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We use military terms, its no doubt aggressive. we need the that into account into our practical work. >> trump mentioned russia as a challenge to u.s. national security when he rolled out his new strategy on monday. >> we also face rival powers. russia and china. and tha speak so challenge american influence, and wealth. >> the strategy document, his national security team wrote, went further saying putins government is using quote, information tools in an attempt to undermine democracies. ther...

Justice, clearly it would pulverize the teams investigation and set it back. and the best thing we can do is put that in stone by having bipartisan legislation to protect mueller. but, don, its not just the presidents wishes to get rid of mueller but what were hearing from conservative voices in the media, what my colleagues are saying. obstruction of justice would be referred to us, but i think right now if you listen to republicans on the committee, they take credit for it based on what theyve...

Send agents over to recover something, in order to photoshop a photograph and try to get it accepted as real, et cetera. they can do so much through cyber that theyre not tampering in many ways the way they used to, theyre tampering for more effectively, and some of that i think comes through in the long paper, maybe only a little bit of it in the speech. >> lets speak about the long paper here, because the actual white house document specifically calls russia -- this is for you, max -- it calls...

A strategy going forward. thats not there. >> yeah. in fact, the references even in the written policy paper documents, john, are scant. here is one. today, actors such as russia are using information tools in an attempt to undermine the legitimacy of democracies. >> yeah. im sorry, go ahead. >> thats not a loud condemnation but once again it was omitted from his speech. >> david is right. if youre general mcmaster trying to write this 55-page strategy and you know this is a hot point for the pr...

Get along reasonably well with china, and with russia as well. the long paper that the speech was taken from was really fairly critical of russia on some key points. russia has, after all, been interfering in other countries elections since the 1920s-1930s. whats new is cyber. whats new is they dont have to send agents over to recover something, in order to photoshop a photograph and try to get it accepted as real, et cetera. they can do so much through cyber that theyre not tampering in many wa...

Campaign, america first. and when you look at the presidents actions, it doesnt line up with everything he said in his speech. america alone -- america first has been america alone, pulling out the paris agreements, pulling his language on north korea. that is out of step with diplomacy. when you look at the presidents actions and you try to square that with some of his message, there is an inconsistency here. >> well, there was also another curious discrepancy. and that is that in the papers, t...

Made public like this, normally that kind of thing stays below the radar, and the other comment i would make that at least in my experience in trying to deal with the russians, information doctor -- or intelligence sharing is a one way street. we share with them, theres not a track record of getting much back from them. >> when you talk about the speech and what was written. the actual text of trumps national security plan is dink on paper than what he said. national actors such as russia are us...

But when the president spoke out loud, he made very little mention of that as he sought to fill in some of the blanks of his america first policy. >> americas coming back and america is coming back strong. >> reporter: president trump laying out his national security blueprint today, offering a broader look at his strategic world view. >> we also face rival powers russia and china that seek to challenge american influence, values and wealth. we will attempt to build a great partnership with thos...

Speech was also notable for what it did and did not include on the subject of russia. in a speech on his national security strategy which covered a range of global threats from north korea to isis, president trump used the "r" word, russia. >> we also face rival powers, russia and china, that seek to challenge american influence, values and wealth. we will attempt to build a great partnership with those and other countries, but in a manner that always protects our national interest. >> reporter:...

Russia and china, that seek to challenge american influence, values, and wealth. we will attempt to build a great partnership with those and other countries, but in a manner that always protects our national interest. >> reporter: but in the presidents roughly 30-minute speech, there was no mention of russias meddling in the 2016 election, despite the fact that theres a reference to moscows interference included in the written version of the white house strategy, stating, actors such as russia a...