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good to be with you, im katy tur. first it was the leaked memo from an air force general, warning his officers to prepare for a hot war with china in 2025. then it was news the u.s. is expanding its military presence in southeast asia, adding four more bases in the philippines on the doorstep of china. and now, the pentagon is faced with a chinese spy balloon first spotted over montana, which, by the way is home to one of the united states three nuclear silo fields. just a moment ago i...

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>> republicans as you heard think we should have shot this down when we first saw it over montana when it was over a less populated area. whats your take on that? >> sitting down the balloon is difficult, but possible. the altitude that it flies at are above what would normally be available to u.s. jet fighters. the altitudes also make it difficult for the missiles we used, their control surfaces struggle at these sorts of altitudes. the other issue is that u.s. missile technology was developed ...

Which would tell the whole story is very difficult. remember what vladimir putin did not too long ago. he said you guys say i meddled in the american elections. wheres your proof? he knows our proof is classified. it comes from spy work and that we cant disclose it. this memo essentially does the same thing, ana. >> so chris, let me read you a quote from a former supervisory agent with the fbi who served as a counterterrorism investigator, a special assistant to the bureaus director. he writes t...

For violating federal laws pertaining to colluding with russians and obstructing justice. >> peter, if there was any doubt before today, does in reinforce the belief that russia, all things russia, are so far and will be for at least until further notice the kind of singular theme of the trump presidency? >> well its come to dominate the first six months of course. and the real danger for him is that it continues -- the grand jury investigation is not quick. this is not the kind of investigation...

Its also clearly looking at americans, including people in the trump inner circle and possibly the president himself for violating federal laws pertaining to colluding with russians and obstructing justice. >> peter, if there was any doubt before today, does in reinforce the belief that russia, all things russia, are so far and will be for at least until further notice the kind of singular theme of the trump presidency? >> well its come to dominate the first six months of course. and the real da...

Drone program for years before this. his role is more akin to a general in a secret war than it is, say, to a guy who is out there in a hostile power trying to do spy work. i do think, you know, when you say we named a covert operative, you are suggesting we put somebodys life at risk here. this is a senior official who works at headquarters in la langley. you know, the idea of naming him is these are issues and actions that our country is taking in that we think the public has a right to discus...

Didnt have very much information. we did not penetrate the inner circle of saddam hussein to understand what he was doing. it really starts with great spy work and penetrating the hardest targets and getting the secrets so we can tell the president of the united states whats really going on. >> i want to ask you about this new report from seymour hurst, claiming in a new story that the details of the raid and the killing of osama bin laden released by the white house and the obama administration...

Problem. there are a lot of mill -- millenials doing the spy work. >> they are terrible at everything. >> coming up, do you want us to talk about marshawn lynch? thanks for asking. first, a word from our sponsor. >> tonights sponsor is the nonprofit group, kale has feelings too. reminding you to treat plants ethically. evenett tau -- even etamame has a mommy.

Here was nosenko, brand-new kgb defector. he had to know whether he acted alone or whether he was the agent of our great rival. the agent of this foreign power and the information that he had was what lee harvey oswald had, in fact, acted alone. he knew from firsthand experience that the soviets thought it was unstable, personally unfit for my kind of spy work, so they didnt put him up to anything. and in the winter of 1964, the cia decided that they didnt believe him. and they had this cia inte...