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Four star general and jill colvin, in the trenches for the associated press these days. thank you both very much for coming on. general, just last night, you said of jim mattis, he wont quit. you talked about his service to the marine corps. my question to you is how bad do you think it got to lead general mattis to leave? >> well, i dont think it was syria. i think the bottom line was weve had over the past two years of the trump administration an increasing sense that there is no national secu...

Systems or somehow play some other role with their active measures, their covert action our election season. that is going to be a big job for the u.s. intelligence community the following months. >> our thanks to michael schmidt at the top of the broadcast and our friends frank figliuzzi, cynthia oxley and jeremy bash. coming up, the competing messages on the campaign trail today. oprah enters the fray down south in a race the democrats badly want. and later the president gets called out for ...

When somebody moves into target status, we instead of subpoenaing them, they get an invitation and they have to make an election. is he going to try to b.s. the grand jury or is he going to take the 5th amendment. and that will be an interesting development on that day. >> jeremy, we appreciate that folks are trying to wind down at the end of the day. we try not to scare folks, but this quote got our attention and it speaks to your background in national security. so i have to ask you. this is f...

Theyre ramping it up. i think he believes if he admits that that, in fact, is the case, his presidency might not be a legitimate win. i think you have to separate both of those issues. i just dont think he can get there. the good news for americans is all of these folks came out. they didnt just talk to the russians. they didnt talk to the american public. they also talked to the work force of the intelligence community saying were committed to, this were going to unleash some of the assets that...

To see the indictments that mueller is bringing. but theres a whole story behind the scenes, and i think we can just look at the things that weve seen in front of our faces that don junior happily accepted this meeting from russia offering dirt on his opponent, which is a part of their covert action. and theres a lot of colluding behavior staring us right in the face that may not ever result in charges. >> carrie, we also know what michael cohen has previously said in front of congress about thi...

Into play in terms of impeachment proceedings, wouldnt it? or are you saying that would have little emappegal implicati? >> well t could have legal implications. we see there are tools that are used on the intelligence side like fisas and other techniques that have a lower threshold precisely because were looking at the security of the united states, not necessarily trying to pursue criminal charges. when what they see crosses into the criminal realm, youre going to see the indictments that muel...

And that creates a lot of problems for our allies in the region. >> admiral, one other point. rouhani is already weakened politically because he backed the iran deal and the u.s. disavowed it. he already has problems at home. the hard-liners are ascendant. what covert action may be done by israel? we saw they can go into a warehouse in the middle of tehran and take out all these nuclear secrets or with us and others. what can we do to try to precipitate regime change? what might we be doing? >> ...

Two leaders of law enforcement agencies and intelligence agencies. they believe their job is to defend and protect the united states. that is of course the oath that the president took. but they feel they have to correct him as best they can when they disagree with the intelligence assessment. you heard chris wray defending bob mueller. and you heard dan coats saying there is no doubt that vladimir putin is responsible for everything that happens in terms of policy and covert action in russia. a...

Agencies. they believe their job is to defend and protect the united states. that is of course the oath that the president took. but they feel they have to correct him as best they can when they disagree with the intelligence assessment. you heard chris wray defending bob mueller. and you heard dan coats saying there is no doubt that vladimir putin is responsible for everything that happens in terms of policy and covert action in russia. and russia is the worst perpetrator is done by putin himse...

>> says none of his business there. let me get a quick reaction. >> none of my business, of course not. this is covert action, the part that conducts the covert action furthermore why would hi ever comment. this is a brilliant success. if your goal is interfering in an american election, to sew discord, how about the president with allies, he didnt have a conversation with the eu and the brits. it why would he comment? hes already won, take it to the bank. >> i couldnt agree more, im not at all ...