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An impeachment inquiry, which there were, you know, quibbles about whether it was that even before this. >> yeah. no, it was heavy with symbolism, and it was yielding to the moment and the will of a growing majority of her members who were frustrated. and i think the thing that tipped the scale were those seven members who wrote a piece in "the washington post," all veterans of the national security community who were from districts that donald trump had carried, competitive districts, and pelos...

National security community, who were from districts that donald trump had carried, competitive districts. and she -- and pelosi had been shielding them. and they stepped forward and said if these facts are true, he is -- he has committed an impeachable photographs. one other point, manu said at the beginning that the thought was that they want thgt done by the end of the year. one thing that she did not do was appoint a select committee to examine this. and i think one of the reasons she didnt ...

Explain it, the officer declined, saying might be better not to talk about the remarkable features. the presidents own sense of this hey may be different than e in the security community feel comfortable with. that might explain part of this on the most basic level. the president defending himself. the biggest question, what is the underlying issue, chris? >> and thats obviously what the intel committee and other members of congress are hoping to get to. meantime, want to ask you about growing t...

Particular chat rooms, those particular individuals and groupings who hang around particular issues. and i think what we heard director wray talk about with the fbi, its something that in essence a lot of people in the security community have been calling for on a much larger scale for a longer time in the sense that we already do this kind of large-scale analysis on an ongoing basis for other forms of terrorism, but very little yet for extreme right-wing terrorism. >> we have just a short amoun...

Mourning, not politics. thank you lauren. gillian: joining is now my phone is the founder and ceo of global security group, and a former dea special agent, david this will not define us we are in a community and we will continue to be a unique, -- active shooter response special community. leland: mayor, this brings up instructor. an important question because thank you for joining us this you faced some interesting questions at news conferences and other interviews about the afternoon. el paso,...

Supporters are rattling sabers. >> do you like what youre hearing from president trump? >> i do, although its hard to know what to trust from this president and his press secretary given their penchant for lying. trump underestimated how strong the pushback would be given, not just john boltons penchant for regime change or that known desire, but this is john bolton, we know, was part of leading us into war in iraq. there are a lot of people in the national security community, a lot of democrats...

When the president said were getting out of syria, everyone is coming back right now. bolton quickly said i agree with the president and revised what that meant over the course of a month and said were actually going to keep people in syria or near syria for a very long time, exactly the opposite of what was said but changing the course in a way others have been failing to do from within. >> tom, as someone who comes from the national security community, you know john bolton a little bit, youve ...

Not lost but people did notice it. "the new york times" breaking this story about john kellys contemporaneous memo. alexey mentioning there were a lot of democrats upset. wheres the alarm for republicans? wheres the bipartisan alarm that national security was treated so cavalierly? >> its the president showing contempt for both lawyers and the national cumulative security community. >> and norms. >> well, no, but there was clear advice given, documented in a memo by kelly and so on that say why ...

That is actually to those of us in the national security community, i think that blows us away even more so. how do you not know that as president of the united states what the parameters of your powers are? so this story is incredibly troubling on many levels and the house government reform committee will look in to it. i caution them not to violate, frankly, jared kushners privacy. i wouldnt want any of my clients privacy rights violated on security clearances, but this is an oversight respons...

Concern about foreign entanglements where a foreign power, perhaps in this case china, could expert leverage because of financial entanglements and then influence or gain access, thats, again, a risky practice. and it does set a terrible example for the rest of the security community. >> we did get a statement from a spokesman for the personal attorney of jared kushner. i will read it. in 2018, white house and security clearance officials affirmed his security clearance was handled with no press...