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Exit, where we are -- troops are in harms way in a combat zone and we're bombing our own installation and he asked if this is the america we still believe in. i think the problem for vice president pence, and i'm glad he hasn't been kicked out of the meeting, is that it is a mission impossible, that the president of turkey understands that the president of the u.s. is facing enormous bipartisan condemnation for his moves, and republicans are so concerned because of what director clapper described, they have no idea what the president has planned next, what kind of impulsive decisions he will m...

Have the perfect man for the job. james clapper, the former director off national intelligence joins me now. can't think of a better person than you. you know when you hear director clapper, that white house official that hped inform the whistleblower's report was shaken and that they described the call as crazy and frightening, what's your gut reaction? >> well, i couldn't help but go back to the memos of phone calls that president obama engaged with. i never sat in on any calls that the president made live but i did get sumries as did the other cabinet-level officials where it was relevant. ...

Galvanizing effect of the president championing election security in the minds of the american people and the american electorate. and that's just been a big void. >> well, folks at home care about it. they should call their congressman or woman. director clapper, thanks very much. major development. turkey's president saying the offensive against kurdish forces in syria is now officially under way. we're live on the syrian border, next. you may know us from... your very first sandwich, your mammoth masterpiece. and...whatever this was. because we make our meat with the good of the deli and ...

Inviting countries to do the same. director clapper, thanks very much. >> thanks, jim. >> that tells us a lot others have learned from russia and others will do the same. >> absolutely. >> a lot ahead. coming up we'll speak with congressman jamie raskin who sits on the intelligence and oversight committees. will one or both of the whistleblowers testify? more on the trump administration's stunning move overnight withdrawing troops from northern syria. what does this mean for the u.s.-backed kurdish forces in the region? >> they're awbandoned again. talks between the workers and general motor...

Protection. former director of national intelligence is james clapper one of the officials who signed that letter and joins me live from washington. director clapper, tell us why you and these other officials felt the need to come out publicly in support of this whistleblower's right here. >> well, i think it stems first with my vochlt with the intelligence community whistleblower protection program when i served as director of national intelligence and i was a strong proponent of it for the simple reason that people in the intelligence community must have, should have a legitimate conduit for...