does he think he could have found osama bin laden sooner?take it up with the former chairman of the house intelligence committee. and the blue wave did not stretch all across america. one-on-one tonight with stacey abrams, who lost the race to be georgia's governor. but she says she's not done fighting. there's something that has to be changed. she says the politics in her state are rotten and rigged. ready to make the case? let's get after it. >>> georgia governor's race is finally over. stacey abrams did not win, but she did launch herself into the national political spotlight. and while she admits that she's not going to be the next governor, she refuses to concede, but she concedes the election but not the bigger point, which is she believes that this election exposed issues that will lead to another fight, taking on the system itself. here she is. >> ms. abrams, thank you very much for taking the opportunity. >> thank you for having me. >> so first tell us what do you believe the lesson of your election to be? >> that if we want to have

forces did try to take out osama bin laden in the late 1990s. the president neglects to mention that 9/11 happened under president george w. bush and they put the focus back on capturing osama bin laden. i should point out this is just not outraging democrats but outraging republicans. i spoke to a key g.o.p. congressional aid who said this is pathetic coming from the president. as you mentioned, not even accurate as u.s. intelligence was in charge of finding bin laden. it was the navy sea.e.a.l.s who got them. >> it is different than what he was saying when bin laden was killed. >> there is a statement for everything. the president when he was then citizen trump, then businesman trump told our colleague over at the "new york times" back in 2011 after the bin laden raid was successful and took out osama bin laden he gave a statement saying i want to congratulate president obama and u.s. forces on a job well done. that is a pretty big departure from what he had been saying. >> a job well done overseen by admiral mccraven. >> thank you so much. >>

"of course, we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did.nted him out in my book just before the attack on the world trade center. president clinton famously missed his shot. we paid pakistan billions of dollars and they never tell us he was living there. fools." he seems to be saying he warned us all, but no one listened. think about that. as you remember how you felt on 9/11. read the book, he says, then you'll see. well, keeping them honest, we did read the book. it's called "the america we deserve." and here's the passage in question. "one day we're told that a shadowy figure with no fixed address osama bin laden is public enemy number one and u.s. jet fighters lay waste to his camp in afghanistan. he escapes under some rock and a few news cycles later it is on to a new enemy and a new crisis." that's all. not exactly paul revere's midnight ride. not even mr. toad's wild ride. and there's more to the story. cnn's jim acosta joins us now with the very latest. president trump seemed to pivot from his attacks as the day went on. on admiral

an attack on a military man and why he is insulting the admiral who led the take down of osama bin laden. the list of people still unaccounted for sgroe grows lond the urgent search to find them. a new legal challenge for matt whitaker s. three argue that the appointment is unconstitutional. let's go to manu raju. tell us what's in this lawsuit. >> there are three democratic senators. dick blumenthal, mazie hirono and sheldon whitehouse. they are saying this is an unconstitutional appointment of matt whitaker under the appointment clause that requires the senate to confirm high level appointees. now, they are saying that this should be essentially nullified and this comes after the maryland acting attorney general last week challenged the appointment of matt whitaker, saying he should be replaced by the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein who was overseeing the investigation before whitaker was named the day after the election and the president pushed out jeff sessions. the justice department issued its own justification. 20-page memo saying this was a legal appointment under the vac

commander who oversaw the raid that killed osama bin laden.n interview sunday on fox news trump attacked retired admiral william mcraven claiming he should have taken out osama bin laden sooner. >> retired admiral, navy s.e.a.l., 47 years, former head of operations -- >> hillary clinton fan. >> who led command of the operations who took down hussein and killed sooma bin laden is saying -- >> he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer, and, frankly -- >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> it would have been nicer if we'd gotten osama bin laden sooner than that. >> tweeting of course we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did. intelligence communities are fighting back against trump's criticism of mcraven. >> this president owes admiral mcraven and all of the s.e.a.l.s involved in that operation an apology for what he's saying. he's undermining his position as commander in chief not only with those that conducted the operation but with the entire military. >> the president is simply wrong. he's uninformed, and he is pushing an idea t

