i've never been a big john brennan fan. you remember also that john brennan was involved with hacking into the democrats computers when they were doing the research into torture and waterboarding. they illegally, and he eventually apologized, not before sort of lying at first and saying that they didn't do it, but john brennan has a very, very sketchy history of doing things and abusing power, so he needs to not be getting that information because i think he has a history of doing things for partisan reasons and also things that the cia is not supposed to do, which is spy on senators and on their computers. >> martha: went to the president say about brendan? >> i think he's not really happy with brendan and the others. does anybody remember five or ten years ago when people retired from the cia, they might go on television but they sort of act like statesmen. they act like retired statesmen and they would weigh in on affairs from 60,000 feet, but you didn't have them saying vote democrat, you didn't have them calling the pr

you know john brennan., we put it up on the screen last night, if you want your clearance, you've got to act as the same way a current cia employee would react. >> for the rank-and-file retired intelligence officers who retain security clearance because they have a job to do as a contractor back in the intelligence committee which requires the clearance -- secondly there's no evidence that john brennan and jim klapper has revealed classified information. they have willfully spoken untruths not based on intelligence. jim klapper claims russians tilted the election to donald trump, not true andul contradicts the intelligence that was produced which he presided. brennan claims that putin could blackmail trump, there is no evidence to support that claim. they aren't exactly revealing classified information.th >> sean: i know you have a thing or two to say on this. >> i have three things to say, number one since the cia was created in 1947, no cia director has behaved as disgracefully as john brennan. the idea t

how does john brennan -- i want to understand this sincerely, but how does allowing john brennan whos a cable news pontificate or and political extremist, how does giving him a top-secret clearance when he doesn't work for the government, how does that work for america? >> i'm glad you asked that. >> tucker: that's why the show raised it originally. >> people like him whether you like it or not are valuable resources to people who are currently in the intelligence industry who are serving under this administration. they've got a lot of contextual knowledge and a lot of experience in their are a lot of people who can match that. >> tucker: just to be clear, he never served as a spy, he's a political guy. he was not out in a trench coat in vienna in the 80s fighting the soviets, he was a desk guy appointed by obama to his post. he's entirely political and is making statements accusing the president of treason, threatening the president for whom the cia works directly. their job is to inform the president, this guy is the president's political enemy -- i'm not against it but in what way

conservative watchdog group judicial watch pursuing the caa for communication between former cia director john brennan then former top center democrat harry reid. did brennan feed harry reid information about alleged russian collision with the trump campaign so that harry reid publicly pushed narrative durin6 campaign? chris farrell as director of investigations and research of judicial watch entrances live. great to have you with us. so you have officially filed a lawsuit. let's walk people through what happened. in august, brennan briefed folks, including harry reid. two days later, harry reid writes a letter and says this. "the evidence of a direct connection between the russian government and donald trump's presidential campaign continues to mount. the american people deserve to have a full understanding of the facts from a completed investigation before they vote this november. he had no blood or would go no that narrative about collusion is within that election conversation. >> this is one of the channels by which these top trump gang, and there was obviously a handful of operators here, used ve

basis. >> conservative watchdog group judicial watch suing the cia for communications between john brennan and former top senate democrat harry reid. did brennan feed a reread information about alleged russian collusion with the trump campaign so read would push that narrative during the 2016 campaign? the director of investigations and research at judicial watch joins us live. you officially filed this lawsuit. walk people through what happened. briefed a lot an of folks including harry reid. two days later he includes this to comey, the evidence of direct connection between the russian government and donald trump's presidential campaign continues to mount, the american people deserve to have a full understanding of the fact with a completed investigation before they vote this november. now the narrative about collusion is in the election conversation. >> this is one of the channels i which the stop trump gaining, a handful of operators use various systems, congress, to feed this narrative and create the perception that everyone says and everyone knows and there's an echo chamber effect.

