we had reactions this morning from both ends of the spectrum politically from representative adam schiff who is the ranking member of the house intelligence committee, knows him well, says he's bright and while they disagree on some issues he expects him to be a good person for this post, then you have former cia director michael hayden saying when he heard the news he said okay, that's good, that can work so these are two poles of the intelligence community saying this could be

democratic congressman adam schiff is joining us right now. congressman, thank you very much. >> thanks. good to be with you. >> let me get your reaction to jared cushner, should he get that top secret security clearance and be part of that daily presidential brief? >> well, i think there are three questions. there's the question of whether he can be appointed a position or whether that would violate the anti-nepotism laws. then there's the question whether he would qualify for a briefing if he doesn't meet one of those positions or can't by virtue of the nepotism provisions. but the bigger issue for me is we have a president coming in with no experience in foreign policy. should he be relying on a son-in-law who also has no experience? that's the primary worry i have. the president-elect recently spoke with vladamir putin. i don't know what was said in that conversation. but we saw an intensification of the -- a renewal of the intensification of the bombing in syria. does he know that the words he speaks now have great consequences? he needs

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>> reporter: joining me now is democratic congressman adam schiff.king member of the house means committee. as we said there, a general needs to be retired for seven years. would democrats in congress fight that waiver? >> well, i think if people want mattis if he's the nominee and he's well respected and everything i've seen of him, and i met him when he was in iraq and leading the first marine expeditionary force, i don't think approval will be an obstacle. there is a sound reason for it. we want people to be civilian leaders not intimately connected with the military at the time they take over that civilian role, but the other thing is we don't want people in the military campaigning for office while they're in the military. there was no indication that he was doing that. if anyone, general flynn was doing that and not while active duty. so i don't think that will be an impediment if, indeed, he is the one that's chosen. >> when you look at the big picture, you have these rules and norms that are set up for a reason. then when we look at others, f

mainstream is good. >> adam schiff, congressman from california.for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. >>> the challenge to nancy pelosi's leadership is coming from that man on the left over there. congressman tim ryan of ohio. does he have a realistic shot at becoming the next leader of the house democrats? our panel will assess when we come back. what? is he gone?? finally, i thought he'd never leave... tv character: why are you texting my man at 2 a.m.? no... if you want someone to leave you alone, you pretend like you're sleeping. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. tv character: taking selfies in the kitchen does not make you a model. >>> here in washington democrats in the house of representatives soon have to choose whether they want to chart a new direction with a new minority leader or stand behind the current leader nancy pelosi who first won that post some 13 years ago. ohio congressman tim ryan says he will challenge nancy pelosi. here what he had to say on cnn

and democratic congressman adam schiff called him willing and listen to engage, both key qualities in a cia director. and whatever fight democrats are going to put up over some trump nominations somewhere, we're not seeing much of one here for the cia director, at least not yet. the congressman for koch industry at least for now, appears to be on the path to the top agency. boot camp these days. boot camp these days. you know what, it is a blessing to have clarity. a blessing to see things clearly, and have a clear understanding of what you're up against in the world, and why. that is a blessing. tonight after today's news cycle we're working our way down the list that the new trump hires are. was bipartisanly viewed as too racist for a judgeship, but now he is tapped to be one. and the koch industry. this is one that makes the other two look really mainstream, and his story is next. announced that retired general michael flynn would be his new security adviser. requires any other form of announcement. no senate confirmation for national security adviser. for general flynn, that might

the idea is already not sitting well with house intelligence committee member, adam schiff. in a statement last night...the democrat bashed flynn for his past remarks about islam...saying his remarks "...only feed jihadi propaganda by reinforcing their false narrative that the west is at war with all of islam." flynn spoke at the republican national convention this summer: on thursday trump had more meetings with lawmakers favored trump had more meetings with lawmakers favored for key administration posts...including south carolina governor nikki haley. she's reportedly in the running for secretary of state despite harshly criticizing trump during the primary. have you tried the cross bay ferry yet? the boat connecting downtown st pete to downtown tampa. it's really growing in popularity and this weekend, the ship will make one big change that could 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live in downtown st petersburg. sarah, organizers heard the same feedback -- one thing in particular...again, and again, and again. yes, riders want beer, wine and alcohol while they sail betwe

