brian: how many children? grace: three. brian where are there today? grace: two of them are in california, one is now in pennsylvania. my youngest son kevin is now the chairman of the board at the mcclatchy newspapers. so we haven't gone far. brian: now, how did that happen? grace: well, before that -- he loved sports. he was the managing owner of the pittsburgh pirates. so he moved to pittsburgh a long time ago. he was 11 years running the pirates. brian: when did your former husband ck mcclatchy die? grace: about 24 years ago. he died a long time ago. brian: a question about your relationship with him, and your kids. those kids all belong to your marriage with mcclatchy. what did they think of your memoir? grace: i think they probably had mixed feelings, but they are very nice to me. they are polite about it. and they are also proud. brian: why would they have mixed feelings? grace: i do not think they wanted everything that was in our family life necessarily there for people to read. but i purposely did not write about them. if you look at the book,

brian: where is that? grace: in new york. brian: what is its mission?ce: it was founded by hans morgenthau 43 years ago and its mission was to promote a more realistic american foreign policy. i do not think we have arrived. it still has a long ways to go. we do public programs. we have members. we have a membership thing. we also do a lot of work in southeast asia. we have worked closely with the chinese and taiwanese, bringing them together. things that are never advertised. or photographed or spoken of. brian: when was the happiest time in your life? grace: i am not very good at the "est"'s. happiest or saddest. brian: favorite? grace: i think one of the happiest times is right now. to suddenly have the book -- a lot of people are reading it and enjoying it and saying it is well-written. i have fought a lot of uphill battles, and it is very nice to have this sort of recognition when you never thought you would. brian: the name of the book is "daughter of the cold war" and our guest has been grace kennan warnecke. we thank you very much. grace: thank

brian: what does it do?race: it provides a home for scholars from the former soviet union and american scholars who are trying to learn something about russia. we have been very lucky. we have title viii money that funds these scholarships. the kennan institute puts on seminars about u.s. russia relations, cultural and political relations. economic, the arctic. i mean, there are many different levels in which we relate to russians. brian: who are the ones who enjoy the title viii scholarships? numeralitle roman eight, i do not want to miss speak. i thought it was our russian and american scholars, but i need to double check. brian: is there a lot more activity behind the scenes between russian and american people that we do not know? all we hear about is the leaders of russia. grace: i think there is a lot more going on than what we see. i think there always has been. -- well, the reason i gave my book the title "daughter of the cold war" is not just because of my father, but also because i spent years of my

brian: where?ona: i spoke to students at a number of colleges, several in washington, d.c., some via skype in other places. brian: what did you learn from them? mona: it is sad. there is a lot of unhappiness among young people. a lot of discomfort about dating and about relationships and about the tension between men and women and there are no rules. and so there is a lot of room for confusion. one young man i spoke to said, you know, we are -- we are wounded. our hearts have been broken. and so when we approach the other sex, we do so with guardedness. and i notice that in a lot of young people, that there is a fear of being vulnerable and a desire for rules, rules about how you are supposed to act with the other sex. also one more thing, an understanding, which is part of what i believe -- i plead for, in this book, that we return to a comfort with the fact there are differences between men and women that are natural, and that we should understand them better. obviously, there is also great varie

brian: how long were you married? ms. kennan warnecke: eight years. brian:? -- brian: why did you divorce? ms. kennan warnecke: we had different values. andas a very ambitious man not a terribly nice man. he was never terribly nice to my children. this got to be worse and worse. brian: he is not alive? ms. kennan warnecke: he died. mewas 15 years older than and he died at age 91. brian: who did you meet through him that you became friends with. -- friends with? ms. kennan warnecke: i became much closer to the kennedy family. he had been their architect. he did senator ted kennedy's house, bobby had -- bobby kennedy's paul house. -- pool house. i knew senator ted kennedy. we were in the same class at harvard and ratcliffe. but i was not a close friend, just said hello. , jack let a glamorous life. much more glamorous than i was leading. the kennedys were one of the chief people i met. then i ended up taking ted kennedy and his wife and two children as their escort translator to the soviet union in 1974. brian: i want to read what you said about jack. he was co

