Behind stories that he claims are fake. i ve twals called the justice department to look into the leaks. those are criminal leaks. they re put out by people either in agencies, i think you ll see it stopping, because now we have our people in. reporter: at the same time, president trump plans a review of all the intelligence agencies. cnn has learned the white house is considering tapping billionaire steven feinberg, founder of a new york investment firm and longtime friend of the president, to lead the review. the gentleman you mentioned is a very talented man, very successful man, and he has offered his services, and you know, it s something that we may take advantage of. but i don t think we ll need that at all, because of the fact that, you know, i think that we re going to be able to straighten it out very easily on its own. jim sciutto joins us now along with the rest of the panel. there s a statement out by harward and also more reporting. that s exactly right, to our
Out. forget you, sean spicer, i m going to go head to head. and had a highly qualified guy taken the position the same day he would have turned the corner on what was a tough week. this is where the chaos work against you because the seal ethos is different from a white house ethos. harward looked at that and said i m not sure i can hang in that environment. having qualified people in that position, that s where it starts working against him. the other part of the seal ethos and many branches of the military, of the services is duty. it s very hard for a military man or woman to turn down the president in this space. and i just wonder if this gives license to others to say no. well, it s clear that he had concerns about the chaos level. trump likes chaos, military people don t, a lot of people with government experience do not like chaos. also questions about who he would have been allow today hire, would he have been able to put his own people in there. for trump, the contrast
Conference still making waves this morning. we begin with new details and questions in the deepening drama over president trump s national security adviser. days after general michael flynn abruptly resigned from the post, the man considered the front-runner is saying no thank you. i have a stellar panel of guests and reporters you won t see anywhere else. they are jumping to get right in. let s start with peter alexander, live at the white house. peter, so much to get through with you. retired navy vice admiral robert harward now turning down the offer to be the president s new national security adviser. what details do you have? reporter: that s the bottom line there, ali. we heard from a u.s. senior official describing this choice for the vice admiral. it s one between the call of duty and the white house dysfunction. ultimately, it appears that was a reason for the conclusion not to join this team.
Catherine, in term of policy news, forget the press conference. let s talk about policy. without a value judgment, the drop off of entertainment from a trump press conference to mcconnell press conference is really steep. look, i think the stylistic stuff matters. that s where trump often really does difficult verge from what you would have seen in a president rubio, for instance. and that stuff matters and it matters to how people perceive people like harward, for instance, might perceive things and there are still these big riffs on something like trade, for instance. that s not going to go away. so, let me give another example of a divergence. this is a tweet that came from the president s twitter account just a few minutes ago. it was deleted, but then it was just reposted and let s read it. the fake news media failing new york times cnn, nbc news and many more, it is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the american people. sick in all caps, exclamation point. let me just say i m
What has surprised you the most about this office, and chanted you the most about serving in this office? thank you, mr. president. you racked up a lot of wins in the last few weeks. are you ready to call yourself the comeback kid? martha: joining me now, dana loesch, the host of dana and robert moran, democratic strategists. robert, let me give you the first crack. let s be clear. you are picking two questions out of a press conference and ignoring the fact that president obama was just tailored over everything from the somali pirates radiated to the automotive bailout to the debate over the stimulus package. bill clinton was eviscerated by the passover don t ask don t tell, the economic passage, including the waco attack by the fbi. that had very tragic consequences. let s be clear. the issue is not about the media. the issue is about who is serving as president.
Wants to rectify the erroneous constitutional concerns. the president says expect a new executive order by next week. the president s choice to replace michael flynn as national security adviser has turned down the offer. robert harward turned it down. he held the position with lockheed martin since 2014. president trump s news conference yesterday he denied that anyone from his campaign had contact with russian officials. quote, to the best of my knowledge. and he defended his friendly stance towards russia. floating a hypothetical about a russian spy ship on a routine operation in international waters off the eastern seaboard. i didn t do anything for russia. i ve done nothing for russia. hillary clinton gave them 20% of our uranium. hillary clinton did a reset, remember, with the stupid plastic button that made us all look like a bunch of jerks here.
Scandals and problems can he inflict on his own presidency? this week alone, he met with two important allies we won t always agree on everything. that s the art of the deal. reporter: potentially broke decades of america s commitment to a two-state solution in israel. so i m looking at two-state and one-state and i like the one that both parties like. reporter: lost his labor nominee, fired his national security adviser he wishes him well. we re moving on. reporter: and got snubbed by the man who he wanted to replace him. meanwhile the white house says vice admirable robert harward has declined to be national security adviser. reporter: but all donald trump seemed to want to talk about was sxhims that electoral win. with anti-semitism on the rise. we re proud of the 306 electoral college votes. reporter: or syrian refugees and his border wall. we won by a very, very large
And whether he directed michael flynn in any way to talk about the issue of sanctions with the russian ambassador. that s something that is going to be under the senate intelligence committee is going to look at, but probably not the house intelligence committee. there s some resistance among republicans there spop a difference in the approach on this very issue that is getting donald trump very concerned, anderson. manu, thanks very much. with the president attacking the intelligence community, former director of national splenl intelligence, james clapper, says leaks need to be investigated, but in a way that doesn t disparage the dedicated men and women of the intelligence community. joining me now is former defense secretary, leon panetta. i want to start by asking you this new reporting that vice admiral robert harward turned down the national security adviser position. what do you make of that? that s cause for concern. because bob harward is a good man. worked for jim mattis
Disgusting. martha: boris, fox is now confirmed that vice admirable robert harward is now not going to be replacing mike flynn as the head of the national security council. why is that? there are a lot of good, strong candidates out there for the president will make the right choice, as he always has. martha: what happened with robert harward? ed look like they said he was going to be in place by the end of the week, boris. what happened? i am not sure martha: the white house said they believed he would be in place by the end of this week. what i would say is he has strong choices, good options, he will remain a very strong candidate and a strong person to lead the nsa. martha: the other people who are in place and where they are under mike flynn, that will they be staying? that is again up to the president. we all serve the president. martha: all right. stephen fienberg, will he be involved in a process of vetting
Whether or not to prosecute him would be made by the justice department which of course is now headed up by the man who is chairman of our national security advisory committee. he plans to recuse himself of the campaign. raise your hand if you think jeff sessions is going to prosecute mike flynn for lying to the fbi. no, raise your hand. i can t the day after the michael flynn resignation, the trump administration had to pull its labor secretary nominee andy puzder. and now tonight we ve learned the man who the white house wanted to replace michael flynn as national security advisor he has told the white house no he won t take the job. the financial times quotes a person with firsthand knowledge of the discussions between president trump and admiral robert harward saying he is conflicted between the call of