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More evidence tonight of a nation on edge after a spate of mass shootings. police in springfield, missouri say theyve arrested an armed man in this 20s after responding to a call of an active shooter at a walmart. no shots were fired and no one was injured, but panic erupted inside the store. >> his intent was not to cause peace or comfort to anybody that was in the business here. in fact, hes lucky hes alive still, to be honest. >> joining me now, juliette kayyem and philip mudd. good evening t...

Political writer for the louisville courier journal and anita kumar of politico. very good to have you both. philip, special thanks for you for joining us from there. i dont know much, but i know the good people of kentucky dont love russia. with that in mind, how much has this nickname in your view and in your reporting, phillip, taken hold? >> well, look, senator mitch mcconnell loves a political fight. he brags about how he has 600 cartoons mocking him in his senate office. when don blankensh...

That he sees himself in his rhetoric and his style as president only of his half of the country. his voters. and we see this when he talks -- >> white america. white rural america. >> thats right. anyway, when he talks about his poll numbers among republicans, right? you know, and when he talks about, say, you know, a vote in the house of representatives, how many republicans voted for his agenda. of course in in much worse cases when he denigrates parts of the country he sees dominated by the o...

Chasing the traditional targets of the post world war ii, the agency now hunted an adversary that had no government sponsor, no clear lines of control or organization chart, no well-defined capital or geographical center, a hazy chain of command and equally fuzzy linkages to affiliated groups across the globe." phil, i dont think it will give too much away to tell the audience you begin with a fire in an elevator shaft at cia, a tiny event in the scope of things. but that suffices for a kind of,...

Racism was so evil would say something so ugly. she went on to say this. "that wound will stay with me forever. i believe if my father heard that years after the fact, he would have asked to forgiveness. thats not who i am. he would have sought to make amends for the pain his words caused." and make no mistake, words like that do indeed cause pain. whether those words come from a former president or the country president. we are learning tonight that another republican congressman wont seek re...

Former president or the country president. we are learning tonight that another republican congressman wont seek re-election. is it the trump factor at work again here? well discuss with philip mudd, ryan lizza, april ryan. next. its tough to quit smoking cold turkey. so chantix can help you quit slow turkey. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting. chantix reduces the urge so when the day arrives, youll be more ...

The presidents rally tonight in cincinnati firing up his base with fierce attacks on democrats and making it pretty clear that hes going to run his re-election campaign with a take no prisoners approach. lets discuss now. philip mudd is here. the author of brand-new book "black site." there it is on your screen. also with us, ryan lizza. and april ryan, author of "under fire: reporting from the front lines of the trump white house." good to have you on. good evening one and all. ryan, im going t...

Somehow, you know, worse than trumps or something anyone wants to erase. they were saying, you know what, on his deportation policy in the first term, there was something to be desired. on health care, democrats can do better in the future. you know, i feel like, you know, its a big complicated country. people can have complicated views about the legacy of any president, no matter how popular he is personally. >> phil, you know, we heard some of the usual attacks on senator elizabeth warren. he ...

Phil mudd, this is the book. its called "black site: the cia in the post-9/11 world." just went on sale this week. coming up for us, the president shrugs off north koreas latest missile launches saying those missiles werent part of the deal, when we continue.

Greatly appreciate having both of you on. >> thank you. coming up, he has been on the front lines of counter terrorism since right after the attacks of 9/11. author and intel veteran phil mudd back with us when we continue. mudd back with us when we continue roger. hey rick, all good? oh yeah, were good. were good. termites never stop trying to get in, we never stop working to keep them out. terminix. defenders of home.