bob, is she up here? i want to get her up here and the gates family. es me great pleasure, particularly surrounded by people worked with bob to honor him here as a distinguished public service by awarding him the national security medal. this is the highest medal a president can give for national security. and i have a long list here that some very thorough speech writer wrote out about bob gates' accomplishments, his record, his service to his country, but i expect people here to know this better than most, but you ought to know how much i trust him, admire him and respect him. this is the national security medal and if there's ever been one that's well deserved or well earned, it's the one i present now with great pride to bob gates, director of central intelligence. >> thank you all, thanks a lot. >> american history tv brings you 48 hours of unique programming exploring our nation's past. to view our schedule and an archive of all of our programs, visit cspan.org/history. >> when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest mo

[applause] >> and i have a long list here, that some very thorough speechwriter wrote out about bob gates's a- bob compliment. but i expect people here know this better than most. bob gates's accomplishments. but i expect people here know better than most. and i want to express how much i admire and respect him. [applause] this is the national security metal, if there has ever been as one that is as was deserved i present it with great pride to bob gates. [applause] >> we are out of the, -- we are out of here, thank you all very much. ♪ [applause] george h.w. bush, the 41st president of the united states, has died at the age of 94. he served from 1989 to 1993. those george h.w. bush was director of the central intelligence agency for only a from january 1976 to january 1977, their headquarters building in northern virginia is named after him. next on reelamerica,

>> well, if we can bring bob gates back, that would be great, but he's no fool, and trump is not going to get someone like that. i was looking back at resignation letters. those that are public. all the way back to the truman administration from secretaries of defense. and even in his resignation, mattis was so careful to make sure that he did this in a professional way because he knows that the millions of men and women in uniform right now are going to read this. and what he is saying to them is, look, you are serving your nation. you've taken an old to uphold the constitution of the united states, and if you can no longer fulfill that oath if you can no longer, in his case, support the president's agend athen it's your obligation to do the professional thing and resign. i like what "the washington post" has written. i think they are probably right in terms of some of the veiled criticisms. but mattis didn't hide that either. he's critical of the president in has resignation letter but in such a professional way. i'm not sure there is anyone else out there at this point who is willin

president trump given the fact that he does not have that background why for example madison out of bob gates who was secretary under obama we've had two major resignations as a result of from secession to pull out of syria against the advice of his military leaders they seem to be a crisis in u.s. strategy what does you know what does a strategy what is a strategy do we do is there one in your opinion no i mean what president trumpet is doing what do you agree or disagree these are tactics the requestion is what your strategy of you know you're going to get out of syria you just want to leave nor are you going to repeal the same way with afghanistan you quote found a number of jobs what about the negotiation that you know ambassador khalilzad is undertaking right now with the taliban out of the senate that got another i think is the real conservative on a lot of people not that the president is doing something like this what is it or overall who are all around it you. just coming back to syria the president says he spoke with the turkish president had a lot about a snow and highly coordinate

i think bob gates or any of the previous secretaries would be long gone by now if he kept ignoring them doesn't have much support on capitol decision.is i will quote now from senator lindsey graham who said it would be an obama-like mistake. and american withdrawal would be a big win for isis, iran, bashar al-assad of syria, and russia. does the united states have anything to say about this constitutionally? can it have any influence? >> no. you need congress is support. withdrawal, you can do that anytime. when i worked for reagan, we got out of lebanon. you are the commander in chief. you might need pressure to send them in or permission, but the -- but you don't need it to get them out. david: it is great to have you on on these national secured he matters. coming up, more on the markets. stocks are lower but off the session lows. the nasdaq at one point falling 20% from its intraday high. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ david: brian moynihan says uncertainty stemming from the u.s.-china trade war has already led some clients to work around the chinese market. >> it really d

bob gates, went on to be defense secretary and cia director. colin powell, obviously, went on to be secretary of state. larry eagleberger, secretary of state. condi rice, secretary of state. this is an incredibly talented team of public servants. and it's a bit nostalgic for me watching those surviving with this group of people. >> there you see the outgoing speaker of the house and the senate majority leader, john king. members of the cabinet have gathered, as well. they're all standing together with the justices of the u.s. supreme court. >> some of them, elaine chao, who goes back to the bush administration. mitch mcconnell of kentucky, a junior when george h.w. bush was president. many of these members of congress, including the speaker of the house, paul ryan, were not here in washington in those days. and we live in a very polarized washington now. president bush, as jake was noting earlier, george h.w. bush had a democratic congress. the only way to do business was to do it bipartisan. that was his nature anyway. just want to pause for a