night. >> a cia agent can say stupid things like the president is treasonous no one will stop john brennanng that but what stopped him from taking millions of dollars to say such tremendous things and get classified information. >> the white house is looking at removing clearance from brennan and these obama era officials, james comey, andrew mccabe, james clapper and susan rice and cia director michael hayden. sarah sanders had this to say. >> the president is exploring these mechanisms to remove security clearance because they politicized and in some cases monetized public service and security clearance and making baseless accusations. >> the reaction, comey and mccabe no longer have security clearance but reaction from others is strong, general hayden, i don't go back for classified briefings, won't activity effect on what i say or write and clapper said this in a phone interview. >> i think this is just a very petty thing to do. that is all i will say. >> for the record it is important to note having clearance does not give you access, just clears you need to know basis should official

we know john brennan was there. he was there when the president was shown the texts and the e-mails and explained the source close to vladimir putin and how they know all of this and how they know that vladimir putin personally ordered it. john brennan was there when this information was delivered to this president. and so he has had to endure all of these public comments the president has made since then that contradict everything that he was told that day. >> sure. and, you know, we knew on some level when the intelligence chiefs came out and told us unanimously and unequivocally that russia interfered in the election that russia interfered in the election with the intention of helping donald trump that they had a basis for saying that. and we could have also assumed that their basis for saying that was something that they appropriately shared with the president elect. but seeing in black and white in this new york times story the nature of that information, the detailed nature of that information, adding to it th

you know, john brennan says dope things all odopey things all of.clinton sycophant. and more than anybody else, he was propagating the anti-trump fabricated dossier to congress and members of the media. and you know, i write about this extensively, and him, in my book. lou: your book is entitled. >> "the russian hoax." lou: with that, as we fight to make you number one and of course judge janine as well, we say thank you for being here. we appreciate it as always. we know you'll achieve your dreams of being number one. >> thanks to you. lou: in part. i think sean hannity has had something to do with the marketing aspect of it all, you know. and we entrust to you that title. that title nails it "the russia hoax." you should get a copy to vladimir putin. >> now there's an idea. but i would be acushione accusef collusion. lou: you know what? you'll be in great company. thanks for being with us. vote in the poll. the question is, do you think the national left wing media is consciously ignoring president trump's top stance against russian prove vegases.

why does john brennan still have a security clearance? it should be revoked. answers later on intimates angl angle. -- in tonight's angle. newsbreak. it's crazy. everything at the last minute. even outside the white house, he has the president's ear. whom i talking about? former white house chief of staff reince priebus will join us. he will offer insights into the president's thinking on russia, communications, what is going on with the chief of staff, and the current controversy about this tape being released. later we will dive into two explosive cases, one involving police and race in a caught on camera moment in georgia. we'll get into that and a lot more coming up on "the ingraham angle." i have to tell you something. when regard giuliani on the phone and we got our slate of guests, you're going to want to buckle up. tonight, breaking news. cnn claims to have gotten their hands on recordings between then candidate donald trump and his then attorney michael cohen. the tapes were provided by cohen's now current lawyer. he used to be out there. he has an ol

liz: senator rand paul slammed john brennan. >> john brennan started out by voting for communist partydential candidate, and he is most biased bigoted, over the top, hyperbolic unhinged direct over of cia that we've had. liz: wasn't john brennan the guy who said that cia did not spy to senate intelligence committee? but they did. >> absolutely, he lead to congress, and i understand that congress sun popular, they have a constitutional responsible of overseeing people like brennan and the cia. you are right, to me that is more damning than the fact he supported a communist at one point is, fact that his agency under his direction spied on the united states congress. on u.s. staff in an effort to thwart oversight, that is astonishing. if you take that put it in of context of what of so alarming about the early investigation into some people surrounding trump, president trump or then candidate trump, during the presidential campaign. you know, it you see a pattern. liz: john brennan, it could be james clapper oharry reid. real bring you back. but your reacted on this, in white house press

former cia director john brennan is declining to comment right now, but his fomrmer deputy chif of staffays brennan has not made a penny off his security clearance and has not failed to speak out against the failings of trump. he tweeted yesterday, i just texted former fbi director james comey asking whether he even has a security clearance to revoke. nope, he responded. there's nothing for the president to revoke. com comey says he was read out when he left government as per normal practice. he goes on to say comey recently declined a temporary clearance from the inspector general to read the classified annex to the ig's recent report. he didn't want to see classified material lest the president accuse him of leaking it. a spokesman for former fbi director andrew mccabe tweeted, mccabe's security clearance weise activated according to what we were told was fbi policy when he was terminated. you would think the white house would check with the fbi before trying to throw shiny objects to the press corps. former cia director michael haden tells nbc news, quote, i don't go back for classifi

