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To raise the question of, this was all going on on the last administrations watch. why didnt we know more and why didnt we do more and we know partly from the presidents perspective, he didnt want to say more about what was going on because he was afraid of the politics of it. he didnt want to seem like he was jumping into this messy election where donald trump was claiming it was rigged and putting his finger on the scale, but ultimately, i dont know that that was the right call in terms of peo...

Administration. the obama administration allowed them to run wild. its not a tough problem because we dont want to unilaterally walk away from the arms deal. we pushed it on the europeans and theyre now doing which is with iran. push the iranians in other spheres so in a fit of hissy fit they walk away from the nuke deal and thumb their noses at us. we have to do it smart. >> bill: you allege iran as grown confident. over confident over the past many years. do you think this administration is ba...

Tr assads perspective and the syrian government perspective over the years, they feel that if the u.s. government wanted him out of power, he would be gone by now. the fact that he isnt gone, means they want him to stay in power. hes the least worst alternative. so the action against the air base was really a slap on the wrist. in my mind reenforced his view that the u.s. wants him to stay in power because it was just a limited proportional targeted atta attack. >> so you dont think this was you...

I think at the risk of self-congratulation, the press is rigorously going after this and it should. because it goes off into many different directions whether it has to do with the question of potential conclusion, about financial deals, about banking, the political questions about how this was handled by the obama administration. thats all very interesting not just for historianhistorians. maybe we should have a% 9/11 type independent commission. and the obama administration, president obama th...

Independent commission. and the obama administration, president obama, finally felt that that would politicize the issue and they said no. and underneath all that reluctance was this confidence or overconfidence that hillary clinton was going to win. >> whatever was happening with disrupting the election would never be enough to -- david remnick, appreciate it. >> always. always. >> well be right back. stay with us. your insurance company wont replace

When they knew that this was a question, john kerry raised among the principals of the national security council, maybe we should have a 9/11-type independent commission. and the obama administration, president obama, finally felt that that would politicize the issue and they said no. and underneath all that reluctance was this confidence or overconfidence that hillary

>> i have to bring up something, mika. i know its a sore subject. ill say it and well go to break. you said something about this campaign the last two months and you got in so much trouble for saying it. you told them -- you said this as a democrat that would vote for hillary and wanted hillary to win. you said get off your high horse. start campaigning like you havent won this thing. get off your high horse and everybody went crazy. it was their arrogance and overconfidence that cost them the e...

Establishment with her. she had a popular president, first lady, vice president out stumping for her. bernie sanders out to recruit the millennial vote. what happened? >> i think -- you said it this morning on the set already. i think the campaign itself there were some shortcomings and holes there. an overconfidence leading into the very end. were where we are. i think to -- he got off to a positive start with the speech. as crazy as this, western europes politics have changed over the last 12 ...

Campaign, heres the person whos supposed to be the architect of his victory, and i have to say, should he lose, as horrifying as it is to say that, the idea of being overconfident about this, and then you get even a poll like cnn, which puts it at 5%, you know, 5% is not nothing. >> 3.5% margin of error. >> so it is my expectation as most peoples, that he will lose. but any overconfidence is misplaced. >> when i say it here, i mean to express it, according to the polls, if the election were held...

I cant imagine another couple weeks of this. its getting intense. hillary clinton whos putting a good deal of her campaign energy into down-ticket races, some worry is overconfidence. shes extending her coattails to senate candidates, trying to take advantage of the one senator whos been known to get under donald trumps skin. more on that from brianna keilar. >> reporter: hillary clinton making a campaign swing through new hampshire. >> we are more than our disagreements, we americans. there i...