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Iran. that's well and good, but we also have bases in qatar, and also in the united air emirates that we can use, and those bases are definitely keeping an eye on iran. they've been doing that for a long, long time, and they can continue to do so. so yes, it's good to keep an eye on iran, but you want to make sure you're doing it in the best way possible, so i see this as kind of a mixed message from the president. >> and david, the president said this week his intelligence chiefs were misquoted when they disagreed with him over iran and north korea, but in the cbs interview, the president ack...

For the country. intelligence doesn't always get it right, but it always tries to get it right, and i think that's the key ingredient here. regardless of what the president or other political leaders are saying, the intelligence community will provide the nation with its most important asset, and that's information on our adversaries. >> colonel cedric leighton, david rhode, thanks for being here. appreciate it. >> you bet. jussie smollett speaks out for the first time since he fell victim to a possible hate crime, but there are things he wants to clarify. whether it's a few years old or din...

Before we came on air, they said the state department would be preparing a statement and once that's approved shortly, it will be obviously made public. hoping to have a bit of clarity then about what exactly this is all about, pamela. >> lots to discuss here, matthew chance, thank you so much. joining me now cnn global affairs analyst david rhode, executive editor of the new yorker website. as we heard from matthew, details are sketchy. we don't have a lot of information. but how concerning is this to you, of this american detained in russia? >> the initial speculation is that this could be r...

Saying if anybody but donald trump did what i did in syria, they would be a national here o he also said isis is mostly gone. we're slowly sending our troops back home to be with their families while at the same time fighting isis remnants. this is in stark contrast, david, to his announcement last week, saying that withdrawals of u.s. military would be full and rapid and that isis was largely defeated or was eradicated, he said. what's going on here? >> it's confusing. what's odd about the tone of the message is that -- i want to stop and be respectful to the president and the office that he ...

Co-organized the miss universe contest for the u.s. president and it appears business and politics in russia have often mixed. matthew chance. cnn, moscow. >> joining us now defense attorneys mark geragos and randy zelin. mark, president trump argues he was a businessman at the time all of this was going down. he did not elect president yet so he didn't want to lose business opportunities so even if he had decided to go ahead with this project he said there would have been nothing wrong with it. is he right? >> well, he's got a big surprise coming in, and i think he knows exactly what's coming...