and john brennan. john brennan was working for the white house at this time. point last night. all the people screaming the loudest right now are people who have been in charge of our foreign policy. going back 30, 40 years. the reason donald trump got elected. by the way got elected making promises about trying to reset and re -- you know, reengage russia in a more positive relationship, he got elected in order to get rid of all of those people. i think americans have heard their side of the story and they don't want to hear them anymore. ainsley: is that a bad thing to want to reset and have a relationship with russia. >> no it's not. trump did this yesterday when he his course correction. when he gets back to talking about trying to have a more hopeful, constructive relationship with russia, is he back to winning. that's great. you know, he had -- he had one bad day on monday. and it wasn't even that bad when you compare it to all the bad days that obama and john brennan and all these people have had before him. ainsley: thank you so much for being with you

john brennan, jim comey and andrew mccabe and others. yesterday she explained the thinking behind the move saying they politicized and some cases monetized their public service and security clearances. >> making baseless accusations of improper contact with russia street extremely inappropriate. the fact that people with security clearances are making these baseless charges provides inappropriate legitimacy to accusations with zero evidence. >> sarah sanders. many say the accusations are baseless. this is nick shapiro, a spokesman for mr. brennan saying john brennan hasn't made one penny off his clearance since leaving the government. one doesn't need a security clearance to speak out against the failings of trump. michael hayden said this, i don't go back for classified briefings. won't have any effect on what i say or write and a spokesperson for andrew mccabe, who you might remember was removed from his position, she said that andrew mccabe's security clearance was deactivated when he was terminated. you think the white house would ch

>> president trump: i think john brennan is a very bad guy, a lot of things happened under his watch. i think is a very bad person. i think if you watch peter strzok and lisa page, comey, take a look at that and mccabe who has big problems i assume -- you look at the deception, the lies and what's gone on in the last fairly long period of time. before i won. i guess probably during the republican when i was fighting against 17 other republicans -- this has been going on for a long time. these are people who in my opinion are bad people. they are being exposed for what they are and it's a shame that it has to happen but it's really hurt our country. >> tucker: their view is that the united states is forever in conflict with russia which is our chief global adversary and anyone who doesn't believe that is betraying the united states. why do you think there is this bipartisan consensus on that? >> president trump: it's incredible you look at world war i and world war ii, there was germany. and in world war ii, russia lost 50 million people and helped us win the war. i was saying to mysel

john brennan a little more circumspect but pretty aggressive lately. you make a statement in your book are the complementary to the president. mike flynn i think of you sitting at the table together took a different path. whatever you think of donald trump he became one of the most aggressive flamethrowers that we have seen. obviously that's not end well. what you think happened? >> you have to salute mike's 30 plus years. very distinguished military career. it's probably spent more time deployed in afghanistan or iraq and most of the army contemporaries. i salute that service yet today. i was of coefficient at his ceremony to lieutenant general. you work for me as a staffer about 11 months. i supported him for his direction as direction of the defense. an agency i have but in the '90s. so special concern of mine. for one reason or another, did not work out. my concern was mike's impact on the workforce. doctor mike vickers who preceded me also had a role to oversee dia of her a different set of reasons my crew very concern. we agreed that we will term

john brennan gets a security clearance, why not the homeless guy talking to himself on the bus?t seems like a fair question. apparently the white house agreed. the administration announced that it is seeking to remove clearances for john brennan, jim clapper, and other former officials who do not work for the government, because why would they have security clearances? that would not be a very big story, but things are not normal right now, here's how the geniuses on cable news reacted, watch. >> this is an abuse of executive power. this is to juan's turkey. >> that is exactly what you see in regimes. it is childish, it is petty. >> this is so extraordinary, the last thing that you want in intelligence is partisanship. >> that you would turn against them in a way that disrespects repressed is an autocratic kind of move. something that you would see the banana republic. >> tucker: autocratic, first they came for john brennan security clearance and i said nothing. barf. next time you hear some blowhard on television warning about creeping authoritarianism, ask yourself, am i for u