brian: and it's called impeached: brian: and it's called impeached: the trial of -- brian: and it's called "impeached: the trial of president andrew johnson and the fight for lincoln's legacy." our guest has been david o. stewart and he's also the author of the summer of 1787. and we thank you very much. david: thanks for having me. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> on the next "q and a," a discussion of american history and the u.s. congress with donald richard, richard baker, and race mock -- ray smock. the on c-span this week in primetime, tonight, former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton on lessons from a life in. jimday, nasa administrator bridenstine on president trump's proposal to create a military space force. wednesday, the 2018 national governors association number meeting on transformation of the workforce by artificial intel

brian: 35-19 was the vote. david: correct. brian: did they pass on 11? david: they voted on two more. brian: what was president johnson's reaction to this? david: he was pleased. he wasn't ecstatic. it wasn't his makeup. andidn't go into public trumpet. trumpet it. he had had to pull on his horns of it. during the three months or so of the impeachment process, the final votes are in may, not june, he was not anywhere near as aggressive or controversial as he had been. people, i amring not going to do terrible things. veryd appointed a inappropriate guide to succeed stanton as secretary of war. he overruled himself and appointed a union general, john john stollfield who was pretty presentable. he was calibrating his behavior in a way that made him less threatening and less disturbing. presidency, he became a lame duck very fast. he didn't behave great for the rest of it, but his powers were pretty limited by then. i think the impeachment proceeding had clipped his wings. brian: how much did he pardon the south? david: his principal activity to,this proces

brian: he becomes president.hat is the united states of america like at that point and what problems does he face? david: we are still winding up the war. there is still a significant confederate army in the field. lee has surrendered just days before. he has to make some peace. there is another group in texas that takes a little longer to surrender and give up their arms. he has a lot of struggles with ulysses grant over the treatment of confederates, because grant gave his word that the soldiers would not be punished for their role in the war if they surrendered. as i said, johnson did not want to do that. he did want to hang some of them. grant succeeded with that. the first order of business was what to do with the states. we had no state governments down there. the south was occupied. it was an occupied hostile territory. congress was not in session. this was an era that congress only sat four or five months a year. johnson went ahead and began reconstituting state governments basically on his own. lincoln h

time. >> brian: 7-2 lead.s we loam. from ricky davis. eufrplt nice shot. he caught it. mario knocked that one out of bounds. >> jim: no matter how it goes in, like sometimes when i putt it hits the cup hard but it drives it. >> brian: here's jermaine and the drive. jermaine taylor going to the line and shooting one for two a league. out of florida. college ball in usc. missed that one but here's the shot stevenson. johnny on the spot. >> jim: keep in mind you got to box out and that time taylor missed it but he was able to tip it quickly to stevenson. >> brian: stevenson with 5 points and 3 boards. checks back in. goes right at deshawn stevenson. 5 on the shot clock. the drive. lays it up and in. markus banks >> jim: what a beautiful -- that time he looked off and looking for it inside for scalabrine to pick it himself. mario west snags. he brings it home with that lovely left. still reach-in by west. came up with the steal. >> jim: talk about the run that the goal ballers are on. banks beautiful hesitation an

brian: should they? gregory: i think they are in violation of the 27th amendment because they are receiving them before the election has intervened. and the it was in court federal judge, i believe he was here in the district of columbia, he issued a ruling that as far as he was concerned the cola is not really a pay raise. that is how it skirted around the letter/spirit of the 27th amendment. brian: go back to when you are going through the process of trying to get states. was there a moment where the thing was dead in the water and you could not get anybody to move? gregory: no. i told myself, gregory, don't get upset. as long as at least one state per calendar year ratifies the amendment, be happy with that. don't get upset. so with that in mind, i was never concerned because, every year, i always got a minimum of one. in 1985, 5 states. in 1986, 3 states. in 1987, 4 states. in 1988, three states. in 1989, seven states. in 1990, two states. in 1991, one state. and again, i remembered what i told mysel

brian: hi. brian. nice to meet you. lemonis: brian, nice to meet you. what do you do here, brian?an: mainly marketing and sales. lemonis: okay. jennifer: i call him the technology guy. he built the website. he's kind of my main, like, go-to, where we sit and talk about big picture. lemonis: how long have you been here? jennifer: since the beginning. i mean, we were dating when i started it. lemonis: and are you still dating? both: no. lemonis: okay. brian: nope. jennifer: a year and a half. should i answer the phone? lemonis: i mean, if it's somebody that wants to buy something, yes. jennifer: hangout lighting. this is jen. how can i help you? lemonis: you kind of got saved by the bell on the whole dating thing. dustin: i'm dustin. lemonis: dustin, i'm marcus. dustin: nice to meet you, man. lemonis: nice to meet you. dustin: how's it going? lemonis: what do you do here? dustin: right now, just production. i was running the social media for a while, too. no one's officially been given a title. lemonis: so, every single person here reports to jen. dustin: yep. lemonis: there's nobod

