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So much for being with us. >> we have on the phone with us someone who witnessed this unfortunate incident. we dont know yet whether to call it an attack. we are hearing from met police that its just an incident. will geddes saw this. will, good morning to you. thank you for being with us. describe what you saw. >> good morning, sir. i didnt actually witness it it, but i know the area very well and im from the security community, if that helps. >> okay. go ahead. >> i mean, in terms of the local...

Than he has with any other leader in the room. in the context of a president who already has unnerved a lot of world leaders making them wonder what extent is a trump administration committed to them, whether its on security, trade or climate or what have you, thats where i think the true uniqueness of this comes along. >> of course it had to be disturbing when you had people who are democratically elected represents from countries, allies, and these allies doesnt get the same sort of -- im sorr...

Of the president and frankly congress as well is, this tough talk is great, but does the president have the authority to make good on this tough talk? doesnt he have to ask for legal authority at this point, or do you think syria fits under the authorization of use of military force from 2001 anticipating a war against terror and al qaeda? >> well, this has been a controversial point of discussion in the national security community through the obama administration as well when president obama wa...

This. now, it does a terrible disservice to jim comey. i mean, nobody thought of him as dishonest until the president suggested, well, maybe he is because there could be tapes, lets see if he lies or not. and it does a great disservice to the country because it erodes our confidence in the president and then imagine what the security community is thinking right now. are they supposed to be pleased that the president suggested that even now maybe theyre recording something? because that is the wo...

These tweets and you get everybody talking about it, and then you let mitch mcconnell carry the ball for you in the senate and watch while everybody scrambles to try and figure out whats going on, its more am e amusing and this is one of the things that one of the presidents folks said about it today, was that he was amused by this. now, it does a terrible disservice to jim comey. i mean, nobody thought of him as dishonest until the president suggested, well, maybe he is because there could be t...

Is british born. i dont want to spend too much time talking about the bomber but im curious about the person who was born in britain and thats a problem they have in the uk thats pretty unique. >> reporter: well, you know, its a problem not necessarily just to the uk. in many of the other terrorist attacks they were locally born, locally home bred, if you like. but after all these years of this kind of terrorism, basically, you know, the post-9/11 terrorism, the isis kind of terrorism which is m...

Point made in foreign policy magazine where they wrote, nato officials are freaked out? >> i think thats the professional, technical term we use in the security community. >> technically speaking. >> nato is a freaked out alliance right now. >> malcolm, give us the viewpoint from inside the intelligence agencies. we know things were already strained and they have been between the president and the intel community. but whats the reaction specifically to this? >>, well people are going in circles ...

>> thats a glib analogy. >> he can pick up the phone and get this answer. >> you realize what the crux of all this is, right? i hope you as an american are very concerned, as we all are, about the leaks coming from the intelligence and security community somewhere. we have leaks of the presidents readout of a conversation hes having with a head of state. that cant be. we know general flynn was wiretapped. we know -- >> general flynn was not wiretapp wiretapped. >> im sorry, that people leaked th...

About something that isnt snapping. >> i saw congressman schiff say on a different network that he will ask director comey the question when he appears before him. >> its taking time and resources to investigate something he can answer. >> the president is comfortable waiting. >> of course he is because its distracting from looking at the russia connections. >> okay. >> thats my point, kellyanne. why would i ask you a question about why my kid went to bed last night? i could make a phone call an...

Piece had you today was perhaps the first article and commentary in 35 years that i agreed with. because what were dealing with now is no longer anything ideological. this is not left, this is not right, this is not liberal, this is not conservative. this is about the honesty and integrity of the electoral system and whether we have a person in charge of the national security community who understands how it works, who is competent to lead it and who will work with it. >> i agree, david. and i c...