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White house with more on this. wendell, gates says politics continues to influence the president and his decision making after he took office. how so? how does he describe it? >> reporter: well it did, jenna, to be fair gates was critical of former president george w. bush as well, though he never felt mr. bush, never felt politics played a role in mr. bush's foreign policy decision-making. when he served in the two administrations gates says, was a factor in that. gates says he was, mr. obama's first defense secretary and he writes, quote, i joined a new, inexperienced president, determined t...

Or not. but for those who are worried that gates was critical of obama, i think that is actually quite a harsh criticism of president bush as well and unfair one. jenna: certainly one of congress. gates came out, blazing against congress too. certainly a lot more to the brook. i'm sure we'll talk about it a lot more. ambassador, thank you very much. >> thank you, jenna. jon: speaking of congress, the jockeying, the horse trading is underway in washington on a bill that would extend jobless benefits for the millions of long-term unemployed in this country. so how do we pay for it and how would ...

President is entitled to, needs to have an inner circle he can trust and can rely on. now this is the new normal because everybody wants to get out, it used to be in the old days you would wait until the present was out of the office. now you just get the book out, going much of tv shows and try to plug your book. it undermines the notion, particularly surprising in gates case the ability to give the president confidential, private advice. jon: the book is not out yet, but here's one example from the book that has raised a lot of ruffled feathers. he writes "as i sat there, i thought the presi...

Killed in venezuela. >> reporter: that daughter, maya, witnessed her two parents gunned down. she herself was shot in the leg. she remains in good condition in a caracas hospital. jenna. jenna: what a horrible story. steve, thank you. jon: a massive search underway for a missing teen, the son of a "boston globe" columnist. how social media are playing a huge role in this hunt. plus much more on the scathing new tell-all from former defense secretary robert gates. why he blasts the president on leadership especially on the war in afghanistan. former ambassador john bolton weighs in next.

Did not agree with what the admin was doing? >> i don't think it would have because of his fundamental, gates's fundamental insight. the president didn't think this was his war and wanted to get out. i haven't read the book like everybody else commenting on it today but from the excerpts we've seen i think the real insights that gates provides is that president obama simply is not concerned with american national security. the notion that politics could trump a national security decision can only occur in the mind of somebody who simply doesn't pay much attention to national security. i think ...