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President's assertion of a national emergency here is unprecedented. this statement from former senior national security officials who have served both republican and democratic administrations, this declaration from them comes as congress prepares to vote on a resolution that would block the president's declaration of an emergency, which he is using to try to build his wall between the united states and mexico. one of the things we will be talking about with john bren and then otherwise this hour is the fact that that congressional resolution is going to be brought up in the house of represen...

John bren is not backing down. he's defending his criticisms of president trump and suggests the two sides could square off in court. mr. trump's attorney rudy giuliani still maintains the president made the right move. listen. >> bren made the extraordinary charge that the president was treasonous and then just said to you, and i commend you for your questioning, that he has no information the president is guilty of conspiracy. i mean, that is just conjecture, that this man accuses people of a crime that could carry death as the result. totally -- >> it's a highly charged word. >> unhinged ch...

Voice of all the officials. he as overstated and the case and engaged in innuendo where there has been more responsible criticisms that haven't gone as far as john brennan and been well documented. there is a history before the trump era we're in john brennan was a bit of a villain for a lot of democrats. he had to apologize at one point to senator feinstein when she accused him of spying on her own staffers. so in that respect, i think that? in some ways because john bren is is an imperfect message, trump has an instinct for that and approaches like professional wrestling and is looking for r...

David gergen and carl bernstein. maggie, you just heard michael hayden say this isn't going to change anything that he says about the president. clapper has said the same thing. how likely is it, do you think, that the president will do to them what he did to john bren n brennan? >> i think it's a possibility he'll continue to hang over people's heads, including people that don't have their clearance anymore. again, i mentioned the keystone cops a speck of this in the previous block which clouds this issue. but it is aimed at trying. it is supposed to be an anvil hanging over people's heads. i...

Major investigations. >> now to break it all down on both the legal and political fronts. joyce vance, former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor. frank mclusy, counterintelligence at the fbi, also an nbc national security analyst. matt miller, former chief spokesman for the justice department and msnbc security analyst john bren, msnbc senior national security and intelligence analyst and former cia director in the obama administration. danny cevellos, nbc's capitol hill correspondent kacie hunt. matt, let me start with you. i just checked the latest numbers. congress had p has a 19% approval...