responsible for taking down saddam hussein, taking down osama bin laden.ourse there were many. but he was one. and why? because the president doesn't like what he said about him. and by the way, what he just told you is a lie. the admiral is not a hillary clinton supporter. how do we know? he said as much. he never even endorsed her. this is not about the truth. it's ham-fisted deflection. you hit me, i hit you. but he attacked a decorated veteran who's a hero, and he maligned one of the greatest takedowns of an opponent in modern history. the man who represented the 9/11 threat is now gone. thanks should be the order of the day always to the s.e.a.l.s, their admiral, their commander, all the intelligence people and the support troops who made their efforts possible. the years of work before those magic moments in that night. some are surprised that the president would attack the osama bin laden effort or admiral mcraven because trump loves the veterans so much. says who? trump? we only know what we can show. he gave them a race, true. so have others. he's

it shows a certain amount of ignorance of how hard it was to catch osama bin laden. to go after the man who was central to that moment seems to be particularly unseemly, especially from a president who in france didn't go to that cemetery because he said the secret service wouldn't let him. every other head of state who was invited went, on veterans day of all things, i can't even remember this, but he basically said i was too busy on veterans day to go to arlington. i was making phone calls. by the way, this is the same president who sent a bunch of troops who will now spend thanksgiving on a boarder with mexico for no apparent reason other than to try to help his political campaign. >> general hurtling, do you believe the president was out of line? as you know, admiral mccraven has been critical of president trump, writing in "the washington post" back in august that trump has, quote, embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and divided us as a nation. that's beyond military norms, isn't it? was he out of line? >> i don't believe

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. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden sooner than that. >> he is not a hillary clinton backer. he said it himself. let's put the truth to the side. what bothered you so much about this? >> well, there are two things. number one, i have met no finer officer than bill. to have the president use the power of his office to attempt to didminish someone who i thin by way of virtue is better is the other is the gaping g. ignorance on the part of a president late in the second year of his term as to how cia and special operations forces operate together. his little quote there trying to condemn the lateness, the tardiness of the assault has nothing to do with how these things really happen in the real world. one hopes a president could pick some of that up. >> mr. clapper, it is not -- it's no small irony the president is talking about they should have gotten bin laden faster. everybody would like to get bad guys who have an existential threat to the america on their mind at all times as soon as you can. that diminishes how difficult it was. i followed it for the better part of

osama? osama!ghter and applause ] i'm going -- i'm going to rake your floors." [ laughter ] trump then went on to claim that it was obvious to everyone where bin laden was hiding, and also found a way to work in a very strange dig at bin laden's compound. >> think of this, living in pakistan -- beautifully in pakistan in what i guess they considered a nice mansion. i don't know i've seen nicer. [ light laughter ] >> seth: you can make this idiot a president and everything still comes back to real estate. "it's in a little neighborhood in the middle of pakistan. i call it mid-pac. [ light laughter ] the mid-packing district." [ laughter ] only donald trump -- only donald trump can make himself feel better by implying he has a nicer house than osama bin laden. [ laughter ] bin laden's already one of the most hated, evil people in the history of human civilization. you're not burning him by saying he has a crappy house. who's trump going to go after next? "you know, people make fun of my hair. but it'

who over saw the raid on osama bin laden. nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has the story. >> reporter: after a verbal attack on an american commander, new backlash against the commander in chief. >> retired admiral, 37 years. former head of u.s. special operations. >> hillary clinton fan. >> special operations -- >> excuse me, hillary clinton fan. >> a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden sooner than that? >> reporter: he over saw the raid that killed osama bin laden. robert o'neill, who supports donald trump, said he fired the fatal shot. >> something like this is not about republicans or democrats but america. admiral is the reason my s.e.a.l. team got in and president obama approved it. that's as simple as it gets. >> reporter: the president's criticism comes after he called it the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. he stands by that, quote, i admire all presidents regardless of political party who uphold the dignity of the office. mcraven called for his own securi

of course, we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did. i pointed him out in my book before the attack on the world trade center. he goes on to take a shot at bill clinton. maybe he's trying to explain this, but does this clear -- i don't know, does it clear it up for you? >> it doesn't. there's no explanation for this, kate. you know, he's now trying to backtrack a little bit. and truthfully, it just shows how uninformed, how ill-informed the president is, and how intelligence drives military operations, and military operations take place after you find the target. this isn't bill mcraven saying hey, this is when i'm going to go get osama bin laden. that's driven by intelligence. and the hunt for bin laden was described as a needle in a bunch of needles inside of a bunch of haystacks. it was a very difficult find. and you know, there are even some in the military right now that are pointing out if he thought it was so easy to capture bin laden, how come the president and his team haven't yet captured baghdadi or zawahiri or some of the ot

