and mike pompeo and john bolton targets. it also made president trump a target after he lost the election as well, which we reported on a number of times. you'll remember then candidate trump sought his own added protection toward the end of the campaign. the headline there reads trump requests military aircraft and vehicles amid iran threat a threat. the president was warned still exists, according to the new york times. maggie haberman, citing four sources familiar with the matter. that warning, maggie writes, came from the outgoing administration, which john bolton credited yesterday. talking to cnn's jake tapper. >> you know, when president biden recognizing the threat against me and several other current and former u.s. government officials authorized secret service to to restore protection, which i had had when i was national security advisor. i'm sure he probably wasn't the happiest man in the world because of the criticisms that i've made of him. on his his foreign policy. but he did it because it's simply not permis

i'm sorry. >> look at the story that bolton has said. you know, he got the word at 12. 1201 that your protection is going think about no time to even prepare, even to get private security to to bring others in. it really there's again, there's an order of consequence to this action. >> yeah. jonathan walker appreciate it. beth sanner as well. coming up next, the desperate search for her son. the mom of american journalist austin tice goes back to syria for any clues into his disappearance with our clarissa ward. more than 12 years after he vanished. we'll talk to clarissa ahead. and later, what president trump said after a federal judge put a temporary block on his executive order to end birthright citizenship. >> when i was diagnosed with hiv, i didn't know who i would be. >> but here i am. >> being me. >> keep being you and ask your health care provider about the number one prescribed hiv treatment. >> biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete one pill, once a day treatment used for hiv in many people. whether you're 18 or 80 with one small pil

i'm sorry. >> look at the story that bolton has said. know, he got the word at 12, 1201 that your protection is going. think about no time to even prepare, even to get private security to to bring others in. it really puts, you know, there's again, there's an order of consequence to this action. >> yeah. jonathan walker appreciate it. beth sanner as well. coming up next, the desperate search for her son, the mom of american journalist austin tice, goes back to syria for any clues into his disappearance with our clarissa ward. more than 12 years after he vanished. we'll talk to clarissa ahead. and later, what president trump said after a federal judge put a temporary block on his executive order to end birthright citizenship hey, it's ryan reynolds. >> and this year, our holiday commercial is just stuff i picked up for $5 from a yard sale. oh, good. you're still doing this? doing what? well, the holiday offer. all the big wireless companies stopped doing theirs in january, so i wanted to make sure that we don't stop loving our customers j

i was picking. bolton is a very smart guy. his name is phil ralph, and he's a very rich guy from las vegas. one of the, he's a great card player. he doesn't play cards, but he's a great, right? you know, he's just a natural poker sense. right? you know, little poker sense and feel rough and is this is a very, very wise kind of a guy. and very one of the richest people around that has had great success and understands people. so it was in that i was picking bolton though. i picked well, a call that'd be said don't pick him why. he's a bad guy. i've worked now. he wasn't in politics at all. he's in various businesses. he said, he's a bad guy, he's just, it always works out bad with that guy as it. um, i wish you told me this 2 weeks. i already hired a, you know, he's here and, and he was right but a but he was good in a certain way. he's in that job. and every time i had to deal with the country, when they showed his wife job standing behind me, they said, oh man trumps, going to go to war was a she was with bush when they went

we knew john bolton was on it. i don't like john bolton very much, but i certainly think that if he worked, that he worked for our government and that the danger he is facing is because of serving in our government, and that we owe that to him, that security. and yeah, you know, the reason that he's pulling that detail is not because of due diligence. it's not because it's simply because he's got an ax to grind with john bolton, because john bolton was critical of him. >> all right, everyone, stick around and ask for mercy. received on a bed of thorns. how? one bishop's message to the new president sparked right wing fury. that's next. >> you'll be back. >> emus can't help people customize and save with liberty mutual. >> and doug. >> well, i'll be. >> only pay for what you need. >> liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. >> let's start the. >> bidding at $5 million. thank you sir. >> these people. >> of privilege hoarding. >> the financial advantages for. >> far too long. >> point five at the back. >> look at them. un

