donald trump hits back against former secretary of state, robert gates about a statement after trump gates rights that he is uninformed about the world. he is temporarily unsuited to lead our men and women in uniform. trump responded on twitter this way. i never met former defense secretary, robert gates, he knows nothing about me but looked at the results under his guidance, a total disaster, end quote. gates raising major questions about hillary clinton insisting that she still needs to address trump worthiness with voters. let's bring in rick francona. good to see you, welcome. robert gates is talking about an assessment that is less than complimentary of two people running for an office that is highest in the land. how much will the effect of roberts gates have in this world right now? >> robert gates is very well respected in both the military and the intelligence community. i suspect a lot of people are going to take heed when he makes these statements. when i read the article, this was an absolute great rundown of the problems the next president is going to face. he laid it ou

so robert gates served eight presidents, most of them republicans, one democrat. a clown? >> so mr. gates, secretary gates really should have i think in his book been a little bit more forceful about the fact that radical islam has ideological moorings. he acts like terrorism is something like the weather, it just happen, and we as americans know that's not true, and i think that's part of why mr. trump is doing very well on the issue of who would vanquish radical islamists. hillary clinton referred to terrorists as our enemy. there's a great deal of frustration by many americans than we don't have serious leaders all of the time addressing terrorism for what it is. >> dickerson: but one of the critiques that secretary gates, who has seen and worked with a few presidents made, is donald trump is thin-skinned, he doesn't have the temperament for the office. wasn't he in, in response to mr. gates proving mr. gates' point? >> no, not at all. he was defending himself, and mr. trump has the right to do that. he's attacked by people who have never met him, who haven't given a thawingful lo

plus we discuss the traits of a great leader with robert gates. before that, a brand new program some find shocking because it's necessary these days. it's called fighting chance. temple university hospital doctors and nurses will train local residents to give gunshot victims first aid. joining me now to explain the fighting chance are scott charles, the trauma outreach coordinator and dr. tim brian. dr. brian is a u.s. special operations veteran who served as a combat medic. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you so much. >> first and foremost, i think people hear this and go are there that many gunshot victims where this is a necessity? >> unfortunately, i'd say the answer is yes. i think scott can probably talk more about specific numbers but it's shocking the numbers. >> what are the numbers? >> city wide, this is a city that sees last year, i think 1200 shootings. that's up by about 18% over the year before. when you ask the question is this necessary? i think it is. even when you have a situation as we had

withncer: coming up, q&a former defense secretary at robert gates. then, the republican presidential primary debate in south carolina at 10:00 a.m. ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," former secretary of defense and former director of the cia, robert gates. he discusses his book "a passion for leadership: lessons on change and reform from 50 years of public service." brian: robert gates, the council on foreign relations recently had a column which said the next president of the united states ought to read five books on the presidency. yours was at the top on leadership. what would you want the next president to take away from your book on leadership?

essentially missing the importance of the words coming from robert gates. >> reporter: he has. but, you know, i think it's important to note something that bob gates, the former defense secretary said and i think josh roggin would agree as he focuses on national security. the number one crisis that will likely hit the next president of the united states will not be happening inside the united states, a domestic issue. it will likely be a foreign crisis. the question that robert gates lays out in that column is, which candidate is better prepared to deal with these foreign crises and he says in that column, he's not happy with hillary clinton, he hopes she provides more details as to what she would do with a number of issues happening around the world, he comes to the conclusion in this op-ed that hillary clinton is best prepared to be president of the united states. donald trump is too much of a loose cannon to be trusted in the oval office. that is a compelling argument that a lot of americans are going to have to deal with. i agree 100% with josh roggin, what he said, having c

and to the former head of the cia, robert gates. plus, how the democrats lost touch with white working class voters. >> we get portrayed as racist and rednecks. that's not the case. >> my trip to once blue west virginia, now the reddest state in america. and north carolina power grab. after a democrat wins the governor's race, republicans move to strip away much of his power before he takes office. all politics is partisan, but how much is too much? >> next thing you know you will say there's gambling in cass blank can a. come on. >> joining me is katty kay jeff greenfield, yamiche and rick santelli. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press". >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. we have our first look at how the public is respondin ing tin donald trump as president-elect. 50% approve of the way he is handling his transition. 41% disapprove. this compared to obama 71-14. those were based on surveys in january of 2009. most americans believe mr. trump will change the way thin