>> brian: is it a crime to overstay your visa?a parking ticket. >> brian: should you be allowed to come here while other people go through the process, wait in line, do the paperwork, it's fair to them? >> it's not fair for anyone. it's why we are here. why have both parties not enacted immigration reform. >> brian: they got to start working this out. good to see you. seattle is in the grips of a homeless crisis and it's become so desperate to taxpayer funds aree getting used to fly the homeless elsewhere. fly them out of the state. will it work? will ♪ you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. with expedia's add-on advantage, booking a flight unlocks discounts on select hotels until the day you leave for your trip. add-on advantage. only when you book with expedia. add-on advantage. that's confident. but it's not kayak confident. kayak searches hundreds of travel and airline sites to find the best flight for me. so i'm more than confident. how's your family? kayak. search one and done. and i'm still going for my best even tho

brian: have you read it? mona: closely. brian: she had a family.ona: she is one of the only major second wave feminists who had children. most of them did not. the other thing that is interesting is later in her life she actually perhaps in part because she was a mother, she backtracked on a lot of the things she had written and wrote another book called the second stage where she retracted a lot of it and got criticized for that. she has been dead for a number of years, but here she is in 1993. [video clip] i was technically a housewife, but i could not get rid of the itch to do something. i was freelancing for a magazine. like secret drinking in the morning. none of the other mothers in that suburb were working. , one after wrote for the other, either turned it down or rewrote it. i knew i would have to write the book, the feminine mystique. brian: what impact did that have? mona: it was tremendous. people saying it pulled the trigger on history. it certainly changed our entire society's perception of women's place in society and of what women wa

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brian: this was the north.om: it is still the north, but this is world war ii korea, right after -- actually, at that point, north korea was split. he eventually migrates to south korea, there was a lot of traffic from north korea to south korea. he starts to church, moves to seoul and starts a church. very family centered, sanctity of marriage. homosexuality, anything outside of traditional marriage was anathema to him. he eventually has 30 churches in seoul and it keeps growing. the controversy with reverend moon and the unification church were there aggressive recruiting methods, among other things. but they grow and grow, and in the late 1960's he decides to come to the u.s. his goal was to unite the world under one religion and he considered himself the second messiah. he comes to the u.s., gets a little more involved politically, his group marriages i think were the thing he was most known for. but the moonies were everywhere in the state. they were at airpots, in the streets. selling trinkets and jewelry

brian:? what is that amendment? gregory -- brian: what is that amendment? gregory: is the 27th amendment. when i it by accident was writing a paper for a course that i was taking at the university of texas at austin in the spring of 1982. i was interested in the equal rights amendment. i remembered there was a lot of 1970'sersy back in the and 1980's about the equal rights amendment. much of that controversy was procedural in nature. congress, in the fall of 1978, had granted to the equal rights amendment a much disputed extension upon its previously agreed-upon deadline. the original deadline given to the states was you must ratify e.r.a. by march 20 219 -- by march 22, 1979. as that began to loom large, panic began to set in. equal rights amendment supporters pleaded with congress to give them more time. congress responded by extending 1982.adline to june 30, nothing like that had ever happened before. it was without precedent. paperas going to write my for the university about that issue. congress have the power to grant an extension on a ratification de

tom: thank you, brian.opyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its captioning content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org.] announcer: for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us as "q & a".org. programs are also available as c-span pop cast -- podcasts. announcer: next week on "q & a" we talk with gregory watson, the man responsible for getting the 27th amendment to the constitution ratified. according to the amendment, any pay raise or decrease for members of congress can only take effect after the next con congressional election. on c-span.8:00 p.m. president donald trump will announce his nominee for the supreme court. filling the vacancy left by retiring justice anthony kennedy. watch the announcement live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> every monday your money segment. today we are focusing on the cost of protecting -- safe guar