a senator paul talking about john brennan calling it treason. by the way, one can understand a certain reluctance on the part of the president to bless the intelligence agencies, given his experience with the fbi, with comey, mccabe and john brennan was the head of the cia. look, he said today, he tried to clear it up today, he basically admitted error. some people say i don't believe it, i believe what he said yesterday. the real test is what he's done. what is his policy? and his policy has been very tough on russia. putin said yesterday that he would have supported trump for president or did support them. why would you support a very for president who want to increase the american military, strengthen the hand of nato, do what president trump is done, which is given missile defense to poland. given lethal aid to the ukraine, thrown out russian diplomats left and right. russian mercenaries have been killed because of our actions in syria. that to me is the test. it's better to have your talk and your language consistent with your actions. but

he is blasting john brennan for accusing him of treason. griff jenkins has more on the president's reaction to the backlash. we are okay, are you? >> reporter: no stopping. walk back time at the white house after blistering bipartisan criticism, the president reaffirmed he has full faith in the intelligence community and clarified his remarks in helsinki when he responded to a question asking if he believes regarding election meddling. >> a key sentence in my remarks i said the word would instead of wouldn't. the sentence should have been i don't see any reason why i wouldn't or why it wouldn't be russia. >> reporter: later in an exclusive interview with tucker he went on the attack against former cia director john brennan who accused him of treason. >> i think brennan is a very bad guy. if you look at a lot of things happened under his watch, a very bad person. >> reporter: twitter, the president maintained the summit was successful writing the meeting between pres. putin and myself was a great success except in the fake news media. about

former national security officials including ex-fbi director james comey, former cia director john brennan, former director of national intelligence james clapper and others. some don't have clearances any longer. the unprecedented move comes as the president surrounded by scandals is attacking an all directions. is he blindly retaliating for their criticism? i'll speak with james clapper and our correspondents and specialists standing by with full coverage. let's begin at the white house. correspondent kaitlan collins is standing by. kaitlan, an extraordinary and unprecedented threat from the white house and doesn't seem grounded in reality. >> reporter: wolf, extraordinary is a good way to put it. unheard that the white house is making this request targeting the former national security and intelligence officials, most who worked in the obama administration and they made it quite clear today, wolf, why exactly they're going after these people specifically. sarah sanders asked at the briefing today of a request by senator rand paul of kentucky, republican senator, i should note, publicly

john brennan, james comey and you can see michael hayden and james clapper and susan rice and andrew mccabe. that could be for starters. it's already start add firestorm in washington today. welcome. i'm neil cavuto, this is "your world." security clearance revoke not yet but for those six former obama administration ofs,

former cia directors john brennan, michael hayden, james clapper and former national security adviser susan rice as well as former fbi officials james comey and andrew mccabe. the problem, as you can see on that list, two of the people, james comey and andrew mccabe, don't have security clearances anymore. what we hear from sources is that this is going to be something that president trump is not in any way hurry to actually resolve. he may not even do this at all or any time soon. in part because this is about having the conversation, making this about former obama administration officials and ways of getting at what he calls the deep state. some people are taking it very seriously. listen to what james clapper, one of the individuals on that list, said about what this means if president trump is considering it. >> i think this is real abuse of the clearance system just to use it to attack political opponents or people that have been critical of the president. it has all kinds of first amendment implications, which are deeply disturbing. >> a lot of these former officials say that th

>> where was john brennan, he was the prime mover, the lynchpin in a lot of this, he used the phoneyossier and one pushing it around the administration in many ways, he knew that he couldn't be involved domestically as head of cia, he got james comey and quite frankly harry reid to be patsies to do dirty work and i always thought that john brennan was the master behind all of this. >> when it became clear to me last summer that russia was engaged in aggressive and wide-ranging efforts to interview in one of the key fillers of democracy, focus on the issue, i believe the i was first u.s. officials to brace the russians on this matter. rob: when you listen to that, ned, we know john brennan hates the president, him and clapper can't stand the president, if you hear that, what do you make of that? >> i make of it that in the previous administration our justice department and our intelligence community were so partisan to leave behind protocol and use anything that's justification to weponized state against political opponent. again, at the end of the day, i was encouraged bob goodlatte

