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Want touched. The president elect during the president ial election a political witch hunt,ic disparagement. Reporter hes at odds with every american should be alarmed by russs even at odds with the outgoing president. We have to remind ourselves were on the same team. Vladimir putin is not on our team. Reporter after an intelligence briefing on friday, trump dialed down his outrage in a longer statement saying, instead, he has tremendous respect for the Intelligence Community, but trump also con flighted concluding that russian president Vladimir Putin influenced a campaign aimed at the United States president ial election. Quote, russias goals were to undermine public faith in the u. S. Democratic process, and denigrate secretary clinton and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for president elect trump. The intelligence agencies also concluded with high confidence that russias military intelligence arm passed on material it acquired from the dnc and democratic officials to wiki leaks and other sites. For trump promoting the wikileaks material came a campaign staple. Wikileaks just came out with a new one. Theyve got it all down, folks. Wikileaks. They were just wikileaks and i wanteed that u. S. Intercepts pickedpssian of trumps victory. The report did not address whether the Russian Campaign actually tipped the election to trump, but for a candidate defined by shifting policy es, remarkably consistencent on his ambivalence about russia involvement. I dont think anyone knows russia. Theyre saying russia, russia, russia. It could be someone sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. They have no idea if its russia, china or somebody. It could be somebody sitting on a bed some place. Our country has no idea. Hed rather believe i doubt it. As mr. Trump was being briefed i sat down with two republican senators who have been political witch hunt. Believe leaders, general clapper and admiral rogers who testified before the Arms Services committee are credible people and well respected. General clapper, i think, has 53 years of experience in the intelligence business and yes, intelligence authorities have made mistakes in the past that have been wrong in the past, but what theyre saying is there is a long history of russian attempts to affect the outcome of our election. You know, heres the deal for me. I think hes worried that inquiring into what russia did in the election is going to undermine his credibility and his legitimacy. Quite frankly, i havent heard any har ng t elections anma sre that people including the russians wont do it next time. No doubt in my mind that russians interfered, that John Podestas emails were hacked by the russians and not some 13yearold kid or 400pound guy and that the dnc was compromised by the russians and it seems pretty clear that wikileaks got it from the russians. It didnt affect the outcome, but they tried to affect our elections. Hell be the defender of the free world. In a couple of weeks donald trump will be the defender of the free world, know in america republicans and price andnk move on. Remember when he was asked y retort to that. Our lives are built around the idea that were free people, that we go to the ballot box and we have political contests outside of foreign interference. You cant go on with your life as a democracy when a foreign entity is trying to compromise the election process. So, mr. President elect, it is very important that you show leadership here. Let me say this. If after having been briefed by our intelligence leaders, donald trump is still unsure as to what the russians did that would be incredibly i want to get the theycounications with russian officials that were essentially celebrating the trump victory. What does that tell you . I think you can only draw the conclusion if they were celebrating that they obviously wanted the outcome to be what it was, and then the question is is what did they do to try to achieve that outcome . And its pretty obvious that they were heavily engaged and we need to come to grips with it and get to the bottom of it and overall, come up with a in this new form ofat dismantle our economy, harm our elections and harm our National Security. Where should this investigation go from here . You guys are focused on the larger issue of cybersecurity and frankly, protecting democracies around the world, but what about should there be an investigation about whether any of the campaigns had any interactions with moscow, with any i would like to see a select committee, apparently, that is not in agreement by our leadership. So we will move forward with the Arms Services committee and Foreign Relations and Intelligence Committee will, as well, but it is possible if enough information comes out that that decision could be reversed. I still think its the best way to attack the issue. Are there still active investigations going on to try to figure out if there was you oed2016. Period. Period. Wherever it leads. Is there fbi, a joint task force and is it currently happening . We just dont know about it. I believe thats whats happening. You need to speak with them. Heres what we should do as a nation, we should all, republicans and democrats condemn russia. To my republican friends who are gleeful, youre making a big mistake. When russia put our troops at risk most democrats condemned that some celebrated. Most republicans are condemning what russia did and to those who are gleeful about it youre a hack. Youre not a