Set to speak to reporters before returning to the campaign trail. The critical swing state of north carolina. Live pictures from the Westchester County airport in new york, were awaiting clinton to make some remarks. This comes as President Obama slams trump just hours after they took part in a forum on National Security. The audience filled with currents and former military officials. Some of whom trump says have been unable to do their jobs due to the current administration. I think under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. They have been reduced to a point where it is embarrassing for our country. You have a force of 30,000 or so people, nobody really knows, but probably 30,000 people. And i can just see the great as an example, general George Patton spinning in his grave. Okay, so President Obama offered this response from laos, where he was attending the summit of Southeast Asia nations. Lets listen. Last night, sir, donald trump said Vladimir Putin has been more of a leader than you, and then he said you have reduced american generals to rubble. Do you care to defend your legacy . Do i care to defend okay, okay, okay. Respond, got it. As far as mr. Trump, i think ive already offered my opinion. I dont think the guy is qualified to be president of the United States. And every time he speaks, that opinion is confirmed. And i think the most important thing for the public and the press is to just listen to what he says and followup and ask questions about what appear to be either contradictory or uninformed or out right whacky ideas. There is this process that seems to take place over the course of the election season where somehow behavior that in normal times, we would consider completely unacceptable and outrageous becomes normalized. And people start thinking that we should be grading on a curve. But i can tell you from the interactions that ive had over the last eight or nine days with foreign leaders that this is serious business. And you actually have no know what youre talking about, and you actually have to have done your homework, and when you speak, it should actually reflect thoughtout policy that you can implement. And i have confidence that if in fact people just listen to what he has to say and look at his track record or lack thereof, theyll make a good decision. Sunlen joins me now on how it comes to National Security. Carol, it was so fascinating, because we saw both these candidates appear backtoback and it turned into something of a small preview of how they will handle themselves at their first real faceoff at the debate later this month, both trying to gain the upper hand on the big question, who is ready to be Commander In Chief. Donald trump drumming up more controversy. The man has very strong control over the country. Praising Vladimir Putin while trashing barack obama. He has been a leader monday than our president. Standing by his statement, claiming he knows more about isis than the generals do. Under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. They have been reduced to a point where it is embarrassing for our country. But giving no details on his plan to defeat isis. I have a substantial chance of winning. If i win, i dont want to broadcast to the enemy exactly what my plan is. Hillary clinton making clear her fight will not include Ground Troops. Weve got to do with air power, with much more support for the Arabs And Kurds who will fight on the ground against isis. We are not putting Ground Troops into iraq ever again, and were not putting ground troop nes in syria. Getting grilled over her email server and her vote to go to war with iraq. Classified material has a header, which says top secret, secret, confidential. Nothing, and i will repeat this and this is verified in the report by the department of justice, none of the emails sent or received by me had such a header. I think that the decision to go to war in iraq was a mistake. Later, trump repeating his false claim that owe opposed the war from the start. I said you shouldnt be there. Are you for invading iraq . Yeah, i guess so. You know, i wish it was i wish the first time it was done correctly. And declaring that the u. S. Should have stolen oil from iraq. If were going to get out, take the oil. If we would have taken the oil, you wouldnt have isis. It used to be to the victor belong the spoils. Sparking outrage for his controversy tweet women serving alongside men. Many people think thats absolutely correct. You have reported and the gentlemen can tell you, you have the report of rape and nobody gets prosecuted. There are no consequence. Also drawing criticism, Nbc News Anchor matt lauer aggressively questioning clinton. I want to get to a lot of questions. I will talk quickly. And not Fact Checking trumps claims throughout the events. I was totally against the war in iraq, perhaps almost as bad was the way barack obama got out. That was a disaster. People talk about you and Commander In Chief and not just secretary clinton, but some of the republican opponents in the primary season and wonder about your temperament. And afterwards, both sides slammed the other over their performance. Reaso rnc chair called out Hillary Clinton being angry. She had no smile and was uncome for uncomfortable. Seriously looks like, so once again, we see here, carol, both sides speaking to this Temperament Issue and trying to play it up as potentially to be fit for the presidency. All right, sunlen, thanks so much. We have to alert you to something unbelievable, gary johnson just said. Keep in mind, gary johnson is running for the president of the United States. Just yesterday, mitt romney tweeted that johnson should be on the debate stage with clinton and trump. Listen. What would you do if you were elected about aleppo . About . Aleppo. And what is aleppo . Youre kidding . No. Aleppo is in syria. It is the epicenter of the refugee crisis. Okay, got it, got it. Aleppo, syria, assad, we have american troops within the country of syria. So lets talk about this and more with me now, Barbara Starr, international correspondent, clarissa ward, and Iraqi War Veteran and veterans of american, which helped host that forum. Welcome. Paul, i want to start with you, because you were very near gary johnson when he said aleppo, whats that . When you heard that, what went through your mind . What went through my mind is this is exactly why we need to ask hard questions of people who want to be the Commander In Chief. Last night, we had a fantastic conversation and the real highlight of the conversation were the hard questions from veterans, people who have been at war for 15 years. While most of america has been back at home. Last night, it was trump and clinton. We hope that conversation continues. Let me ask you this, paul. Gary johnson, it should include jill stein, anyone else who wanting to be president. He had no idea what aleppo was. Some might say that should disqualify him for running for president. I mean, the voters will decide. It is about time people started getting asked tough questions about syria. But also about suicide, military sexual trauma, va reform, all the issues that are veterans have been asking to talk about for years. So finally, it was center stage last night. But last night was just the beginning. His tore a historic, but we want it to continue. You want to send Men And Women to war, youve got to ask these questions. Our