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In an online way? can we look at this as a stream of ideologically based terrorism. white nationalists inspired terrorism. that would be a significant move. it may suggest behind the scenes in the government theyre going much more broadly at this. >> barbara, you work as a terrorism prosecutor. i have a two-part question for you. what are prosecutors looking at when theyre trying to prove a domestic terrorism case, for example, in this case, what were seeing in gilroy and in el paso and why wasn...

>> ken delainian, to that point, come in and change your life, the next director of national base and hit these same themes what did we hear from the take your life is terrifying in intelligence. it was clear he inflated and intelligence community this week that he hit that night about as all of this unfolded? hillary clintons emails and bob misrepresented his resume. our system, and we need to do i know you have sources in the something to rein in their one instance claimed he was a intelligenc...

Ratcliffe. president trumps pick to be the new director of national intelligence over whether hes been misrepresenting his experience. ratcliffes house website says as a u.s. attorney and federal terrorism prosecutor, ratcliffe put terrorists in prison. he also out toed that credential in interviews and campaign ads. >> part of my background is that i was a terrorism prosecutor for george w. bush. im john ratcliffe. as u.s. attorney, i prosecuted tariffs. >> but nbc reports there is no evidence ...

Scrutiny. his website claims he put terrorists in prison. nbc news has found no evidence he ever prosecuted a terrorism case. he was not part of the prosecution team. lets get the inside scoop from nbcs ken delainian who broke the story and matt miller. take us tlhroughout the facts o this case. >> as you know, credit goes to pete williams who fact checked this. we notice he claims to have put terrorists in prison and he campaigned on that slogan. he was a terrorism prosecutor. he headed a terro...

Yeah, he was a terrorism prosecutor. now it turns out well perhaps thats not the case. you know, we need to learn a little bit more about this. but hes such an unknown quantity that it suggests to me that we dont exactly know how this confirmation process could unfold and so far he is not standing on fully solid ground. now, that could change quickly this week. you know, he does obviously have the trust of the president. thats something people have pointed to. as a potential positive for him. bu...

Their heads and say, well, i guess hes a qualified terrorism prosecutor because he said so. whatever comes out of the white house or whatever comes out of the white houses appointees and enablers theres about 40% of the public that is simply going to believe it. and, you know -- my personal view, ratcliffe is completely unqualified for this. he was clearly auditioning for this job during the mueller hearings. he has pushed you know fever swamp theories about plots within the fbi. you know, youd ...

Decide how to run your elections. its a safety measure which the federal government should take responsibility for. to safeguard the elections. >> all right. president trumps choice for the new director of national intelligence is drawing new scrutiny for inflating his record on fighting terrorism. republican congressman john ratcliffe is a fierce advocate for trump on the judiciary and intelligence committees. and has repeatedly touted this credential from his time in the u.s. attorneys office ...

Scrutiny on fighting terrorism. tough advocate on the judiciary and intelligence committees and his time in office for eastern district of texas. watch. >> part of my background is that i was a terrorism prosecutor. >> all right, so that was a big selling point. you hear him there saying he prosecuted terrorists repeatedly. apparently on ratcliffes website he put terrorists in prison. no evidence that he prosecuted a terrorism case. in a 2015 news release, ratcliffes office he convicted individu...

Intelligence experience, but one thing he has is that he was the u.s. attorney in east texas about a decade ago. he was a federal prosecutor and he says on his website that he was a terrorism prosecutor and that he, quote, put terrorists in prison. but nbc news and pete williams have been looking close ily at the record and we can find no evidence that he prosecuted a terrorism case. they pointed to a case in dallas against the holy land foundation, which was -- in which it was a muslim charity ...

Member of the house intelligence committee for six years. he has done very well by himself in terms of -- by the way, he also worked on the counter terrorism task force. he doesnt come to this -- >> they should be jumping on board. >> he still has to make his case that he is going to be independent. i think people see the video. they hear the narrative and want to know do you believe the russians interfered? i think if he answers those questions in the affirmative hell see it through. >> what do...