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security officials are kept in the dark about them. only the president, some members of his cabinet, or a near cabinet level official, could authorize other government officials to no details of these special access programs. now trumps fellow republicans, who had already stuck their neck out for him, without knowing all the facts, -- always dangerous -- were left exposed. and struggling to explain why it was, actually find that the ex president kept nuclear documents in the basement o...

mar-a-lago, an excuse which he seems to have dropped in recent weeks. now at least according to the washington post, we know it was not a hoax. and even with a month to repair, republicans are still struggling to respond to these latest allegations. >> do you think it is appropriate, the way that the former president was storing those top secret documents at his residence in mar-a-lago? >> i dont really have any comments on this whole investigation that has been dominating the news for...

obtained by cnn suggest otherwise. cnns sam kiley has more on a potential diplomatic breakthrough in an attempt to avoid a nuclear disaster. heres more from sam. >> yes, it could be seen as some kind of diplomatic breakthrough that the russian president has endorsed the idea that the international atomic energy authority, the body responsible for inindividuallating, if you like, nuclear power stations around the world, should be allowed to go to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power station a...

Protection from the law. A good country, right . We will be watching him monday. Have a good weekend, everybody. Bill oreilly of next life. See you monday bill oreilly up next life. See you monday. Bill the Oreilly Factor is on tonight. We can confirm now that the u. S. Has lost tomahawk missiles at syria. The action by President Trump has caused worldwide reaction. Did the usa did the right thing by attacking the brutal dictator assad . We will have multiple tonight. It doesnt make sense for as...

Where that went, who knows about it? is it theres? did they share it? did they not share it? did we acquire it through [inaudible] there are so many questions here. and lets think about the saudis. jared kushner, very close to the saudis. the trump administration. there were a lot of times there that happened -- and that i was there for internally and saw and i covered, -- elements of middle east politics a time because there were -- counterterrorism issues and i certainly know people out cover ...

Excuse coming from trump world as ludicrous. why did you say that? what were your thoughts there? >> well, i feel like as someone who worked on counterterrorism issues globally and homeland security, i would have probably been briefed about this blanket authority that existed. i think mike pence would have been aware of it, and the national security advisers would have heard about this, but thus far, you know, if thats the case, then release the paperwork. theres got to be a paper trail here. it...

Security adviser under president obama, cnn national security analyst lisa monaco. what do you make of this decision? we saw tom bossert out on the sunday shows just two days ago. and today he resigns. >> well, good morning, john. good to be with you. look, im actually out on the west coast right now, and folks are literally waking up to this news. im at a conference with a number of former government officials and cybersecurity officials. and it is quite stunning, i think, to get this news. as ...

Will be damning in an indictment that robert mueller, the special counsel, will ultimately nail to the white house door. with that lets turn to our lead off panel on a wednesday night. julia ansley, nbc national security and justice reporter. jill wine-banks is back with us. attorney, former assistant watergate counsel and nbc legal analyst. and jeremy bash. former chief of staff at the cia and pentagon. former counsel to house intel. jeremy, id like to begin with you. talk about our alliance wi...

To what we have seen in france, and the problems weve seen in france, the problems weve seen in belgium, it seems like the british intelligence forces an also law enforcement have a better handle on things than we have seen in some other countries in europe. >> yeah, anderson, i think theres some consensus that the brits are best in class when it comes to dealing with these sort of counterterrorism issues. theyve been dealing with it really all the way back to the ira threat from the 1970s onwar...

Person. >> its not just flynn. this is a pattern of folks in senior -- a couple of feet away from the president who do not have the proper security clearances. they cannot be doing national security work. seb gorka is an example. he has nazi ties, sits in the white house right now. supposedly working on counterterrorism issues, but does not have the appropriate clearances and has raised flags for people. >> lets talk about the attorney general of the united states. because this is another unusua...