president trump is considering revoking security clearances of a handful of former intelligence officials that have been critical of the president. so is this a real threat or just a way to distract from the various russia headlines? joining us now is democratic senator chris coons of delaware. senator, thanks so much for being with us. you were asked flat out if the president's all caps tweets on iran and then of course this statement from the white house press briefing room on the possibility of revoking security clearances, you were asked bluntly is this an effort to distract by the president? your answer was, yes. >> that's right, john. frankly the idea that a few career intelligence officials who served across both republican and democratic