Intelligence Doesnt Make Policy News Today

American politicians today. the facts were the facts. were going to tell them heres the deal and if it differs from what the president says, so be it, chris. >> thats interesting. i respect your candor about back then and i remember it well. the country went bad on the media for awhile and we were talking about it being fake and the american people were told that we were compromising our troop in arms way by reporting this way do you think this is making up for lessons learned in the past or do ...

Facts are the facts, were going to tell them heres the deal. and if it differs from what the president says, so be it, chris. >> thats interesting. i respect your candor about back then. and i remember it well because the country went bad on the media for a while and the american people were told that we were compromising our troops in harms way by reporting this way. and the american people believed, and they were deceived. so i respect the candor. but what do you think is going on right now? d...

But is she too aggressive on policy? too left to beat president trump? another rising star in her party is here. cnns newest commentator andrew gillam joins us. lets get after it. all right. the 2020 candidates jockeying for position to take on president trump. at the head of the heap right now, kamala harris. she got the big spotlight in the cnn town hall and she did a good job in the first official week of her candidacy. you saw her making her case for why shes the best one to go toe to toe wi...

Meeting and not getting softball questions. she was pinned down on a number of pieces of policy that over the course of this race she will be called to defend. she will be called to add further explanation. she showed herself to be nimble and listened well and responded honestly. i dont know what else we would want to ask for from our nominee. >> got to judge the ideas. one of the things about coming out of the box is one, youre one of the first. first impressions. you dont get a second chance t...

Exchange of, i think, ideas between vastly different individuals who may or may not differ greatly on the policy. but i think what were going to be looking for not only as a party but i think as a country are candidates that we can believe in. folks that get out there and i think connect with people in a way that they can see themselves reflected and importantly are not donald trump and better than that will cast a vision of the future of where we want to go as a country and not litigate the iss...

Still claiming to be in the dark about whats happened, its only because hes keeping his eyes closed. ive been in the white house during crises like benghazi. immediately they prepare assessments for the president, so the final report is important, but its not coming out of thin air. its important if remember it is just one piece of a larger puzzle. intelligence doesnt make policy. it informs policy makers so they can make a decision. what the president should do is convene a national security co...

What happened. >> why is less information more? >> he can say he doesnt know what really happened and avoid making a tough decision and let the process continue rather than saying okay, we know bin salman was responsible and let me as commander in chief make a tough decision that will have repercussions and stop them from letting someone with close economic relationships get away with murder. >> the president said that the cia report will be on his desk tomorrow. what all should be going on behi...