folks have been going through this for over a decade. Donald trump said our generals have been reduced to rubble. Lets listen. I think under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. They have been reduced to a point where it is embarrassing for our country. You have a force of 30,000 or so people, nobody really knows, but probably 30,000 people. And i can just see the great as an example, general George Patton, spinning in his grave. So barbara, you covered the pentagon, you talk to generals everyday. Youve talked to veterans everyday, soldiers actively serving. Have our generals been reduced to rubble . Well, you know, one of the questions that we dont have the answer to is what did donald trump really mean when he said that. We dont really know what he meant. Because he and his surrogates have gone on again and said mr. Trump respects the generals, but donald trump after that said he might start dealing with different generals. He has said several times or hinted or implied that he might replace some of the generals currently serving. Look, who are the generals that are serving right now . Most of them, many of them themselves are combat veterans, multiple tours in iraq and afghanistan. They have buried their young troops in cemeteries across this country over the last 15 years. If you believe they are rubble, i think it will be incumbent to explain what you mean by that. It will be very interesting if he wins the election as the next Commander In Chief, to come into office to be Commander In Chief, and try and deal with the problem he believes he has that they are rubble. Who will he replace . Can he really do all of that . Will the joint chiefs stay intact . It is all it is all quite unclear at the moment, because language is both contradictory and unclear. Rubble, and yet he respects them. So paul, you served in iraq from 2003 to 2004, i think the commander general was general petraeus. Who does he mean . I dont know. He is going to have to answer that question today. I think, you know, clinton and trump both got dragged into deep waters last night. They havent been asked for sfefs specifics on a lot of issues. Thats what veterans want to hear. They want to hear what exactly do you mean. So im not going to answer for him or any other candidate. But were going to keep asking the hard questions. Clarissa, Hillary Clinton said we are not putting Ground Troops into iraq ever again. She did qualify that a bit later, and you know, and there are Ground Troops in iraq right now in an viadvisory role. Did you understand what she meant by that . It was confusing, because there are roughly 6,000 Ground Troops in iraq, an estimated 500 Special Forces in syria. Obviously she is trying to reiterate atone for the since of her past, trying to come down strongly who will not ratchet of u. S. Military engagement, particularly sending troops overseas. I think what donald trump was trying to capitalize on perhaps, and i may be misinterpreting here, was a sense of d disenchantment. There are a lot of generals that feel after mosul, it is embarrassing almost at this stage that iraqs second city is still under the control of isis. Now, what both candidates did not offer at all, while both claim to come down so heavily on isis and really isolating that as a real priority in terms of Foreign Policy, neither of them gave any specifics about how exactly they intend to do that. What that will look like. Particularly clinton. She is not offering any information about how her policy for dealing with isis whether different at you will from President Obama if indeed it will, carol. All right, so i want to bring in Vladimir Putin right now and address this question to you, paul. Mr. Trump intimated that President Putin of russia was a better leader than President Obama. Paul, as you know, there isnt freedom of the press in russia, he jails his political opponents, according to the human rights watch, he has legalized discrimination against gay and lesbian people. This is the stuff that you fight for america against, paul. So does this make sense to you . No. I mean, a lot of this election doesnt make any sense to me. A lot of this election doesnt make sense to a lot of americans. Both candidates are so unpopular. The recent military times poll of active duty and military folks said that both of them are not acceptable for the most part to our military. I think everybody in america is scratching their head and a lot of people want it to be over. We want common sense to come back in here and the only common sense we seem to hear from last night was from the veterans. Okay, so on another topic, barbara, mr. Trump talked about his intelligence briefings. Trump said he could tell by their Body Language that they were unhappy with President Obama, and his policies. Listen to trump, and then listen to Clintons Campaign manager, robby mook on gma this morning. I was very, very surprised. Almost every instance, i could tell, i have pretty good with the Body Language, i could tell, they were not happy. Our leaders did not follow what they were recommending. Concerning that donald trump was, you know, was potentially sharing information that he learned in his briefing. I mean, but what was really scary, george, was he keeps talking about the secret plan that he has to defeat isis, what was clear last night was there is really no plan at all. Barbara, your thoughts . Well, lets unpack some of this. These intelligence briefings, they offer, we absolutely know this. They offer analysis of intelligence problems. They do not discuss recommendations. Because thats not what the u. S. Intelligence Community Even does. They analyze a problem and present those conclusions to policymakers, who then work on the recommendations for dealing with a problem. Mr. Trump seems to be saying he has an extraordinary ability to read Body Language and come to his own conclusions about that. Perhaps more than anybody else might have, i suppose. We have talked to officials who have done these types of briefings before. We have talked to people who know the general Lay Of The Land in these briefings. These are civilian Senior Intelligence analysis officials in the u. S. Government. And the way these things go, whether it was trump or clinton, they say to the briefer, okay what, do you recommend about this problem with isis, or Vladimir Putin. The briefer then, you know, pretty much says you must go to the white house and ask them. Because they are the policymakers, they do the recommendations. It is not about Body Language. It is about what the real goal and facts were behind these briefings, and thats analysis, not intelligence recommendations. All right, i have to leave it there. Barbara starr, clarissa ward, paul, thanks to all of you. We are waiting for Hillary Clinton to address the press. Were hearing shell take questions from reporters. Jeff zeleny is there. Jeff. Reporter good morning, carol. Hillary clinton is set to take questions from reporters at this podium right behind me, the third time this week alone she has answered questions. Well have more. Coming up. I have asthma. One of many pieces in my life. So when my Asthma Symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine. I talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my Asthma Treatment with breo. Oncedaily breo prevents Asthma Symptoms. 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