republican and youre not a patriot. If this is not about us, then about us because when one party an opportunity to make russia fo ata. Pla de. Senator mccain, hey, we spy on russia. Russia spies on us. Weve supported democracy movements in russia actively so. Isnt that a form of getting involved in their politics . How is this not the same thing . It isnt just elections that they are hacking into. It is across the board including military secrets that we have, including the ability to shu trip to eastern europe, spending some time in lt countries. What would you say to donald trump . He seems to have an affinity for putin. He seems to want to have a reset with him. After your visit with eastern europe, do you think a reset with putin is something worth doing . I wish he could have gone with me to ukraine as we did to ukrainians that are serving. They have slaughtered ukrainians and theyve sladismembered a country and theyve done so with all International Norms of behavior and theyre putting strains on the postworld war ii new world order, the likes of which weve never heres what weve told them. Our baltic states, ukraine and georgia more. Days a year. A permanent, u. S. Military training presence in the baltics, ukraine and georgia. Would you be more comfortable today if Hillary Clinton were preparing . No. I dont think much about that because the result of the election, but i thought some of the things that were revealed in the wikileaks were very disturbing, as well, and the server and the statements about benghazi. So, no, im not sure it would be theres a lot of thingel an obl no where i must. Right now the biggest problem i have with what i see coming out of the president elects team is russia. Im hoping that after he gets the briefing from the finest among us, that there is zero doubt the russians did this, nobody is saying that you didnt win the election, mr. Trump, president elect trump, thats not the issue. I hope you will embrace the intelligence. You will join with republicans and democrats to push back against russia to make sure it stops and doesnt happen again. If after the briefing he is still unsure, that will shake me to my core about his judgment. Im going to wrap up with question that has nothing to do stwiyou, senator mccain. I would say the most positive legacy is that the very fact that the first africanamerican of the president of the United States is a signal that in america anybody can rise to the highest level, and i think thats a very important landmark and is historic. I would argue that his worst is his handling of National Security particularly in the middle east. The red line over syrian use of chemical weapons, that when he went back on that it sent a message that reverberated throughout the world. For you . Positive and negative. He and the first lady have to be complimentedor our nation well as a first s we america in to nk gng to be a position of strength to a position of weakness that on his watch he was a very poor adversary for evil, and even worse defender of democracy. Thats rough. Its true and its sad. Its not what i want to say, but tell me how you can come to any other conclusion . All i can say is his Foreign Policy has been a miserable failure and hes been weak to his core when it comes to representing american values, and that is what i believe, and i hope donald trump will make it better. Weve had eight years of weak. I dont want four more years of it. I hope hell turn this around and when it comes to russia, hes on the wrong path. When we come back, incomi president elect trump whole communities are living on mars with unlimited clean power. In less than a century, boeing took the world from seaplanes to space planes, across the universe and beyond. And if you thought that was amazing, you just wait. they tell me im wrong to want to stand alongside my, my love whoa, talkin bout my love to want to stand alongside my, my love hi hey Sunsweet Amaz n prunes, the feel good fruit. Thats why i eat amaz n prunes now. Lis welcome back. Panelists here, Rick Santelli of cnbc. Former democratic congresswoman donna donald trump accepts the conclusions from the i read in the new york tim stories they appear to and attempted, they did not succeed in embarrassing this country in the world stage. They did not succeed in throwing the election to donald trump. Thats very clear in this report, and i dont want your viewers to be left with any other impression. Read the New York Times outtakes and read the Washington Post and read the report itself, there is no evidence that russia succeeded in any alleged attempt to disrupt our democracy or, in fact, to influence the election results. He want to pursue relations with meets where itiol pull of donald mprorussia than ego, but i think that the media it did not inflate the hillary emails with the let me finish, with the russian interference in this election. I dont agree with kellyanne conway. I actually do think that, you know, the russians got what wanted. Electi so i think that there was success, an attempt, but really going after the russians because here its the elections and the next time its another election. Maybe its the republicans, maybe its our economic system. We have to treat this seriously, and the president elect needs to get out of Campaign Mode and get into governing. Putin is a guy who murders journalist, who has destroyed the democratic process in his own country and he feels the freedom to try to do that in our country. Its not normal state to see russians happy because trump won on election