of course, we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did.ut in my book just before the attack on the world trade center. president clinton missed his shot. we paid pakistan billions of dollars and they never told us he lived there. you're familiar with the president's criticisms. you have your own tremendous service to this country, and you led special operations forces before admiral mcraven during a time when you were focused on capturing bad guys in afghanistan, including osama bin laden. tell me about the efforts you and the forces you commanded were making then, and how the president's criticism of those efforts resonates with you. >> well, first, i know bill mcraven and was honored to serve alongside him. i know just a few years ago, he was personally going out on counterterrorist raids with his forces, and the president is simply wrong. he's uninformed, and he is pushing an idea that i think is not helpful. but i really think it's symptomatic of the crisis in leadership we have in the nation today. and that is when we are allowing wha

commander who led the osama bin laden raid, admiral bill mcraven. and in trump-like fashion, the president is not just going after a man who has served both republican and democratic leaders, he is continuing to tweet about it, insisting that the four-star admiral should have captured the 9/11 mastermind sooner. writing, of course, we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did. i pointed him out in my book, just before the attack on the world trade center. president clinton famously missed his shot. we paid pakistan billions of dollars, and they never told us he was there. fools, exclamation point. we should point out, it was not mcraven's responsibility to find osama bin laden. it was the cia's and mcraven has said he believes that trump's attacks on the media is the greatest threat to democracy, which he stood by in response to the president, saying, to cnn, quote, when you undermine the people's right to free press and freedom of speech and expression, then you threaten the constitution and all for which it stands. this is from gold

and, frankly -- >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we would have gotten osama a lot sooner than that? >> well, admiral mcraven tells cnn he did not back clinton or anyone else in 2016 and is standing by his earlier comments, releasing this statement, and i'm quoting here, i admire all presidents who uphold the dignity of the office. when you undermine the people's right to free press and freedom of expression, you threaten the constitution and all for which it stands. joining us now to discuss this is another military man, former marine, department of homeland security as well as the pentagon, dave lepan here. thank you for taking the time this morning. >> absolutely. >> let me ask you this. you were in uniform. you were on duty tat the pentagn the night of the raid including the weeks and months leading up to it. tell us what you saw then about the focus of the military to find osama bin laden and how that leads -- how your experience then leads you to react to the president's comments here, in effect saying the military took its time? >> well, a couple of poi

of course we should have captured osama bin laden before we did. why is the president talking about bin laden right now? >> well, the reason is, because he was asked about criticism from the man who oversaw the capture and killing of bin laden. instead of addressing the criticism that he got from admiral mcraven. the president pivoted, lobbing insults instead. william mccraven was a navy seal. he oversaw the capture of bin laden. just a couple things he did in his. years in the military. and then he said this about donald trump. >> the president said the news media is the enemy of the american people. this sentiment may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. >> the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. he said that in 2017, it was yesterday when president trump was specifically asked about them in his interview with chris wallace, here's what he said. >> he's a hillary clinton backer. and an obama backer. and frankly -- >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? won th

frankly, wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that?s he did not back hillary clinton or anyone else in 2016. he says i admire all presidents who uphold the dignity of the office. he mentioned obama and bush. he worked for both. when you undermine the freedom of the press, you threaten the constitution and all for which it stands. >> let's chat about this with historian and professor julian zelizer. good morning. >> good morning. >> the president gives himself "a plus" because there is nothing higher than that. mcraven, the highest service in the navy. how would you grade the president's response there? >> it is hard to give him an "a plus." we don't see presidents going after military officials like this. not criticizing on anything on terms of policy, but insulting them. we saw this with senator mccain back during the campaign. it is part of what president trump is willing to do if he thinks someone is against him. >> he can take a stellar reputation and background and turn it around in that very trumpian way. the fox news host and la

. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> back to that drama in a moment, but we begin with an important legal drama for the president and most curious words by one of his closest aides. the deadline to submit his written answers to robert mueller. the president said he finished them last week and they will be handed over this week. we know he was angry about some of the questions. robert muelle takes a dim view for those who lied to him. he reserves the right to come back and ask for a face-to-face meeting on some issues. the president said the written answers are likely his final act of cooperation. >> i think we wasted enough time on this witch hunt. the answer is probably. we're finished. >> the president's witch hunt refrain has been a constant. absolutely no collusion is another. this morning, listen closely to the president's counsellor who seems to add a collusion qualifier. >> 33 people are reading the paper have either been interviewed or asked for information and complied and that includes the president of the u

>> who led the operations, commanded the operations that took down saddam hussein and that killed osama bin laden says that your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. >> okay. he's a hillary clinton backer and an oma backer, and frankly -- >> he was a navy seal 37 year. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> mr. trump's criticism c after mcraven said, quote, the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. mcraven says he stands by the comment and that he did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. >>> a teenage race car driver is recovering this morningfter surviving aorrifying crash all caught on camera. nbc's gabeez gutierr has the dramatic details. >> reporter: if you blink, you might miss it. this race car going airborne and slamming into a track fence. here it is slowed down. the driver loses control, flying above other cars before landing in a tangled mess. it happed so fast, onlookers at the formula 3 grand pri hong kong don't seem to realize what happened at first. t

states ridiculing retired admiral william mcraven, a commander who oversaw the operation that killed osama bin laden. president trump not only dismisses mcraven as a, quote, hillary clinton backer, but says it would have been nice if bin laden has been taken out sooner. here's the president talking to fox news anchor chris wallace. >> mcraven, retired admiral, navy s.e.a.l., 37 years, former head of u.s. special operations -- >> hillary clinton fan. >> special operations -- >> excuse me, hillary clinton fan. >> who led the operations, command of the operations that took down saddam hussein and killed osama bin laden. he says your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. >> okay. he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer. and frankly -- >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> mcraven has been an outspoken critic of trump. he wrote a stunning rebuke of the president in august, saying trump had embarrassed and humiliated the u.s. he said back in february of last year that trump's attacks against the me

. >> who led the operations and took down saddam hussein and killed osama bin laden. says your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. >> he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer. >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> it would be nice if we had gotten osama bin laden sooner than that. >> he says he did not back hillary clinton or anyone else in 2016. he says i admire all presidents who uphold the dignity of the office. when you undermine the freedom of the press, you threaten the constitution. >>> the president did acknowledge one misstep in the fox interview. he says he should have gone to arlington national cemetery for veterans day. a presidential tradition. >> i should have done that. i was extremely busy on calls for the country. we did a lot of calling, as you know. >> but this is veterans day. >> i probably, you know, in retrospect, i should have. i will virtually every year. we had come in very late at night. i had just left literally the american cemetery in paris. i really probably assumed that was fine. >> separately, the president agai

and, frankly -- >> he was a navy seal for 37 years. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama binen a lot sooner than that? >> seth: you're attacking him for not getting bin laden sooner? oh, because i totally could see you charging in there in your hat and your wind breaker. [ laughter ] swinging a rake like it's a sword. "where are you? ama?a! [ laughter and applause ] i'm going -- i'm going to rake your floors." [ laughter ] trump then went on to claim that it was obvious to everyone where bin laden was hiding, and also found a way to work in a very strange dig at bin laden's compound. i don't know i've seen n. [ light laughter ] >> seth: you can make this idiot a president and everything still comes back to real estate. "it's in a little neighborhood in the middle of pakistan. i call it mid-pac. [ light laughter ] the mid-packing district." [ laughter ] only donald trump -- only donald trump can make himself feel better by implying he has a nicer house than osama bin laden. [ laughter ] hed, evil people i history of human civilization. you're not burning him by saying he has a

hillary clinton fan. >> led and the operations and killed osama bin laden said your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy. >> he's a hillary clinton backer. and an obama backer. frankly -- >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that. >> admiral william mccraven saying this. i i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama & i admire all president who is uphold the dignity of the office and use that office to bring "people" together. i stand by my comment that the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in our lifetime. when you undermine the people's right to a free press and freedom of speech and express, you threaten the constitution and all for which it stands. that from admiral mcraven in that interview. wide ranging interview on fox. let's discuss this with cnn military analyst. you served with mcraven in iraq and tweeted out saying having served with raven in iraq, he is one of the best leaders and selfless servants i have ever met. not a political bone in h

. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin lauden a lot sooner than that? >> all in starts right now. >> a nice mansion. >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. in 45 days, the 116th congress will begin. democrats will be in power in the house of representatives and president trump is now hurtling towards the biggest political collision of his administration. now, we have seen trump during the campaign, during his presidency cornered, lashing out, acting aggressively, picking fights seemingly at random. in fact, it's the way he operates. his own weird equilibrium. this weekend, though, he seemed particularly agitated i think it's safe to say. he literally tried to blame the california wildfires on the lack of forest raking by californians. he attacked retired admiral william mcraven who oversaw the osama bin lauden raid and said the military should have killed bin lauden sooner. and he called the incoming chair of the house intelligence committee adam shitt. it's like he doesn't even care about be best. hears' what changes january 3rd. that congress

. >>> and he killed osama bin laden, now he's responding to president trump's criticism. rob neil is "outfront." let's go "outfront". and good evening. "outfront" this evening, presidential payback. the president of the united states telling the white house counsel that he wanted the justice department to prosecute two of his biggest political enemies, hillary clinton and the man he had fired as the fbi director, jim comey. those conversations happening last year and all the way into this year. white house lawyers telling the president he could be impeached if he went through with this plan. it's a stunning and blatant example the president of the united states trying to use this justice department as a tool for political revenge, putting in his own people and saying, go after hillary clinton and jim comey. he made no secret of his desire to investigate and prosecute comey and clinton. he tweeted in april, gop lawmakers asking sessions to investigate comey and hillary clinton, fox news, good luck with that request. and then, of course, remember this? right, he had threate

writing, of course, we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did. i pointed him out in my book, just before the attack on the world trade center. president clinton famously missed his shot. we paid pakistan billions of dollars, and they never told us he was there.

-- osama bin laden? rajini: someone who works for george bush and barack obama.ould ask that question, why go there. by president does not like personal criticism. we have seen that over t last few years the way he takes things personally. sometimehe shoots back, which is what he has done in this situation, accusing t admiral faneing a hillary clinton and criticizing the way he carried out such a crucial operation. what is interesting today is -- the president had the suppt of the rnc and they tweeted that mcraven was reportedly on hillary clinton's shortlist for the iice presiden2016 so he is hardly nonpolitical. this is getng more and more litical. you just don't criticize members of the military, you just don't go there. laura: and the military is very popular in the united . all of this is coming as the president says he has written down answers to some of the questions from special counsel robert mueller, investigating whether there are any links between t trump campaign and russia. what we know about the nature of these questions? rajini:we whanow is that o

and, frankly -- >> he was a navy seal. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin lauden a lot soonerthat, wouldn't it have been nice -- >> in response to that side remark from the president, former cia deputy director michael morales issued this statement. mcraven should have found osama bin lauden sooner, he said, the mcraven's special operation did the getting. they moved within days of president obama giving the order. >>> from orlando florida, the former af former army commander general for the 7th army. general, good to see you. >> good to see you, john. >> here's the response from admiral mcraven. i didn't back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama and george w. bush both of whom i worked for. i admire all candidates who uphold the dignity of the office and use the office to bring the nation together in challenging times. but at the same time the republican nation at committee put this statement out on twitter. retired admiral william mcraven was reportedly on hillary clinton's short list for vice-president in 2016. he's been critical of president donald

is facing new controversy in his attacks today against a retired navy seal who oversaw the raid on osama bin laden. nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has the story. >> reporter: after a verbal attack on aer an commander, new backlash against the commander in chief. >> bill mcran, retired admiral, 37 years. >> hillary clinton fan. >> special operations -- >> excuse me, hillary clinton fan. >> a navy seal. >> wouldt it be nice if we got osama bin laden sooner than 'that? wouldnhat be nice? >> reporter: he over saw the raid that killed osama bla n. >> something like this is not about republicans or democrats erica. admiral mcraven is the reason my seal team got in and president obama approved it. that's as simple as it gets. >> reporter: the comes after he called it the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. even now he stands by that, quote, i admire all presidents regardless of political party who uphold the dignityf the office. mcraven called for his anown security cle to be revoked in solidarity with john brennan who had his clearance pulled bymi stration thi

