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Russia investigation and was among the sharpest questioners of robert mueller. he met with mr. rath rat cliff july 19 to discuss the job, but five days later offered the congressman a chance to audition for the president who enjoyed watching him grill mr. mueller. indeed, with us for more tonight, jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and pentagon. former chief counsel for the house intel committee, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times." jerks good evening. peter, can you start us off on the decision-making on trump to choose this guy and the reaction thus far in bot...

Doesn't know him. and his comments today indicated that he was not at all necessarily sold on him at this point. >> peter, is there anything in his resume that would stand out to a casual reward that would suit him for this job title? >> well, he joined the house sbeelgs committee just this year, so that would be his most significant exposure to the intelligence world. he had been a u.s. attorney and prosecuted terrorism cases. on his website, he boasts about arresting 300 illegal aliens, that's the term he used, in a single day. that's his calling card when he ran for office. but, you know, a...

You don't have any experience at all. >> yes, both jeremy and peter have agreed to stay with us over this break. coming up, mitch mcconnell had a very negative reaction to being called moscow mitch, and now the majority leader is playing defense on why he hasn't strengthened our defenses against the russians.

The senate, he will offer a starkly different perspective in the situation room, one more in line with mr. trump's thinking. mr. rat cliff a third term republican from texas and a former prosecutor has embraced mr. trump's theories about the russia investigation and was among the sharpest questioners of robert mueller. he met with mr. rath rat cliff july 19 to discuss the job, but five days later offered the congressman a chance to audition for the president who enjoyed watching him grill mr. mueller. indeed, with us for more tonight, jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and pentagon....

And the united states senate and the house in particular during his public testimony exactly what russia was up to with respect to interfering with the election, the fact that north korea would not denuclearize, all things that contradicted public statements that the president made. the second that i think concerns me is there is an able deputy, sue gordon, and she can fill the role. somehow the career professional is being passed over. and the third thing is that the individual who was selected really has no experience in intelligence. this is a hard-enough job on the worst day of a crisis wh...