"i never met former defense secretary robert gates, he knows nothing about me.er his guidance, a total disaster." robert gates served eight presidents, like you just said, 50 years, the man has experience. >> i just don't think that you can dismiss a person like robert gates the way that donald trump attempts to do. and this is exactly the shoot from the lip kind of thing he's talking about. robert gates inherited the iraq war and wound us down, which is what america wanted him to do and the presidents wanted him to do. this is a very effective civil servant. and it's that shoot from the lip, the same thing as last night, you know, talking once again about possible violence against clinton, you know, taking the guns away from her secret service agents, he said. or -- the response that he gave, you know, in this past week to getting caught out in the birther lies. this is sort of impulsive reaction by donald trump, which is what robert gates wants to bring to the public attention. this is not the type of temperment, he says, that you need at this particular time,

potentially robert gates, i know, but i think it's good that trump is taking his time. ood that he's meeting with people who are critical of him like romney and gates. i wouldn't underestimate rudy giuliani. he may just in the end come out to be the one who is selected. i think that would be an excellent choice. >> dark horses, jamie. robert gates is a dark, dark horse. >> so robert gates has said, no, he's not going into the trump administration. he wrote a scathing op-ped. but he just spent two days at trump tower giving people advice. and i will tell you this, there are a number of gop establishment people and i say that as a good thing, professionals who would love nothing more than if bob gates -- i don't know that trump is interested, but they see bob gates and general mattis as the dream team. >> and they got general mattis. bob gates wrote a scathing op-ped, okay. we covered it extensively. it was as nasty as it gets. and trump responded in kind. >> he did. so a couple things that donald trump said, just only back in september about bob gates. "i've never former

trump tweeted never met but never liked dopey robert gates. always speaks badly of his bosses, including obama. he went on to call him a clown, suggested there's something going on with him that we don't know. would you tolerate that kind of behavior in a staffer or in one of your children? >> jake, completely ridiculous analogy. now, you know, colin powell and robert gates are allowed to hurl insults at donald trump but donald trump is not allowed to respond. this is someone who is secretary of state and another person who was secretary of defense. the fact is they hurl insults at donald trump and the standard is he's not allowed to hurl them back. you know, the fact of the matter is the american people are tired of that kind of political correctness. they want people who speak their mind. donald speaks his mind. the fact is, he is not my child and he's not a member of my staff. he's a candidate for president of the united states who was attacked by a former secretary of state and a former secretary of defense in very, very aggressive languag

georgia republican senator david perdue, jay cohen, retired navy admiral, former defense secretary robert gates, pam bondi, u.n. ambassador of the u.n., john bolton, heidi heitkamp, democrat, and david malpass. latest cabinet picks, jessica snyder is outside trump tower on fifth avenue in new york city for us right now. jessica, trump describes his pick for defense secretary, and i'm quoting him now, as the closest thing to general george patton that we have. general mattis, as we know, the retired marine corps general has a potential legal hurdle he has to clear in order to be considered for his nomination. >> reporter: yes. you know, wolf, but trump's team is saying they are well on their way to getting a congressional waiver. trump spokesman jason miller, in fact, this morning saying that senator john mccain is right now drafting legislation that would get general mattis around that law that mandates that uniformed

trump first responded via twitter, "never met but never liked dopey robert gates. look at the mess the u.s. is in. always speaks badly of his many bosses, including obama." on saturday trump again went after gates. >> we had a clown today, an absolute clown, robert gates. he's supposed to be an expert, been there forever. writes a book, says bad about everybody he's worked for, been there a long time, nasty guy, probably has a problem we don't know about. believe me, i am so much better at what he's doing than he is. you won't even believe it. >> in an election of name calling and labels, donald trump and his supporters are beginning to label themselves with the moniker deplorable, some supporters showing up with the word "deplorables" on their shirt. in miami trump entered on stage from the broadway play "les miserabl miserables." he sought to capitalize on hillary clinton's comments. >> my opponent slanders you as deplorable. and a word that hasn't been picked up to the same extent, ir redeemable. that means you can't be made better or whatever. that means you're

