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A concern for asias soupe power as they try to navigate the new political reality on >> jake, publically chinese state media is feeding off the images of desperation. theyre putting it out there and saying to the rest of the world, this is what happens when you rely on the u.s. it goes right into their propaganda campaign. the reality is china benefitted from the u.s. presence in afghanistan, and they are deeply concerned this will rock the stability within this region, jake. >> thank you so muc...

Many months ahead, do you step back and say with memos like this in mind, how do we prepare for the worst case scenario? im not exactly sure what the answer to that is, jake. we should have anticipated things could have gone south as they did on january 6th. it is a leadership question. why didnt we anticipate? i dont really understand it yet. >> phil mud, thank you so much. really appreciate it. >> thanks. two sides of the country with two very different disasters. coming up next, the devasta...

Identify where they want to go next in this investigation. john. >> lauren, stay with us. were also going to bring in phil mud, our cnn counter terrorism analyst to talk about this. what are you expecting today? how do you see this day fitting into this larger investigation? >> you got to look at this as two pieces, what happened and what do you do about it. typically in a committee, you want to focus on how do we improve how the u.s. government operates. in the current environment, you have to ...

Now, to prevent further turmoil? or will they be forced to do in the not-so-distant future? one of the top minds here to discuss, phil mud. first, dea? any chance? >> no way. not a chance. i think the easy explanation for this is that somebody, apparently, pretty well-trained, you got to think through this, chris, if you are going to do this with the sophistication we just saw. somebody pretty well-trained said how do i get the perimeter security around the president for at least ten seconds, 30...

So some clairification coming from the fbi on that issue. again, this investigation still very much ongoing. >> okay, thaupg. joining us now is cnn counterterrorism analyst and former cia counterterrorism official and fbi senior adviser, phil mud. the special agent says investigators are working with the presunlgs this was an act of terrorism, but that investigators have found in ties to terrorist groups. what does this mean. >> those are two completely separate issues. let me step through this ...

Examined, but well have to see if the fbi feels that thats what this was about. as we wait for more word, lets bring in cnn counterterrorism analyst phil mud and aaron david miller. phil, i dont know if you heard my question there. but you were part of this type of process. you also did some work for the saudis individually. so what do you understand about how the u.s. government makes these kinds of determinations and whether or not this risk is part of the analysis. >> its got to be part of th...

Analyst phil mud and aaron david miller. phil, i dont know if you heard my question there. but you were part of this type of process. you also did some work for the saudis individually. so what do you understand about how the u.s. government makes these kinds of determinations and whether or not this risk is part of the analysis. >> its got to be part of the analysis. after 9/11 when i was at the bureau, you have to sit back and look at a couple categories of people. there are people here who ar...

Investigation into russian interference. this fisa, you know, somebody said, you know, it was 10% even less, i mean carter page was not a big player in this so lets not magnify the significance of this. this was a huge investigation and thats part -- i think thats part of what will be the criticisms that, you know, the fbi didnt bring more people into this, right? because they were afraid -- actually were afraid he was going to leak which it didnt. >> adam goldman, thanks for your reporting, phi...

Us imagine when we think of what washington is doing on our behalf. the cia of john brennan and phil mud does not exist for our benefit, it exists solely for the benefit of the people who work there. we pay for the whole thing, but they do what they want and they punish anyone who criticizes them. they brag about that. thats scary of course, is a perversion of democracy, its exactly with the people who created the cia feared most. but its also, if were going to be honest, its annoying, because f...

A united states president ever asking the head of another state to investigate an american citizen? because thats what youre saying trump did, right? he said you really should look at joe biden and his son because i hate corruption. >> phil mud said this the other day that the purpose of having people on those calls is not to spy on the president of the united states and the discussion -- so then they can go talk to congress. >> whats the answer to my question? >> thats not the purpose of being ...