, he's an obama backer, a hillary clinton supporter. nonsense he accuses him of engaging it actually does seem to work with some people. in other words, there are some in the president's orbit or base who hear mcraven is a hillary clinton backer or obama backer that diminishes him in the eyes of those supporters. this is former navy s.e.a.l. who headed the attack on bin laden that resulted in his death. >> the successful capture of osama bin laden after years of hard fought intelligence and with military tracking. this parts and parcel the president's assault on institutional forces of american society, whether it's the judiciary, congress, the media and of course the military. and i think what's unique when it comes to the military is i think career military officers and soldiers are almost willfully obedient to whoever is in the office. of course they have their own opinions, but i think they see their jobs as serving the country sometimes perhaps in a time of war. and they understand there's a chain of command they have to follow. so

. >> he is a hillary clinton backer. an obama backer. frankly -- >> he was a navy seal. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden sooner than that. >> he is not a hillary clinton backer. he said it himself. let's put the truth to the side. what bothered you so much about this? >> well, there are two things. number one, i have met no finer officer than bill. to have the president use the power of his office to attempt to didminish someone who i thin by way of virtue is better is the other is the gaping g. ignorance on the part of a president late in the second year of his term as to how cia and special operations forces operate together. his little quote there trying to condemn the lateness, the tardiness of the assault has nothing to do with how these things really happen in the real world. one hopes a president could pick some of that up. >> mr. clapper, it is not -- it's no small irony the president is talking about they should have gotten bin laden faster. everybody would like to get bad guys who have an existential thre

>> he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer. and, frankly -- >> he was a navy seal. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? think of this. living in pakistan in what i consider is a nice mansion. i don't know, i've seen nice are, but living next to the military. we give pakistan $1.3 billion a year and they don't tell him. >> you're not giving him credit for taking down osama bin laden. >> look, there's news right there. he lived in pakistan, we're supporting pakistan. we gave them $1.3 billion a year. which you don't give anymore because i ended it. they don't do a damn thing for us. i'm totally in favor of the media, i'm noelgtotally in favo free press. >> does the president get to decide what's fair and not? >> when you do something very good and they write it badly, this is consistently. as an example -- >> barack obama what kind about fox news all the time, but he never said we were the enemy of the people. >> no. he didn't talk about the news. he didn't talk about anything. i'm only saying

he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer. and frankly -- >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> mcraven has been an outspoken critic of trump. he wrote a stunning rebuke of the president in august, saying trump had embarrassed and humiliated the u.s. he said back in february of last year that trump's attacks against the media were the greatest threat to democracy. mcraven is responding to the latest comments. he says, quote, i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i'm a fan of president obama and president george w. bush, both of whom i worked for. i admire all presidents regardless of their political party who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. i stand by my comment that the president's attacks on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. when you undermine the people's right to a free press and freedom of speech and expression, then you threaten the constituti

and okay, he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer and frankly -- >> he was a navy s.e.a.l..if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner? >> not a clinton or obama backer, but those are his words, which are hugely important when you have the ultimate say in what the u.s. military does. but let's also look at his actions. on a trip to france during the 100th anniversary of world war i, president trump skipped a visit to a cemetery where thousands of american war dead are at rest, because it was raining. >> they had zero visibility. >> other world leaders attended ceremonies, they just drove instead of flying. and once back in washington on veterans day, the president decided not to go the short distance to arlington national cemetery. >> i should have done that. i was extremely busy on calls for the country. we did a lot of calling, as you know. >> because of calls. president trump has not visited troops in a war zone. he suggested ballots cast by active duty members of the military should not be counted in florida because some arrived, perfectly legally, i should add, after electio

president donald trump:"okay, he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer."chris wallace/fox news anchor:"he was a navy seal 37 years." in statement -- mcraven says he "did not back hillary clinton or anyone else" but he called himself a "fan of president obama and president george w. bush."he said he stands by his statement that trump's attacks on the media is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. (justine) a group of about 200 migrants departed from el salvador today. they're headed to the united states -- joining other caravans. the ásalvadoran government says it continues to call on people not to make these kinds of journeys, or put minors at risk. these caravans have been largely organized on social media sites.peed to take off on november 23rd and january 2nd. (justine) and president trump is once again sounding off on twitter about the migrant caravan. today he tweeted -- "catch and release is an obsolete term. it is now catch and detain. illegal immigrants trying to come into the u.s.a., often proudly flying the flag of their nation as the

he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer. frankly. >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that. >> the president answered his long running criticism. that the president's attacks on the news media are a threat to democracy. >> he said i did not back hillary clinton and i am a fan of president obama and president bush both of whom i worked for. i admire all presidents regardless of their political party who uphold the political process. >> a man who served his country with great distinction for a length of time. the president likes fights. what's to be gained here? >> nothing. what is the risk for me and what bothers me about this spat is it's going to cement in the minds of trump voter that is the idea that the military is an extension of the white house and we are a political institution when we are not. everybody has a right to the first amendment and freedom of speech, but when you have former generals that are jumping into the political fray, it further reinforces that.