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and this raises the whole concern of john brennan and myself and our speaking out no matter our views and that in itself is personal and i acknowledge that that is not a role i anticipated that i never would have thought of doing that. but we are under drift different circumstances now. i started this trying to defend the community that's all i had in mind than it involved to a broader role. >> not one that i planned or desired. but i felt after 50 years or so or more to defend the institution and values of this country i felt they were under assault. >> it must be painful and we will calm back to this because i have a few more questions with the structure and the nature but it must be painful and reading your book there isn't a partisan word in there as you criticize partisan activities on both sides but now john brennan it wouldn't begin to know with the stereotypes urgently with national security so it must be painful to see what i sent our efforts to defend the integrity of our process and as you say. lies will corrode the democracy john brennan is standing up for the integrity of

john brennan and leon panetta. john brennan is a traitor, i will tell you why.tor. what he did and what he has had recently about the president of the united states is despicable. he is personally responsible for the leaking of unmasked information, he was responsible for the sharing of false information to u.s. intelligence sources to get fisa warrants. he is personally responsible for the sharing of false information with american intelligence agencies, and he, i challenge him to a debate at the national press club for one hour, two hours, three hours about his role in the entire pre-election. about leon panetta, he should be ashamed of himself after what he did in benghazi when he kissed hillary clinton's fanny, now he thinks the russians may have something on the president to compromise him? shame on leon panetta, may he rot in hell. >> from what i'm understanding, we are still in the early days of investigating the domestic internal targeting of donald trump and his campaign. these are the early days. what we may find out is that the root of all evil may ha

breaking tonight, suing the cia over embattled former director john brennan and alleged leaks to then former top democrat harry reid. it is all in the wake of the trump administration threatening to pull brennan and other security clearances. do they have a case? stick around vinyl. chief intelligence correspond to catherine herridge is here tonight with new analysis on the heavily redacted fisa documents about former trump campaign advisor carter page. jason chaffetz uncovers meant matt gaetz join us live to investigate the fusion gps connection and answer the critics about what the fisa documents really tell us about

the list includes former cia director john brennan who minced no words in his criticism of president trump's performance at the helsinki summit. the white house tonight accusing brennan and five others of politicizing their clearances could be seen as an act of political retaliation by the president against his critics. our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has details. >> reporter: it's an unprecedented threat aimed at critics of the commander in chief's. the white house considering stripping the security clearances of six former intelligence officials. >> they politicized and in some cases monetized their public service and security clearances. >> reporter: most of the officials have worked for democrats and republicans and have been tough on president trump publicly. >> isn't the president doing exactly what you just said the president doesn't want all these people doing? >> no, the president isn't making baseless accusations of improper contact with a foreign government and accusing the president of the united states of treasonous activity. >> reporter: that may be a

contemplating revoking the security clearance of former officials including former cia director john brennan, director of national intelligence, james comey, susan rice, andrew mccabe and former nsa and cia chief michael hayden. by the way, mr. president, comey and mccabe don't have the security clearances and can't be revoked. these officials have been critical of president trump, specifically on the subjects of president trump's relationship with vladimir putin and the subject of why president trump continues to deny what the intelligence community says, that there was election interference by the russian government in 2016 and a denial reiterated this weekend calling it all a big hoax. again, according to the experts it's not. experts say that until this afternoon, there's always had to be serious grounds for revoking security clearances and criticism was not the grounds. after all, remember, former director of the defense intelligence agency, retired general flynn leading the charge to lock uphill hill during the 2016 republican convention. >> lock her up. that's right. yeah, that's righ

