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People. okay? >> he says hes been the toughest president on russia and that nobody disagrees except very stupid people. fortunately they could not make the show tonight, stupid people. so joining us instead, former director of national intelligence, james clapper as well as fareed zakaria. director clapper, the president saying nobody has been tougher on russia. as director of national intelligence in the previous administration and a career national security official, having been part of the mi...

Campaigns, interfering in refr campaigns, interfering in refr campaigns, interfering in refr referenda interfering in the 2016 election and apparently continuing unabated in 2018. this, you know, is cyber war. you can call it what you will. its special ops. the president has never really publicly denounced russia. as far as we know, he has never brought it up with putin. id be delighted if he were to meet putin to talk to him about this issue, to explain to vladimir putin that he cannot interfer...

So i just dont know what its about. now, it could be something as simple as i didnt use the same phrase a phraseology in responding to similar question. but i think, frankly, the real point here was to put out a smear, innuendo, which i cant respond to, because i dont know what they are talking about. >> all right. well, i appreciate your time. thank you very much, general clapper, as always, appreciate it. >> thanks, erin. >> next, stocks down today. another huge drop. talking about 11 points i...

Strongly about just what we were talking about, the presidents reluctance to call out -- dime out the russians and putin specifically that they saw fit to expose it to the media. so its regrettable, and even the -- you know, his congratulating putin in and of itself, in isolation, is not a particularly bad thing. i certainly dont agree with it. its kind of ironic after his complaints about rigged elections during the campaign. but its the context in light of everythings thats happened since hes ...

Particularly inappropriate. >> general clapper, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. >> thanks, anderson. >> coming up next breaking news and what robert mueller wants to zero in on with the president, possible new reporting on his prosecutorial play book. alan dershowitz joins us and jeffrey tubin. the serial bombers cell phone confession, some of his last words before taking his life. late details on 360.

National security field. >> sandra: are you confident that theyre getting somewhere with this? that were getting answers? >> were getting answer, but its not easy. its not been again whether its director comey or general clapper. we have not gotten much cooperation at all throughout this entire investigation. with fisa, we had to go to court to get the documentation that we needed. again, the intelligence community, we have the oversight responsibility and yet the department of justice, the fbi ...

In addition to what weve done with the sticks, we also need some carrots. one of which would be, at least discussing entering into negotiations for peace treaty. ive long been a proponent of establishing intersections in pyongyang and washington respectively which would be a way of enhancing dialogue at the working level. >> general clapper, i appreciate your time. i want to bring in our panel. its hard to overstate how a change of policy this is. >> its huge. its historic. its a complete gamble...

As general clapper was saying there are risks associated with this but as he puts it, if this is a listening occasion, then it may lead to some progress. obviously theres no ground work thats been done on this. maybe it will just be a photo op but an opportunity to listen in which case it could be beneficiary. >> the president came under a lot of criticism for the rhetoric hes been using. did it work? do you think that sort of tough stance, as the white house says, brought this about? >> no ques...

Asked for options. as far as president secretary, well she ought to get the again der rogers award for tap dancing. that was a real artful dodge. because after 13 months into this administration, this should have been-dhsh is a no brainer, should have been authorized a year ago. >> thank you very much, general clapper. as always, i appreciate your time. >> thanks, erin. >> and next breaking news, investigation under wayty hour. suspicious letter made 11 people ill at a u.s. military base. three ...

National security and intelligence analyst john brennan. welcome. great to have you here. lets talk about what was done and what was not done. we know that on october 7, there was an announcement from jeh johnson at homeland then and also from the dni, general clapper, about what the russians were doing. do you think in retrospect with all of the equities of not trying to be political that president obama as many democrats say should have done more to send off alarms against the russians? >> as ...