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Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. House and some speculations as to whether or not or how much the president knew that these individuals were fact making these specific statements. How much would he have been known of the exact wording that came out of these officials . Well, the Administration Says it was the president s idea. He very much wanted them to come out but it is unprecedenteunpre. We never seen anything like it. It was clearly aimed sending a message to the people that they are taking this problem seriously. Critics point to that, we are less ...

Would happen in the event he try it. so i just think there's a dam that's going to break there at some point, and it will be a great danger to him in terms of his power. >> well, when that does happen, if that does happen, we'll have you back. we appreciate having you on. thank you very much, director mclaughlin. we really appreciate it. >> thank you, don. good to be with you. >> thanks. ukrainian civilians doing anything they can to defend their country, taking up arms, delivering food, even as their homes and businesses are destroyed, including my next against, who is feeding the hungry de...

Mix and i will do it again. >> director mclaughlin, let me pick off on the points that christopher just raised. explain to us anybody who ran an agency, why the president's message is more important than a specific order. what if he's behind closed doors as we heard from officials that the president has directed us to do x, y, and z, why should we be so concerned of what he's saying in public? >> well, first, eamon, we don't know what the president said to get that conference underway. and, i think the main problem thinking back to my own experience that within the executive branch, i know all...

Other than the north korea link than the russia bank? >> it is a good thing to do and reenforces there is a sense of two separate governments working here. officials who carry out these steps which are all well-advised and the president who seems to be giving a different message entirety and under cutting the effects of it. putin will hear about the sanctions but he's also hearing from the president of what he says. i have been told the by the russians that sometimes these strengthen him. >> i am going to ask you to stick around for us, christopher painter and director mclaughlin, thank you bo...

Attacking the press. chris, what's your level of confidence of any attempt of interference can be blocked this late in the game so to speak? >> yagain, i think some good things going on. chris wray talked about some of those efforts. we heard from the deputy in aspen last week, my confidence were pretty low that they'll be able to block it. we don't have the top level officials of the white house coordinating all these efforts. you will recall that national security adviser bolton got rid of this coordinator position at the white house, one that could bring a lot of inner agencies efforts toge...