that's just a reflection. >> brian: brian gomes has checked in for power. rock right now. and, working on robert hite. he's got the height advantage but missed it. inside they go to stoudemire. turns and misses the turn around. gomes faces up high and ball fake. lost it and there's the power. >> jim: i like it too. you can see mobley hasn't shot a lot but understanding that there's some mismatches on the court and that time gomes on hite and fortunate shot and drops it down inside and you didn't get the shot but picked it up. close getting in for the penalty. >> brian: 4 point lead for power. two unbeaten squadses, sthraoepb-25 we go to the half. >> jim: here's corey mcgetty. he played his college ball at duke. long time clipper. >> jim: that's a fine example right there. >> brian: they have got him op the arm. but he's able to fight through and finish. >> brian: david hawkins for 3. his first field goal for the game. inside big baby. here's hawkins. crossover. stop it. flicks it in >> jim: that time he was in stuck in concrete on that crossover. >> brian:

brian? brian: all right. thanks, ainsley.ring conservatives nationwide. this time it's the state university of albany. get, this the survey found of the 85 speakers hosted by the university during last school year, liberals outnumber conservatives by a wide margin. what does this say about free speech on college campuses and next generation of free thinkers. here with us to discuss it is the communications director for turning point u.s.a. candace owens and assistant editor at the atlantic zachery r. woods author of this great book "uncensored my life and uncomfortable conversations at the intersection of black and white america." welcome to both of you. first off to you, zac, you know what i'm talking about. you are at williams college, you're in charge of booking speakers. you wanted to get some conservatives in there. what happened? >> so n my case, there were people saying language that they found offensive could be equated with violence. that to me is something that is i will lodge. fundamentally not true. that he was th

only at select local paint and hardware stores. >> brian: for some reason >> brian: for some reason democratspport for peter strzok during today's hearing. don grossman state: compared him to american soldiers killed or wounded to the line of duty saying he peter strzok reserves a purple heart for his efforts answering questions. whenrt he went on an extended justification of himself and his actions, committee democrats burst out into applause, listenf >> it was in no way unequivocably any suggestion that me, the fbi would take any action whatsoever to improperly impact theth electoral process d the proposition that that is going on that it might occur anywhere in the fbi deeply corrodes what the fbi is in americanri society, the effectiveness of their mission and is deeply destructive. [applause] >> brian: where does the applause come from, why is he worthy of applause after what we already know about his actions? kim strassel joins us now. you got a voice mail iff you called her today because she watched like i did all day and were riveted by. were his comments worthy of applause? >> of cou

appreciate it. >> thanks, brian. brian: back to politics here at home.he think of the judge brett kavanaugh's chances of getting confirmation? he is chairman of the judiciary committee. plus, it's the moment that will bring many of to you tears. you have a little girl who meets the veteran who saved her life. >> hey. >> thank you so much. >> she is not going to let me go. >> and i have another video shot when he is dancing with her at her wedding. steve: let's take you back to brussels right now. there you can see the european leaders are getting ready for the so-called class photograph. this is something that they take usually on the first day, when everybody is still smiling although as we saw from the president earlier diplomacy not on the breakfast menu when he was talking about how most of the nations in this photograph do not pay the 2% flesh hold and donald trump would like to see that change. ainsley: that's right. our president, you can see as they take the wide shot our president standing right in the middle of looks like the secretary general.

brian? brian: all right.lawmakers to support a fake program that would put guns in the hands of toddlers, preschoolers. florida congressman matt gaetz didn't fall for it. >> i sat down with house representative and outlined my common sense proposal. >> you want me to say on television that i support 3 and 4-year-olds with firearms? is that what you're asking me to do? >> yes. >> hmmm. specifically members of congress don't hear a story about a program and indicate whether they support it or not. abby: wow. florida congressman, member of the house judiciary committee, matt gaetz. >> food to be on. sacha baron cohen brought mastery level of deception. abby: how did you know you were duped? >> i got a call from media reporters asking if i was interviewed by saw shaw baron cohen. i think politicians take the work we do very seriously, not take ourselves so seriously we can't have a laugh in circumstance like this. brian: how did he get to you? how did he get to dick cheney? how did he get to bernie sanders. by ly

