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And i think back to the time i was at the agency on december 30th, 2009, when we lost darryn and harold and jennifer and liz and scott and dane and an officer named jeremy. seven officers killed in eastern afghanistan working on a counterterrorism operation when the worst days for the agency in its history. i went to many of their funerals and they are there in that book of honor and their stars are there on the wall. and to stand there and talk about, you know, crowd sizes and how many times yo...

To work with people in the middle east. and theyre just going to say in return, hey, you guys invented isis, so your president said, youre going to come back and take our oil, its going to make our job a lot harder. second, as you noted, this is hallowed ground. and i think back to the time when i was at the agency on december 30th, 2009, when we lost darren and harold and jennifer and liz and scott and dane and an officer named jeremy. seven officers killed in eastern afghanistan working on a c...

And ellis, a political analyst. good to have all of you. lets talk about the demeanor of president trump at the business of the white house staffing, paying respects to the first responders, sending a message that among his top agendas is dealing with the u.s. embassy in israel. so julian, what is this day all about? it seems as though its a press the reset button. >> im not sure its press the receipt, i think were going to see a lot of back and forth between mr. trump, yesterday it was sort of ...

Eliminated. those were major statements that he made yesterday that nobody is covering. >> and what do you make -- just to note just for our viewers, we believe that mike pompeo will be voted on in the senate to be cia director tomorrow evening, monday evening, and it looks as though he will clear, he will be confirmed. what do you make of the criticism that is standing in front of the memorial wall talking about crowd sizes, that that was inappropriate? >> you know, look, donald trump is a citi...

Different modes. and that there was -- for me there was a prediction of a downpour of rain i think that deferred many people from coming. but there are hundreds of thousands of people on the mall and many people enthused. >> you make a reasonable and rational case before why crowd sizes dont matter. then explain you did not answer the question. why did the president send out his press secretary, whos not just the spokesperson for donald trump. he could be -- he also serves as the spokesperson mo...

Im really glad that nbc news is so thrilled to cover crowd control because we were mocked about talking about the significance of our historic rallies during the campaign. donald trump brought in huge crowds and on great days we were ignored and on most days we were mocked and those crowd did matter. >> of course they mattered. >> the likes of people havent seen. >> what i dont understand is why hes litigating this. why stand in front of a memorial at the cia and talk about crowd sizes? >> you d...

And never once did he say, this is a man who now has the the power to send these young people into situations that could very well cost them their lives. and how about thank you for your service, we appreciate the sacrifices you and your families make for this country. and i am only saying this, that is the role of the commander-in-chief. when he want to the cia today and stood before that wall, he should have known, this is not the place to talk about crowd sizes or to talk about votes. this is...

And take their oil again. and thats really dangerous. because we have intelligence officers who are going out trying to recruit assets, trying to work with people in the middle east. and theyre just going to say in return, hey, you guys invented isis, so your president said, youre going to come back and take our oil, its going to make our job a lot harder. second, as you noted, this is hallowed ground. and i think back to the time when i was at the agency on december 30th, 2009, when we lost dar...

In a way that did not favor donald trump who seems to care about how big the numbers are. >> thats right. anderson. there gigs to come a day when we are talking about more important things than donald trumps crowd size. and on those days, the white house press secretary has to be accurate with his information. now everybody makes mistakes. everybody flubs. and slips over a word. that sort of thing. but i think this should be a teachable moment for this new administration. they cant come out and ...

That you send the press secretary out to talk about crowd sizes on a day in which probably if youre the president, you dont wanted to be focusing on crowd sizes, considering how many people turned out. look, sean spicers performance yesterday was cringe-worthy. he is in baghdad bob territory right now. but i actually think this is worse than others, because its not just a matter of alternative facts and whether or not the administration lies. you know, the trump administration has a dual strateg...