i interviewed bob gates, who is also a giant fan of this president, at the eisenhower library, that's himself other political hero. the george w. presidential library in dallas, the l.b.j. library. bring your kid to texas if you want to teach them history. you can see remarkable places. mary cate knows this much better. she's part of this library. every president has conversations. it's a museum to me, which made this president uncomfortable to a degree. what will they be saying about my library ten years, 20 years, 10 yea 30 years after i'm gone. the black and white photo of him when he's trying to learn to walk in kennkennybunkport. i think george bush has the same i'm idea, trying to keep the service part going. >> it's very interactive here and it's aimed at young people. i think a lot of them have a replica of the oval office. what this library also has is a replica of the situation room -- >> it's a real situation room. >> excuse me. >> there as another one? >> sorry to break it to you, wolf. >> you can make decisions and see if you were right or wrong -- not right or wrong but

and there is a reason why i was comfortable asking, for example, bob gates to stay on as my secretary of defense when we were still in the middle of two wars. there was a reason why i could consult with a jim baker about a particular issue comfortably. it wasn't a strain. it was because we had a common baseline of assumptions and values around certain issues. i think what is also true is that that consensus was hugely beneficial to the united states, and that over the course of the post-world war ii era, it was hugely beneficial to the world. it didn't mean we did not screw up or make mistakes, were not hypocritical or self-interested. we are a nationstate governed by politicians, and so the world had all kinds of opportunities at various junctures to say, oh, the united states doesn't believe what it preaches, it is supporting folks who are not democrats, they are doing things for convenience, all those things. but at the end of this period, let's call it 60, 70 years, the world was wealthier, less violent, healthier, more tolerant, more democratic. the average person's life chances

even back in the day, i've had this frequently, when president trump was in the white house and bob gatesblican wab was at the pentagon and the democrats have both houses of congress, where was the big increase in the state department in foreign aid in these kinds of programs? people thought, oh, well, republicans want this and democrats want this. but -- >> i think you're right, when there's unified power, they did not use that power to try to -- >> there's no constituency to try and increase triple fold what would be needed to increase the beacon of hope and whether it was a government managed contract program to flood these zones with aid and resources and education because there's a lot of -- there's a lot of fear that it may not work, it's wasteful. >> there's a ploy to be considered from the white house perspective, which they might not be actually interested in solving the problem. does he need this as a campaign -- >> of course he does. so -- >> it's possible. >> yeah. one thing i want to say, though, in the obama administration, when they had the influx of migrants, the flood tha

i think he did exactly the right thing, unlike leon panetta and bob gates when he could no longer support the president's policies, he resigned. that's the honorable thing to do, rather than stay with it, support bad policies, and then get out and write a book and try to salvage her own reputation. >> shannon: or write anonymous pieces for "the new york times." 11 people respect him for stepping up and say what he felt he needed to say. general, thank you for joining us. if we don't see you, happy new year. >> happy new year. glad to be with you. >> shannon: it's an era of superlatives for the stock market going from the worst christmas eve trading day ever, just a couple days later, the dow jones industrial average posting its biggest single day-point game ever. one of the lesser notice factors reportedly driving the move was a report from "bloomberg news" that the trump administration is kickstarting trade talks with china. reportedly sending a high-level delegation to beijing on januar. kristina partsinevelos joins us. >> what a day here on the new york stock exchange floor. you saw tr

actually seen as coherent a team, national security team as dick cheney, jim baker, president bush and bob gates actually as deputy nsc. we haven't seen that kind of teamwork on the national security level really since then. >> and they will tell you that it was the best group they have worked with, and they didn't always get along. >> yes. >> but he allowed them to each express their opinions, forcefully at times, and he would listen to them and then he would make his call and they would all stand up and salute and go with his decision. but the fact that they worked together yet could express differences is something they all talk about as unique government experience. >> one thing i learned from covering secretary baker during those four years that stayed with me ever since is that a secretary of state is only as effective as he's backed by his president. >> right. >> and i -- since then i don't think i have seen a secretary of state have the relationship with the president that jim baker had with george bush, and that gave baker enormous power. people when they were talking to him, other worl

