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Gentlemen, thank you all for your service, i for one have high confidence in the community that you represent, and i hope that they recognize that i speak for most of the senators here that's share the same view. director clapper, i'm going to spend most of my time privately reflecting on some of the comments that you have made. the glasshouse comment i think is something that is important. there has been researched on de by a professor at carnegie mellon that has estimated that the united states has been involved, in one way or another, and 81 different elections since world war ii. that does...

This was another moment from the hearings today. a republican senator from north carolina in an exchange with james clapper. talking about the accusation of meddling in elections. he is saying, hey, it's actually nothing new. take a listen to this. >> it's estimated that the united states has been involved in one way or another in 81 different elections since world war ii. that doesn't include coups or regime changes. tangible evidence where we have tried to affect an outcome to our purpose. russia has done it some 36 times. in fact, when russia apparently was trying to influence our election,...

Because they believe that of all the people who have been mentioned, rudy giuliani and others, that he is the most credible figure to be secretary of state. that's not the view on the hill, perhaps, but certainly the view among foreign service people but they're so concerned about john bolton. tell us about john bolton. >> i worked with john bolton. let's leave aside personalities here, andrea. what i can say is john bolton is a strong believer in regime change. not just the rhetoric, but the reality. and that gets to what i just talked about with putin. if we're in -- no one is stronger and n...

Chief ridicule the very intelligence services he's about to command? i repeat what i said at the top of the show. it wasn't the cia who got us in that stupid, terrible, destructive war in iraq. it was the festering in the pentagon and the vice president's office. it led to an uncovering of the nation's identity and the convicting of its own number. i would like to think donald trump would see this, but if he got it wrong it's his own fault. the cia did not tell us saddam hussein had nuclear weapons, dick cheney did. including john bolton who can't wait to get back into positions where they can...

Hussein had nuclear weapons, dick cheney did. including john bolton who can't wait to get back into positions where they can do more of this, more wars, more regime changes, more killing of people for the offense daring to be in their way. mr. trump, please don't let john bolton back into power. he will do more of what he's done before. he will bring more like him to do it. that's "hardball." thanks for joining us. join us again tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. see you then.