joining us is adam schiff, congressman, thank you for joining us.e to see you. >> good to see you, too. >> broadly, what is your reaction to mike flynn being named national security adviser? >> well you know, shocked and gravely concerned about it. both for the reasons of his policies, they're well out of the mainstream when it comes to russia. his comments about turkey show a complete lack of appreciation on who is happening there. and more broadly, his views on islam, his failure to distinguish the perversion of that state by groups like isis. and his ideas, that there is a clash of civilizations between the west and islam, that they're incompatible with a relationship with the west. these are deeply disturbing ideas that the president-elect has expressed, and to have the national security adviser on this is alarming, and the tenure is especially alarming. i think what was found and he exhibited on the campaign trail. this is somebody who is often erratic and shoots from the hip and a volatile personality. you want somebody to bring the national s

adam schiff (d-ca)/ house permanent select cmte on intelligence)"where the director has discussed an investigation involving one candidate, it opens the director up to claims of bias if he doesn't potential investigations." manafort denies receiving more than 12 million in cash from pro-russian politiciansat a time when trump praised the country's leader and the u-s suspects russia of hacking.the fbi's last-minute review of clinton's emails - just days before the election - has energized the trump campaign: (sot: donald trump/ (r) presidential nominee)"i guarantee you there are many. many of the emails that are missing were in there." wikileaks emails also revealed the head of the democratic party donna brazile gave questions in advance. but nbc's latest poll shows the email controversy doesn't appear to sway voters. clinton's ahead by six points... the same as last week, before reivew. (insert ends) (two second pause)audio outcue: tracie potts, nbc news, washington. a long list of candidates and their surrogates will be visiting the badger state in the final days of the campaign. on

democrat adam schiff and republican chris collins are both standing by. along with our correspondents and analysts, as we cover all the breaking news on this historic election. first, let's go to our senior white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, what are you learning? >> reporter: wolf, donald trump and his team have been huddled inside trump tower all day long, working through shock of this election and planning for a new administration that promises to transform the nation. and as the president elect likes to say, drain the swamp in washington. it's no longer mr. trump, it's president elect trump. and the incoming 45th president of the united states is so far trying out a new, more unified message. >> now it's time for america to bind the wounds of division. we have to get together. >> reporter: and that theme is filtering down to his top aides. in response to hillary clinton's concession speech, adviser jason miller said, very classy speech from hillary clinton. and trump's critics are saying the right things, too, from jeb bush, to john mccain and

joining me now is adam schiff, the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. congressman schiff, thanks for being here. you were just briefed. is there a credible threat to the homeland from al qaeda or a terrorist group? >> there is a threat. we often see around pivotal events like an election, like july 4th, an increase to the threat of the country. here you have al qaeda that is still trying to prove that it's lethal, still trying to compete with isis. isis losing its caliphate trying to lash out. so there are heightened worries around this election. put those in context and we have those concerns every election but i think there's more concern this time than i have seen in the past. >> what should people out there be on the lookout for? >> i'm not sure there's specific enough information to help people be on guard. obviously people are well to be cautious, to let law enforcement know if they see something out of place around an election site, but there may be other areas that would be equally traumatizing that would also be of concern. but unfortunately no

it underscores what a serious mistake this was. >> adam schiff. ranking member on the house intelligence committee and former prosecutor himself. thanks for being with us. >> thank you, andrea. >> coming up, the state of the race with a mix of new polls. where do the candidates stand with only a week to go? mark murray joins us next for a reality check. this is msnbc the place for politics. live from battleground florida. now that fedex has helped us simplify our e-commerce, we could focus on bigger issues, like our passive aggressive environment. we're not passive aggressive. hey, hey, hey, there are no bad suggestions here... no matter how lame they are. well said, ann. i've always admired how you just say what's in your head, without thinking. very brave. good point ted. you're living proof that looks aren't everything. thank you. welcome. so, fedex helped simplify our e-commerce business and this is not a passive aggressive environment. i just wanted to say, you guys are doing a great job. what's that supposed to mean? fedex. helping small bus

for more, i want to bring in democratic congressman adam schiff of california.ongressman, nice to see you. >> good to see you. >> so, we just reported that they will now -- you will now have your elections for house leadership for the democrats on november 30th. do you support that idea of kicking the can down the road a bit? >> you know, i'm fine with that. i think other members wanted more time to discuss just what happened this election. i don't think it means any dramatic change in terms of our leadership. in fact, what we really need more than anything else right now, we are in the minority, and have to confront one party controlling all levers of government, is a leader that can effectively counter that when necessary, that can organize our caucus, that can be an effective force for the minority and nobody better than nancy pelosi is at doing that. i don't think there's any question about our leadership at the top. people want time to digest this dramatic setback in the election and what it will mean for us. the reality is when you're the minority party in

