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You know that general clapper wanted to clear up that remark from "meet the press." he was very careful not to ask the fbi directo or his predecessor what is going on in these counter intelligence investigations. >> i assume there is a point you know you access to the investigation unt information until you dont have the access to the investigatifot it is hard to say anything applies to that today anyway on that front. this is the can of worms that the president opened up. by going directly at d...

That we want to sustain before we publish that ica. and in that -- >> the intelligence community assessment. >> right, exactly. there was no evidence that rose to that level at that time that found its way in to the intelligence community assessment that we had pretty high confidence in. thats not to say there wasnt evidence. but not that met that threshold. and and youre not attempting to clear or convict anyone of collusion, it is just out of your scope. >> correct. >> do you think the russian...

Great integrity. i can pass that on to the officer blow me that would pass it on to the officer below them, and frankly all of the way down to the young private in the fox hole. so i think it is important for the president, any president, this president or others to build that trust and that relationship between himself and the military, which i think president trump is certainly trying to do, but also with the institutions that support this great nation, the fbi, the intelligence community, the...

Operations command, he is now the chance life-support at the university of texas. he joins me now, thank you for being with us. >> good to be with you. >> first i want your reaction to what is going on with the president and the russian investigation and the collusion, and the fighting back and the comments about general clapper. and the players. i have great erespect for jim clapper. 52 plus years serving the government. he has a level of integrity that is unsurpassed. i was able to listen, and...

The key thing is what is the trust between president and a national security advisor. i didnt think mike had the skill set to be a national security advisor. i worked for three national security advisors. it matched what i saw as required for national security advisor. >> the president blamed president obama for not giving him the security clearance that was renewed last year as a retired military officer and f not knowing about his other entanglements. was that up to president obama or the inco...

>> so for him to be disparaged the way the president did -- >> for him to be disparaged as a show boat as the president told lester. thas not how iould characterize him. >> everyone has their own view, but that is dprobably the last description that i would assign to jim comey. >> mike flin, controversial, he was fired, we knew him as an esteem esteem esteemed intelligence officer, and you were the one that had to fire him. >> yeah, he was a tremendous officer. an architect of the find, finish, ...

Officer in the government, and youre asked by the president for dinner, i think it it professional courtesy. youre in after difficult position to refuse to go, but i do know he was uneasy with it. for just for the appearance of compromising the independence of the fbi which is a hollowed tenant in our system. >> what were hearing from the fbi in our reporting contradicts what the president told lester holt. he says that he was appealing for his job and the president said am i under investigation...

Firing. but it comes from people that heard about the dinner at the time like general clapper and others he spoke to afterwards. these are all people outside of the fbi that talked about it. they tell us the same thing. number one, he did not ask for the dinner, he was invited to the white house. who calls the white and says can i come over for dinner? and second, the president said can i have your loyalty? according to these people, comey said i cant pledge my loyalty, but my honest loyalty. >>...

I have taken a prettyd stand on this sentimenthathe media is the enemy of the people. i dont think anything could be further from the truth. the fact of the mat seter is th media is an essential part of this democracy. as a person that has been raked over the coals many times, i still greatly respect the men and women of the media. the job they do is absolutely essential to make sure that those in power are kept on the straight and narrow. and so again, i think these -- i would hope the presiden...

President trump this morning defending a series of confli conflicting acts on james comeys firing saying as a very active president with lots of things happening, it is not possible for them to stand at podium with perfect accuracy. maybed best thing to do would be to cancel also future press briefings and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy. >> joining me now, elise jordan, and jorsh ernest. the whole notion of channelling the white house press briefings, whether or not they sho...