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How do you respond to that? >> for as long as i have been alive america has fallen into the habit of accepting the unacceptable. we do it on health care, accepting were on the only country in the developed world we dont have national health care and living with the fact because its been this way for quite a while that were going to have crumbling roads. we accept it on guns as though theres nothing to be done. we are the only country where this happens all the time in the way that it does. also ...

Into into california where it would be illegal to possess. . >> mary, jump in here. >> sure. i agree with a lot of what i heard from pete, of course. increasing penalties is not going to prevent these acts of violence. its time for counter domestic terrorism to be part of our national counterterrorism strategy. since 9/11, tremendous resources have been pushed to combatting islamic terrorism. we have not fully integrated that sort of counterterrorism program of prevention, using online undercove...

Dont see it in the same way you guys are describing it, which is a real threat? >> i think it fits into an overall pattern of dialing back what little resources was devoted to this issue. you know, in 2018, we had the preeminent counterterrorism program for state and local law enforcement defunded. it was called the state and local anti-terrorism training. this was the only training that federal government was offering to state and local law enforcement to educate them on domestic terrorist thre...

Bulk of those 35,000 who have not been furloughed able to get it done? >> they will do their best to get it done. but no, we are not as safe with 5,000 of them on furlough, not working. that would be saying that we never need them in the first place. they have those analyst positions and those other important translated positions because they need them. sending 5,000 of them home makes us weaker. >> harris: for my notes, i know that those dozens of anonymous agency officials are also saying that...

He lives there. does he realize hes the president and has been for nine months. is there anything the trump administration has proposed that would make us much tougher or much smarter if thats necessary? ill leave that the law enforcement experts. the budget they proposed cut count counterterrorism program. local his wipolice will tell yo is their biggest nightmare. someone will rent a truck and drive into a crowd. what can we do to be tougher and smarter? correct me if im wrong, has he proposed...

Whether hed have interest in the position. its unclear if he does or not. we know that those conversations, at the very least, have happened. and then a separate source telling us that pistol and the acting attorney general rod rosenstein recently discussed all of this over lunch. so that is what were hearing. of course, his background is very attractive as far as the fbi because he served there at the fbi before. he was at tsa and over the counterterrorism program at the fbi and started as a sp...

Analyst steve hall, he is a retired cia chief of russia operations. and we have mike germany, former fbi special agent and whistle blower. he quit the agency over what he saw as failures in the fbis counterterrorism program. steve, this back and forth between the fbi and the white house, we heard pam explain that there are clear lines here. were they crossed? >> you know, i dont want to lose the forest for the trees here. its unclear as to who spoke to whom first. and, you know, how that all bro...

A lot of the videos weve seen. >> it doesnt mention new york city specifically but it shows images of new york city which is troubling as well. so let me ask you, 400 new counterterrorism officers in new york city now. they were deployed as part of 1400 new officers on patrol. give us an idea of this additional manpower and is this something the commissioner is going to talk about tonight? >> this is a redesign of the counterterrorism program. the critical response vehicle program was made up of...

Later on this morning when he sits down with the dutch king here at the white house in the oval office. no guarantee hell talk about it but well be watching to see if he makes mention of this lapse in this nsa program here. it is something that has the white houses attention this morning. >> jim acosta reporting live from the white house thank you. its time to lose the political drama and lay some facts on you. it is highly likely the world will not end now that some of the nsa surveillance powe...

This bill and so if those amendments pass the senate and if they change that law, theyll have to send it back to the house of representatives for consideration. theres still a few more steps that have to take place, carol. >> i was feeling hopeful for a second athena. im still feeling hopeful. athena jones reporting live from the white house this morning. all right. time to lose the political drama and lay out facts. its highly likely the world will not end now that some of the nsa surveillanc...