night, i never saw you so unhappy. You pick sides. Everybody picks sides. Who picks its not. Lets transferring it through intermediaries to m wikileaks was out from the end of the summer, and it was being investigated. So what were these headlines then. Whoa, whoa, whoa. There were plenty of headlines and there was no proof of who did it. People in charge of int intelligence are political as well here. The intelligent gathering that normally takes place was operationalized by the russians to interfere with our elections. They did it in u crepe. They are doing it in germany right now. This is really serious and were noin y ntrump needs to see it in the hearings. There are hearings on ld back, but when i come back, im first going to have a conversation with the outgoing secretary of defense, ash carter and he joins this car is traveling over 200 miles per hour. To win, every millisecond matters. Both on the track and thousands of miles away. With the help of at t, Red Bull Racing can share critical information about every inch of the car from virtually anywhere. Brakes are getting warm. Confirmed, daniel you need to cool your brakes. Understood, brake bias back 2 clicks. Giving them the agility to have speed precision. But no matter what path i take, i go for my best. So if theres sointhat too. El. To eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. Eliquis had both. Dont stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. Dont take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. While taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily. And it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. Seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. Im still going for my best. And for eliquis. Welcome back. There are few people who are better positioned to know what options the United States has at its disposal to retaliate against the russians for the election interference than my next guest. Ash carter has been president obamas secretary of defense for the past two years, and hes watched as weve moved from a hopedfor russian reset to russian aggression in raine, crimea, syria and now, of course, the 2016 interference issue. Secretary carter joins me now. Welcome to meet the press, sir. Good to be here, chuck. Let me start with what senator mccain said on thursd our very democracy, andink all to regard it very seriously. The Intelligence Community came to that judgment. They reported that out this week. They obviously did a careful job, painstaking job given the nature of it which is cyber, and thats the conclusion they came to, and it raises questions about our overall strategy with respect to russia. Okay, but let me go to, does it require, what kind of response, do you believe its a military response . Many people do not believe it should be a cyber response. I think we should not limit ourselves when its, and that part is right. I dont think it should be a military or purely military response. There has to be a response, and i think the things and the step steps, butd more. Dousans. I cant speak for the fbi and the national Intelligence Community. They obviously, did a very careful job. They took the time that it required them to become certain about this conclusion, but now it is what it is. Theyre very clear. Theyre very unequivocal about the judgment and the seriousness of the issue is one that all americans need to take very seriously. The president elect while hes dialed back his criticism of the Intelligence Community, he said, as of yesterday, he tweeted having a compartmentalize, but we do have to have whatirst years ago. It was the peak of the cold war, and at that time we had Serious Problems with moscow as we do now, and even then we always tried wherever possible to find Common Ground with russia, and work with them then. I did that after the wall came down and worked with russia and the Russian Military very effectively and cooperatively. Whats become difficult in recent years is russia under putin has tended to interests as being ones of work. Has they havent done anything. Would you put it the at zero . Virtually zero. They came in and they said they were going to fight isil and they said they would help end the civil war in syria. They havent done either of those things. The consequence, of course, were fighting isil ourselves, we have a Campaign Plan that you see unfolding in mosul today in raqqah today. Im encouraged thats going exactly according to the plan that we laid out about a year ago. In fact, Iraqi Security forces are approaching the tigris river as we speak today. Decision by president obama on syria, however folks want to interpret it now got interpreted as something was going to happen and then when Nothing Happened it created this vacuum. Do you tend to agree with that premise . I wasnt secretary of defense then. That was then and now is now. Has it made your job harder . For the russian behavior in syria has certainly made the ends of the Syrian Civil War there harder. Would the russians be there if the United States had forced the read line . I cant say that. I think theaw an opportunity there to play a role which could have been fine because what they said they were going to do which they could uniquely do is help assad move aside gently, bring the moderate opposition into the Syrian Government and put its related and there was an op ed this week by one of your predecessors and former secretary bill perry and hes concerned about some sort of nuclear bomb thats used somewhere, anywhere, that this is a crisis