he did say please (all boys): thank you, thank you, thank you. >> we have lots of questions for john brennanitely be sought by the committees for an interview. this is an extremely disturbing thing to see that both he and james comey, supposedly impartial government officials carrying out their jobs in very important areas and intelligence gathering and law enforcement expressing the kind of extreme bias that they've shown now, which i think reflects it quite accurately on what they were doing in 2016. >> congressman bob goodlatte this weekend calling on theoh former cia chief john brennan to testify to congress on his role. president tom fenton deserves a big pat on the back. let's go to that particular point. and more importantly just get your general reaction to what we learned today. for the saturday night dump. >> you know on the securityit clearances, i think anyone who abuses those are -- whether it be to politicize it, i think you should get your clancy act. i don't like seeing the debate about it get politicized. let me ask you, what -- does hillary into -- was that the obstruction

john brennan, also former fbi director james comey and several others. nbc'sou chief white correspondent hallie jackson is in washington with a growing backlash over that move. >> reporter: it is an unprecedented threat aimed at some critics of e commander in chief. the white house now considering stripping the secity clearances of six former intelligence officials. >> they politicize and in some cases monetize their public s service andurity clearances. ave ost of the officials worked for both democrats and republicans and have been tough on president trump publicly. >> isn't the president doing exactl what you just said t president doesn't want all the people doing? >> no, the president inot making baseless accusations of improper contact with a foreign government and accusing the president of the united states of treasonous activity. >> reporter: that may be a reference to john brennan, former cia director and nbc news national security and intelligence analyst who called last week's meeting w ph vladimin nothing short of treasonous. >> i equate it to

he's to work with john brennan in the white house he's one of most honorable public servants i know he's worked for republicans and democrats he's as knowledgeable as any one of the threats the united states in the west faces today and for him to say these words i think we should all take very very seriously just three days ago the united states justice department donald trump's own justice department indicted twelve russians for interfering in the twenty sixteen presidential election to try to undermine american democracy for the president ited states to stand up today and raise questions about that say that he believes lattimer putin more than the u.s. intelligence community i think is treasonous so given what you said about this meeting and president trumps actions appearance of work within a russian strategy russia to one side do you think that there is any country that watch this press conference that has besides russia that has any cause to be pleased or indeed to be worried. what came out of it why there's plenty of countries who are going to be quite worried i think think many ma

former cia director john brennan who now earns a living as a national security analyst for another tv accused the president brazenly of committing nothing short of treason in helsinki. that prompted senator rand paul to accuse brennan of monetizing his clearance and he has spoken to the president about it. >> had a great conversation with the president. i have been very concerned about john brennan. anyone who is calling basically the president treasonous which would require the death penalty is someone that is over the top and not showing the proper judgment to still have access to classified information. >> now we know the white house is, in fact, considering removing clearances not only from brennan but from other former obama officials like fbi director james comey, deputy director andrew mccabe. dni clapper, rice, and hayden. clapper said this. >> i think this is just a very, very petty, petty threatening to do. and that's about all i will say about it. >> and as all this begins, we should make it very clear clearances do not automatically terminate when officials leave that posi

he's john brennan monetizing his security clearance is john brennan making millions of dollars they volunteered secrets to the mainstream media with his attacks on donald trump so even after leaving office they've still got power and connections that they could use to further their agenda on the intelligence. so whatever happened to a quiet retirement now in the air pocket from the new forces of emerging former top spies were turning to political activism they would happen artsy new york lee editor of defense and foreign affairs magazine gregory copley say in any other country such behavior would be considered treasonous but what we've seen lately and the last two years is. the situation with people like director of national intelligence clapper and the like brennan. and so on making it stream. comments designed deliberately to undermine the current u.s. government now who says this would be treasonable under most governments around the world there are profound cases of damage to the united states' image to the united states would be. to function in national security sense from what we've seen

what are your thoughts on john brennan's involvement? >> well, we have lots of questions for john brennan and he will definitely be sought by the committees for an interview. this is an extremely disturbing thing to see both he and james comey supposedly impartial government officials carrying out their jobs in very important areas in intelligence gathering and law enforcement express the kind of extreme bias that they've shown now which i think reflects quite accurately on what they were doing back in 2016. maria: so he's on your list of witnesses to have into interview >> absolutely. maria: who else is on that list? >> well, we're going to go through, we've received a list from the intelligence committee of literally dozens of people we're going through that list now and determining which ones are our priority. i think i would rather leave it at that but certainly we'll also be talking to director comey and former attorney general lynch. maria: let me ask you about lisa page. i know that you had behind closed door meetings with her but