. >> bob gates god it right when you look at his eyes you see kgb. he is a thug. he is a bully he only believes in relative power. he doesn't believe what everybody in this room believes that it's possible to have a negotiation and up with win-win he only believes it is win lose. he is not the great strategic stress player on - - chess player he is a tactician and entrepreneur and risk taker but particularly dangerous type of risk taker burke when he takes a risk to succeed even a bigger risk so whenever he does something and his mind is successful i worry about what comes next. i cannot agree more with the secretary on the importance of sustaining from him but from his perspective it is important to realize that he believes he fundamentally believes we are trying to undermine him politically. the cia works every day to undermine him he believes the cia caused a protest in the streets of kiev in 2014. not true at all because to be in context with what he tried to do to us. that doesn't excuse it but explains it and by doing what he has done he has undermined the s

someone asked bob gates if they would ever abolish the cia.humorous answer he said hell, no. there would be no one left to blame. it's not that you're seeking to avoid blame all the time because that's a losing strategy but you are aware you have the responsibility to foresee things that no one has ever done perfectly in history and that you'll be held responsible. >> another movie i watched during my break, i watched the series "looming tower" and having to predict 9/11 and the pressure on something like that. >> that's a series i would strongly argue with many of the points in it. but the bottom line, as you suggest, is when something like 9/11 happens, you can look back and point to the things you did right but fundamentally if you didn't catch it, you have to stare it in the face and say we missed that, how could we have gotten it? what could we learn from it? >> why is it considered -- >> a cia director can't be defensive, they have to say what can we learn from this? >> how is cia director a political graveyard. a lot of people considere

bob gates, former secretary of defense, president of texas a&m.t is, as they're doing the flyover. president bush will be joining the former first lady, barbara bush, and his daughter, robin -- >> and that's where the bush school of government and public service is, which is his living legacy, because those are the people being trained to enter public service, and that's what it's all about. he didn't want an institute. he wanted a school. really teaching young people and introducing them to the opportunity to serve in public service. >> george, the split screen that i feel like i'm stuck with today a little bit, got this mueller situation, we've got this -- we're, i think, correctly, i believe, especially with me having teenagers, i want them to learn something today about a former president, about what -- what should folks take away from this split screen, the current political situation and the political situation that we're describing to people that may not have lived through the life of president bush. >> well, on one side of the split screen

when bob gates left. bob gates wrote a book. been wrong about nearly every national defense situation for the last 40 years. i mean, where was this same apocalyptic tone by the media then in the answer nowhere because this is about donald trump this time. it's a nonsense story. it's made up. it's just trying to gas light america into this chaos narrative and it's just obvious. griff: you said journalism is dead. as a reporter i can't let that sit because really what you are talking about, i think though, is the fact that the media in some corners chooses to do what they want. you bring up gates' book and fascinating and points to the fact that presidents sometimes disagree with their military leaders. and in some cases, for good reason. but, is it your belief then that simply the media is all in now on just doing anything they can, whether it's the border wall or whether it's listening to military leaders or just going to challenge the president? >> you know, griff, i get it i mean, i understand you have to push back on it when

and i think bob gates got it right when you look in his eyes, you see kgb, kgb, kgb. he is a thug. he is a bully. he only believes in relative power. how much does he have, how much do you have? he doesn't believe what everybody in this room believes, which is that it's possible to have a negotiation and end up with win/win. he only believes that it's win/lose in a negotiation. he is not the great strategic chess player that he pretends to be. he's actually a great tactician. he's a risk taker. he's an entrepreneur. but he's a particularly dangerous kind of risk taker. when he takes a risk and succeeds, he's often willing to take even a bigger risk. so whenever he does something in his mind is successful, then i worry about what comes next. i couldn't agree more with the secretary on the importance of standing up to him. point number one. point two is again from his perspective, really important to realize that he believes, he fundamentally believes we're trying to undermine him politically. he believes that the cia is working every day to undermine him. he believes that the cia ca

and i askedd e reason turned ou be -- and i think bob gates told you earlier he didn't want to gloate fact that we had won the cold war. there was a -- you talked about integrity. he was decent. he was -- he had compassion. henry kissinger. i once asked henry kissinger what makes a great leader? he said a great leader has to have suffered, has to have face add trial. >> he certainly did that with the loss of his daughter. >> kpleexactly. >> and i think that contributed to his compassion and depth as a human being. >> you covered a lot of the ite houses. and all that -- how is it he different just in the day to day of being in and around the white house. >> i covered carter, reagan and bush. and i never saw carter or reagan wandering around the white house, you know poking into offices. i he would say, hey how are you? and tease, towel snapping. he was a person person if you know what i mean. >> if he was upset with the press did you know it? did you hear from him. >> not personal but we knew it. we had a press secretary, the buffer. but i got many lovely notes. and they were all the