that were not paying enough attention to. You cowrote an op ed with him ten years ago advocating that maybe there should be preemptive action against a north korea. North korea seems to be the one everyone is concerned about, that you would support Nuclear Facilities and would you advocate that now . That was a different circumstan circumstance, but with respect to north korea today, thats absolutely right. Their Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missile Defense Program is a serious threat to us. We try to stay a we are staying ahead of that urelves. Eployed missile dsejapa of course, we have 28,500 troops there today, chuck. We do every day. Their slogan is fight tonight. Were ready to defend the Intelligence Community<\/a>, but trump also con flighted concluding that russian president Vladimir Putin<\/a> influenced a campaign aimed at the United States<\/a> president ial election. Quote, russias goals were to undermine public faith in the u. S. Democratic process, and denigrate secretary clinton and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for president elect trump. The intelligence agencies also concluded with high confidence that russias military intelligence arm passed on material it acquired from the dnc and democratic officials to wiki leaks and other sites. For trump promoting the wikileaks material came a campaign staple. Wikileaks just came out with a new one. Theyve got it all down, folks. Wikileaks. They were just wikileaks and i wanteed that u. S. Intercepts pickedpssian of trumps victory. The report did not address whether the Russian Campaign<\/a> actually tipped the election to trump, but for a candidate defined by shifting policy es, remarkably consistencent on his ambivalence about russia involvement. I dont think anyone knows russia. Theyre saying russia, russia, russia. It could be someone sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. They have no idea if its russia, china or somebody. It could be somebody sitting on a bed some place. Our country has no idea. Hed rather believe i doubt it. As mr. Trump was being briefed i sat down with two republican senators who have been political witch hunt. Believe leaders, general clapper and admiral rogers who testified before the Arms Services<\/a> committee are credible people and well respected. General clapper, i think, has 53 years of experience in the intelligence business and yes, intelligence authorities have made mistakes in the past that have been wrong in the past, but what theyre saying is there is a long history of russian attempts to affect the outcome of our election. You know, heres the deal for me. I think hes worried that inquiring into what russia did in the election is going to undermine his credibility and his legitimacy. Quite frankly, i havent heard any har ng t elections anma sre that people including the russians wont do it next time. No doubt in my mind that russians interfered, that John Podestas<\/a> emails were hacked by the russians and not some 13yearold kid or 400pound guy and that the dnc was compromised by the russians and it seems pretty clear that wikileaks got it from the russians. It didnt affect the outcome, but they tried to affect our elections. Hell be the defender of the free world. In a couple of weeks donald trump will be the defender of the free world, know in america republicans and price andnk move on. Remember when he was asked y retort to that. Our lives are built around the idea that were free people, that we go to the ballot box and we have political contests outside of foreign interference. You cant go on with your life as a democracy when a foreign entity is trying to compromise the election process. So, mr. President elect, it is very important that you show leadership here. Let me say this. If after having been briefed by our intelligence leaders, donald trump is still unsure as to what the russians did that would be incredibly i want to get the theycounications with russian officials that were essentially celebrating the trump victory. What does that tell you . I think you can only draw the conclusion if they were celebrating that they obviously wanted the outcome to be what it was, and then the question is is what did they do to try to achieve that outcome . And its pretty obvious that they were heavily engaged and we need to come to grips with it and get to the bottom of it and overall, come up with a in this new form ofat dismantle our economy, harm our elections and harm our National Security<\/a>. Where should this investigation go from here . You guys are focused on the larger issue of cybersecurity and frankly, protecting democracies around the world, but what about should there be an investigation about whether any of the campaigns had any interactions with moscow, with any i would like to see a select committee, apparently, that is not in agreement by our leadership. So we will move forward with the Arms Services<\/a> committee and Foreign Relations<\/a> and Intelligence Committee<\/a> will, as well, but it is possible if enough information comes out that that decision could be reversed. I still think its the best way to attack the issue. Are there still active investigations going on to try to figure out if there was you oed2016. Period. Period. Wherever it leads. Is there fbi, a joint task force and is it currently happening . We just dont know about it. I believe thats whats happening. You need to speak with them. Heres what we should do as a nation, we should all, republicans and democrats condemn russia. To my