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Presidential daily briefing, he did have "fox and friends." >> he did. >> there is something -- >> he tweeted -- all right. let me put this one to you. feel free to jump in, jeremy. jeremy and i have known each other a very long time. we first talked on television when donald trump was in hot war with the intelligence community and part of the washington post reporting gets at that. so, let me hear from john first, then you, jeremy. post also reports that a person familiar with the briefing process said that at times trump as been dismissive of his briefers. shook his head and frowned the brie...

Briefing every morning and was very alarmed by it, we should have a special report. >> you know me well enough to know that i would. but let me just say -- let me just say really quick, i think that what's staggering is pompeo made a big display, and this is why trump likes him so much, right? it was a p.r. thing to say, well, we just added charts and graphs. we made it readable to him. we made it fun. that's b.s. he doesn't read it. no matter what it looks like, he doesn't read it. >> he didn't read it. here's a man who doesn't read intelligence. we're not talking about opinions, we're talkin...

Like this isn't just about a president who doesn't read, but a president who doesn't tend to, what george w. bush and i'm sure president obama thought was the gravest aspect of the presidency. >> it's right. so on those day when he didn't actually have a pdb session, we can assume he got no intelligence. that's very dangerous because on any given day the president can be talking to foreign leaders. he'll be making decisions that affect national security. what pdb editors do is tee up in the book that morning information that is specifically relevant to the president's day. and so to philip's r...

Should be done are not backed up by the intelligence because he hasn't taken the time to read that intel. it increases the risk that he will make a mistake. you can have the smartest people around you. in the end it still comes down to his decision, he added. your thoughts? >> yeah, for four years i read the pdb alongside secretary panetta, nicolle, both at the cia and the defense department. and it's important to note the document is highly nuanced, very detailed. it goes into a lot of depth, and i think if you get an oral briefing you're going to miss a lot. you're going to miss a lot of nua...

This about russia. "the washington post" reported last year that intelligence officials in some cases have included russia related intelligence only in the president's daily written assessment steering clear of it in the oral briefing not to upset trump. riddle me this. if the russia intel or intel pertaining to russia's efforts to meddle in our elections and it is only provided in writing, and he doesn't read, has he read anything about russia? >> no, and he said he doesn't believe the intelligence on russia and he's not willing to accept the consensus that russia meddled in the election and ...