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Kim jong-un, theres actually very little to stop him. >> caroline when jaime clapper about the lawyer having access to the fluke yar codes should we call be worried about that? >> yes, and i think many of us are. i think its time for republicans to step up and put their country before their party. its time to look at what 40% of the americans want which is impeachment. it is time to look at the possibility that his fitness might be compromised by mental health issues. this is a man who couldnt f...

Is not happening. when i hear someone yelling on the streets howling at the moon and sky, am i supposed to say im going to lose my credibility because i dont assess that person as someone who has something wrong with them or who needs help. we cant sit here and pretend that that is not happening. that what happened on this stage tonight in phoenix, arizona, is normal. is rational. is worthy of the highest office in the land, is worthy of someone who has the nuclear codes for someone to sit there...

James clapper was on cnn last night with very strong words, very troubling words. listen to this. >> i really question his ability -- 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, access to the nuclear codes. >> theres a lot there. im looking for a way out. that might be the presidents critics wishful thinking. >> lets put that to the side because i think thats trying to find whats in so...

United states after seven months of a president that he may not be fit for the office and raising the real concern about someone who may not be mentally stable having access to nuclear codes. its not just the former director of national intelligence. its increasingly senators like bob corker, one of the members of the senate saying hes worried. if its not troubling you, youre not paying attention. >> can i make a quick counterargument, not necessarily disagreeing with mr. clapper or john, but th...

Interrogation james clapper, dire words saying he is concerned about his fitness for office. he do the believe hes fit for office. concerned that such a person who exhibits that behavior has access to the nuclear codes and is you know, possibly going to have some sort of retaliation against kim jong-un. >> its one thing when we hear politicians you know, democrats obviously have a lot of knee jerk opposition to the president. weve seen more and more republicans coming out politically and making ...

Colonel steve warren, i would love to have your response to this, sir. you know, he made news coming on in the wee hours of the morning after the speech last night, calling the president in phoenix downright scary and disturbing and worried out loud if the president, you know, should, in fact, have his hands on the nuclear codes. here was james clapper. >> i toiled in one capacity or another for every president since and including john f. kennedy through president obama. and i dont know when i h...

You dont negotiate with bad people or evil and that is very dangerous. hes vil fieing everyone that doesnt agree with hem as being anti-american. thats going back toward fascism or something like whats going on in germany with hitler. something you have to watch out for. >> i just want to get this one response that we had from the former director of national intelligence. a lot of people are questioning this presidents fitness for office. it was taken one step further. >> is he a threat to natio...

And how much longer does the country have to borrow a phrase, endure this nightmare? >> 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 worry about, frankly, the access to the nuclear codes. if a fit, he decides to do something about kim jong-un, theres actually very little to stop him. the whole system is built to ensure rapid response if necessary. so theres very little in the wa...

That he does not believe the president is fit for office. that he cannot be trusted with the national command authority to launch nuclear weapons and we should just remind viewers, nicolle, in our system, only the president of the united states has the authority to launch nuclear weapons. and nobody -- not a single person can countermand that order. if the president gives the order around it can happen very rapidly, the president gives the order not the secretary of defense, not the combatant co...

Even though hes president of -- >> when you have an infant thats called self-soothing. joining by phone is former chief of staff for the cia and the department of defense, jeremy bash. thank you for jumping on the phone for us, i know youre far away. i had to get you on the record from james clappers comments that kept me awake last night. after watching the presidents performance last night he was concerned about this man having access to the nuclear codes. your thoughts? >> theater, nicolle. g...