, calling trump "beyond repair." >> absolute clown, robert gates. believe me, i'm so much better at what he's doing than he is. >> reporter: recent polling shows more trust trump on terror but on best for commander and >>> and 40% of the country could see a massive rise in gas prices at the pump, the details ahead. >>> so, we're finally seeing a little bit of fall? >> no, its this is tropical air. and right down i 95 as we take the timing through the day, 7:00 a.m. to noon, i 95 towards the and we're likely to expect upwards of three to five inches. and now a closer look at your day ahead. well, we're also watching the warm air continuing from wichita to joplin to kansas city and look at texas. dallas near 100 degrees. so, no signs of fall whatsoever throughout the heartland. "early today" is back in two. us. effortlessly. hillshire farm. because it's worth doing right. at hillshire farm, there's a reason our slow roasted turkey taste so fresh seconds after carving, we not only seal every slice, we double seal it. the results are something to savor.

there's like this divide between republicans who know who robert gates is and those who don't. he's obviously a very well-respected figure in the republican party or at least the establishment of the republican party. i was actually somewhat ri of hillary clinton, who he apparently was... i thought he lad been an ally of closely during the obama years when they both served together. i do think that the kind of language he used, he said it's the kind of damning language that butts the fear of pulling the will every for him into a lot of the suburban republicans in philadelphia. >> dickerson: one thing that's been interesting, ruth, in the clinton conversation, the last there talking about solutions. that's been interrupted by her comments about half of trump supporters being the basket of deplorables or health issues. now other things are getting in the way. what does that tell you, though, that this late in the campaign they're feeling like we still have to make the case for hillary clinton? >> and she still feels like she has to make the case. that's parted of what she's think

i want to start with a piece that defense secretary robert gates, former defense secretary, wrote in the "wall street candidates, but particularly critical of mr. trump, and i want to play mr. trump's reaction to it last night and get your reaction. >> we had a clown today, an absolute clown, robert gates. he's supposed to be an expert. he's been there forever. so he goes out and he says negative things about me. i never met him. i never talked to him. believe me, i am so much better at what he's doing than he is. >> dickerson: all right. presidents, most of them republicans, one democrat. a clown? >> so mr. gates, secretary gates really should have i think in his book been a little bit more forceful about the fact that radical islam has ideological moorings. he acts like terrorism is something like the weather, it just happen, and we as americans know that's not true, and i think that's part of why mr. trump is doing very well on the issue of who would radical islamists. hillary clinton referred to terrorists as our enemy. there's a great deal of frustration by many americans than w

robert gates is in we can see just a little light just a little light >> listen to that! harmonious tribute on martin luer king jr. day. the jewish group teamed up and stood near the lincoln memorial. i love that video. don't they sound great? king king, you can't think about him without thinking about his dream. is thewhat the guys are doing there at the he lincoln memorial. >>> president of both parties depended on the knowledge of robert gates, the forme secretary of defense and cia chief is here in the green room. hello! >> good morning. >> robert gates, we will see if he believes the iran deal put america at risk. also his new book on lessons of leadership. >>> crossfit workouts for kids. ten-year-olds took part in the competition over the weekend and we will find out if that is too young for this high intensity exercise. that is ahead. time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. "forbes" reports on celebrating martin luther king jr. day of service. americans ross the country will be volunteering to honor the late civil rights leader. the

when was the last time, you, robert gates, stood in line? >> at a deli here in new york!that. >> i was wondering. go ahead, charlie. go ahead. >> i just want to come to one interesting thing about the iran contradeal which you were involved in. you were a deputy to the cia director. you make an interesting point. you said while i did nothing wrong, i didn't do enough. >> yeah. i specifically said i didn't do enough right. >> right. >> i did -- well, as you say, and one of my regrets -- you know, i remember george schultz writing in his memoir that he didn't give himself very high marks in terms of how he had dealt with iran contra. i think the big lesson that i learned from that whole episode was the importance of what -- what the military would call square corners, that everything does need to be done according to the book, and you do need to -- not just observe the rules, but the spirit of the rules. and making sure that government operates well inside the baselines, if you will. >> you have to be transparent and accountable for your own actions? >> absolutely, absolute

when was the last time, you, robert gates, stood in line? >> at a deli here in new york! >> i was wondering. go ahead, charlie. go ahead. >> i just want to come to one interesting thing about the iran involved in. director. you make an interesting point. you said while i did nothing wrong, i didn't do enough. >> yeah. i specifically said i didn't do enough right. >> right. >> i did -- well, as you say, and one of my regrets -- you know, i remember george schultz writing in his memoir that he didn't give himself very high marks in terms of how he had dealt with iran contra. i think the big lesson that i learned from that whole episode was the importance of what -- what the military would call square corners, that everything does need to be done according to the book, and you do need should be doing. >> slowly moving is not complimentary. >> that is because months ago, i and others were saying we need more special forces on the ground, we need more air controllers and spotters, we need to have trainers down to the battalion level. we need to have trainers with the sunni tri

