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Pick to replace dan coats as director of national intelligence. coats set to step down in just a couple week. the republican congressman john ratcliffe now won't be offered that job. mr. trump's plan fell flat when it was announced just days ago and it became clear that ratcliffe's lack of experience in the intelligence field would be hard to sell in the senate. but none of that figured into the president's explanation. listen. >> independent you wa said you h this or maybe do something else. i said it will be rough. i thought it is easier before we start, but i read things that were just unfa...

Number one is a freeze frame from fox coverage this week. look at their banner headline. fbi didn't explain that lying would put flynn in legal jeopardy. that's not in jest. that was put on the screen seriously. required general mark hertling was on twitter today saying this -- as a former lieutenant general, i can attest that one learns not to lie to the fbi much earlier in one's career and much lower in rank. you get my drift. do you think this was all for the federal judge, and was this federal judge ever going to have my of this argument that he was somehow set up? >> i think it could actu...

Retired general mark hurtling was on twitter today saying this. as a former lieutenant general, i can attest that one learns not to lie to the fbi much earlier in one's career and at a much lower rank. so congresswoman, you get my drift. do you think this was all for this federal judge, and is this federal judge, was he ever going to have a any of this argument that he was somehow set up? >> i think it actually could undermine his case for, you know, real leniency in the case. look, anybody who watches television, you don't have to be lieutenant general, you don't have to have been in the inte...

Lower rank. so congresswoman, you get my drift. do you think this was all for this federal judge, and is this federal judge, was he ever going to have an argument that he was somehow set up? >> i think it actually could undermine his case for, you know, real leniencesy in the case. look, anybody who watches television, you don't have to be lieutenant general, you don't have to have been in the intelligence field. you know you're not supposed to lie to the fbi. and so it's such a ridiculous statement, especially given that he had cooperated thus far, he pled guilty in the same court. and it jus...

Five alternatives and two very good al teternatives that wouldt be acceptableb to me. okay. but we are looking for the answer. i think that probably you will have an answer sooner than people think. >> and so as someone who has worked in the intelligence field, at the cia and at the nsc and how remarkable is this because turkey says they have audio and video, and nbc has good reason to believe it is true. what do we do when we have hard intelligence that this happened against someone who is such a close ally and the president making it a transactional relationship? >> well, it is a virtual cer...