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American people. one is the secretary of defense, and the other is the homeland security secretary. the latter is probably about to go also. and so losing secretary mattis ought to be of concern not just to combat troops but also the american people. >> general mccaffrey, appreciate you coming on the phone and sharing a little bit with me there. thanks very much. let me go to jeremy bash himself. a former chief of staff to defense secretary leon panetta and then over to the cia and quite familia...

U.n. security council resolution 1701. this brought an end to that 2006 war. i spoke with the u.n. observer mission that monitors that border. they say they are aware of the tunnels. they have investigated the tunnels. they are going to continue their investigation and give those findings to the security council. its up to them to decide, then, if it has been violated or not. in the meantime, though, israel does continue to look for these tunnels that are crossing their northern border, george. ...

The democratic party in the face of its criticism is not into it. >> somewhat, but i still the thing thats right in front of them is oversight of the trump administration. taking power in congress and the subpoenas that are going to fly and whats going to happen with the mueller investigation. that is front and center and this is kind of in the back of their mind. >> to my legal analyst here, as well. putting everybody in an uncomfortable position, but you have these political and legal tracks. ...

Life and leave washington, one of the things you will be remembered for are some pretty testy exchanges you had with people in this room that we are sitting in. one of them was with peter strzok. >> you were speaking on behalf of the american people, were you correct? >> i dont recall writing that text. what i can tell you is that text in no way suggested that i or the fbi would take any action to influence the candidacy of -- >> that is a fantastic answer to a question nobody asked. if you want...

Campaign. hes the founder of the center for american progress. john, thank you for taking a few minutes and joining us. youve been chief of staff. theres a job opening there right now. im assuming youre not interested in getting that old job back. but let me ask you, we saw something interesting the other day where the vice presidents chief of staff -- and theres a strong consensus in the washington observer class that hed be a natural to move in there. he seemed to want nothing to do with this ...

We have them from a few weeks bag back when he decided not to go to the ceremony. what do you make of this? it is the greatest legacy which is child separation policy he was so critically behind. >> yeah. you know, if somebody was a political observer, like hearing john kelly was brought in to sort of manage things what kind of a bar is that and nobody could limbo under it. what did he bring? it feels like where was the less chaos and what did he mitigate that he didnt see? it felt like spin art...

Protect? why would he be willing to not tell the truth or lie around this particular business fixer at this time? >> you know, its hard to know for sure. paul manaforts behavior has been to any outside observer occasionally irrational. after he was indicted he engaged in a new crime of witness tampering after he struck a plea deal with prosecutors in september. he now has engaged in new crimes of lying and possibly obstruction of justice. were not entirely sure all the allegations on the table a...

Ralph used it to slash his wrists and throat. his own son was not sympathetic. >> well, you know, the summer would rather go out than face his destiny that way. >> suicide attempt, delay tactic? whatever it was, it didnt work. the court ordered him back to court. ralph, bandaged up, got another day in the spotlight. >> your honor, ive maintained ive been innocent through this parole process. and then a keen observer might have almost heard the jaws drop around the courtroom. >> pam will be resur...

Even though it might not be a smoking gun, it will be lots of clues, wont there? >> maybe not smoking gun but a simmering pot or something. i think its more crumbs like bobby brady in that episodes of the brady bunch leaving the popcorn. >> i didnt get that cultural reference but ill go back and look it up. >> ill tweet it out after. you talked to a former prosecutor about the value of holding back information. i felt this was interesting in what you wrote. if mueller waits and does his big reve...

Respect for the man, but there was also a nostalgia for a different way of doing business. and with 3,000 people in that cathedral representing so many crucial american and global institutions that president bush 41 revered and strengthened and served that the notion that our institutions are failing us, that public trust in institutions has been declining steadily is something that would be heartbreaking to someone like that president and those who shared his faith that public service and the i...