republican friends who are gleeful, youre making a big mistake. When russia put our troops at risk most democrats condemned that some celebrated. Most republicans are condemning what russia did and to those who are gleeful about it youre a hack. Youre not a republican and youre not a patriot. If this is not about us, then about us because when one party an opportunity to make russia fo ata. Pla de. Senator mccain, hey, we spy on russia. Russia spies on us. Weve supported democracy movements in russia actively so. Isnt that a form of getting involved in their politics . How is this not the same thing . It isnt just elections that they are hacking into. It is across the board including military secrets that we have, including the ability to shu trip to eastern europe, spending some time in lt countries. What would you say to donald trump . He seems to have an affinity for putin. He seems to want to have a reset with him. After your visit with eastern europe, do you think a reset with putin is something worth doing . I wish he could have gone with me to ukraine as we did to ukrainians that are serving. They have slaughtered ukrainians and theyve sladismembered a country and theyve done so with all International Norms<\/a> of behavior and theyre putting strains on the postworld war ii new world order, the likes of which weve never heres what weve told them. Our baltic states, ukraine and georgia more. Days a year. A permanent, u. S. Military training presence in the baltics, ukraine and georgia. Would you be more comfortable today if Hillary Clinton<\/a> were preparing . No. I dont think much about that because the result of the election, but i thought some of the things that were revealed in the wikileaks were very disturbing, as well, and the server and the statements about benghazi. So, no, im not sure it would be theres a lot of thingel an obl no where i must. Right now the biggest problem i have with what i see coming out of the president elects team is russia. Im hoping that after he gets the briefing from the finest among us, that there is zero doubt the russians did this, nobody is saying that you didnt win the election, mr. Trump, president elect trump, thats not the issue. I hope you will embrace the intelligence. You will join with republicans and democrats to push back against russia to make sure it stops and doesnt happen again. If after the briefing he is still unsure, that will shake me to my core about his judgment. Im going to wrap up with question that has nothing to do stwiyou, senator mccain. I would say the most positive legacy is that the very fact that the first africanamerican of the president of the United States<\/a> is a signal that in america anybody can rise to the highest level, and i think thats a very important landmark and is historic. I would argue that his worst is his handling of National Security<\/a> particularly in the middle east. The red line over syrian use of chemical weapons, that when he went back on that it sent a message that reverberated throughout the world. For you . Positive and negative. He and the first lady have to be complimentedor our nation well as a first s we america in to nk gng to be a position of strength to a position of weakness that on his watch he was a very poor adversary for evil, and even worse defender of democracy. Thats rough. Its true and its sad. Its not what i want to say, but tell me how you can come to any other conclusion . All i can say is his Foreign Policy<\/a> has been a miserable failure and hes been weak to his core when it comes to representing american values, and that is what i believe, and i hope donald trump will make it better. Weve had eight years of weak. I dont want four more years of it. I hope hell turn this around and when it comes to russia, hes on the wrong path. When we come back, incomi president elect trump whole communities are living on mars with unlimited clean power. In less than a century, boeing took the world from seaplanes to space planes, across the universe and beyond. And if you thought that was amazing, you just wait. they tell me im wrong to want to stand alongside my, my love whoa, talkin bout my love to want to stand alongside my, my love hi hey Sunsweet Amaz<\/a> n prunes, the feel good fruit. Thats why i eat amaz n prunes now. Lis welcome back. Panelists here, Rick Santelli<\/a> of cnbc. Former democratic congresswoman donna donald trump accepts the conclusions from the i read in the new york tim stories they appear to and attempted, they did not succeed in embarrassing this country in the world stage. They did not succeed in throwing the election to donald trump. Thats very clear in this report, and i dont want your viewers to be left with any other impression. Read the New York Times<\/a> outtakes and read the Washington Post<\/a> and read the report itself, there is no evidence that russia succeeded in any alleged attempt to disrupt our democracy or, in fact, to influence the election results. He want to pursue relations with meets where itiol pull of donald mprorussia than ego, but i think that the media it did not inflate the hillary emails with the let me finish, with the russian interference in this election. I dont agree with kellyanne conway. I actually do think that, you know, the russians got what wanted. Electi so i think that there was success, an attempt, but really going after the russians because here its the elections and the next time its another election. Maybe its the republicans, maybe its our economic system. We have to treat this seriously, and