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The amendment also warns that isis and al qaeda can still pose a continuing threat and those two countries. its been seen as a rebuke to the president, who tweeted last month that, "we have defeated isis in syria," and that he would bring american service members in the country back home. meanwhile, senate minority leader chuck schumer urging top senate officials to stage an intervention with president trump, after president trump criticized their intelligence senate testimony on global threats ...

Continues to do it in 2018, but weve seen an indication that theyre continuing to adapt their model. >> finally, the ic is saying that climate change is causing causing national security threats while the president himself routinely cast doubt on the very existence of climate change. so, just a remarkable series of contradictions from the intelligence community to their boss. christine, dave. >> alex, thank you. and another high-profile rebuke for this president, senator mitch mcconnell pushin...

Three ukrainian naval ships. and "the washington post" reported that president trump tried to hide details of previous conversations with putin including the conversation had he in hamburg in 2017. the president and his top intelligence officials clearly do not agree about the biggest global threats facing the u.s. in testimony before congress, the intel chiefsenced up highlighting a wide gulf between their views and their boss. the directors of the ic flat out contradicted several claims made...

Rebuke to the president. mitch mcconnell is pushing a proposal urging that american troops remain in syria and afghanistan. and then theres this. this presidents own intelligence chiefs flat-out contradicting him on isis. >> we have won against isis. weve beaten them and weve beaten them badly. >> isis is intent on resurging and still commands thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. >> contradicting him on north korea. >> no rockets. theres no rockets. theres no anything. were doing very well. ...

More concerning is the presidents public rebuke of his own hand picked director of national intelligence, former senator dan coats. i know him personally. he is a conservative man. he is a loyal republican. he and other leaders in the american intelligence community testified about their professional assessment of the risks from syria, from iran, from north korea. notice they did not testify that the southern border, in the absence of a wall, is a great security threat to our country. the presid...

Climate change. thats also in this report and in it they write climate hazards such as extreme weather, higher temperatures, drought, floods, and oceans are intensifying degrading infrastructure, threatening infrastructure, health and water and food security. yet when it comes to climate change, the president of the united states refuses to acknowledge it exists. >> do you believe in climate change? do you think it exists? >> there is a cooling and theres a heating. the icecaps were going to mel...

Rebuke to the president. mitch mcconnell is pushing a proposal urging that american troops remain in syria and afghanistan. and then theres this. this presidents own intelligence chiefs flat-out contradicting him on isis. >> we have won against isis. weve beaten them and weve beaten them badly. >> isis is intent on resurging and still commands thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. >> contradicting him on north korea. >> no rockets. theres no rockets. theres no anything. were doing very well. ...

One to speak with nuance. we know that. >> much nuance or any in some cases. it was a rebuke. i dont think they are going out of their way to draw lines. i think they want to stick to the facts. dan coats made it clear he wants to present the intelligence he sees regardless of the politics there. >> yeah. the senate wants him to do exactly what he did -- give them a clear idea of whats happening in the world, where the threats are. i think the issue sometimes with the president is he sees things...

More. alex marquardt has more from washington. good morning. what we saw in the senate intelligence chambers is not short of a rebuke on a number of officials. having it done by top intelligence officials appointed by the president made it all the more stunning. now this worldwide threat assessment which comes out annually was a wide-ranging look at the threats against the united states, that the intelligence community says will expand and diversify in the coming year. on issue after issue, wi...

Contradicted him while testifying on capitol hill. >> we do not believe iran is currently undertaking activities we judge necessary to produce a nuclear device. isis is intent on resurging and still commands thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. we currently assess that north korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities. >> reporter: on twitter, trump telling his spy chiefs, go back to school. after they said north korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons and that for now, iran isnt...