Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190210:14:52:00
Briefs which is the crown jewel of our $80 billion a year intelligence apparatus. >> we spend a lot of money on this. >> in the pentagon budget it's a rounding error, but it is people risking their lives. the nsa eaves dropping on communications around the world. all so the president can have the best information. past presidents have not always taken an in-person briefing. nixon never did. obama didn't even do it every day, but obama had a national security meeting to discuss classified intelligence after having read every day the daily intelligence brief. it is an honor to get a piece in tha...