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With kim jithat he gives him a pass. the north koreans understand the purpose of those exercises and they are a defensive in nature and the reason we need to do them is because of the turnover. every year everybody out there does a one-year tour. so you need to have those exercises for readiness purposes. kim jong-un and his military understand all that. this is just so much -- >> otherwise you have americans. ive been over there. these are young folks that come and do their tour, if they dont g...

Intelligence community where she is so well respected, so widely adored as well as on capitol hill where she has been known for not politicizing her intelligence reports, for being a straight shooter. >> being a straight shooter, laying out straight, keeping the politics out of it, sticking with the facts. alex, thanks for that. sam, you know sue gordon, what are your thoughts on this? >> i remember being in situation room meetings with sue gordon. she was always known for doing what experienced...

This morning. i want to ask the question very directly. cnn has learned the white house rebuffed multiple attempts by the dhs to make combat k domestic terrorism a high p priority. in the simplest terms, did the white house make the country less safe from these kinds of attacks? >> i think the isis fight shows whats possible for america when it takes a problem seriously. they poured resources into it. and you havent seen anything like that from this administration. >> the government response, i ...

And i think this may give us a window of opportunity that we havent seen before, but ill believe it when i see it. >> as my wife likes to say first graders and it didnt do anything. >> the fact they were, interpreting mitch mcconnells every utter rans is ridiculous. it should be taken up in committee. if it gets voted out of committee, they can reject the house bill and pass a different bill which goes to conference. >> the legislative process is so 20th century. >> election security is honestly...

>> you dont hear this white house talking about that vision of america, that shining sitting on a hill. >> it cant. how can it talk about it when the language used is always about pitting one group of americans against another, whether its based on your sexual identity, whether youre a man, youre a woman, whether its based upon your origin, where you come from, what your religion is. come on. >> mitch mcconnell has not allowed the legislation thats in the house right now to get to the senate. he...

Well. david we are back in a conversation that you i have had for probably two years or longer now, about the president not taking russias interference in the election seriously. actually, dismissing a reporters question about the fact that russia may now be starting to try and influence the democratic primary. your thoughts? >> well, its basically the third year anniversary of donald trump saying russias not attacking the united states. and even saying hey, if youre listening, attack and hack i...

Not taking russias interference in the election seriously. actually, dismissing a reporters question about the fact that russia may now be starting to try and influence the democratic primary. your thoughts? >> well, its basically the third year anniversary of donald trump saying russias not attacking the united states. and even saying hey, if youre listening, attack and hack into hillary clinton. that was in december 2016. and no matter what has happened, and what information has come forward, ...

Their pop begropaganda for a ye before we could distinguish their propaganda from our own political discourse, which obviously raises a question about our political discourse, but it also means mitch mcconnells unwillingness to put something on the floor here to address it is really staggering. >> what do you think is going on there? >> i think hes just trying to protect donald trump. i think president trump is embarrassed by the fact that the russians interfered. i guess thats not right. hes no...

Us they arent going to vote for donald trump. what do these debates talk about? not donald trump. half an hour on the most arcane details of affordable care act when at one point john delaney said at the debate i believe thats in section 1200. you know a debate isnt really resonating when youre talking about section 1200. democrats need to be talking about donald trump. they also need to talk about supreme court existential threats to democrats like gerrymandering. existential like election secu...

Medicare for all. so its kind of a mixed bag. >> well, they got to hear about health care. it was the number one topic last night. they covered it for the first 30 minutes. but do you actually believe at the end of the night any of those viewers got any smarter or understand the plans? it was pretty clear obama care was under attack and obama care in 2018 was at an all-time high in terms of approval rating. >> yes, it was. and the only thing they learned is that there are clear lines now that di...