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Political analyst abby phillip, cnn political analyst alex burns, counterterrorism analyst and former cia official phillip mudd, and intelligence security analyst and former cia operative bob baer. abby, ill start with you, and the dust-up between congressman lewis, who were waiting to hear from right now, and the president-elect donald trump. the president-elect issued these tweets, hes very negative about the civil rights icon. one question that elijah cummings, congressman from maryland, pose...

Unverified, unsubstantiated allegations that the trump people rightly are objecting to. it mentions trump attorney michael cohen, only because michael cohen publicly denied what buzz feed -- his mention in the buzz feed -- i dont even want to call it reporting, the document dump. there is no link to buzz feed, full stop, hasnt been on cnn. the panel joins us now. keirsten powers. paul bernstein. frank saysno. phillip mudd. gloria borger. jim acosta joins us. jim sciutto. jim sciutto, you heard k...

Kirsten powers, and paul bernstein, frank saysno. phillip mudd. gloria borger. jim acosta joins us. jim sciutto. along with carl bernstein. jim sciutto, you heard kellyanne conway about the sours and the accuracy of your story. she would not say it was wrong. your response. >> ive listened to her, listened to donald trump today, a number of trump surrogates question our story. im not clear on what facts they are questioning. three essential facts of our story were, one, this material was include...

Relationship with russia is a good thing. not a bad thing. only quote "stupid" people or fools would think that it is bad. we have enough problems around the world without yet another one. when i am president, russia will respect us far more than they do now. both countries will perhaps work together to solve some of the many great and pressing problems and issues of the world! >> so lets talk it over with elise labott, cnn global affairs correspondent and phillip mudd is back with us. elise fir...

Chiefs of staff. it was a significant slam at trump. he tweeted, intelligence is hard, thankless work. fortunately we have dedicated, patriotic, courageous men and women on the job. thanks. so barbara starr said until now, dempsey has been adamant about staying apolitical. but clear tonight, he is breaking from that and this comes on the heels of james clapper who aimed at trump saying there is a difference between scepticism and disparaging. trump tweeted, as he big fan of the intelligence comm...

U.s. officials have never expressed doubt as to whether or not russia was involved in the hacks, specifically those of the dnc emails. they now say they have russias digital fingerprints all over these hacks, so why are presidential elect donald trump and his team continuing to cast doubts over the conclusion that you just heard. here to discuss are two experts in the field of intelligence. cnn counterterrorism analyst and former cia agent phillip mudd and counterterrorism expert and senior fell...

Waters. a u.s. defense official tells cnn one of the vessels experienced engine trouble and the navy launched search and rescue mission. and theres growing anger tonight at iran for showing the americans on television. were covering all of that and much more with our guests including republican presidential candidate senator rand paul. and our correspondents and expert analyst they are also standing by. lets begin with the latest isis terror attack. this one targeting the capital of indonesia. o...

The multipronged attack in a tourist district in indonesias capital city of jakarta left at least two people dead and about two dozen wounded. it also raises disturbing questions about the terror groups global reach. lets bring in a former cia official, the cnn counterterrorism analyst phillip mudd, along with our national security analyst peter bergen and former chair of the house intelligence committee cnn national security commentator mike rogers. phil, lets take a look at the map. theres bee...

Conversation because of the simple fact that when you see the -- the political atmosphere in the united states and people using phrases like carpet bombing, you get the sense that there are isolated formations in isis that you can go and attack from the air. obviously classic insurgency means in this case, isis, is leaving in towns and blocks as the citizens. when talking about expanding the rules of engagement, i dont see how you do that without raising the risk of women and children dying. ove...

States of jihad." phillip mudd was a senior official at the fbi and cia. and jeffrey toobin who was also a federal prosecutor. esteemed panel to say the least. tim, let me start with you. a lot of planning. a lot of preparation seemed to go into these two attacks that thankfully did not take place a few years ago. what do you make of all of this? >> well, john, its pretty customary for al qaeda and isis as weve seen in the past couple of decades to over plan things. 911 took five years in planni...