navy admiral william mcraven should have caught osama bin laden faster.talk about there and we will. earlier today, trump doubled down on his criticism writing that he apparently attempted to warn all of us about bin laden. "of course, we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did." he goes on to say, "i pointed out in my book just before the attack on the world trade center. president clinton famously missed his shot. we pay pakistan billions of dollars and they never told us he was living there. fools." on sunday, admiral mcraven responded to the fox interview with a statement from him that read in part, "i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama and president george w. bush, both of whom i worked for. i admire all presidents regardless of their political party, who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. i stand by my comment that the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime." who best to reac

the man who took down osama bin laden. the president regrets not visiting arlington national cemetery when he says he was busy making calls. he vows to visit troops in the war zone. and he says republicans losing the house is because his name wasn't on the ballot. the president says the u.s. should rake like finland to prevent fires. something finland disputes. and then he says he hates doing it, but he gives him an a-plus as president. and finally, but perhaps most urgently, he once again questions the u.s. intelligence community, this time over the murder of a journalist, a senior u.s. official, and another source say the cia have concluded that saudi crowned prince mohammad bin salman ordered the hit on khashoggi in early october, but the president won't yet blame the prince. z >> a month ago, you said you have spoken with saudi crowned prince mohammad bin salman and he told you directly that he had no knowledge of this. >> that's right. and still says that. >> but we now know some of the people closest to him, some of

who oversaw the 2011 operation that killed osama bin laden. last year mccraven said that donald trump's attacks on the news media represented the greatest threat to american democracy that he has ever seen. >> thank you. >> during that fox news sunday interview donald trump decided to hit back suggesting that mccraven and the navy s.e.a.l.s had failed. that they had screwed up. that the navy s.e.a.l.s were insufficient to the task inn front of them and they should have found osama bin laden much sooner. >> bill mccraven, retired admiral, navy s.e.a.l., 37 years, former head of u.s. special operations -- >> hillary clinton fan. >> -- special operations -- >> excuse me, hillary clinton fan. >> who led the operations, command of the operations that took down saddam hussein and killed osama bin laden says that your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. >> he is a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer and, frankly -- >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than tha

the president is now taking aim at the retired admiral who commanded the exercise that brought down osamain laden. elizabeth hur joins us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we'll begin with president trump saying on his end, he is ready for this russia investigation to wrap up, and should his new acting attorney general choose to limit this investigation in any way, the president says he is okay with that. special counsel robert mueller has yet to reveal a timeline, but president trump says he has completed his written answers for mueller, telling fox news he wrote them himself. >> not my team. i'm preparing written answers. >> reporter: the president adding a sitdown interview with mueller, not likely. >> i think we have wasted enough time on this witch hunt, and the answer is probably that we're finished. >> reporter: as for his acting attorney general, matthew whitaker, who has been a vocal critic of the russia probe, this is what he says about limbing the investigation. >> if he decides to curtail -- >> i would not get involved. >> reporter: this as democrat adam schiff,

in point: yesterday, he went after admiral bill mcraven, the commander who oversaw the killing of osama bin laden and the capture of saddam hussein. that is a hell of a resume. special skills: captured more villains than the batman. ( cheers and applause ) mcraven has been critical of trump, and yesterday on fox news sunday, chris wallace asked the president about it. >> bill mcraven, retired admiral, navy seal, 37 years, former head of u.s. special operations-- >> hillary clinton fan. >> special operation-- >> excuse me, hillary clinton fan. >> --who led the operations commanded the operations that took down saddam hussein and that killed osama bin laden, sa that yo senti is the greatest threat to democracy in his life. >> okay, he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer and frankly-- >> he's a navy seal. >> would it have been nicer if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that, wouldn't it been nice? ( audience reacts ) >> stephen: (as trump) "no, hold on a second here. they only killed him once. if it was up to me, i would have killed him many more times. and much deader. n

