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Circumstances? >> i want to back up if i could, chris, just because i think its so important. and this is a man who served his country for 36 years. and in the last week or ten days hes been accused of breaking the law. hes been accused of being a political stooge for the president. hes been accused of protecting the president without any evidence at all. and i just think it was fair and important to dpif him a chance to respond to that. >> would have been nice for him to answer some of the proc...

And in the last week or ten days, hes been accused of breaking the law, hes been accused of being a political stuj for the president. hes been accused of protecting the president, without any evidence at all. and i just think it was fair and important to give him a chance to respond to that. >> would have been nice for him to answer some of the procedural issues also. i get that he was in a tough spot. >> he was. >> the statute, frankly, fair reading, with a lawyer background, is its designed fo...

Ukraine was the penetration by the russians. but all that not withstanding, we had made a -- the administration had made a determination that we were going to support that was the overriding concern. >> general clapper, i appreciate it. well see what happens tomorrow. cuomo primetime is at the top of the hour. chris, quite a day. i mean -- >> it is. the question is, it is the beginning of what? >> yeah. >> our shows work well together tonight. its kind of like a one-two punch. youve laid out bri...

Jim. >> it also comes just a few days after the president invited russia back into the g-7 against the wishes of u.s. allies. joe johns, thanks very much. we want to talk about this potential move by president trump to stop military aid to ukraine with the former director of national intelligence james clapper. that is next. >> plus changes for some u.s. service members whose children are born overseas. listen to this, the trump administration says citizenship will no longer be automatic for tho...

Summit in which the president down-played russias move into ukraine, also raised the idea of welcoming putin back into the it group. the group he was excelled from explicitly for the illegal invasion of ukraine. joining me now to discuss this cnn national security analyst james clapper. of course the former director of national intelligence. general clapper, thanks for joining usthern. >> thanks for having me. >> youre aware of the u.s. considering blocking this $250 million in military assistan...

In the republic of korea. so also of course these missile tests are in violation of u.n. security council resolutions which we have in the past pushed and supported. so for kim jong-uns standpoint, well this is good thing for him because hes being allowed to push the envelope even more. >> and he learns from each test. general clapper, good to have you on the program this morning. >> thanks, jim. still ahead as recession fears grow president trump appears to be scrambling for a win, but at wha...

President trumps attorney general appears to be looking into a high confidence finding of the u.s. intelligence community assessment of the 2016 election that russia did indeed interfere specifically for the benefit of donald trump and against hillary clinton. "the wall street journal" is reporting that william barr is now looking at whether there were disagreements among the intelligence analysts who produced that assessment. and well also see if there was a political motive for those findings ...

Benefit of donald trump and against hillary clinton. "the wall street journal" is reporting that william barr is now looking at whether there were disagreements among the intelligence analysts who produced that assessment. and well also see if there was a political motive for those findings and that this is making the intelligence community nervous. joining me now is retired lieutenant general james clapper. he was of course the director of national intelligence when that report was issued. gene...

Position, which the intelligence community has stated, but the president, general clapper, is reluctant to state himself. >> yeah, exactly, wolf. and you have it exactly right. three essential teams of that original intelligence community assessment, which, by the way, the current leadership of the intelligence community has reiterated on more than one occasion. and youre also quite right, and this is what is, i think, dangerous and disturbing, is the presidents refusal to acknowledge that. >> a...

He may be forced to come up and testify before congress, but he clearly does not want to do so. joining us on the phone right now is james classropper, the fr director of national intelligence, a cnn national security analyst right now. so what was your reaction, general clapper? >> well, first, i thought it was, as has been noted, classic bob mueller, understate d but i think he clearly thought about every word. and ill just reinforce a point that jake made earlier. i think the most important t...