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Americans were fed up with politics as usual. years of war, scandal and turmoil had left the country ready for a change. >> everybodys just kind of tired. theyre tired of the war in vietnam, theyre tired of economic difficulties. tired of generational conflicts. theyre tired of the culture changing, often coming from the margins of society. >> many felt a yerarning for a simpler time. a time of strength, values, of heroes. >> what are you doing here? >> now, thats a silly question. >> reagan was...

Joining me to discuss, cnn national security analyst james clapper, former director of national intelligence. mr. director, thank you so much for joining us. i got to ask you, the chaos in this white house causing headaches for staff overseas. i want you to listen to what bolton was asked before abruptly ending a press conference. >> given the events of this week, and admissions of payoffs and you mentioned election meddling, whether there are ever concerns that your own president is a security ...

Meddling. were you ever concerned that your own president is a security risk? >> of course not. i mean thats a silly question. and i just spoke to him literally a few minutes ago and we have performed here in exactly the way i think the two leaders would have expected us to and honestly have a little faith in the american people who elected him president. thank you very much. >> not the topic he wants to be addressing, especially overseas. >> it clearly upset him. with with all the lately about ...

Russia denies it, calls it fake news, say its a big hoax, sounds a lot like language we hear in other ways relating to russia on the part of the u.s. on election meddling, national security adviser john bolton has been tough on russia. some consider him to be a russia hawk. he has spoken out harshly against russian bad behavior many, many times in the past. when you get him in this kind of scenario, they are in geneva, he is with his russian counterpart, you feel certain he is going to raise it,...

We have performed here in exactly the way i think the two leaders would have expected us to. you know, honestly, have a little faith in the american people who elected him president. >> reporter: that sound was in response to a question from a bbc journalist at this press conference where they asked if president trump is a security risk. you heard john bolton there say, you know, no, have faith in the american people, they know how to pick a president. thats a silly question. with that, the pres...

Were fed up with politics as usual. war, scandal, turmoil left the country ready for a change. >> everybodys just kinds of tired. they are tired of the war in vietnam. they are tired of economic difficulties. they are tired of generational conflicts. they are tired of the culture changing. often camming from the margins of society. >> many yearned for a simpler time, a time of strength, of values, of heros. >> what will you doing in here? >> now, thats a silly question. >> reagan was what americ...

Country ready for a change. >> everybodys just kinds of tired. they are tired of the war in vietnam. they are tired of economic difficulties. they are tired of generational conflicts. they are tired of the culture changing. often camming from the margins of society. >> many yearned for a simpler time, a time of strength, of values, of heros. >> what will you doing in here? >> now, thats a silly question. >> reagan was what americans wanted when they were tired of cool or fearful of cool. he was ...

He was just on cnbc and when asked if he considered resigning after these violations said that was a silly question and said he did nothing wrong. i dont think its a silly question. >> well do all of them. >> should we do the next one? >> yeah, and then start asking questions. i need a score sheet here. >> nbc reporting has uncovered that george papadopoulos, former foreign policy adviser. >> a nobody. >> had a public role in the trump campaign into its final weeks, despite being described as a ...

Palestine is a very reserved society. >> anthony: so are things getting better, staying the same, or worse? >> betty: you never know whats going to happen in palestine. one day its good and the other day its just, you never know, its a crazy country. >> anthony: the local police would prefer them off the streets for obvious reasons. but the track here, such as it is, has its drawbacks. its basically a parking lot across from the detention center. >> anthony: what do they think about this next do...

One day its good and the other day its just -- you never know. its a crazy country. >> the local police would prefer them off the streets for obvious reasons. but the track here, such as it is, has its drawbacks. its basically a parking lot across from the detention center. what do they think about this next door? do they ever give you problems? >> this is an israeli jail. one time we were here with speed sisters and there was problems because of the prisoners. so i just stopped my car over ther...