it would have been nicer if we gotten osama bin laden lot sooner.l in pakistan, which they considered a nice mansion, living in pakistan right next to the military academy, everybody in pakistan knew he was there. >> reporter: the president facing growing backlash on the style and substance. correction needed to his comments that mccraven should have found bin laden sooner. cia did the finder. they moved within days of president obama giving the order. navy seal who so the bin laden is also coming out to defend mcraven. he was born to lead this mission i'll follow him anywhere. if only people heard the real speech. the mission to get bin laden was bipartisan. we all wanted to get him as soon as we could. for has part, mcraven is standing by his criticism president's treatment of the press. clinton campaign did consider tapping him as her running mate. today the president is doubling down on criticisms of mcraven. >> shepard: reporting from washington. breaking today, 16 house democrats are promising to vote against nancy pelosi for speaker. this gro

of course, we should have captured osama bin lauden long before we did.aven has been critical of the president's attacks on the press and his leadership style. in august he pend an open letter calling for trump to revoke his security clearance after former cia director john brennan had his revoked. in a statement he responded to the president's comments saying, i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama and president george w. bush, both of whom i worked for. i admire all presidents regard ms of their political party, who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. >>> joining me now, yamiche alcindor, correspondent for pbs news hour, retired four star general mccaffery. general, let me start with you first. just your reaction to the president choosing to mix it up with a decorated admiral like this. >> you know, there is actually a comical aspect to this. admiral bill mcraven is probably the epitome of a heroic warrior defending america. he commanded jsoc ca

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. >> who led the operations, commanded the operations that took down osama bin laden and th -- saddamsein and killed bin laden. >> he is a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer, and -- >> he was a navy seal. >> he basically got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that. >> president trump is facing growing criticism after that, after suggesting real estate tired u.s. navy admiral william mccraven should have caught osama bin laden faster. >> he goes on to say i pointed out in my book just before the attack on the world trade center president clinton famously missed his shot. we paid pakistan billions of dollars, and had he never told us he was living there. fools. on sunday admiral mcraven responded to the fox interview with a statement from him that read, in part, "i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama and president george w. bush. both of whom i worked for. i admire all presidents, regardless of their political party, who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. i stand by my

and the s.e.a.l.s who went in in a very risky operation, but they got osama bin laden.'s number one enemy. and they sent a clear message to the world that nobody attacks this country. and gets away with it. this president owes admiral mccraven and all of the s.e.a.l.s involved in that operation an apology for what he's saying. he's undermining his position as commander in chief. not only with those that conducted the operation, but with the entire military. >> at the same time, what about his criticism that you and mccraven and the obama administration should have gotten bin laden sooner? >> well, it was ten years trying to find bin laden and thanks to the hard work of our intelligence officers, they were able finally to determine that. by the way, we did not brief admiral mccraven on the location of that compound. until about three months bf they conducted the operation. once we briefed them, admiral mccraven put together the operation. the president approve ued it. it was a risky operation. but they went ahead and did that operation and were success ffult doing it. th

the killing of osama bin laden.coming the national christmas tree to the white house, the president is warning special counsel robert mueller there is one gift he shouldn't count on. a sitdown interview with mr. trump in the russia investigation. >> i think -- >> no energy. >> i think we've wasted enough time on this witch hunt. and the answer is probably. we're finished. >> reporter: and the president is far from finished with fights he's picking on a number of fronts, still battling with retired admiral william mcraven, who oversaw the mission to kill osama bin laden. >> hillary clinton backer. and an obama backer. and frankly -- >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> reporter: mcraven, who has been sharply critical, fired back with a statement of his own, saying, quote, i stand by my comment that the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. the president's criticism of the bin laden raid runs counter to sta

(jrstone) retired navy admiral william mcraven, who led the 20-11 raid that killed osama bin laden, says president trump's attack on the news media is detrimental to democracy. trump dismissed mcraven's remarks and called him a "hillary clinton backer" in a fox news interview that aired sunday.in the interview, the president also criticized the u-s military for not killing bin laden sooner. chris wallace/fox news anchor: "mcraven: retired admiral, navy seal 37 years, former head of us special operations." president donald trump: "hillary clinton fan."chris wallace/fox news anchor: "special operations."president donald trump:"excuse me, hillary clinton fan."chris wallace/fox news anchor:"--who led the operations -- commanded the operations that took down saddam hussein and that killed osama bin laden, says that you're sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime." president donald trump:"okay, he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer."chris wallace/fox news anchor:"he was a navy seal 37 years." in statement -- mcraven says he "did not back hillary clinton or anyo

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