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brian. the people that were in the room the day that president-elect donald trump was briefed on that putin personally ordered it john brennan, james clapper, mike rogers and james comey, they all briefed the president during the transition period. one of the people in the room was john brennan who, in that same interview yesterday, the president referred to him as a low life. he says he has got complete confidence in the new intelligence communities, particularly dan coats who currently is saying that the warning lights are flashing red. they are trying to do it again, but, nonetheless, he does not have so much confidence in the previous intelligence community, which, as you are about to see in the next hour, he feels like was out. ainsley: sitting down it jeff gloria and calling out erdogan the president of turkey who locked up a pastor who has been a pastor for more than 20 years. the president said send him home because he is a good christian man. brian: russian ambassador to the united

when did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room.oing to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40's. abby: back with quick headlines for you. president trump could be on the guest les when mexico's new leader takes office. president-elect obrador expected to invite president trump and justin trudeau to his inauguration in december. obrador has vowed to take on trump's immigration policies. also this, the new democratic socialist favored apparently flip flopping on tax issues. new york's alexandria cortez pushed for tax cuts when she ran a publishing business back in 2012. now her platform calls for change funded through raising taxes brian, over to you. brian: new york city set to roll out buses of counselors and peace keepers. what is this iraq? to ease tensions in communities following acts of violence. these, quote. mobile trauma units slated to cost $1.8 million to launch and each

ainsley, steve, brian?n't like her as a person and deal with her and do business with her. they have different views on how they want to exit brexit. she didn't want brexit. steve: as john said maybe today maybe the president needs a food tester. thanks for life report. brian: first time getting life reports he has been called johnny. ainsley: he called jillian jill. he likes to shorten it. brian: the president of the united states said i'm more popular outside the big cities than i am in london. they can do what they want. i know there are people i resonate with they found people. one of which is this. steve: they found roberts. brian: here is an example. i cut this in. if he came here i would shake his hand. is he a brilliant businessman. is he going to upset a lot of people. that's what we want. is he a true leader. ainsley: is he transparents. evidence will do the interview with the sun and say yeah, i might like theresa may. i don't like that she did this. i think boris johnson would be a good foreign

brian: yeah.verybody knows that. ainsley: did they have a carousel. brian: no. that was phony. ainsley: phony island. brian: mike pompeo heading over to north korea for the third time. he is heading there -- he is flying all night. is he trying to hammer out some type of denuclearization time line north korea likes the one where there is none. he would like to have one. ainsley: third visit as brian was saying since he became secretary of state to meet with world leaders for the first time since the historicking you singapore summit. steve: mike pompeo is on the airplane. greff jenkins is in the bureau and is he going to tell us a little bit about what we can expect. griff, really, his mission is come back with something. >> that's right, guys. good morning, happy july 5. this might be the most important flight. his ten destination is a binding denuclearization agreement with kim jong un. new questions are being raised about chairman kim's commitments that he made last month in singapore's summit

brian: we have a lot.le, the push to impeach deputy attorney general rod rosenstein took a major step forward, probably while you were eating dinner yesterday. ainsley: articles of impeachment have been introduced and action could be taken as soon as today. steve: what's it all mean? griff jenkins from d.c. >> unclear if we will see a message today but the message is quite clear republicans have had enough that's why mark meadows and 10 other republicans filed these articles because they say the doj has been withholding documents and communications stonewalling deadlines, defying subpoenas and engaging in potential fisa abuse, apparently wants the release of that fisa application that was the final straw. congressman jim jordan had this to say. >> how about doing the right thing it might have been 120 years since someone was impeached. when also a the last time a fbi duke disproven document no validity and corroboration and take to a secret court. not tell the court who paid for it and not tell the court w

that's transfarency. >> brian: a former fbi lawyer lisa page was supposed >> brian: former fbi lawyer testify before congress today but she defied aef congressional subpoena by declining to appear. republicans in congress are considering holding page in contempt. meanwhile the president tweeted this. jody jennifer has worked with the president on this, he is u.s. attorney, i just got a chao see the paperwork at 3:00 yesterday, i had to rekindle my security clearance so you can't expect me to know all of this stuff in just a few hours, do you buy that excuse? >> of course not. lisa page is going to come and if she testifies she is going to lie because it's the only way she could possibly explain the text messages between her and peter strzok and the other people in the fbi. this is a simple case. notwithstanding the idiotic conclusions of the inspector general who saidd that all of these texts notwithstanding the bias and the animus that they showed toward the current president of the united states, there was no evidence that bias tainted any prosecutorial decisions. that conclusion by