the president elect needs to get out of Campaign Mode<\/a> and get into governing. Putin is a guy who murders journalist, who has destroyed the democratic process in his own country and he feels the freedom to try to do that in our country. Its not normal state to see russians happy because trump won on election night, i never saw you so unhappy. You pick sides. Everybody picks sides. Who picks its not. Lets transferring it through intermediaries to m wikileaks was out from the end of the summer, and it was being investigated. So what were these headlines then. Whoa, whoa, whoa. There were plenty of headlines and there was no proof of who did it. People in charge of int intelligence are political as well here. The intelligent gathering that normally takes place was operationalized by the russians to interfere with our elections. They did it in u crepe. They are doing it in germany right now. This is really serious and were noin y ntrump needs to see it in the hearings. There are hearings on ld back, but when i come back, im first going to have a conversation with the outgoing secretary of defense, ash carter and he joins this car is traveling over 200 miles per hour. To win, every millisecond matters. Both on the track and thousands of miles away. With the help of at t, Red Bull Racing<\/a> can share critical information about every inch of the car from virtually anywhere. Brakes are getting warm. Confirmed, daniel you need to cool your brakes. Understood, brake bias back 2 clicks. Giving them the agility to have speed precision. But no matter what path i take, i go for my best. So if theres sointhat too. El. To eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. Eliquis had both. Dont stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. Dont take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. While taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily. And it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. Seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. Im still going for my best. And for eliquis. Welcome back. There are few people who are better positioned to know what options the United States<\/a> has at its disposal to retaliate against the russians for the election interference than my next guest. Ash carter has been president obamas secretary of defense for the past two years, and hes watched as weve moved from a hopedfor russian reset to russian aggression in raine, crimea, syria and now, of course, the 2016 interference issue. Secretary carter joins me now. Welcome to meet the press, sir. Good to be here, chuck. Let me start with what senator mccain said on thursd our very democracy, andink all to regard it very seriously. The Intelligence Community<\/a> came to that judgment. They reported that out this week. They obviously did a careful job, painstaking job given the nature of it which is cyber, and thats the conclusion they came to, and it raises questions about our overall strategy with respect to russia. Okay, but let me go to, does it require, what kind of response, do you believe its a military response . Many people do not believe it should be a cyber response. I think we should not limit ourselves when its, and that part is right. I dont think it should be a military or purely military response. There has to be a response, and i think the things and the step steps, butd more. Dousans. I cant speak for the fbi and the national Intelligence Community<\/a>. They obviously, did a very careful job. They took the time that it required them to become certain about this conclusion, but now it is what it is. Theyre very clear. Theyre very unequivocal about the judgment and the seriousness of the issue is one that all americans need to take very seriously. The president elect while hes dialed back his criticism of the Intelligence Community<\/a>, he said, as of yesterday, he tweeted having a compartmentalize, but we do have to have whatirst years ago. It was the peak of the cold war, and at that time we had Serious Problems<\/a> with moscow as we do now, and even then we always tried wherever possible to find Common Ground<\/a> with russia, and work with them then. I did that after the wall came down and worked with russia and the Russian Military<\/a> very effectively and cooperatively. Whats become difficult in recent years is russia under putin has tended to interests as being ones of work. Has they havent done anything. Would you put it the at zero . Virtually zero. They came in and they said they were going to fight isil and they said they would help end the civil war in syria. They havent done either of those things. The consequence, of course, were fighting isil ourselves, we have a Campaign Plan<\/a> that you see unfolding in mosul today in raqqah today. Im encouraged thats going exactly according to the plan that we laid out about a year ago. In fact, Iraqi Security<\/a> forces are approaching the tigris river as we speak today. Decision by president obama on syria, however folks want to interpret it now got interpreted as something was going to happen and then when Nothing Happened<\/a> it created this vacuum. Do you tend to agree with that premise . I wasnt secretary of defense then. That was then and now is now. Has it made your job harder . For the russian behavior in syria has certainly made the ends of the Syrian Civil War<\/a> there harder. Would the russians be there if the United States<\/a> had forced the read line . I cant say that. I think theaw an opportunity there to play a role which could have been fine because