but house intelligence committee member, adam schiff.. doesn't like him on the team. schiff issued a statement, bashing the general for his past remarks about islam. meantime, trump met with the japanese prime minister at trump tower in new york. the prime minister says he's convinced trump is a leader.. who he has great confidence in. /// ((kirsten joyce)) >> tonight... there's a major road closure you need to know about. thanks for joining us, i'm kirsten joyce. ((brian loftus)) >> and i'm brian loftus. parts of the 215... will shut down starting at 9-o'clock tonight... until monday morning... >> 8 news now reporter michael stevens is off the 215 with what's going on. hey michael? ((michael stevens)) >> brian, kirsten... this could pose a major problem for those living in henderson trying to get to the the southwest part of town -- vice versa. the 215 will close in both directions at the airport it's so crews can install parts of a flyover off-ramp over the highway. those headed to the airport shouldn't have a problem getting to the airport connector... but expect s

>> adam schiff doesn't have insight into what is in donald trump's thinking, whether it's for show or not. obviously, you saw the meeting take place on saturday. mike pence was out talking about it on sunday, still using words like active consideration. there's been no knockdown from the romney world that the meeting was a disaster and there's no way he would join the administration. we have no tea leaves like that to read. so, clearly there was a meeting. i think this would be a truly stunning development if, indeed, donald trump can get mitt romney to serve as his secretary of state. if that's what he wants to offer, if mitt romney accepts, to take one of his most strident, ardent critics of the party, the exact wing he ran against to win the nomination and presidency, and put him at center stage in his cabinet would be a really big development for donald trump. >> it would. you look at the rhetoric during the campaign with romney coming out and calling trump a con man and just the exchange of words. also, when you look at the policy differences here, trump and romney could not be m

. >> woodruff: we look now at the choices with: democratic congressman adam schiff of california, theking member of the house permanent select committee on intelligence. and michael ledeen, a scholar at the foundation for defense of democracies, a non profit organization here in washington. he's also co-author with retired general michael flynn on the book "the field of fight: how we can win the global war against radical islam and its allies." and we welcome both of you back to the program. thank you for being here. michael ledeen, you wrote that book together with general flynn. you know him very well. what do you think of this pick? >> i think it's a great pick. he has various qualities that you really want in that job. number one, he's very straightforward. he's not tricky. he's not guileful. he's not afraid to give bad news to his superiors, he's proven that. secondly, really it's unusual for a military man, he doesn't care about rank. his career is, if he finds some second lieutenant who's good at something, he'll stick with that guy rather than look for some full color somethin

including adam schiff, ranking member on the house intelligence committee, says mike is a very brightng and will devote himself to helping the agency develop the best possible intelligence for policy makers. what you are seeing, you are seeing at least for that selection bipartisan praise. >> you know, he may prove to be competent. you never know exactly how individuals grow into these jobs. look, donald trump won this election fair and square. he has the absolute right to put his own people in place. my job is to try and look in the crystal ball and see how they are going to develop. i think pompeo could be a perfectly fine head of our cia director, we just simply don't know. i'm troubled by all the benghazi hearings that went on over the years. but he's been on the intelligence committee, nohe kns the agency and that's a good thing. he's clearly competent. that's a very tough job. sessions as attorney general is a little troubling given his background but again, that's the message donald trump got elected on. so it should be no surprise. >> could i ask on michael flynn, if you had j

. >> reporter: like many democrats, califora's adam schiff used the word "alarming" today to describe the choice of leiutenant general dined wth vladimir putin in moscow. >> his views on russia ought to concern us all, like the president-elect, he's been an apologist for the kremlin. >> reporter: democrats were just as critical of senator jeff sessions, tapped for attorney general. the congressional black caucus called his civil rights record "appalling." luis gutierrez of illinois said, "if you have notalgia for the days when black kept quiet and gays were in the closet, then senator sessions is your man." >> >> reporter: william smith worked for sessions for 10 years. to democrats who say he has a past of making racist statements, you say? >> i say they have-- they don't know senator sessions that well. they haven't been around him. they haven't worked with him. he's a fine guy, never said anything inappropriate, and to chase something that's 30 years old i think is inappropriate. >> reporter: there was less strife over c.i.a. pick mike pompeo. democrats called the congressman repub

