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Aggression shown by russia. yesterday he was expressed more solidarity with the, k. when it came to the accusations that russia poisoned a defect or on british soil. hes been much more of an advocate for more muscular response to russia than a lot of people thought he would be. >> to me it is the overarching concern that i had from the get-go. the singular indifference, the almost aggressive indifference to russia. russia is at war with us right now and has been from the election on. and this re...

To do so. >> if granted, the authority. and i dont have the day-to-day authority to do that. if granted the authority. >> so you would need basically to be directed by the president through the secretary of defense. >> yes, sir, in fact i mentioned that in my statement. >> have you been directed to do so, given this strategic threat that faces the united states and the significant consequences you recognize already? >> no, i have not. >> hes in charge of cyber command. >> nobody is denying him t...

So slarity. so now it will be more understandable to the american public. >> the former director of u.s. national intelligence is worried that the trump administration is doing nothing to stop russian interference in u.s. politics. listen to what james clapper told anderson cooper. >> the sophistication that the russians which we had seen and now it is spelled out for all to see, so i thought is a very, very damning and compelling doumgt. the si document. the singular indifference is parallel to...

>> that is what is so disturbing about this. the threat that is the russians are posing and which they are going to continue to pose to our basic system. and the president is singular indifference to this is a peril to the country. that transcends, whether there is collusion or not, that is significant, sure, if that is proven to be the case. but what is a greater danger to the country is a lack of response to this. we havent punished the russians and we dont have a government approach. and the ...

Justice department laying out these would talk about manning the barricades, what were going to do. >> thats whats so disturbing about this. the threat the russians are posing and in which theyre going to continue to pose to our basic system. and the presidents singular indifference to this is really a peril tohe country. and to me that transcends whether theres collusion or not, all that is significant, sure, if that is proven to be the case. but whats a greater danger to the country is a lack ...

Happening. and so, yes, its -- he must have known about that. and yet nevertheless continued to say no, its a hoax. >> i wander if for the indictments this really gave mcmaster cover to say out loud yes, because the rest of the intel community has been saying this for a long time that russia was meddling. >> would have been embarrassing otherwise, right? >> i would think. so far the president has yet to even punish russia for any kind of penalty for this kind of meddling, even show an interest i...

To me, particularly after this latest set of sanctions was voted with wide margin on a bipartisan basis to impose. and again, this singular indifference to the threat posed by russia starting with the interference, and that sort of thing is continuing, and theyre bent on undermining our fundamental system. this is, to me, the greater threat here to this country. >> is he afraid to stand up to them? >> i dont know that hes afraid to stand up to them, but i agree with jim, weve not taken the actio...

His criticism over the fbi and the russia investigation. were going easy tonight on russia. joining me back, james clapper and michael hayden. the president was to impose sanctions on blacklisted russian intelligence. he will attack the department of justice, he will attack the fbi, but he wont impose sanctions on russia. why? >> particularly when this last sanctions was voted on a bipartisan basis to impose. again, this singular indifference to the threat posed by russia starting with the inter...

It is, in a sense with respect kind of a tragedy, given the service, long and distinguished service that he rendered in the army, over 30 years. lots of deployed time in iraq and afghanistan. you have to acknowledge that. i think the overall arching implication for me, the first thing that came to mind is that, at least right now the rule of law does prevail in this country. that to me is very important. and i do think the larger interest here is served is to try to understand exactly what was g...

Evidence of that. now, if anyone would know about that, it would be mike flynn. so hopefully, given the terms of his plea bargain, his agreement, that the truth on this will come out. because to me, whats even more important whether or not there was collusion, which is hugely important, is the threat posed by the russians, and the administrations singular indifference to that threat. that to me is what -- in terms of long-term safety for the country is that. >> general james clapper, thank you s...