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You heard putin. he is withdrawing from our withdrawal from the treaty in 2002. you heard president trump thinking hes responding to the introduction of new nuclear weapons by putin. in washington, nuclear lauks already using this speech as a justification for a massive build up of our missile defense system. so yes. you remember, we have enough weapons to just bounce the rubble and we keep building them. >> and this is what we mean, living in the time of the only president he directly at war wi...

Already using this speech as a justification for a massive build up of our missile defense system. so yes. you remember, we have enough weapons to just bounce the rubble and we keep building them. >> and this is what we mean, living in the time of the only president he directly at war with the intelligence establishment. americans have to hope someone in the art department putting together graphics is on the home team and someone who is one of their defense contractors is on the home team. thats...

Nicole just made this point, richard, about the list of people that trump took on in the legal judicial law enforcement establishment. it seems to me he is at war with all the establishment. these institutions that have quasi-independent status. they are political appointments, but they operate independently. last time donald trump went to war with a washington establishment, it was the intelligence establishment. it defendants exhibit woid not for him. as you look at where we are right now, as ...

If hes going to maintain his self-respect and his position within the government, his independence and his stature. it feels to me like right now youll recall earlier, a few months ago, there was reporting that suggested that when trump first voiced his exasperation with sessions, that sessions made it clear to trump that if trump wanted his resignation, he would offer it. the reporting then followed that trump said, no, i dont want your resignation. it seems to me now trump is sending a pretty ...

Campaign would then respond, "i love it". >> crazy to think, then, that don jr. would be forced to release it. the chain of events thats happened in the past hour have been truly -- i think, amazing. >> its incredible. it does get at what i think, you know, every white house contends is unfair leaking by investigators in the intelligence establishment. although we should point out the initial source of that "new york times" scoop over the weekend were people with close contacts with the white ho...

Interfered in the plelections a he accepts what he said. >> gentlemen, what do you make of these two versions, sips most of us have covered the fact donald trump has demeaned or denied any type of american intelligence on that fact. >> i happen to know president trump has ir refutable evidence that putin himself set into motion the hacking of various players in the last election, particularly john podesta. so when putin denies that to donald trump -- >> you say proof? >> i know that the intellig...

Apparently leaks from the intelligence establishment? >> any time you have a president saying i know more about whats going on in the world than the intelligence community, it raises serious questions on those professionals who do it every day. >> are you saying he asked for this? >> well, you know, these individuals dont see party. they do a good job. ive served on the republican and democratic administrations, and we always look at the professionals just like that. we dont impugn their integri...

Challenge president-elect trump. i think its good that the congressman was challenged just because you have the intelligence establishment saying theyre pretty confident that russia was involved in the election, and that it seems to me congress should at least give that credence absent some other evidence to the contrary. >> its a really serious dispute. general hurtling, we spoke about russia just a few moments ago, but in the scheme of things, whats the biggest threat facing the u.s. right now...

The people who are in possession of the documents that edward snowden gave them are still plowing through them. there are still people sitting in rooms reading, trying to figure out what happened. "the new york times" has been publishing some of the revelations. this is clearly an unfolding story. and i think edward snowden of course has been criticized roundly, especially by the intelligence establishment, and now is the time for him to step aside from the original crazed kind of -- you know, t...

Resignation impact his legacy? >> thats a great question. for lack of a better term petraeus is a legend. hes one of the few generals in american history to get so much credit for so many things. this is going to be a strange note to end his career on. theres no question about it. >> phil, a lot of people are saying its his private life. what business is it of ours but when youre at the cia having an affair is an entire different thing, right? >> thats exactly right. it opens him up to questions...