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To exploit elections, but they will not wait only until elections. we know they, again, are aggressively collecting and trying to evidence individualua currently in government or not. the ruian intelligence threat is a serious one. this is one manifestation of the nature of that threat. >> during your tenure as cia director, did you have the resources and authorities necessary to conduct what you needed to with -- as it pertained to the russians? >> i had resources and authorities that allowed u...

Good idea to fire comey, as he was in the middle of this russia investigation, as it pertained to the trump campaign, trump associates, would that be a good idea from your judgment? >> well, i guess, i -- from my vantage point, i think, yes, the question -- the timing of all of this is something the administration will have to answer questions about, brianna, but i think, you know, the broader issue here is, did he have the confidence of the agency, did he have the confidence of the american peo...

On a couch and have a battalions worth of psychiatrist talk to him and figure it out. >> obviously thats part of the mystery. nobody really knows what makes him tick and what his next move might be. when secretary tillerson hints there could be direct talks between the u.s. and kim jong n jong-un, is that a pipe dream or is he throwing that out there because theres some real consideration that that could happen? >> fredricka, over the course of time, theres been an openness by a number of offici...

Brought about some of the laws that exist now, or president clinton, if hillary clinton had won and no doubt he would have had some role, theyre qualified to do something. what qualifications does ivanka and jared have to be meeting with foreign leaders? i dont care if they advise their father and father -in-law about certain things. thats fine. but why is she possibly getting a security clearance to be involved with world leaders? i dont get that. >> donald trump has been on record about what h...

Congress would be, the republicans in congress would be calling for a program inquiry. so i think this one is a mare tor yous inquiry into what happened and find out all the details. >> and we know what the outcome was when a former president by the name of bill clinton has conversations with this sitting attorney general. you know, as it pertained to fbi investigations. >> right. so at the least, this should be a wake up call in terms of the proper communications the white house can have with t...

Leaving for washington right now. thank you. >> all right. we are going to hang on to every second of that. all of a sudden here breaking news. president trump has now officially named his national security chief. he is lieutenant general herbert raymond, h.r. mcmaster. he was one of the four candidates that had been floated. they were speaking at mara la guardia. he traveled to bauch. the president interviewed multiple candidates over the last 24 hours. now this is who he has chosen. you know t...

House have to know general mattis, general kelly, rex tillerson would have had valuable things to add to this in the white house self-interest. homeland security, green cards, we have to let them back in the country. that was a poison pill for a lot of people. are you kidding me? people with green cards, permanent legal residents cant come back in. if they consulted those people in the way thats traditional and done the review, it would have helped their cause just for their own self-interest. i...

Are republicans fine with all this now? >> thats a great point. its a great question. look, i think president obama was aggressive using executive orders, particularly as it pertained to things that really mattered, that were effectively laws and there was a study today released that showed he was overturned by the court more than any modern president so i think when trump begins to pull back on many of president obamas executive orders that to me i think is definitely fair game but all presiden...

Said he would be announcing how he planned to separate himself from his business interests was the fact that in the room of 25 individuals, five of them were members of his family, his own three adult children, jared kushner, and trump himself. trump about the business interests also tweeted on that topic today. he wrote, the media tries so hard to make my move to the white house as it pertained to my business so complex -- when it actually isnt. when we speak to transition officials, they say t...

Its presentation of the facts. the paper also says that the fbi is not certain that russias interference in the election was meant to alter the results adding that the competing messages, according to officials, reflect cultural differences between the two agencies. those officials elaborate that the fbi wants facts and tangible evidence to prove something beyond all reasonable doubt. while the cia is more comfortable drawing inferences from behavior. meanwhile, "the new york times" also report ...