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In the republic of korea. so also of course these missile tests are in violation of u.n. security council resolutions which we have in the past pushed and supported. so for kim jong-un's standpoint, well this is good thing for him because he's being allowed to push the envelope even more. >> and he learns from each test. general clapper, good to have you on the program this morning. >> thanks, jim. still ahead as recession fears grow president trump appears to be scrambling for a win, but at what cost? stocks should start the day in positive territory. investors took note of the comments m...

President trump's attorney general appears to be looking into a high confidence finding of the u.s. intelligence community assessment of the 2016 election that russia did indeed interfere specifically for the benefit of donald trump and against hillary clinton. "the wall street journal" is reporting that william barr is now looking at whether there were disagreements among the intelligence analysts who produced that assessment. and we'll also see if there was a political motive for those findings and that this is making the intelligence community nervous. joining me now is retired lieutenant g...

Benefit of donald trump and against hillary clinton. "the wall street journal" is reporting that william barr is now looking at whether there were disagreements among the intelligence analysts who produced that assessment. and we'll also see if there was a political motive for those findings and that this is making the intelligence community nervous. joining me now is retired lieutenant general james clapper. he was of course the director of national intelligence when that report was issued. general clapper is now a cnn national security analyst as well as author of "facts and fears". good to ...

Position, which the intelligence community has stated, but the president, general clapper, is reluctant to state himself. >> yeah, exactly, wolf. and you have it exactly right. three essential teams of that original intelligence community assessment, which, by the way, the current leadership of the intelligence community has reiterated on more than one occasion. and you're also quite right, and this is what is, i think, dangerous and disturbing, is the president's refusal to acknowledge that. >> and general clapper, i was noting earlier, not only has the president not acknowledged it in a fort...

He may be forced to come up and testify before congress, but he clearly does not want to do so. joining us on the phone right now is james classropper, the fr director of national intelligence, a cnn national security analyst right now. so what was your reaction, general clapper? >> well, first, i thought it was, as has been noted, classic bob mueller, understate d but i think he clearly thought about every word. and i'll just reinforce a point that jake made earlier. i think the most important thing he said was at the end, and that is about the russian interference in our election and the att...