criticized the military for not having killed bin lad in sooner and dismissed them as a hillary clinton backer. >> navy s.e.a.l., 37 years and former head of -- >> hillary clinton fan. excuse me. hillary clinton fan. >> led and the operations and killed osama bin laden said your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy. >> he's a hillary clinton backer. and an obama backer. frankly -- >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that. >> admiral william mccraven saying this. i i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama & i admire all president who is uphold the dignity of the office and use that office to bring "people" together. i stand by my comment that the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in our lifetime. when you undermine the people's right to a free press and freedom of speech and express, you threaten the constitution and all for which it stands. that from admiral mcraven in that interview. wide ranging interview on fox. let's discuss this with cnn military analys

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer. >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> it would be nice if we had gotten osama bin laden sooner than that. >> he says he did not back hillary clinton or anyone else in 2016. he says i admire all presidents who uphold the dignity of the office. when you undermine the freedom of the press, you threaten the constitution. >>> the president did acknowledge one misstep in the fox interview. he says he should have gone to arlington national cemetery for veterans day. a presidential tradition. >> i should have done that. i was extremely busy on calls for the country. we did a lot of calling, as you know. >> but this is veterans day. >> i probably, you know, in retrospect, i should have. i will virtually every year. we had come in very late at night. i had just left literally the american cemetery in paris. i really probably assumed that was fine. >> separately, the president again defended his decision to not travel to an american cemetery in france a week ago. he said he didn't cancel the trip. he said the secret service did because of bad weather.

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer. and obama backer. and frankly. >> he was a navy seal. >> wouldn't it have been nice to get him sooner than that. >> conditioned commanding covert operations arntd the world. including seal team 6. and including troops who helped capture saddam hussein and captain phillips from pirates. he's not backing down. telling cnn i sand by my comment. that the president attack on the media is the greatest threat to the democracy in my lifetime. trump then doubling down. tweeting. of course we should have captured bin laden long before we did. trump furious about an august op-ed in which mcraven defended former cia director john brennan. after he revoked his security clearance. saying i would consider it an honor if you revoke any clearance as well. defending saying he always put the military first. another four star special operation commander fired by president obama. defended mcraven against trump. >> the president is wrong. >> and raised the issue why the president didn't visit arlington cemetery this past ve

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer. >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> it would be nice if we had gotten osama bin laden sooner than that. >> mcraven says he did not back hillary clinton or anyone else in 2016. he says i admire all presidents who uphold the dignity of the office. when you undermine the freedom of the press, you threaten the constitution and all for which it stands. >>> by tomorrow, the president expects a full report on the murder of jamal khashoggi. he says the u.s. has the copy of the audio that captured the brutal killing. the president says he won't be listening to that recording. >> i don't want to hear the tape. no reason for me to hear the tape. >> why? >> because it is a suffering tape. it is a terrible tape. i have been fully briefed. there's no reason to hear it. i asked the people if i should. they said i shouldn't. i know everything that went on with the tape. >> what happened? >> it was very violent. very vicious and terrible. >> the president says he does not know if saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman was lying when he denied involvement.

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer. and an obama backer. and frankly -- >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? won the it have been nice? >> let's go to the facts as always first. mcraven said i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama and president george w. bush. both of whom i worked for. that's the part about his politics. now, what about the second part of president trump's slam on mcraven, when he brought in bin laden. we should have caught bin laden sooner. the former cia deputy director summed it up this way, saying, correction needed to potus' comment today, that mcraven should have found been been sooner. cia did the finding, mcraven's special operator the getting. they moved within days of president obama giving the order. in other words, there's no faster, mcraven could have moved. his slam of mcraven is part of a pattern. >> our military is a disaster. >> i know more about isis than the generals do. >> he's a war hero because he w

he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer. and it would have been nice if we could have gottenad bin sooner. >> it's 4:06.id fl will have a new u.s. senator. republican governor rick scott won the senate over democratic incumbent senator bill nelson. the race was very close. inhe end, scoon by a little more than 10,000 votes. after the reenlts,or nelson talked about his hopes for the future. >> we have to move beyond politics and do destroy where the freess p is assaulted as the enemy of the people. >> police broke up several fights between right wing groups and counter protestors this weeke weekend. >> the large group of protestors gather downtown to argue against the we people rally on saturday. a >> it's unifying message of freedom and liberty. >> this is not the country that my father fought for at the moment and it's heart wrenching for me. >> four people were arrested and one police officer was hurt. >> the holidays will arrive here in d.c. today. w thete house christmas tree will be prested to theirst lady here today. t

remission can start with stelara®. >>> he's a hillary clinton backer. and an obama backer.ankly -- >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it be nice to get bin laden sooner than that? >> that was the president of the united states, not talking about a political foe. but a retired admiral and a navy s.e.a.l. so let's look closer at the man the commander in chief has such an issue with. in 1977, william mccraven graduating from the university of texas in austin with a journalism degree and a commission in the u.s. navy. after going through the school's rotc program. the young officer trained as an s.e.a.l. working up from platoon commander in s.e.a.l. team 4 to command an s.e.a.l. team. by 2001, in charge of naval special warfare group 1 overseeing four s.e.a.l. teams. an accident broke his back and pelvis. he wasn't out of commission for long and joined the fight in iraq heading the operation that captured saddam hussein in 2003 and rising to lead the joint special operations command which put him in charge of another one of the country's most important operations, that would

