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pete: let's put something in that wasn't designed for those waters for a political outcome. that's not what our folks in uniform are supposed to be used for. cameron hamilton, thank you for your time. we appreciate it. >> thank you. pete: that a kind of moment of the pier breaking apart is reminisce is sent of what happened in afghanistan, something we talked to donald trump about at length last night as a well, and you'll hear more so from. because the failure in afghanistan is a failure of military leadership to stand up and tell the truth about the implications of policies. and that's why you should check out my new book, "the war on warriors." it's out on tuesday. if you order it right now, you'll have it on tuesday. and it outlines the devastating impact of what happened in afghanistan, what military leaders or should have been willing to do, how our commander or in chief abandoned the troops and what it says about a capabilities going forward and the world's perception of our fighting men and women. we tell the truth about that and what else is happening in our military. "war on warriors."
vets. kept going back to trade. kept going back to china. i mean, he was -- kept going back to the issues that people are feel thing. yes, the insanity of this trial is beyond frustrating for everybody and for him, but you can only belabor that for is so long. he pivoted very effectively, i thought -- will: you know, i think the other perhaps most reflective or human moment was a question asked mull if billion times, what -- multiple times, what will you do, if hecht ared, how will you use the justice department. you asked that, rachel. i followed up, pete at one with point asked him what type of attorney general would you look to the appoint. and i think a lot of people are looking at at this moment and saying, you know, does donald trump say, no, my purpose is to deweaponize the do to j, or has this pandora's box been opened, and he basically said to us, i don't know. rachel: right. because he did it before -- will: i don't know how to put
of the -- this is the one about the file to get the gun. and, by the way, that question is perfect because that's why will and i have going to go off the wall later next hour to talk about this trial and hunt's legal troubles, kind of remind you how we got here. it's not that complicated of a case. rachel: it's the least interesting of the bad with things he's done, to me. [laughter] i find selling out the country for money with china and russia and take making your family rich and having weird shell companies, that's the kind of stuff that i would expect -- pete: like foreign agent stuff over here, but we do the gun charge. only the gun charge. will: or we put someone on trial forking, you know, $130,000 of, you know, an accounting error. finish that's america today. turning now to your hid liens -- headlines, chad day bell was handed the death sentence after he was convicted of killing his first wife and two children belonging to his second wife in 2019.
with young people. how do we rebuild that trust in institutions, the cia, the fbi -- >> you're right. rachel: some people think that one way to build trust is to declassify things that etch's talking about. you talked about i don't want to be a conspiracy theorist. so if you were president, would you declassify -- you can answer yes or no -- would you declassify the 9/11 files? >> yeah. rachel: would you declassify j, the fk files? >> yeah. i did a lot of it. rachel: would you declassify the epstein the files? >> yeah. yeah, i would. pete: attorney general. we talked the about how to you fix the doj, how you bring justice back to this country. people's faith in the system is9 shattered, i mean, absolutely shattered. >> it should be. pete: so who do you choose? do you have a name that's top on your -- >> i do have a couple and one many particular. i made a lot of good choices. i got that one wrong. i was very loyal to one because he was the first senator to
of it. pete: all right. joe biden touting gaza's ceasefire if -- hamas' ceasefire proposal -- while president trump says world leaders have no respect for this administration. more from our tv exclusive coming up. >> they don't respect this guy at all. nobody does. you take a look at what's going on with israel, you take a look at all this stuff,, it's just the whole world is out of control. ss was designed to help make aches and pains a thing of the past. because only tempur-material eases your pressure points in a way no other mattress can. for a limited time, save up to $500 on select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets.
i made some mistakes with some of these people at these agencies. i'm going to, you know, learn from that and pick better people. again with, really fascinating that he was very direct. i asked him if he would, you know, declassify jfk, epstein and, and the 9/11 if files, and he said, yeah. pete: yeah. i mean, it was interesting, a couple of places you heard it there, that's a tough question, what do you do with doj, what do i do with an attorney general. revenge -- he said, yes, revenge will be my success, i believe that -- will: success will be my revenge. pete: but it's difficult. what does that a really look like? if i don't know. i thought your questions about the lock her up and, hey, it's one thing the say it, but another to do it. and then we got even into the military, and he talked about the defeat of isis and what it takes to untie the hands of fighters and get the woke out of
watch on youtube the entire interview. pete: there's a lot more to come, as was mentioned. rachel: that's right. and there's more from our exclusive with former president trump, so you've got to stay with us. but first, the tunnels 2 towers foundation annual climb is underway right now in new york city. adam klotz is live from 11 world trade. you're there with frank -- 1 world trade. adam: i'm doing fine. i took the vel slater -- elevator, right? it's 104 floors up. every time someone comes out, we get a big cheer. it's really a celebration of all the folks who have sacrificed for all of us. i'm going to be talking to some of the climbers when we come back after the break. ♪ ♪ new sensodyne clinical white provides 2 shades whiter teeth and 24/7 sensitivity protection. i think it's a great product. it's going to help a lot of patients.
intelligence agents. it was before the election. pete: we just had kevin o'leary on last hour, and you mentioned people in this country, but i hadn't thought about other countries looking at this system and going, what is going on? imagine how little we understand about the process, imagine being a foreign country looking at what we're going to a -- doing to a former president based on charges we don't understand, and they thought our system was the gold standard as far as transparency and fairness and equality under the law. and they're looking at it and saying america's not what it used to be. rachel: i really liked the way kevin framed it. maybe it takes a businessman, it's definitely the kind of language donald trump understands, which is america is a brand as a welsh you know? if overseas at least. and that brand has been tarnished by this process. it makes us look like a banana republic. they aren't good for business,s as kevin said, so there's a hot riding on this.
it was really human. pete: he went to a ufc fight, but he used a fufc analogy in that answer. it's like two fighters that hate each other at the beginning, but at the end they're hugging. that's how i thought our system worked with me and hillary. we may have said certain things on the trail, but we move if on. and, by the way, as will said, the interview is coming as soon as we've got it dialed into the system. it's coming to you. but we'll move on in this moment because there's another trial starting this week, and it is hunter biden. and ahead of that a hunter biden trial, or joe and hunter took a leisurely bike ride near their delaware vacation home. jury selection set to begin tomorrow on the case. we had criminal fen attorney lexie rigden on the program earlier, so what should we expect in the hunter trial? here's some of what a she said. >> the trial of hunter biden is not probably going to last very long. i mean, or the evidence against him, it's a pretty straightforward case. he filled out a form alleged hi
we were up a little late, not as late as former president trump who, as we mentioned, went from our interview to a fund raising event and then to a ufc fight at newark where he got a rousing reception. rachel: and he had a fund raising event before us. pete: and he sat down with us for, will, i think you're right, nearly 900 minutes. it's always nice when the producers are holding up the cards saying you have 5 minutes and he goes, no, we can keep going, and we did. it was a wide-ranging discussion that we with look forward to sharing a lot of with you this morning. rachel: and, pete, you asked such a great question of the president. you said what will happen if they put you on house arrest, something that, you know, if you're from venezuela, it's familiar but to americans, in the so much. here's what he had to say to that possibility during the campaign leading up to the november if election. pete: some have suggested you could appeal straight to the supreme court because of the special nature of this case. when it comes to the legal maze that you're still facing, and