brian: wow. very interesting. brian: wow. i was forced to go to college wasn't into it. come out hard to get a job with a philosophy or sociology degree maybe somebody would want it? >> right. brian: could you talk about the economy and how it's felt for the last year and a half? >> the economy, definitely has not been -- it's been fantastic. i mean, last year two of our three businesses set record years. this year the one i'm in, sheet metal is doing well. and like i told the president yesterday, the jobs. [audio cutting out] brian: might be having a little bit problem there getting what matt was saying. he was at that round table yesterday with the president of the united states. he was able to get some q and a. also had a chance to talk with the vice president who was there about a month and a half ago. matt, you were at the round table with the president. we didn't hear the end of your sentence. broke up a little bit. what was it like at the round table. >> the president is a very personable person. you know, so, it was,

good lord. >> brian: so a couple things.mber one the president is ticked off at germany in particular because they put the hubbub of this gas line right through germany and pass european nations that burned a threat from russia and they didn't seem to care. what are the explanations by the germany current secretary laws, listening. in 2002, russia was different then. they become somewhat belligerent so they are stuck with this dea deal. can you put the ratchets down and unscrew the pipeline and maybe change the tactics? and we have this thing called oil and gas, too, don't we lou? wouldn't it be reliable by us? >> it would and a host of other countries. it would also be very helpful to foreign policy goals in that region. but the reality here is, the germans haven't lost their free will. they are following their leader. and angela merkel has decided that there is not much difference between a socialist of germany, and the communist of russia. and she and hooton, despite her rhetoric, and have a rather amicable relationship.

brian: go ahead, ainsley. ainsley: thank you, brian. indicted will be extradited back to america so we can send them through the court system in many ways if that was to happen. that would be a gesture of goodwill on putin's part. i'm not sure his personality is quite made that way. who knows. he might just surprise us. brian: unconstitutional for extradite for another country. vladimir putin can't do it if he wanted. to say what do you say to people who say the russians hacked brexit and they hacked u.s. elections and won on both ends? >> this is because nobody thought brexit would happen and nobody thought trump would happen. the establishment who doesn't understand why middle england and middle america voted in a way that they can't comprehend. they are desperately looking for an excuse. they are trying to put together their own conspiracy theory. i have been accused endlessly by the guardian of working with the russians. vodka. ludicrous. steve: the news yesterday was that theresa may, the prime minister, said when she sat down with

brian: that is pretty something.e of the united states will go back to his meeting in afghanistan. he came out with what seems to be an unscheduled press conference where he took questions from almost every reporter from every country. almost in the room. everyone had different points of view. but my coming away feeling is what the president wanted to display, i feel, is that a lot of positive things happened i expressed my concerns a year ago. we hit a lot of the thresholds i wanted. to say we have got to get better. the feeling in the room as i leave overwhelmingly positive. steve: well, according to the "wall street journal" just 10 minutes ago, apparently the meeting in the other room was a nato emergency session. and they called it after the president was demanding that the other nations get to 2% as quickly as possible. and he said, quote: if not, i'm going to do my own thing. so the president of the united states came out over 30 minutes of lye questions. and here's the headline. spending will increase -- all

thank you so much. >> thanks brian. >> brian: democrats took to their turn of questioning but obviouslyhey had a very different turn. >> you are here and you are not taking the fifth. >> that's correct. >> did you consider it? >> no. i've done nothing wrong. >> that was congressman eric swalwell of california and he joins us now after a marathon day. first off, your attack. are you to the belief that peter strzok is not or come in on his own and speak? did you see any merit to him being there? >> i think this is i didn't like those text either, i said before that if he was working for me, believed they have ever effected in the decisions he made and there were a lot of people making decisions in the investigation and we should prioritize our time in other directions. >> so congressman, the report on the other half of the investigation has not been out, just hillary texts. so you have to wonder, someone was going to investigate, i just want to make sure they don't have agenda against me. if it said blank small well, he is at a disaster. i could smell the supporters and we will start refe

supposed to the it's really incredible you know brian one of the things i think it's. very interesting very tragic here is that somehow russia meddled in america's democracy i don't even really know what that means but you hear it all of the time but what really is happening i think my personal opinion is that because there isn't any questioning of the intelligence community in their behavior and i'm thinking of the f.b.i. during the two thousand and sixteen election they are damaging america's to mock received because you cannot ask these questions about what they did i mean the f.b.i. the d.o.j. which was created by congress right they fund these agencies and what we see is the obstruction so i can't you know meddling ok i'm not i have no idea what that really means but we're getting more and more information that that kind of regime change scenario. the u.s. is used around the world for decades has actually come home and they're practicing the same playbook go ahead brian. and in fact that's gone on for decades the the i guess i agree with dan come why would anyone