we knew john bolton was on it.on't like john bolton very much, but i certainly think that if he worked, that he worked for our government and that the danger he is facing is because of serving in our government, and that we owe that to him, that. security, uh, and yeah, you know, the reason that he's pulling that detail is not because of due diligence. it's not because it's simply because he's got an ax to grind with john bolton, because john bolton was critical of him. >> all right, everyone, stick around and ask for mercy. received on a bed of thorns. how? one bishop's message to the new president sparked right wing fury. that's next. >> this part changed my life. >> superman is now nominated for a bafta award for best documentary. chris wanted to change the world. >> people are. >> literally walking because of him. >> superman the christopher reeve story february 2nd on cnn. >> oh, it's cold outside. time to protect your vehicle from winter's wrath. >> of course, the. hot sun can be tough on vehicles, too. you n

ambassador bolton will join us live to react. and hostage families are making a renewed plea to the new administration and meeting with both trump and his top officials as they fight to bring home their loved ones. brutally kidnaped by hamas more than 470 days ago, the family members of one of those american hostages is here to share their message. but let's start with trump's today, his first full day in office. just moments from now, the president could make a major announcement on artificial intelligence and infrastructure. trump also just met with republican congressional leadership at the white house as he tries to pass his packed agenda with a thin majority. today, the president is also expected to continue signing hundreds of executive orders that he began signing yesterday. those included declaring a national emergency at the u.s. southern border cities and advocates for immigrants are bracing for a series of immigration enforcement sweeps and raids to begin to ramp up within days. trump also signed an executive order try

i think john bolton should be protected. >> we heard john bolton talk about this because he was saying, you know, yes, he has been a critic of trump's, which he believes obviously is why this happened. but he also criticized both president biden and president biden, restored his his protection when he was in office. listen, he sat down with jake tapper right after we found out about this. and this is what john bolton himself had to say i think it's certainly a downer for expressing your opposition to donald trump. >> as i say now, i'm going to make sure measures are in place to to provide protection. but but i think the signal is clear. this should not be a partisan matter. it should not be a matter of differing opinions on policy or personalities. this, to me is an act of war against the united states by the government of iran in threatening current and former american officials for doing their jobs. >> i mean, this isn't a not real threat. these are these are active and ongoing. and we've seen iran targeting other officials like trump and members of his campaign team and his family.

john bolton his reason why and how bolton is responding. and america's afghan allies face being left behind once again. this over a new trump order. one man's fight to stop it. tonight on laura coates live well, president trump is taking his first steps in overhauling the agency that he has been rallying and railing against the most the doj. it's the very same justice department he needs to implement the dozens of executive orders that he has already signed, covering everything from immigration to government and its shape itself. it's also the same doj he needs to fend off an avalanche of legal challenges, and there is an avalanche of lawsuits over his most controversial orders are already piling up as quickly as he was inking them. for example, 24 democratic states and cities are suing to stop his bid to end birthright citizenship. in just a moment, i'll talk with the attorney general from one of those states. connecticut ag william tong. for him, this fight is personal. but first, here's what we know about the big shakeup inside the doj.

the third, duke of bolton. so the third duke of bolton is, obvious meerf the house of lords, was a sometime ally of of robert walpole and. somehow he and the gates's each other i think the most persuasive speculation or theory for that is gates his mother may have been a housekeeper for bolton, and they got know each other from from that. but anyway, bolton is going to be really the first patron and gates is going to benefit from a number of different patrons early in his life that's going to allow him to from a pretty middling background to someone of pretty pretty substantial significance later later in his career. so in 1745 in response to jacobite rebellion in scotland john bolton raises a regiment help put down that rebellion. and gates is going to be commissioned as an engine and then later lieutenant in bolton's regiment. so this connection with bolton is going to give gates his first military commission as a year old in. in 1745. and one thing i want to point out on the screen here, which is one of thos

karyn bolton: no.was "payback" for a bitter break up back in 2008. karyn bolton: hard to believe someone would do that. but she's doing it. josh mankiewicz: karyn said she once overheard raven on the phone with vanessa soon after they broke up. karyn bolton: he happened to have it on speaker phone. she was screaming at him, how dare he leave her she flat out said, "all it takes is one phone call from me. it doesn't matter what i say. people will believe me. josh mankiewicz: you heard her say that? karyn bolton: i heard her say that. josh mankiewicz: you ever threaten him like that? vanessa pond: no. he-- he threatened me. josh mankiewicz: a courtroom battle between two bitterly divided families was about to come to an end. now it was up to the jury. but just after 24-hours.... word began to spread throughout the courthouse... there was trouble in the jury room. craig melvin: coming up-- craig melvin: another stunning turn was in store for both sides. vanessa pond: heartbroken, shocked, stunned. josh ma

