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Americans were fed up with politics as usual. years of war, scandal and turmoil had left the country ready for a change. >> everybody's just kind of tired. they're tired of the war in vietnam, they're tired of economic difficulties. tired of generational conflicts. they're tired of the culture changing, often coming from the margins of society. >> many felt a yerarning for a simpler time. a time of strength, values, of heroes. >> what are you doing here? >> now, that's a silly question. >> reagan was what americans wanted when they were tired of cool or fearful of cool. he was sort of the anti...

Joining me to discuss, cnn national security analyst james clapper, former director of national intelligence. mr. director, thank you so much for joining us. i got to ask you, the chaos in this white house causing headaches for staff overseas. i want you to listen to what bolton was asked before abruptly ending a press conference. >> given the events of this week, and admissions of payoffs and you mentioned election meddling, whether there are ever concerns that your own president is a security risk? >> of course not. i mean, that's a silly question. and i just spoke to him literally a few min...

Meddling. were you ever concerned that your own president is a security risk? >> of course not. i mean that's a silly question. and i just spoke to him literally a few minutes ago and we have performed here in exactly the way i think the two leaders would have expected us to and honestly have a little faith in the american people who elected him president. thank you very much. >> not the topic he wants to be addressing, especially overseas. >> it clearly upset him. with with all the lately about security clearances, there are are 12 or 13 specific critearian that are used to make judgments abo...

Russia denies it, calls it fake news, say it's a big hoax, sounds a lot like language we hear in other ways relating to russia on the part of the u.s. on election meddling, national security adviser john bolton has been tough on russia. some consider him to be a russia hawk. he has spoken out harshly against russian bad behavior many, many times in the past. when you get him in this kind of scenario, they are in geneva, he is with his russian counterpart, you feel certain he is going to raise it, he is going to say something like that. and he made it pretty clear that he said, it's not going t...

We have performed here in exactly the way i think the two leaders would have expected us to. you know, honestly, have a little faith in the american people who elected him president. >> reporter: that sound was in response to a question from a bbc journalist at this press conference where they asked if president trump is a security risk. you heard john bolton there say, you know, no, have faith in the american people, they know how to pick a president. that's a silly question. with that, the press conference ended. >> okay. michelle, thank you for walking us through all of it this morning. u...