who tried to kind of keep their counsel, keep options open for president trump, former secretary bob gates who preceded mattis, steve hadley a republican national security adviser. i was struck that some prominent members of the house sent a letter to the ambassador of australia saying that they would use their article i co-equal powers how they put to it make sure that the alliances that mattis spoke up for in his resignation letter were preserved. this was people like mack thornberry. i see little signs of revolt among recognizes, maybe within that trump base, this is a bridge too far. you don't go after the marine general who symbolizes the continuity of our military. >> no. and james mattis' departure was the most high-profile but just the latest in a long list of departures. trump administration has a record amount of high level turnover with top cabinet posts, including attorney general, defense secretary, epa administrator, white house chief of staff, field by acting replacements. interior department and mission of the united nations is also losing their leaders. no permanent duties

he asked about bob gates becoming secretary of defense.t that. more conversations than we know or appreciate. but there was never a moment and president bush used to talk about this. they never sat around and talked about at walker's point and the old man said this is what you have to do about medicare. the family dynamic was different. >> let me bring in, what is the political dynasty, if you will. is it something they talked about as a family or unfold on ow

when i think back on going to meetings at the white house in the situation room with bob gates as deputyecurity advisor chairing the deputies committee. of jim baker being over at the state department. brent skull kroft national security advisor. bill barr, attorney general. just an incredible collection of really talented people. and i think that's one of the things that made his administration work. certainly on the military and national security side. if you look at the success of that first gulf war, the necessity of that war and the success of it. it was borne of people who were dedicated to the country and dedicated to doing the right thing. >> sandra: george, if you were to sum up his leadership style, his governing style, how would you do that as you look back at his life and his long time in office as a military man? remembering him as a family man. he inspired so many as a leader. >> he certainly was inspirational as a leader in a different way than ronald reagan was. i think that's one of the lessons of his leadership is everyone has to lead in their own style. there is no sin

when i interviewed bob gates, he broke down, and he's another guy that doesn't break down easily.id i would walk-through fire for george bush. that's this feeling of comradedy and lifting up his friends when times get tough. he's right there. >> it was a beautiful moment. indeed, we're anticipating his eulogy. >> i can't wait to hear it. >> the bush family is arriving soon over at saint martin's church in houston for this very, very personal service. we have details on the famous friends who will remember the 41st president of the united states. we'll be right back. at leaf blowers.d be mad [beep] you should be mad your neighbor always wants to hang out. and you should be mad your smart fridge is unnecessarily complicated. but you're not mad, because you have e*trade which isn't complicated. their tools make trading quicker and simpler. so you can take on the markets with confidence. don't get mad. get e*trade and start trading today. you might or joints.hing for your heart... but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen

bob goodlatte. also once ran a sales and margetting firm. he is served in the virginia ouse of dell gates since 2002. ms. spanberger is a former postal inspector and c.i.a. officer. and helped colleges and universities to develop more diverse student bodies. and jennifer west ton was legitimated to the 10th congressional district and served as a public prosecutor. elected to the virginia senate in 2013. new congress, new leaders. atch it all on c-span. >> two days after christmas and day number six of the government shutdown here in washington live on the east front of the u.s. capitol. the side that you would go into to go into the capitol visitor center. who is at the capitol, visitors and tourists, not many members of house and senate. they are in session. good afternoon, welcome to our cran span radio listeners, c-span 2 and half hour ahead of the two bodies coming into session. and we are not expecting much to happen in either the house or the senate. we would love to hear from you and open up our phones for the next half hour ahead of the house and senate coming

bob, for that update. >>> now a live look outside. we want to show you the golden gate bridge. as you can see, it looks a little foggy out there. we can barely see. but no rain in sight. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the weather for us on this christmas day. better shot behind you right there. >> yeah. >> that looks good. >> another vantage point here. and it's nice and clear. with he did have some early morning -- very early morning showers moving through. now people are outside enjoying the sunshine and also the milder weather. all the rain that we had from yesterday evening to early this morning has since moved away from the bay area. so we are seeing the clearing skies now and then this is a live look at christmas in the park in downtown san jose. a lot of people out there. and it's going to be a really nice afternoon for enjoying time outside. the kids are enjoying the new toys, or you're heading to christmas in the park, we're going to see those temperatures in the upper 50s for highs. which is about normal for this time of year. as we head through the week, w