john bolton is on tv all. >> the time, right? and that probably drives. >> him crazy. >> it may. >> but john bolton. >> is out. >> there all the time. fauci. i don't understand because he's. >> yeah, he's. >> gone off. maybe he. wrote a book. okay, great. >> he's out of the public limelight. he's not talking about you. >> yeah. >> he's not. so why? that has to get stripped, i don't understand. who knows if fauci's going to be needed in the future? >> yeah. yeah. >> when you think about the republicans in congress right now, do you i mean, you kind of see them all falling by the wayside to back donald trump, even with the pardons of january 6th? no spines among any of them. now you have somebody like elon musk with like, billions of dollars willing, with the press of a button to primary and challenge any of these republicans who may dare to stand up to donald trump. so you have this, like, not only this public fear that is being whipped up by donald trump. you now have a financial backer who's willing to take those words of donald

bolton says the threat to him from iran remains, end quote. the american people can judge for themselves which president made the right call. i should also mention that trump also revoked john bolton's security clearance, as well as security clearances from a few dozen other former officials that trump is mad at for various reasons. but you know who trump is giving security clearances to really high level security clearances to. anybody. anybody who wants one step right up, no background check needed. trump signed an executive order yesterday saying the white house will immediately grant the highest level of security clearance to personnel of the white house's choosing whether or not those people have been vetted at all. look under your seat. you get a security clearance. speaking of security clearance is tulsi gabbard still doesn't have a date for her confirmation hearing to be trump's director of national intelligence. it's still amazing to say senate republicans have blamed a paperwork problem. okay, but there also continues to be stuff lik

bolton said in a statement. to me, the american people can judge for themselves which president made the right call. obviously, this is a serious matter here, as they decided to revoke this protection for john bolton, he noted not only the threats against him, but ever since trump's first assassination and then the second assassination attempt, we also were reporting about unrelated and unconnected but ongoing threats by iran against his own life and those of the top advisors around him. and now trump has made the decision within hours of taking office, to terminate the secret service protection that was around ambassador john bolton. >> you have to wonder how officials in tehran might be reacting to this news. kaitlan collins, live from the white house, thank you so much for that news. so we're now learning about new action taken by the administration after the president's executive orders on immigration. white house supporters are tom homan says that targeted enforcement operations are underway in major cities

i hope that this time he kicked bolton out, kicked mike pompeo out because mike pompeo was seeking an appointment. he withdrew the secret service support from john bolton on a bogus charge which has been bogus from the beginning. so i hope that this time around, trump 2 will be more serious, more focused, more realistic, to know that his withdrawal was imposed on him, he did it for israel and now that he won't do anything for any other country, he said on his inauguration. after he withdrew from jc poa iran has gained much more nuclear capability based on your breakout calculations. i don't do breakout calculations because we don't want to break out but based on american breakout calculations we are a year away from a nuclear weapon when john bolton wrote that whatever executive order to get trump out. today, a few days away, in terms of being able to dissuade iran, it has imposed costs on the iranian people, the iranian government is suffering but the iranian people and the most vulnerable groups in iran are suffering the most. >> people in washington talk about a new iran nuclear de

trump also moved removed bolton's secret service protection. this is important because it was provided to him because of an alleged iranian assassination plot, which is part of tehran's efforts to retaliate for the us's 2020 drone strikes that killed top iranian general qassem soleimani. trump also removed the protection for his former cia director and secretary of state mike pompeo. pompeo and one of pompeo's former top aides, brian hook, both of whom also allegedly face iranian death threats for their role in soleimani's killing. trump told reporters on thursday, quote, when you have protection, you can't have it for the rest of your life. i mean, there's risks to everything. end quote. notably, trump was also the subject of an alleged iranian assassination plot relating to the soleimani killing in november. days after the election, the justice department charged an iranian man for involvement in an alleged effort to kill trump when he was the republican presidential candidate less than a month earlier. then president biden reportedly has had

john bolton joins me now. ambassador bolton, thank you for taking the time. i just referenced this new whistleblower report. it's alleging that kash patel put at risk the rescue of two americans held captive by iranian backed militants in yemen by speaking publicly about it. and as i just noted, and you know very well from from being a part of these discussions and the small group of people around the president who are in the know, these are very highly sensitive negotiations within any administration, democratic or republican. and so i just wanted to ask you, you've obviously expressed your concern about patel previously, but given this whistleblower report, given what we've learned about his role in these hostage reporting around these hostage negotiations, do you think members of the committee, republicans especially, should be concerned about these pieces? >> yes. >> i think. this is really stunning news, assuming it's true, and the committee will want to verify that that kash patel or anybody else made statements about an operation so sensitive before it