the idea is already not sitting well with house intelligence committee member adam schiff. in a statement, the democrat bashed flynn for his past remarks about islam saying his remarks only feed jihad propaganda by saying that the west is at war with islam. flynn spoke at the republican national convention this summer. >> coddling and displays of empathy towards terrorists is not a strategy for defeating these murderers!! >> reporter: mr. trump's latest cabinet pick followed his first meeting with a foreign leading since his election. >> meeting was cordial. >> reporter: and more meetings with lawmakers favored for key administration posts including south carolina governor nikki haley. she is reportedly in the running for secretary of state despite harshly criticizing trump during the primary. >> what i have seen in donald trump is he brings out the worst in people. >> reporter: the transition team says mr. trump is absolutely open to selecting former rivals for top cabinet roles. among them, texas senator victor cruz and former republican presidential candidate mitt romney

adam schiff (d-ca)/ house permanent select cmte on intelligence :33-:38)"where the director has discussed an investigation involving one candidate, it opens the director up to claims of bias if he doesn't discuss other potential investigations."manafort denies receiving more than 12 million in cash from pro- russian politiciansat a time when trump praised the suspects russia of hacking.the fbi's last-minute review of clinton's emails - just days before the election - has energized the trump campaign: (sot: donald trump/ (r) presidential nominee :59-1:04) "i guarantee you there are many. many of the emails that are missing were in there." wikileaks emails also revealed the head of the democratic party donna brazile gave clinton a heads up on debate questions in advance. but nbc's latest poll shows the email controversy doesn't appear to sway voters. clinton's ahead by six points... the same as week, before the fbi reivew. the fbi says it's working quickly, but it's unclear if they'll have results before next tuesday's election.i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. political.how

. >> reporter: congressman adam schiff says friday's announcement broke agency protocol. >> this violates policy about speaking about open or closed investigations, but also the doj policy about speaking about an investigation this close to an election. >> reporter: harry reid accused comey of partisan actions and alleged he may have broken the banning government employees from participating in political activities that could help or hurt a partisan group or candidate in a partisan election. investigators seized the laptop belonging to long-time clinton aide huma abedin and estranged husband anthony weiner during a separate probe into weiner's alleged communication with an underage girl. against the guidance of attorney general loretta lynch, comey sent a vaguely congress friday saying he didn't know whether or not this material may be significant. cbs news has learned the fbi deliberated over whether to disclose the information. officials debated whether they would be accused of trying to manipulate the election by hiding the renewed investigation if criminal evidence was found. a person

soderberg, adam schiff, both had reservations about his hard-nosed, partisan path, but called him a respectablehoice. >> pompeo could be a perfectly fine cia director. he knows the agency, and that is a good thing. >> i think mike is a bright guy, hard-working, so he is a solid pick. mike can be partisan, as you saw in the benghazi hearings, and he will have to set that aside, but i am confident he can do that and is a capable choice. of the three today, he was the most solid pick. on the meritsk and how controversial will he be? people,hen i was hiring i started with one thing, smart. i like that he is relatively fresh phase. he seems to have a great reputation. he seems to have the right demeanor about him. he still thinks benghazi was politicized. if it was up to him, it would still be going on, but i think it is a good pick. aggressive on an benghazi, donald trump would be disqualified. i knew he was on intelligence, but i did not know about his background. it is really impressive. it is helpful to have members of congress in the administration. one thing that has hurt our foreign policy is

i like that adam schiff big mistake.sh again too. >> wow. >> i -- >> move because of camera angle? >> we get a camera angle with our guest. if you had a guest you couldn't see them. i have a great back of the head. that is what the c-span audience is getting most of today. scoot a little towards me a little bit? got it? okay, cool. >> november, can't believe it. >> i know, right. oh man. >> my friend actually tweeted the receipts from my bad haircut. [laughter] >> glass of rum behind him. >> here we go. >> this is "the bill press show." >> had enough of this damn election? only one more week to go. that's the good news today tuesday november 1, what do you say? great to see you today. thank you for joining us here. it is "the bill press show." that's me. and it is good to have you along. wherever you happen to be in this great land of hours, we are there right alongside of you on your local progressive talk radio station. good to see you in radio land. on tv, free speech tv. video dream on youtube.com/"the bill press sho

