he looking for a way out. he ...

When the president makes an order, especially when it comes to the nuclear codes, that is a command. if anyone in that chain of command does not follow that, theyre breaking the law. but to my mind -- yes, theyre breaking the law -- >> small potatoes -- >> its the most patriotic that they could ever do. >> perhaps useful civil disoh bead yans at that point. >> tackle him. >> im the only none columnist here, so im not going to weigh -- >> you can handle this. when u james clapper the former head ...

What michael hayden warned about in august of 2016. and you know, you can go back and look at the transcripts. mika was saying watch out, america, watch out republicans, you better not do this, is this what you rae want to do, and i guess whats chilling is that enough americans did want that. they dont care. i mean we keep talking about trump, were going to have to take a much longer look at what suggests he may be unbalanced and unfit to have the nuclear codes with him. >> i wrote "general hayd...

Mention any names. >> reporter: the president is still venting frustrations over senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, fuming over health care tweeting, if lepp can senate doesnt get rid of the filibuster rule and go to a simple majority, theyre just wasting their time. but they failed to come to a majority rule in the senate. they went against the idea of a government shutdown. >> i dont think a government shutdown is necessary, and i dont think most people want to see a government shutdown. ...

>> you have -- you said you question his fitness. is he a threat to national security, the president? >> well, he certainly could be. again, having some understanding of -- of the levers that a president can exercise, i worry about frankly, you know, the access to the nuclear codes, he decides to do something about kim jong-un, theres actually very little to -- to stop him. the whole system is built to ensure a rapid response if -- if necessary, so there are very little in the way of controls ov...

Of it. so i dont understand, frankly, the presidents fascination and solicitation of solicit to usness of russia and putin particularly unless he feels hes a kindred soul perhaps. so it is very strange to me. and i dont have an explanation for it. i dont know if its collusion or something else. >> you said you questioned his fitness. is he a threat to national security? the president? >> well, he certainly could be. again, having some understanding of the levers that a president can exercise, i ...