brian, i'm going to quote your favorite writer, brian bennett of "time" magazine, and we'll talk about your writing as soon as i'm done with this quote. this from your cover story this week, and it's on the overarching topic of russia. trump is bruised by the idea that russian election meddling taints his victory, those close to him say, and can't concede the fact that russia did try to interfere in the election regardless of whether it impacted the outcome. it's a notable quote, brian, because here we are in the position of kind of hoping we find out from the russians some of what was discussed in a two-hour-plus closed door session between two super power leaders. >> well, it's so extraordinary that in this presidency we always have are to rely on the other country the find out what was discussed in a lot of these meetings, and that we're finding out more from the russians than from the white house about what president trump and president putin talked about. and, i mean, one of the most extraordinary moments this week was of course when the president decided he wanted to say that he

>> i think you did, brian.something we've been following certainly here in the middle east and the uae in particular the last several days the continuing relationship with china and gulf arab countries and china and iran we understand that the iranians got arranged the sanctions last time it looks likely that could happen again >> thank you, hadley gamble. pleasure see you soon. >>> let's get a check of the other headlines with philip mena >>> brian, good morning. chaos unfolded after a gunman opened fire in a busy area of downtown toronto killing one woman and injuring others the gunman died after a shootout with police. the man with a handgun stormed this popular neighborhood of greektown at 10:00 p.m. sunday night while many were out and about at restaurants and shops there. investigators say there was no clear motive but they've not ruled out terrorism. ritz crackers is recalling a dozen products due to salmonella concerns the manufacturer says this precaution is not the result of any known illness. this vo

. >> you're right, brian. not in their wildest dreams would they imagine that the president of the united states would call the eu a foe. that goes beyond anything anyone in russia could ever have hoped for, on the eve of a meeting with president putin. a repeat of what we saw with the g-7 in canada, then the meeting with north korean leader, dictator, kim jong-un, we have the president beating up on the allies, then being friendly to a country that used to be considered an adversary. it looks like we're gearing up to have the same kind of lavish praise on president putin, as well r well, at this meeting. putin went out of his way to say, we need to talk about some sore spots. our president didn't mention one of them at all. he avoided the sore spots and talked about much more innocent, easier things to talk about. >> ambassador, what is it? what has changed? what is it about our president and russia, do you think? >> i honestly don't know. there has never been a president of the united states in our history t

as you mentioned brian, he is a leftist and a national list.won in a landslide, getting more than 53% of the vote. continued in mexico. the establishment parties were almost completely wiped up inauguration on december 1st we're going to wait and see over the next couple of months to see what positions he stakes out there you can see, 54% of the vote now with 33% of it counted thus far the two establishment parties who had been in power for nearly 100 years were getting much, much smaller percentages he ran on a much more centric platform this time around. his third run for presidency instead ran on anti-corruption, which really helped him out. president trump tweeting around 11:00 last night congratulations to andres manuel lopez obrador in becoming the next president of mexico i look very much forward to working with him there is much to be done in both the united states and mexico to see how the markets -- we have to watch the mexican peso as amlo became for -- the peso had relaxed. the peso moved higher. i did not stay up. i was asleep for

need brushes an enemy and that's the it because it to justify all of these expenditures ok i mean brian is a logically looking at it but logic good politics don't always parlay ok i need a sensually we need an enemy justifies is here montenegro is good it is adding value added to nato defense ok montenegro his army is smaller than the new york police force ok but we need an enemy here is that would russia's purposes because it's really easy to paint russia is as an enemies because it because it really demands stubbornly its sovereignty go ahead irl. i agree pete peter i mean we meet we mean let's face it it's the sense industry we need an enemy . nato is searching for a new mission i mean really it's a good defense grouping but you know should russia be included in that as well and what's the real mission the mission has is is not there i don't think there's any fear for russia invading into any part of europe. but. but it you know you need a boogie man you need a net you need a threat to justify defense expenditures i mean why dives and how are you nope cited be be aware of the defense