on general flynn, a top democrat, adam schiff, i'll read part of that to you, it's interesting -- now that doesn't really matter, that's the one position that does not require senate approval, not that congressman schiff is a member of the senate. the republican mike pompeo nominated as cia director, he is someone who will listen and engage, there are concerns about his stints on torture that would be relevant to the cia. he talked about the interrogation techniques that were employed after 9/11 and said that those that put him in place at the cia were heroes, were not torturers. we spoke to shawn spicer at the rnc and said the congressman would be implementing president-elect trump's views of the cia, not necessarily his own. trish: for more analysis on the appointments, i'm joined by fox news contributor lieutenant colonel michael waltz and robin burro. good to have both of you here. first over to you, the criticism from the left is that basically these guys are going to be too tough when it comes to immigration, when it comes to dealing with islam as a religion versus political ide

adam schiff / -d- california: his views really scare me, frankly. an early and loyal trump backer, flynn was forced out as head of pentagon defense intelligence agency in 2014 but it's his anti-islam positions, lt. gen. michael flynn: it's a malignant cancer. that have many concerned about the pick, especially since flynn will not require a senate kansas congressman mike pompeo, trump's choice to head up the c.i.a., will. the army veteran, who graduated first in his class at west point is receiving praise, general michael hayden / former director of the nsa and cia: when i saw the choice i was heartened. i think this is a serious man. still, some point to pompeo's role in the benghazi hearings. the congressman released his own report, faulting clinton, when he felt the republican-led committee did not go far enough. trump's attorney general pick is a popular among conservatives, extraordinary attorney general. but critics of the alabama senator are quick to point out that he was denied a federal judgeship in 1986 over allegations he made racist rema

ron, representative adam schiff out of california, saying that democrats failed because they did notay attention to economic issues roiling kitchen tables and households, saying we won popular vote. people feeling pain in the rust belt, we need to listen more. is this why nancy pelosi could lose her position? >> i mean, if you think that san francisco, nancy pelosi represents those values, i could see why you would want to change. i think this is the revenge of bernie bros, people who supported bernie sanders, that is the future of democrat party, i think those people are tired of establishment leaders like nancy pelosi control their party, if a young voter, or future voters says, you know this is a democrat party, i don't see why they would top join, i can see why democrats do' new leadership it is wise on their part to look. liz: they feel like party failed them, they don't recognize the democrat party any more, vote last week appears to be a vote against big government, do you remember james carvel, said, it's the economy stupid. it is the government stupid, but you know, jess car

here with me to discuss that is adam schiff and mike rogers.lso with us, bakari sellers and congresswoman diane black of tennessee. great to have you all here. is this a real deal in is mitt romney really being considered to be secretary of state? >> well, i think so. donald trump is not going to take the time to bring someone up to do that interview process. that's what we've learned over the last eight days or so if he's not at least under serious consideration and i think that's great. this is kind of that team of rivals that i think can make for really good government. he's trying to find the right people for the direction that he wants to go. i think mitt romney would be great in that role. >> you fought mitt romney bitterly. but i sense in this new world you might like mitt romney at the state department. am i wrong? >> for example, russia, romney has been very outspoken. in fact, he was ridiculed by democrats and turned out to be connect when he said that russia was our number one geopolitical foe back in 2012. to say the least, presiden

we had reactions this morning from both ends of the spectrum politically from representative adam schiffing member of the house intelligence committee, knows him well, says he's bright and while they disagree on some issues he expects him to be a good person for this post, then you have former cia director michael hayden saying when he heard the news he said okay, that's good, that can work so these are two poles of the intelligence community saying this could be the right person to bring the agency into the future whatever future we're facing. we haven't seen a bunch of policy papers so that part's unclear. >> we have that, let's listen. >> frankly, michael, when i saw the close i was heartened. this is a serious man who takes these questions seriously and who studies these questions and so my -- like i said, i'm heartened by the choice. >> you know the intel community, buck sexton. >> i worked for hayden who was also very highly regarded and well respected across the board for being somebody who would dive deep into the ish shoes, is quite knowledgeable but was also able to understand

congressman adam schiff said yesterday that he would be an awesome choice for secretary of state.d paul said he would be an even keel pick. so i think that world leaders would react similarly. he's respected. he would be an awesome in that role. >> and chuck, two very different personalities when it came to the campaign itself with these two. >> you know, romney's cool hand luke and rudy comes riding into town on his horse shooting up his gun. when you get to be the president you get to pick whoever you want. there's much differences between these two and democrats are going to raise opposition, but this is how the game is played. he's going to pick republicans, two different styles of republicans, i worked for bernie sanders. if he had been elected i'd have been secretary of agriculture because i'm the only liberal who knows how to drive a tractor. that's just how the game is played. >> let us know if you're liberal and know how to drive a tractor let chuck know on twitter. thank you both for joining us. appreciate it this morning. chuck and gabby, thank you. >> thank you. >> 26