i spoke to john bolton an hour ago. he said he's very worried about the nomination or the, the, you know, of tulsi gabbard as dni, of kash patel at the fbi, because they've got these enemies lists of people that they want to go after. what does forceful pushback look like when the actual apparatus of retribution in the government is starting to move? >> well, the forceful pushback means that people of goodwill are going to have to start the process of standing up. you know, when you dislike a sermon preached by a bishop, you ask for an apology. you just disagree with the sermon. you don't. i mean, who are you lately? they are now directing the military not to teach. what happened to the tuskegee airmen? you know, that was a group of black patriots who wanted to learn how to fly a plane. and the only place they could do it was in tuskegee, alabama. and now somehow you say telling the truth is not good because i don't like it. and so we start looking at the process of, of weaponization and actually, again, trying to chang

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and it's not just john bolton who has faced that kind of threat specifically from iran.teresting reporting that some of the last warnings, the outgoing biden homeland security team gave to the incoming trump team before the inauguration. some of their last warnings were about iranian threats to kill current and former u.s. government officials. so that was the last thing biden's folks told trump's folks before they walked out the door. and then one of the first things trump did when he walked in the door is he canceled john bolton's secret service protection. john bolton responded today in part, quote, i'm disappointed, but not surprised, that president trump has decided to terminate the protection previously provided by the us secret service. notwithstanding my criticisms of president biden's national security policies, he nonetheless made the decision to extend that protection to me in 2021. bolton says the threat to him from iran remains, end quote, the american people can judge for themselves which president made the right call. i should also mention that trump also

and john bolton tonight does not have secret service protection.nderson. >> jeff zeleny, thank you. joining us, cnn senior legal analyst, elie honig, senior political commentator. david axelrod, republican strategist erin perrine, also wall street journal white house reporter meridith mcgraw. do you think, david, that it seems like the president relishes the reaction to these pardons? i mean, again, it was the first executive order he signed. >> and one of the things that he one of the habits of donald trump is he doesn't he doesn't tolerate prosperity very well, his own prosperity. and i think the lesson he's drawn from the last four years is he can get away with anything. and i think he's sort of daring people in some ways with these pardons. it's also true that the whole thing we talked about this last night flows from the fundamental lie. remember, on the day of the insurrection, he issued a video to the protesters and said, we love you. you're very special. i know your pain. i know you're hurt. we had an election that was stolen from us. it wa

and you may not like john bolton. you may not agree with any of his policies or his decisions, but to take away his security detail, i mean, that puts him in physical danger. >> well. >> that was the thing about this order is that it came down with several other actions that sent clear signals about what trump wanted done. he took the security clearances away from these 50 intelligence officials. and bolton was was among them. and then by noon the next day, bolton had lost his security detail. and that is all tied into the killing of soleimani, where the trump administration took the extraordinary action of killing soleimani while he was in iraq and bolton being a central player in that was a potential target of iranian retribution. and because of that, he was being protected by the us government because because of the threats from iran. and as if i if i quote it, i'm not going to quote it correctly. exactly. but trump basically said that, you know, you know, that you don't get protection for life for that kind of thi

let's speak to ambassador john bolton now., in place because of threats towards you from iran, what is your reaction?— reaction? well, i am disappointed - reaction? well, i am disappointed but - reaction? well, i am disappointed but not reaction? well, i am _ disappointed but not surprised. it is a reflection of the kind of man donald trump is. i am not the only one who has been threatened by iran and it includes president trump himself and others who have been protected by their own security from their former departments. trump treats this as a perk that you shouldn't have forever. i would be delighted if the day came when somebody said the threat level doesn't warrant secret service protection any more, i would delighted that burdon was removed from may. this isn't something that anybody wants for life. if the threat level is unchanged, which i think it is, i was told that literally days ago, i think it shows the real motive that donald trump has and that is part of his campaign of retribution against his political adversari