bob goodlatte. also once ran a sales and margetting firm. he is served in the virginia ouse of dell gates since 2002. ms. spanberger is a former postal inspector and c.i.a. officer. and helped colleges and universities to develop more diverse student bodies. and jennifer west ton was legitimated to the 10th congressional district and served as a public prosecutor. elected to the virginia senate in 2013. new congress, new leaders. atch it all on c-span. >> two days after christmas and day number six of the government shutdown here in washington live on the east front of the u.s. capitol. the side that you would go into to go into the capitol visitor center. who is at the capitol, visitors and tourists, not many members of house and senate. they are in session. good afternoon, welcome to our cran span radio listeners, c-span 2 and half hour ahead of the two bodies coming into session. and we are not expecting much to happen in either the house or the senate. we would love to hear from you and open up our phones for the next half hour ahead of the house and senate coming in. or republicans u

bob massi, the property man. i've been given the opportunity to go behind the gates of isleworth, one of central florida's most exclusivee usually not allowed. i get a lot of e-mails from people saying, "bob, why are you showing us these multimillion dollar homes that most people could never afford?" well, here's a few reasons. first, they're just amazing to look at and something that most of us would normally never get to see. and two, if you're buying or selling a home, whether it's worth $200,000 or $20 million, you can learn a lot from seeing how these luxury listings are showcased and how they handle them. i asked mark hayes, president of isleworth and stockworth realty, to show me around. isleworth was a citrus-producing operation for several decades before golf legend arnold palmer uncovered its potential for a world-class golf course and country club. >> this land was protected by the surrounding chain of lakes, which produce some of the best oranges, so it became known as the isle of worth. and then arnold palmer, who wanted to build the best golf course in the world, located this to build his ultimate golf exp

weapon bob mueller has is the ability to reduce the sentences from those for whom he's won convictions. he's done that with mike flynn and michael cohen, and the potent dwrool ial to do it with gates. and donald trump is fearful that any one of those people can hand bob mueller significant information about the president's knowledge and culpability on all of these matters. >> robert costa, i want to ask you about a couple of names floating around for ag. chris christie. he said on television, which is usually a way of making sure donald trump hears it is his understanding of the search for ag is whitaker is there to land the plane, land the mueller investigation. whether that's ftrue or not, tie will bear out. one of the leading names out there is william barr. your colleague aaron blake tweeted this. he said more clinton probes are needed. uranium one is more worthy of investigation than collusion. he said the comey firing was a-okay. that mueller's teams doanations are too left leaning and it's okay for presidents to request specific investigations. those are outside the mainstream, i think, of even republican legal thought. chris christie at least is against a few of those. she

bob, thank you very much indeed for joining us. flights have been suspended at hanover airport after a man broke through a gate with his car near a runwayver police said officials were able to stop the car and take a man into custody. several flights have been diverted to other airports while the airport is closed. —— hannover police. the egyptian authorities say they've killed 40 people they describe as terrorists in giza and north sinai. the raids come a day after an attack on a tourist bus on its way to the pyramids, in which three vietnamese people and their tour guide were killed. laura westbrook reports. this is the aftermath of the explosion. the force of the blast shattered windows, leaving just a blackened shell. the bus, carrying mostly vietnamese tourists, had been travelling to the pyramids in giza. investigators at the scene say an improvised explosive device was hidden beside a wall and went off as the bus drove past. prime minister mostafa madbouly visited the injured in hospital. translation: we're in touch with the vietnamese authorities. we offer our deepest condolences to those who lost their lives in this incident. h