. >> dickerson: on this question of national security and commander-in-chief, secretary robert gates wrote a pete in the "wall street journal" critical of both candidates, but about hillary clinton he said, "mrs. clinton has time before the election to address forthrightly her trust worthiness, which he put at the center of her ability to be commander-in-chief. how does she fix the trust worthiness problem? >> you know, you're right, secretary gates wrote that editorial. he said, "i need to see more from hillary clinton, but i've seen enough from donald trump. he's not qualified to be president." let me jump right to your question, john, about trustworthiness. i have a boy who is a marine infantry officer. he's one of the two million young men and women who serve in the united states military. he's deployed now for the second time. i would trust hillary clinton with matt's life, with my son's life. the reason i would is because she's had that searing experience of being at the world trade center as they were searching for survivor, because national security team that revived the hunt

you heard robert gates. there's no easy answer in how you punish russia.ysis. that's the problem. the more we handwritt ring. >> i think the u.s. should be a model for creating various technology, whether it protects gentleman hug yahoo! or the dnc. the issue is hacking itself. this is america, we invented the computer. we should invent ways to protect those that use it. >> without proper deterrents, north core roo korea, china, ir. all three are powers that have played around in this arena. >> two things i think of. one, obama said this at his press conference, this idea that if we retoaliateretaliate, we d to publicize it. we might be retaliating against russia and we won't know what that means. i think there's that aspect. but i think when i think about donald trump kind of -- after the electoral college, he will be a different person and maybe looks at this issue in a different way, we were always waiting for donald trump to be someone different. i don't think that's going to happen. this is a very partisan issue. i don't know if i expect donald trump

in our next hour, former defense secretary robert gates in our series "issues that matter." he once called donald trump chief. gates looks at the challenges the new president will face hays on "cbs this morning." >>> the president-elect is celebrating a deal to prevent hundreds of job losses at a major manufacturer. carrier's parent company planned to close two indiana facilities and move more than 2,000 jobs to mexico. but the air-conditioning giant tweeted last night, quote, we are pleased to have reached a deal with president-elect trump and vp elect pence to keep close to 1,000 jobs in indy. carrier factory in indianapolis. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. during the campaign, donald trump repeatedly expressed a promise to keep american jobs in america and, for now at least, it looks like he meant what ed. >> we have all of these lost jobs, all of our lost manufacturing. we are going to get it back. >> reporter: throughout the campaign, donald trump made it clear. >> companies like carrier simply fire their workers and move their operations to mexico. not going to

(pkg)((narr-1))former defense secretary robert gates served presidents george w. bush and barack obama during the iraq and afghanistan wars. the next president will have to deal with the complex issue of the islamic state. ((sot jamie yuccas))"front-runner donald trump has said as president he would "bomb the expletive" out of the islamic state, while rival ted cruz has suggested carpet bombing them. are either of these solutions realistic?((sot gates))"i think those are unrealistic options. that's not the way the u.s. military conducts war, certainly in the modern era, with total disregard for people."((narr-2))in his new book, "a passion for leadership," gates prides himself on being able to work with *both parties. but he worries the country is becoming even more divided. ((sot exchange))q: what's your best case scenario for 2016 presidential election? a: "it's early yet, so my hope is that the candidates begin to be more thoughtful about how they would do some of the things they are talking about." ((narr-3))gates - a republican - is not yet committing to any

gates: i would take on more of a policy subject. brian: our guest has been robert m. gates.he book is "a passion for leadership, lessons on change and reform from 50 years of public service." thank you very much. sec. gates: thank you for having me. ♪ >> for free transcripts or to give us your comment about this program, visit us at q&a.org. these programs are also available as c-span podcasts. ♪ announcer: if you liked this week's "q&a" interview, here are some others you may enjoy. former congressional staff member mike lofgren talks about his book on the two-party system in his op-ed on secretary gate's former memoir. the first female four-star officer in the navy, michelle howard talks about her role as vice chief of naval operations. you can watch these interviews and others online at c-span.org. announcer: here on c-span, washington journal is next with your calls and a look at today's headlines. that is followed by saturday's between the republican presidential candidates. women andllowed by technology discussion. i had, we look at the role of latino voters in nevada

