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>> we are watching president trump get off air force one, big smile, big wave as he gets ready to head over to the coast guard academy. the president did not walk back to speak with the reporters in the back of the cabin. were going to be monitoring the presidents speech. were going to bring that to you next hour. thats set to happen in roughly 30 minutes from now or so. it will be the fist time weve heard from the president directly since this comey memo bombshell broke. i want to go now to mar...

President trump reportedly sharing classified information with two top russian officials during an oval office meeting last week. two former officials knowledgeable about the situation confirming those reports to cnn. lets discuss now, fareed zakar zakaria, host of "fareed zakaria gps." as i ask you every single night, what is your reaction to this breaking news? its not funny but its laughable. every single time i have you on, there is some breaking news. the president has done something outrag...

Next time that you did this time? >> well, number one, to make any assumptions about what was shared, what wasnt shared and what processes were or were not followed would be highly speculative. number two, as ive said repeatedly, the information that was shared was of a common threat and one that we both have a desire -- have a shared goal in eradicating. so to suggest that -- which i think is the nut of the question -- we -- why wouldnt we want to share a common threat and the efforts that both...

Taking by virtue of discovering this of what you did to try to limit the potential for any more leaks of national security. >> i think national security is put at risk by this leak and leaks like this. and you know there are a number of instances where this has happened, and making sure we have trusted organizations across our government that allows for the free sharing. what is critical is that you can assemble the experts you need. you want a bigger group, right? because you need their experti...

President trump reportedly sharing classified information with two top russian officials during an oval office meeting last week. two former officials knowledgeable about the situation confirming those reports to cnn. lets discuss now, fareed zakaria, host of "fareed zakaria gps." as i ask you every single night, what is your reaction to this breaking news? its not funny but its laughable. every single time i have you on, there is some breaking news. the president has done something outrageous. ...

Reaching implications that are more than just political. joining us now general michael hayden, cnn national security analyst and former director of the cia and nsa. general, this notion that is a window into competence or lack thereof, whether or not the president is studied and measured in a way that the job demands. your take. >> chris,ening youve hit the issue squarely here. its not about the power of the presidency. hes got the power to do these kinds of things. we give him a lot of space w...

Has got to be rebuilt, if necessary, or certainly shored up. of course, they have a steeper learning curve with this president because hes never been in government, never been anywhere near government, and so, yes, there will need to be some tightening up of white house processes, real understanding of what you go into a meeting like this how much do you say. if you want to tell the russians something because youre worried about, as the president said, something humanitarian, maybe that this is ...

If so, i would be first to say that the normal processes proceed to. what should happen. so far with everything thats happened so far in this presidency that has caused the outrage from what youve seen is the resilience of the constitution and legal protections. if something really nefarious was done by the president, no one height incorporated has any doubt that will be handled appropriately. no one has established that so everyone needs to calm down. the real point, wouldnt it be great if we c...

Hold of. get malware, analyze it. in that time frame you dont entirely feel in control but youre searching for information. once we got it and realized what the situation was, we realized there were patches available and had been available since march. operation centers and communication become the key. theyre imperative to how we handle the response. from the british rer speckive i felt it was important to pass along two point. one that they thought it was an extremely small number of patients ...

I think if if i could, rather than directly answering that, i cant speak to how we do or dont do, in that regard. id like to instead point out that this was a vulnerability exploit as part of a larger tool put together by the culpable parties and not by the government. this was not a tool developed by the nsa to hold ransom data. this was a tool. developed by culpable parties. cause and encryption and locking. i think i said this morning of the underlying vulnerability is less of a direct point ...