. >> sandra: interesting the first questions out of the gate from the chairman bob goodlatte talkingnd how much the american consumer is followed based on the location services, etc. the answer from the google executive was basically it depends on how much privacy you want. there are -- there is the ability to turn off the location services for certain apps. something that we all know but the question is, are you being monitored even when you think that you are not? these are some of the big questions. >> bill: many american consumers are getting educated on it. it is moving quickly around us. that's happening on the hill. this is happening in the white house. looking for a new chief of staff. the president disputes reports he is having a hard time finding a replacement for general kelly. mark meadows said he would be interested. doesn't look like meadows has been interviewed or had a phone call just yet. kellyanne conway from earlier today on "america's newsroom." >> i think it will be a very peaceful and pragmatic transition to the next chief of staff. the president has many people

bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. >>> 6:34 right now. across from the -- crossing the golden gate bridge could soon cost you $10. all of this will be determined by the bridge district today when it meets to discuss toll hikes. necessity s they say an increase is needed to make an unexpected $75 million deficit. under the proposal fast track drivers would see the least increase. if approved, we could see the rate hike starting in july of next year. >>> a follow-up to a deadly crash last week in san jose. this morning the chp is now saying a drunk driver caused it. we are now learning that that young man who died is 18-year-old fernandez from watsonville. family and friends started an online fund-raiser to cover his funeral costs. the chp says that he was pulled over on the side of that shoulder of 101 when a drunk driver plowed into his car. the driver of the other car is in custody. >>> 6:35 right now. concord police believe a home intruder bent on stealing another man's pot grow paid for that crime with his life. the shooting happened tuesday night in the backyard of a home on phoenix street north of clayton ro

bob redell, "today in the bay." >> they can find peace now that they're all back together. >>> crossing the golden gate bridge could cost you $10. it will be determined today. they say an increase is needed to make an unexpected $75 million deficit. under the proposal, fast track drivers would see the least increase. if approved, we could see the hike rate -- or the rate hike starting in july of next year. >>> 5:35 right now. a follow-up for you to a deadly crash saturday night in san jose. chp it is a drunk driver caused it. we're learn, that the young man who died is 18-year-old noel fernandez. family and friends have now started an online fund-raiser to cover his funeral costs. chp says he pulled his car over on the shoulder of 101 near trimbell road and that's when a drunk driver plowed into his car. the driver of the other car is in custody. >>> 5:36. concord police believe a home intruder bent on stealing another man's pot grow paid with that with his life. the shooting happened in the backyard of a home on phoenix street. the homeowner awoke to the sound of his door bell ringing. he then heard someone kickin

gates. one of the other cooperators. but you would assume it would be a lot. i think one of the takeaways you can get from this is when someone comes in and cooperates with bob mueller, as mike flynn did. mike flynn made a mistake. he lied about a couple things right before mueller was appointed, but he got right with the special counsel early and cooperated quite extensively. rick gates eventually cooperated quite extensively p. we don't know what his sentence is going to ultimately look like. but mike flynn is going to walk away probably with no jail time here. contrast that with paul manafort, someone who took the opposite approach with the special counsel, who refused to cooperate, who after he was indicted continued to obstruct justice and tamper with witnesses, according to the special counsel. after he cut a cooperation agreement, he continued to lie, and look what he's going to get on the other side. he's going to get probably the rest of his life in jail. i think the special counsel has sent a signal. if you cooperate with me, i'm going to have a lot of questions for you, you'll spend a lot of time with me, but at the end of the day if you cooperate and you

we know that bob mueller has had a couple of people explaining those communications to him. paul manafort until he stopped and rick gatesng them to him. general flynn who explained them to him in such a way that they reduced his recommended jail sentence and jail time down to zero. something the feds never do. >> shepard: you say collusion isn't a crime. conspiracy is a crime. a minute ago you said there's already a conspiracy and it involves the president. that's what you said. >> that's what the judge said last week when he sentenced michael cohen. >> shepard: he said what again? >> i don't know that he used conspiracy. >> shepard: so our viewers understand this is not speculation, this is from the writing of the court. >> the trial judge said verbally the president of the united states orchestrated and paid for this crime. referring for the crime -- >> shepard: and this is a conspiracy? >> yes. the conspiracy would be the three of them in the room. michael cohen, david pecker and donald trump. the president has denied this. pecker and cohen said it happened this week. the president said i was there or i didn't hear.

