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Policy objective, he invokes national security, tries to say that it's a national security crisis. the difference is, is that in this public forum, the intelligence chiefs had to say under oath to the senate intelligence committee what their true assessment is of national security threats and those two things didn't marry up. >> carrie cordero, phil mudd, thank you for being with us. more breaking news next. senate investigators now know who was on the other end of the mysterious blocked phone calls by don jr. i'll speak with pamela brown who broke the story. and later, keeping them honest...

It is a request that generated concern at the pentagon and the state department. so, first to you. would this kind of a request surprise you? would it generate concern on your behalf as well? >> well, on the one hand, alex, being, you know, the white house, the national security adviser asking the pentagon to generate options in response to a particular policy objective is not unusual. and in this case, it seems like the white house wanted options to potentially respond to attacks by shia militant groups on our embassy compound in baghdad. so, on the one hand, nothing to see here. on the other...

Shutdown being a week long. the president likes to always have the biggest thing. now i'm concerned he could keep this going. >> 22 days. >> no one has got shutdowns like me. that is a distinct possibility. the way things are going, it is hard to imagine things will kick in before january prd. >> here we go. buckle up. we are following a lot of news this morning, so let's get to it. >> we're no longer the suckers, folks. our presence in syria was never intended to be permanent. >> he used it as an occasion to advance his specific policy objective. that's highly appropriate. >> let's be thank...

I think it should have come much sooner. in part, because i'm glad he finally did it. and better late than never. i think it's totally appropriate for a president to go to war theater and extend to the troops the heartfelt wishes and prayers, frankly, of the american people. but i think what is deeply disappointing is that when he went to iraq, he used it as an occasion to advance his specific policy objective as new policy to withdraw from syria. and i think that's highly inappropriate use of a visit like this. he ought to be there first, foremost and last and only for the troops that are the...

Crushed and they could not use anymore. i'm going to put you on the spot. yes or no answers. has north korea, kim jong-un, have accepted and agreed to international inspectors of every site? >> no. eric: has north korea agreed to open up their labs to us? >> no. eric: has north korea agreed to allow un inspectors to verify their production facilities and turn it over and do what qaddafi did and send it to the department of energy to put in storage? >> great question, not like qaddafi, there is a process underway that with regard to the united states working through the united nations. eric: ba...