when was the last time, you, robert gates, stood in line? >> at a deli here in new york! >> i knew you were going to answer that. go ahead, charlie. >> i just want to come to one episode was the importanceeeee of what -- what the military would call square corners, that everything does need to be done according to the book, and you do need to -- not just observe the rules, but the spirit of the and making sure that government operates well inside the baselines, if you will. >> you have to be transparent and accountable for your own >> absolutely, absolutely. >> can i ask you one quick isis? are we doing everything so far we should be doing? >> i think we are slowly moving to where we are doing what we should be doing. complimentary. >> that is because months ago, i and others were saying we need morererererererererererererererererererere, we need more air controllers and spotters, ed to trainers down to the battalion level. we need to have trainers with kurds, as well as with the iraqi security forces, and we need to have a safe haven in syria. now, the administration has

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i think robert gates spoke for a lot of people in the national security community, that he said he is uncomfortable of that if anything are on -- of that finger on the nuclear button. he speaks first, and thinks, if at all, later. >> hour by hour, sometimes minute by minute, she was working with a lot more public information at that time. of course, a presidential candidate who is out there today, is going to be asked about this. what was your reaction to how hillary clinton handled it? >> it was fine. it looked like this. didn't make pronouncements, didn't jump up and down. didn't light her hair on fire. >> rosie o'donnell says, he has the same reaction, the same response to virtually everything. there is a practical matter, chris is right. this is going to affect the way people see american leadership. he talks about banning muslims, there is no way we could deal with a threat of terrorism, we need the muslim nations to work with us. all he does is get out there, act like a bully or big on the. that is not the way to make friends in an endo you ever, that we need for our own securit

we'll ask robert gates who served eight of them. all ahead on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs good morning welcome to face the make i'm john dickerson. chairman of the republican national committee, reince priebus joins us now. mr. chairman i'd throwing ask you about report that donald trump in the 190s served as his own spokesman under another name. what do you make of that? >> it's a little bit odd, but i would just tell you that i think of all the things facing this country right now and after being through this primary for a year i can assure you that that particular issue is not going to move the electorate. people are comparing hillary clinton, career politician, someone who has made millions of dollars on politics, guy who has never run for public office, a business guy, who is a total outsider that is going to cause an earthquake in washington, that's really the issue that is on the ballot. all those other stories, lots of stories, my guess is it's not going to move the electorate. >> dickerson: now that we are looking at general electorate,

robert gates was very critical of the obama administration after he left the pentagon.n, you first. how damaging is this assessment from gates about the worthiness of donald trump, if he were to be in the white house? >> first of all, we're talking about the head of the cia under george h.w bush. he continues in a line that extends back to the extraordinary letter from 50 other top republican national security officials including other cabinet secretaries, the homeland security secretaries making the same argument. donald trump is unfit to be president in their view. i thought what may the op-ed particularly kind of noteworthy was as you point out. he is not sparing hillary clinton. he has lots of criticism about hillary clinton. but yet ultimately concludes that in the end, in this choice, donald trump cannot be president. and i thought that was revealing. the argument of michael bloomberg at the democratic convention, there are swing voters out there that don't think a lot about hillary clinton. even though she is a flawed politician, he is at a different order of mag

donald trump was called unfit and unqualified to be commander in chief defense robert gates during the campaign. mr. gates is in our toyota green room this morning with whether his opinions of the president-elect have changed. >>> also in our green room mahershala ali, the emmy nominated actor from "house of cards" stars in the new movie "moonlight." ahead how hollywood was part of his career plans and why the movie is already the talk of oscar buzz. time to show you some of the patagonia will give charity all $10 million of its black friday sales and fulfills a pledge made last week. the money will go to environmental nonprofits. online spending surged over thanksgiving weekend and cyber monday set an internet sales record of nearly $3.5 billion. >>> "the washington post" says the army is in a hockey fight. the nhl's new team in las vegas is calling itself the golden knights. but that is also the name of a decade old army parachuting team. army lawyers are looking into the case. >>> "the new york times" reports on obama's latest visit to walter reed. probably his final trip there as p