hook was -- he was secret service support from john bolton on on a bogus charge that iran was trying to kill them, basically has been bogus from the very beginning. so i hope that this time around a trump two will be more serious, more focused, more realistic. to know that his withdrawal that was imposed on it, and he said he did it for israel, , and you said now that he won't do anything for any other country, he said on his inauguration. after he withdrew from jcpoa, iran has gained much more nuclear capability, based on your breakout calculations. i don't do breakout calculations because we don't want to break out. but based on american breakout calculations we were a year away from a nuclear weapon when bolton wrote that, whatever executive order, to get trump out. memorandum to get trump out. and today, even the american say we are a few days away. so in terms of being able to dissuade iran, it has failed. now, it has imposed heavy economic costs on the iranian people. of course there incumbent is suffering by the iranian people in the most vulnerable groups in iran are sufferin

john bolton will join me live. and president trump said tonight he gave j six rioters their lives back. but my source says she fears for hers. after he released her ex-husband from prison. i'm kaitlan collins, and this is the source. pete hegseth nomination to lead the pentagon at one point seemed to be teetering on the brink of collapse. but tonight, after a very intense pressure campaign on senate republicans, president trump is on the cusp of having one of his most controversial nominees confirmed. hegseth cleared a key hurdle in the senate today, advancing to a final vote that we could see happening as soon as 24 hours from now, but not without some last minute republican defections today. senators susan collins and lisa murkowski both voted no on hegseth nomination. with murkowski, who you see here on the right, saying she cannot vote for him in good conscience. the senator added, quote, while the allegations of sexual assault and excessive drinking do nothing to quiet my concerns, the past behaviors, mr. hegs

agents. >> took out john bolton. >> and then he would. >> follow up by.t. and smirking. but it. >> was very clear to. >> advisers and people close to him who heard this. >> where his head was at. >> when he when. >> he was. >> saying stuff. >> like this. >> now that. >> he's leader. >> of. >> the. >> free world. >> again. >> one of his. >> first acts on his retribution. >> tour has. >> been to direct his. >> ire at. >> former officials of his. >> who hurt. >> his feelings. >> that includes john. >> bolton and as you. >> pointed out, mike. >> pompeo. >> brian hook. >> and of. >> course. >> doctor anthony fauci, who was one of the four who was not involved. >> with the iran. >> policies, but someone who trump wanted. to take. >> vengeance on. >> right. >> regardless. >> and there is. >> a casual. >> depravity to this that. >> i that. >> i think we're. >> all getting a little too. >> used to. >> sure. so i guess my question. >> is. >> i understand trump's animus towards john bolton. i sort of understand his animus towards mike pompeo. i understand why he doe

, who, like john bolton or not, he does have a real threat against him because i talked to him about this last night, the friday and the saturday before the inauguration. he got a call because they do updated threat assessments against officials who have protection. they don't just have it for life. and they said the threat against him was still very real and had not decreased, was still the same threat. >> somebody was arrested a couple years ago for the threat against bolton. >> and is still at large. the person was charged, but they are still at large. and so i think from that to then seeing it happen with secretary pompeo, you just saw it taking a little bit longer because of course, secret service is the easiest to to have that directive and tell them, stop protecting this person. the state department detail, which was protecting pompeo, took a little longer for doctor fauci today. he had a private security, but it was being funded by the national institute of health, and they canceled that last night was when he was informed that it was over, according to my reporting. and so y

ambassador john bolton, i'm very grateful to have you on the show, sir. thanks very much for coming on with us. >> glad to be with you. >> all right. let's turn now to this. in his farewell address last night, president biden sounding a lot like another american president on his way out the door. back in 1961, dwight eisenhower addressed the american people for the final time as president. an address which included this now famous warning we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. >> only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals. >> joe biden was 18 years old when president eisenhower delivered that speech. biden now has his own warning for america. 64 years later. >> today, an oligarchy is taking shape in america of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms. and a fair shot for everyo

. >> why did you remove john bolton's security clearance? pres. trump: i think there was enough time. we take a job. you take a job, you want to do a job, we're not going to have security on people the rest of their lives. why should we? i thought he was a very dumb person but i used him well because every time people saw me come into a meeting with john bolton standing behind me, they thought he'd attack them, he was a warmonger. he was the one along with cheney and others who convinced bush to blow up the middle east, we blew enthe middle east and we got nothing out of it except a lot of death. we killed a lot of people. john bolton was one of those guy a stupid guy. but no, you can't have that for life. shouldn't expect it for life. >> that meeting you mentioned with president zelenskyy, will that take place here? when and where? pres. trump: i don't know. president zelenskyy would like to have peace. he's told me that. but it takes two to tango. any time they want, i'll meet. i'd like to see that end. millions of people are being kill. it's a