adam schiff is urbane and nice man and gentle about it. this is not democracy. let's review. the fbi can take your freedom. they have incredible power over you. >> yes. >> we now have a cell essentially within t fbi allied with rudy giuliani, her opponent in senate. she came out and publicly denounced the murders of dialo and doariz. now you have elements of the new york-based fbi determined to lock her up. and there aren't just talking about it or using one vote which they have like anybody else. they can be republicans if they want. they're taking a hack book which is financially related to the ceo of the donald trump campaign, peter schweitzer runs a fake sham foundation that was begun by steven bannon. so you have the financially connected ceo of the republican presidential candidate connected to a book that agents then used to launch an investigation. which they can do against anybody, by the way. based on a sham book and intend to put you in prison and colluding with republican members to say we'll take the sham investigation. we don't care what comey says. we'll put he

he is praised by adam schiff, the ranking democrat and others who said he is really a respectable and credible choice. with a republican committee sitting in judgment on him, he will be confirmed. he criticized the cia, but that said, a lot of people have criticized the agency and been put in with other house republicans. mike roger who is was removed from the transition committee and not going to get the cia and you can me if this is accurate or not. there are reports he might be director of national intelligence that eurosupervisee agencies. he will be opposed by the naacp and legal defense fund. they are opposing him not just because of what he said in the 80s, but because of his record since. there are latino groups opposing him because of his hard line on immigration and deportations as well. >> let's talk about jeff sessions. he did not get through confirmations in the 80s. let's listen to ted kennedy in 86 talking about sessions and we will talk on the other side. >> mr. sessions is a throw back to a shameful era which i know both black and white americans thought was in our pa

. >> i spoke with congressman adam schiff, the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee ande was very effusive in his praise of pompeo saying this man is qualified. >> he's getting praise across the board because of his credentials even if he does harbor conservative views. they believe he's a serious legislator and a person who could do a good job at the cia. >> thanks very much. we're back with republican congresswoman marsha blackburn of tennessee. you know congressman mike pompeo but you just heard what he said after that boston terror bombing, suggesting that islamic faith leaders could be complicit in those attacks. do you agree with him on that? >> wolf, i don't know the context within which that whole statement fit, but i do know this. there are so many leaders in our country from both sides of the aisle that called on moderate muslims to move forward and to help us as we sought to rout out those who were couching themselves inside mosques or maybe who were in some way affiliated that were seeking in some way to do harm, and the moderate muslims could be very helpful

. >> adam schiff from california. thanks for taking a few minutes. let me set it up this way. president obama had the highest approval rating of his second term. he was out there campaigning. they had the advantage in the early vote. they had the better surrogates. the stars who were out there campaigning. they had trump get hit with a scandal. we couldn't think of a precedent for it in the general election. they led in the polls and the key swing states. what went wrong? >> steve, you are probably a better analyst than i am, but the bottom line is donald trump's message hit a cord with more americans than the message that we had. it explained not only why his candidacy was successful, but why bernie sanders had such passion in his campaign. this was a year of the outsider. when there is a large part of the country that is feeling uncertain about the future that is not looking at the life it thought it would have or future it hoped to have and worried about the children's future and i think what he spoke to resonated. now what concerns me is while he did strike a cord, there w

support for democrats as well as republicans on there, just spoke to one of his fellow members adam schiff said he's smart and expects him to be moderating positions he had while he was serving in the house. but if you hold those positions, he will have the president's ear on key issues. key national security issues. >> what about just -- honing in on general flynn, mike, when you look at his experience, he knows the enemy but back to the john of the dia, he lost his job apparently because of temperament issues, ethics issues not to mention there is video of him with vladimir putin chl which would not assuage concerns for folks critical of the trump administration being buddy buddy with russia. how concerning is that in this selection? >> i'm not concerned about the narrative that was kbilt up about trump and trump's appointments going to be naive about vladimir putin. you know, i think you -- you're right in saying he was forced out of dia. i think part of that was -- he was at odds with the administration over system of his more aggressive views towards the islamic state and his opinions