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Information on surveillance of american citizens. that was a warning shot to the fbi because i believe they had things they had told the intel committee privately that were acceptable to be told publicly but comey did not say that. >> nothing that shows in this information, with all due respect, that u.s. citizens were targeted or subject of this. >> he said it had nothing to do with russia. said information that he had seen had nothing to do with russia. >> but the information he has seen nothi...

But lets be clear. months into an investigation that is highly sensitive, the most sensitive things i saw at the fbi were political investigations. the fbi director chooses to speak publicly about it and acknowledges hes investigating this. he doesnt do this unless he has information over the course of months. its not a week or two in this, over the course of months that suggests he has to talk to the american people. i read into this reading the tea leaves theyve got a lot at the fbi that says ...

Mudd, alexander voers row, former ambassador to russia. thanks for coming in. especially philip. see you in the morning with chris, when are you going to join us, drank some coffee and glad youre here. first get your reaction to something the president said about the second federal court to block his travel ban. >> the law and constitution give the president the power to suspend immigration. put here for the security of our country. and this goes beyond me because there will be other presidents ...

Front of the american people, this ridiculous claim that trump tower was wiretapped because he doesnt want russia talked about. thats whats going on, chris. >> philip mudd says its a ridiculous claim. we just had john kelly, secretary of homeland security, tom, say im sure if the president says this, he has got convincing evidence. >> thats exactly, chris, what you would expect members of his cabinet to say. he he must know something we dont know. he must have some evidence or he wouldnt make th...

Obviously, nobody wants to see this game being played. let me give you two pieces of sound and get your reactions to them in terms of what the state of play is. here is michael hayden, former intel chief. >> my first instinct is i want to get angry and i try to discipline myself not to do that. i focus on this as a great sadness. this is a community that exists to serve the president of the united states. and he has done things over the past more than 45 days, even as president-elect, that seems...

Right decisions, but when the decisions are made, hes going to say roger that and dreerch on. >> of course, he is active duty which plays into that also. one last thing, phil mudd. for people trying to asus h, what do they know? what do they need out of this position to ensure their safety? >> two things, chris. one we talked about, one that nobodys talking about. its critical for me. first is discipline at the table with heavy hitters so he can bring them in and say what to you think about some...

And energetic and a quick study. so he will learn a lot of things very rapidly. he will be able to, e hope, lead up to not only mr. trump but the national security and the environmental and really bring some great knowledge to that position from his years of being a strategist and a wonderful commander. >> phil, what do you see in the choice? >> well, first i think it is bringing news that general hertling has a friend, but lets move. >> well, general, you know youve arrived. when phil mudd star...

. big news in the white house. president trump naming general mcmaster as the new director of national security. this is after the force-out of mike flynn. now we have a new guy, and what do we know about mcmaster? lets discuss with people who can give you god insight on this man and what he means to the rest of us. philip mudd, former official and lieutenant general mark hertling who worked with general mcmaster. general, you come armed with proof of friendship. you have a book of a long -- a...

Is often true. >> and kellyanne conway also refusing to say if donald trump will reverse these sanctions once he takes office in just a few weeks. poppy and don. >> thank you so much, jessica schneider with that reporting. lets discuss with our panel. former cia counterterrorism official philip mudd and military analyst and former army command general mark hertling and senior editor of "daily beast" michael weiss. compare this to the cold war for us. give us a reality check on that. >> well, you...

Quote highly unusual and inadvisable. >> thank you very much for the reporting. so much to discuss. lets bring back matthew chance and evan perez, and lets welcome in more guests, robin wright contributing writer for the new yorker and a joint fellow at the u.s. institute of peace and woodrow wilson center. also philip mudd former cia counterterrorism official. let me begin with you, philip mudd, because this is just -- no one expected this this morning. we expected tit for tat. we expected russ...