what they said they were going to do which they could uniquely do is help assad move aside gently, bring the moderate opposition into the Syrian Government<\/a> and put its related and there was an op ed this week by one of your predecessors and former secretary bill perry and hes concerned about some sort of nuclear bomb thats used somewhere, anywhere, that this is a crisis that were not paying enough attention to. You cowrote an op ed with him ten years ago advocating that maybe there should be preemptive action against a north korea. North korea seems to be the one everyone is concerned about, that you would support Nuclear Facilities<\/a> and would you advocate that now . That was a different circumstan circumstance, but with respect to north korea today, thats absolutely right. Their Nuclear Weapons<\/a> and Ballistic Missile<\/a> Defense Program<\/a> is a serious threat to us. We try to stay a we are staying ahead of that urelves. Eployed missile dsejapa of course, we have 28,500 troops there today, chuck. We do every day. Their slogan is fight tonight. Were ready to defend the Korean Peninsula<\/a> and defend our friends and interests there. So in the Defense Department<\/a> our job is to stay one step ahead of that. Is it policy now that if they test intermediate range Ballistic Missile<\/a>, the United States<\/a> would shoot it down . If it were threatening to us or one of our friends or allies, yes, we would shoot it down. What about a test . Is that something that you would shoot down . We would use an intersentor, that means if it was coming into o s, overseas. Obviously, this issue of of our lot of our leaders in the military. Do you worry that the National Guard<\/a> just doesnt have the ability to find these Mental Health<\/a> problems with veterans as they get discharged soon enough . I cant say that thats we understand that. In this particular case, but ptsd and socalled invisible wounds of war is something we do take seriously. We have to take it seriously. We owe to our Wounded Warriors<\/a>, 15 years now, including today and one of the most serious things i do is sign deployment orders and execute orders that send people into harms way. So it matters a great deal to me that we take care of Wounded Warriors<\/a> at they cant figure on the the replace preplace . Then Rupert Murdoch<\/a> New York Post<\/a> is urging Hillary Clinton<\/a> to run again for mayor of new york city . [burke] at farmers, weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. Even a rodent ridealong. [dad] alright, buddy, dont forget anything [kid] i wont, dad. [captain rod] happy Tuesday Morning<\/a> captain rod here. Its pretty hairy out on the interstate. Traffic is literally crawling, but there is some movement on the eastside overpass. Getting word of another collision. they tell me im wrong to want to stand alongside my, my love whoa, talkin bout my love impressive linda. It seems age isnt slowing you down. But your immune system weakens as you get older increasing the risk for me, the shingles virus. One in three people get me in their lifetime, linda. Will it be you . And thats why linda got me zostavax, a single shot vaccine. Im working to boost lindas immune system to help protect her against you, shingles. Zostavax is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults fifty years of age and older. Zostavax does not protect everyone and cannot be used to treat shingles or the nerve pain that may follow it. You should not get zostavax if you are allergic to gelatin or neomycin, have a weakened immune system or take high doses of steroids are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. The most common side effects include redness, pain, itching, swelling, hard lump warmth or bruising at the injection site and headache. Its important to talk to your doctor about what situations you may need to avoid since zostavax contains a weakened chickenpox virus. Remember one in three people get shingles in their lifetime, replacing obamacare, butheres been a lot more emphasis on replace than weve heard in the past. More than 20 million americans now have Health Insurance<\/a> through the Affordable Care<\/a> act and my colleague, dante chinny our data obama was elected in 2014. Thats well above the national average. Thats a 20 percentage point drop and they voted for trump by a whopping 39 points in november and this is a pattern that holds across other kinds of counties that were trump strong holds, as well. The sparsely populated aging community of luce county, michigan, which has seen a 33 drop in the uninsured. Luce county voted for trump by a 42point margin. Lets look atworkingclass vinton county, on high owe, where it dropped 28 . Same county voted for trump by a 50, 50, points. It has no choice, back, how exactly do republicans plan luy. After all, not only did she play a dc lottery game once and win. Welcome back. Were starting to see something of a sea ce republicans are talking aboutar the repeal and replace program lg the can down the wi r want make it easier to solve. The panel is back. The health care wars. Rick, let me ask you, you see, you know, its one thing to campaign. Now theyve got to govern. Where are you . I think the repeal we probably all agree on the issue on replacen my spots e aware it will not sell be diffe affect the coverage they have and this is Donald Trumps<\/a> test. Hes a dealmaker. Hes already visited many of the players, and i think that this is where his skill lies. I think hes going to make deals, and i think competition is the