bob, and he has kindly agreed to tell me everything i need to know about casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do. golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the 9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you moved your hands. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> i'm a natural. >> push both arms forward and snap the lower hand into your tummy. push forward. >> i did gave it a try and had great time but i might need some more practice. i met someone else with real fly casting skills. her name is donna and she is an international fly casting champion. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a s

gates gotten a wakeup call about this presidency? the time is now, my friends, let's get after it. no less than bob corker once said, there were three men separating our country from che ogs. rex tillerson, john kelly and james mattis. all three gone or going. just think about the last 36 hours. early yesterday morning in a surprise to his own state department and the pentagon, the president decided alone to pull our troops out of syria, falsely declaring the war against isis there won. the only person happy about the decision, vladimir putin. republicans raked their president over the coals. >> i think we're going to pay a price for it if it's not reversed. >> it's hard to imagine any president would wake up and make this kind of decision with this little communication. with this little preparation. >> to say they're defeated is an overstatement and is fake news. >> that was just the beginning. >> later yesterday morning, the president seemed to choose workers over that imaginary wall and backed out of the shutdown. but then he reversed course today. really catching senators in the lurch. and in t

flynn and rick gates, deputy campaign manager and former national security adviser, both of these guys are still awaiting their fates as it relates to any prison time, though i will note that bobcial counsel office, has recommended flynn not serve any time. but this is not what a hoax or a partisan witch hunt looks like. one, two and almost certainly three of these people will be spending time in jail. that is nothing -- there's nothing fake about that, brooke. >> all right. so that's on one list. i know you have another list of people who mueller is looking into. i see many more faces. >> look, i don't think we can show this list enough because it speaks to just how many people in donald trump's close orbit were in some kind of contact with russians. some more in depth, some less in depth. don jr., ivanka trump, jashd kushner. these two people work in the white house. cohen was his closest adviser for a decade, guy he relied on, fixed his problems. manafort was the campaign manager, rick gates was the deputy campaign manager, jeff sessions, michael flynn, national security adviser. time and time again you go through this and think and you and i have talked about this before,

bob mueller issuing the first indictments of the russians interfering in the 2016 election. >> special counsel unsealing an additional 32 counts against former trump campaign chairman paul manafort and his aide rick gatese fbi has raided the office of donald trump's longtime lawyer michael cohen. >> trump's former campaign chief paul manafort has been hit with new charges involving witness tampering and obstruction of justice. >> robert mueller charged 12 russian military officers with a sustained wide-ranging cyberattack on this country's democratic process. >> one-two punch. the president's men guilty. a jury convicts his former campaign chairman paul manafort and michael cohen, the president's once closest aide pleads guilty. >> president trump has followed through on his promise to fire attorney general jeff sessions. >> president trump's former personal attorney and self-proclaimed fixer michael cohen entering a new plea deal with the special counsel robert mueller. >> prosecutors from the president's own justice department today straight up accused him of engaging in a felony. >> michael cohen, the president's former attorney and personal fixer was sentenced to 36 months. >> a federal judge just

that bob mueller and the special counsel's office seems to be operating where they're willing to take people's cooperation and they're willing to either dismiss counts like they did with rick gates someone to plead guilty to what seems to be lesser crimes like they did with michael flynn or in the case of michael cohen and we don't know yet what's going on. but they're happy to hear him out and take his testimony and witness statements and allow him to continue to help. and the southern district basically said you're truthful, we believe you. >> yeah, they didn't say they thought he was lying to them. >> and they said if you're not willing to go further and give up everything, then there's no cooperation here. and that's the way it works. and unfortunately for michael cohen this case is in the southern district. and judge paulie knows how it works. there's a bit of faith to say i am going to admit to my crimes and it's going to ultimately reward me. and some people have a difficult time doing that. >> so you think michael cohen has taken a very big risk by not entering into a cooperation agreement to the satisfaction of the southern district. could he change his mind on that and

gate on daily basis but that's -- that's nothing in comparison to the people that are waiting. maria: let's talk about the impact, though, this weekend on sunday morning futures i spoke with committee chairman boblatte about the u.s. is handling the border crisis today, watch this. >> we need an agreement with mÉxico and we need our laws change sod that people who are not supposed to be in the united states can be returned home expeditiously. maria: are you expecting better agreement with the new president of the mÉxico and president trump? >> this is not in mÉxico's interest to have the situation down there as is right now and it's never in the interest of the company to be the transit for people coming across it, many of whom are known to be convicted criminals, some are suspected terrorists, this is not a situation that's any better for mÉxico than it is for the united states. maria: so, general, such an impact here, the cost of illegal immigration is one side of it and we know the stats, the president tweeted yesterday about this, we would save billions of dollars the president wrote if the democrats would give us votes to build the wall. either way, people will not be allowed into our coun