a former fbi director james comey, former dni james clapper, former cia director john brennan and former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe, former national security advisor susan rice and former cia director michael hayden. criticism from these former officials and others have escalated in the aftermath of the presidents i met with russian president vladimir puti president vladimir putin. last week, calling the president's behavior nothing short of treasonous. but if they should maintain security clearances that they were granted during their time and previous administrations. watch. speak of the president is exploring these mechanisms to remove security. the public service and their security clearances and making baseless accusations of improper contact with russia or being influenced by russia against the president is extremely inappropriate. the president contents of the fact that security clearances are making these baseless charges provides an appropriate legitimacy to accusations with. >> melissa: called on the president to revoke his security clearance >> john brennan he should've

that's what john brennan says. treasonous. are we talking, at least from your perspective, impeachment? >> well, i'll let that stand as it is, as to the responsibilities of the congress on impeachment. i would not have said it the way john did. i said it the way i said it. john can say it the way he wants to say it. as to impeachment, we'll see how this plays out. that's a congressional responsibility. they must -- the congress must do what they think is in the interest of this country, not only for our present but always for our future. >> secretary hagel, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> you know, the reaction is really pouring in, michelle, from all over the world. you just heard the german foreign minister, but others here in europe. and we're right in helsinki right now. people are gasping. they're wondering what is going on with the president of the united states. >> yeah, to be very blunt, we're hearing words like i feel sick, this is frightening, calling it an abomination. and you can say, sure, european alli

>> and just to be precise, john brennan, the former cia director, said what trump did today exceeds the threshold of high crimes and misdemeanors. it was nothing short of treasonous. fareed, thank you very much. i'm wolf blitzer. i'm reporting live from helsinki. our special coverage of the trump/putin summit continues with "erin burnett outfront." >>> "outfront" next, not okay. the president's own party and closest confidants say he crossed the line today. newt gingrich calling trump's defense of putin the most serious mistake of his presidency. >>> and putin confronted. not, of course, by the president of the united states, but by fox news. putin tonight, breaking news on mueller's indictment of 12 russians. putin reportedly wants him dead. on putin who called him out today by name in his press conference with the president. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening to all. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight on this monday, breaking news. damning condemnation, it is growing, after the president's stunning press conference with vladimir putin. a press conference where the president o

when you have members of the intelligence community particularly the former director of the cia john brennan going out against the president of the united states -- going out against his own nation, you have a very serious problem. the information that's going to be coming out on brennan is damaging. one of the biggest questions that we have is what was the role of the cia in this russia investigation? what role did brennan play? were other agencies involved? i think when you have someone like john brennan and you have an agency, a powerful agency like the cia whose edict is to go after foreign threats but instead looks into political discord and our political state here within the country and exists in that with the fbi, then we have something very frightening. >> sean: i raised all these questions. everything we've been discussing here, they help a favorite candidate then they set out to destroy a second candidate, then all of that information it's a bought and paid for dossier to lie to the american people kind of like pravda, kind of like propaganda. it's russia and lives all things, the

this is john brennan. >> indeed the decade before 9/11 was time of al qaeda's rise and decade after 9/11 was the time of its decline, then i believe this decade will be the one that sees its demise. >> so this is john brennan, national security advisor to president barack obama. this speech was april 30th, 2012, at the wilson center. i teed up this little short clip because it starts by showing you what this was all about. during 2002 presidential don't worry about the al qaeda threat. barack obama that he brought responsible end to the iraq war. not true. he says that you know, basically will do the same thing in afghanistan. he will end the war. not true. as if he can do that unilaterally. if you're looking bin laden's files, see how the terror master himself saw the world that can complicate your political arguments greatly. the first clip of john brennan basically explaining their viewpoint, he thought that al qaeda, remember before the rise of isis, this does have to do with isis by the way. this is before the rise of isis. brennan says next decade it is all over. >> jihadist ter