biggest thing hes going to bring to the table. Its interesting why im glad we led this segment also with the Data Download<\/a> which shows, look, many of his constituents are not going to accept just a repeal. They want the this and theyre using that moneythey ca the implementation dates and theyve gotal pblem. I want to underscore, som phethise in, it took three years, but its seeing the plan immediately is the concern. I think, you he Exchange Markets<\/a> in decay right now. Theyre falling apart and the Insurance Companies<\/a> are one step out the door and theyre losing large amounts of money and thinking that theyll hang around a system thats falling apart because of a system thats over three years. The policy sign today will be in place. Will the coverage be as good . Maybe it has to be. Thats been the hallmark of this plan. The base of the sm reace it, this. You want preexisting conditions to be covered. You want young people who can stay on their parents plan. All of these elements that people really like, and to do that youve got to have the other where you get, you know, a guarantee in the system so that it can pay for itself, and have the ideas and tinheyce good idea. Preexisting conditions, they but it will stitires. Those aspects are components of health care. Its a silly a nnalogyanalog. People can keep what they have right now or its political suicide. Do you want to keep your plan, thats bad politics. Its political suicide for the democrats. The wonky thing to say is they can change the budgetary aspects and they cant change it without a much higher political hurdle and thats tough to get. All i have to say, democrats bringakbreak. That we can all agree on. I to the Andrew Sullivan<\/a> and chris fowler, just to name a few folks. We have a lot more interesting guests lined up and find us on itunes and the Apple Podcast<\/a> app, the purple thing. Just mash it on your phone. Coming up, and the game the New York Post<\/a> seems to be playing saying it again, back now with endgame. Everyone is wondering what is hilldo . Well, our friends at the New York Post<\/a> post has an idea, new york city needs Hillary Clinton<\/a> to run for mayor. It seems unlikely, but the idea has been floating around for several days and so far these not rejecting it. For what its worth, wed love to see you run for mayor. New york needs you. The New York Post<\/a> loving Hillary Clinton<\/a>. The New York Post<\/a> hates bill de blasio and no love loss there, theyre stirring the pot and no comment and shes coming for the first time backto could be a trial balloon. No one is saying it nerrible id the only reason the clintons havent put it down yet is theyre having a little fun with de blasio who took forever to endorse her and its a little political needling. Does new york city need mayor Hillary Clinton<\/a> . Being from chicago and looking at our history on mayors. I never weigh on which direction it goes. Because theyre not going to pick up your garbage. Exactly. She can be Celebrity Apprentice<\/a> and apparently thats not working out. Redskins coach, paul simon roadie. There are a lot of good jobs. Defensive coordinator. Dawn edwards, what would you tell her . I would invite her on my r you brought up celebrity okay. Its on nbc entertainment, but t back. First, heres ratings are in an schwarzenegger got swamped or destroyed by comparison to the ratings machine djt. I wish you the best of luck and i hope youll work for all American People<\/a> as aggressively as youve worked for your ratings. Donald trump is an executive producer of this show. Why trash your own show . We can all debate on the tweeting and maybe its a new way to communicate with the people as president elect. How about doing it two hours before getting the intelligence briefing on russia . Finally, he tweeting on something he in a as interesting, and boy when you have the Incoming White House<\/a> press away. O acknowledge these things come out of his mind and then they go off. Hes the president of the United States<\/a> after january 20 shake it up. Its interesting with the tweets this week, there were three automakers, rick, that he hit. You came out hard against president obama overall. You dont like government interference in the economy. When is it too much for you . When is it too much for your taste . When it doesnt likely and kets. Regulatory rollbacks most likely which will change the scale of how businesses operate that arent in this country selling products here. Maybe hes giving them a heads up. I was told, in fact, that the ford ceo got so many calls, eight or nine separate calls from donald trump about trying to shut down other overseas operations so they finally came up with this small piece of it, but thats the kind of pressure weve seen of boeing and lockheed martin. It does raise issues. The other piece we havent talked about is the ethics issues that have not been addressed going into the hearings. Well see all of that this week. Thats all i have for today. If its sunday its meet the press and next sunday it better be packerscowboys and big shout out to the viewer who sent this. Youll always get love from well see you next week. Hornet nest. The at the Golden Globes<\/a> meryl streep takes to donald trump without mentioning his name. Donald trump responds. How did ft. Lauderdale shooter esteban stiago get his firearm back after it was confiscated . A truck plowing into Israeli Soldiers<\/a> killinging four. The Prime Minister<\/a> points to isis. 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