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President to rip up the deal as he has been threatening to do? >> not based on this. this is all baked in. we knew the iranians were lying. this isnt new information with what they are doing right now. >> no. hes got new details. it is getting additional information but it doesnt change the plot line. they have a program until 2003. they divide it. they continue to lie about it. i complained during the negotiations that we should have made them turn their cards face up with what we call pmds. pr...

Sanctions that were lifted. president trump says he is quote 100% right to criticize the deal. joining me down michael hayden. author of a brand new book. first of all, in this deal, do you think there are grounds for the president to rip up the deal as he has been threatening to do? >> not based on this. this is baked in. we knew the iranians were lying about the existence of this weapons program prior to 2003. >> this isnt new information what they are doing right now? >> no. the outline, not ...

Sitting in the situation room saying, this is something thats going to march across western europe and march over to our shores and we need to be ready. >> director, we often talk about how president trump hasnt done enough according to the intelligence committee to stop whatever russia is going to do next. do you think that president obama dropped the ball on this? >> i agree that he did not do enough, that he was slow to respond. actually, i think the intelligence folks would tell you they wer...

Do we understand more from these filings about that main plot line? >> oh, absolutely. i i think that was part of bob muellers intention. if you look at the indictment via vee the russians, he told us a lot more detail than i would have frankly expected. and that would have had to be part of the agreement with the intelligence community to go into that kind of detail. because just giving that detail gives the russians some information that they could reverse engineer and see what are the sources...

It aided him. this is a guy where his own lawyers have tried to belay tiz desires where the people around him are constantly trying to soothe and keep from these sort of freak outs like the one we saw this weekend on twitter. >> and shannon, lets take the narrative further. it was notable when the mueller story came out the end of last week his initial reaction was i didnt do it, not i will protect you my fellow american citizens. is there anyone in your view based on reporting who is explaining...

Lawyers have tried to belay his desires where the people around him are constantly trying to soothe and keep from these sort of freak outs like the one we saw this weekend on twitter. >> and shannon, lets take the narrative further. it was notable when the mueller story came out the end of last week his initial reaction was i didnt do it, not i will protect you my fellow american citizens. is there anyone in your view based on reporting who is explaining to him this is existential, this plot lin...

Surprising, almost breath taking in terms of detail. not surprising in terms of broad plot line. this is what the intelligence community has been reporting for well over a year and it has been enriched by news sources and think tanks around washington who have studied this. so wonderful detail. the basic arc here is how most people thought this was going. >> details down to the address in st. petersburg where they were operating, the number of people, the different categories. you can almost see...

Amber who are here with me in washington, listening to that speech, as garrett points out, we have seen the movie before, different plot line, same senator, same sort of fiery rhetoric against donald trump, what changes? >> its very emblematic of the civil war thats going on in the republican party. and arizona where jeff flake is retiring as senator from, is the current -- the latest ground zero. because even though, as garrett rightly points out, the republicans in that state are associating t...

Of people that didnt vote for them. they ask that question when they meet a political journalist. will trump be impeached. >> people figure out how to get rid of him and his entire cabinet. is it possible nancy pelosi could be the next president. thats not rooted in reality. people need to stop thinking about those things which will not happen. thats a "house of cards" plot line not what will happen in american politics. if you are interested in getting rid of the president and his policies, vot...

Of people that didnt vote for them. they ask that question when they meet a political journalist. will trump be impeached. >> people figure out how to get rid of him and his entire cabinet. is it possible nancy pelosi could be the next president. thats not rooted in reality. people need to stop thinking about those things which will not happen. thats a "house of cards" plot line not what will happen in american politics. if you are interested in getting rid of the president and his policies, vot...