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Staff and realized itd be inappropriate -- >> dan coats still doesnt know what happened. >> if youre going to give a speech at aspen, call the national security adviser. check in with the white house. he wasnt prepped for the interview. it is his fault. i worked with -- it was one of my jobs as the political director for the president. the cabinet has an obligation to stay hooked up with the president. >> you think it was a good idea for the president to meet behind closed doors for two hours --...

To falsehoods. this is the exact same tactic. >> how? >> because the left still cant get over -- because the left still cant get over -- >> trump lied about russian interference. he said he agreed with putin. >> no. >> he said it might be somebody else. come on, man. >> chris. >> no, no. hold on. >> let me just say this 37. >> thats a key word that -- >> ana -- >> listen, every time you are on, steve, you like to call me part of the left. let me remind you that i have been a lifelong republican....

>> let me just say this 37. >> thats a key word that -- >> ana -- >> listen, every time you are on, steve, you like to call me part of the left. let me remind you that i have been a lifelong republican. >> well, you are. >> let me remind you that i was a republican -- >> theres a lot of leftist republicans. >> listen, i dont interrupt you. dont interrupt me. you know i cant stand that. i was a republican when donald trump was a democrat. i was a republican when donald trump was independent. the ...

Alliance and united states-soviet relationship but that whole region. peace and missiles and the mismatch between the two men. >> yeah, mike. you know, we were talking earlier about this contrast between president obama and president trump, and im going to -- im going to rattle the ghost of another president. thats president reagan. were also talking about other audiences. think about europe, how this is being received there, and think back to ronald reagan standing at the berlin wall saying, mr...

About what everybody else has said today that this was just a sad and dangerous day for our democracy. the president had a chance to stand up to vladimir putin and he just didnt do it. anderson? >> you think about ronald reagan even turning to gorbachev and saying trust but verify. and he said it in a funny way that got a laugh, if i recall correctly, but, you know, its tough and it sends a message. >> thats right there. >> is a lot of ways the president could have confronted vladimir putin and ...

Shock waves continue from president trumps press conference siding with russian leader vladimir putin instead of his own intelligence agencies when it comes to the russian attack on the 2016 u.s. presidential election. joining us now is former homeland security secretary, former governor of pennsylvania, tom ridge. mr. secretary, thank you so much for being with us. you served this country in vietnam, you served in the u.s. congress, you served in the white house during the bush administration, ...

On both side and there was blame to go around on both sides. thats essentially what he said today about american democracy and this attack on american democracy in 2016. and it just -- its very strange to talk to people who are loyal to this president. i talked to a source close to the white house who is familiar with the president, knows the president well who said earlier today there are people around the president who are just afraid to tell him not to do these things. so the president was es...

Didnt. every president since eisenhower has tried to have a reset button with russia and it has not worked out well for a lot of presidents. it did for reagan because of the unique situation with gorbachev. it has happened again and again, and as of late, vladimir putin has no interest in doing that. >> dana: brett, let me ask you about your recent reporting enter extensive knowledge of these things, with that great book .

The real dark days of the quickie presidential terms back then. the idea that he will lobbing insults at him, that is ridiculous. its unrealistic. we dont do that with president xi. obama didnt. and as far as i can tell, neither did bush. we rolled out the red carpet and china took 60 million of our personnel files during the obams administration. i never even heard him talk about it.il >> thats right. another thing to remember is that we have an unprecedented, incredibly biased press. now i can...

The real dark days of the quickie presidential terms back then. the idea that he will lobbing insults at him, that is ridiculous. its unrealistic. we dont do that with president xi. obama didnt. and as far as i can tell dominic tell, neither did bush. we rolled out the red carpet in china took 60 million of our personnel files during the obama administration. i never even heard him talk about it. >> thats right. another thing to remember is that we have an unprecedented, incredibly biased press....