as for the claim that admiral mccraven is or was a hillary clinton backer? it is kind of the same thing as saying the current head of special operations is a trump backer. admiral mccraven served during the obama administration and the bush administration. he backed neither. democrats and republicans who know him know that and have said so. the republican party tweeted worth noting retired eeadmiral s reportedly on hillary clinton's short list for vice president. he is hardly a nonpolitical figure they say. that is true. onest, part of - admiral mccraven was briefly mentioned as a running mate for hillary clinton and mentioned as a possible national security adviser to president trump. colleagues of all stripes have praised him as being nonpartisan. is the president projecting here just a little bit? you can decide for yourself. does the president project at times and try to diminish the kind of qualities that he himself lacks? take a look. >> he's not a war hero. >> he is a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. i hate to tell

president trump not only dismisses mccraven as, quote, a hillary clinton backer, but says it would have been nice if bin laden had been taken out sooner. here's the president talking to fox news anchor chris wallace. >> retired admiral, navy s.e.a.l., 37 years, former head of u.s. special operations. >> hillary clinton fan. >> special operations. >> excuse me, hillary clinton man. >> who led the operations, commanded the operations that took down saddam hussein and killed lad larksd says thosama r sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy. >> he's a hillary clinton backer and obama backer. >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. >> and it would have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that. >> mccraven has been very critical of trump saying trump had humiliated the u.s. and called trump's attacks against the media the greatest threat to democracy. mccraven is now responding to the president's latest comments. he tells cnn, quote, i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i'm a fan of president obama and president george w. bush, both of whom i worked for. i admire all presi

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer.n obama backer. >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. -- >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? wouldn't it have been nice? living -- think of it. living in pakistan, beautifully in pakistan in what i guess they considered a nice mansion. i don't know. i've seen nicer. >> that's the president this weekend on fox news. the apparent trigger? admiral mcraven's criticism of the president's attacks on the press. we know the president is a counterpuncher. that's what his defenders, that's how they frame it. but keeping them honest, nothing the president hits back with in this case, if that's what he's doing, has the weight of truth behind it. just the opposite. his suggestion that admiral mcraven's special operators were responsible for locating bin laden? not true. the cia and others were. s.e.a.l. team 6 got its orders on the 29th of april, 2011, less than two days later bin laden was dead. as for his claim that admiral mcraven is or was in his words a hillary

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer, and frankly -- >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn'tce if he got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> "outfront" now, rob o'neill, former s.e.a.l. team six member who killed bin laden, also author of "the operator." what's your reaction when the president of the united states comes out and says, you know, this wasn't done right? >> well, this is part of the problem with stuff that goes on in washington. this is part of some politics right there. simply because -- i mean, admiral bill mcraven never endorsed anybody for president. in the community, we know which way he leans but because president trump thought that he's a hillary clinton backer, that's all he was saying and he said we should have found osama bin laden sooner. the command that admiral mcraven was in charge of didn't find bin laden. it was the women and the men and the three letter agencies that worked for many, many years under many presidents to include presidents clinton, bush, and obama and they were there for america. they weren't there for red or blue. they want

he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer, and frankly -- >> he was a navy seal 37 year. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> mr. trump's criticism comes after mcraven said, quote, the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. mcraven says he stands by the comment and that he did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. >>> a teenage race car driver is recovering this morning after surviving a horrifying crash all caught on camera. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the dramatic details. >> reporter: if you blink, you might miss it. this race car going airborne and slamming into a track fence. here it is slowed down. the driver loses control, flying above other cars before landing in a tangled mess. it happened so fast, onlookers at the formula 3 grand prix near hong kong don't seem to realize what happened at first. then horror as emergency crews rush in, trying to save the 17-year-old driver. incredibly she survived. experts say that's because the car hit the soft wall and not the concrete barrier bel

. >> he is a hillary clinton backer a an obama backer, and -- >> he is a navy s.e.a.l. >> it would havenice if we bt osa laden a lot sooner than that. >> the president didn't explain how bin laden could have been captured sooner. todaycravenold cnn he didn't support hillary clinton in the election. the retired admiral said he is a fan oformer president george w. bush, former president obama, and all presidents who uphold the dignity of the office. >>> come january, florida will have a new u.s. senator. today democratic incumbent senator bill nelson conceded the race to outgoing republican governor rick scott. scott won a tight race after a manual recount. senator nelson talked about his hopes for the future. >>e have to move beyond a politics that aims not just to defeat buto destroy where truth is treated as disposable, whereou falsehoods and that the free press is assaulted as the enemy of the people. >> president trump congratulated scott on twitter today. >>> back here at home, a hocide at a gas station in virginia, and now police need help catching the killer. take a look at this p

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer. and an obama backer. and, frankly -- >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden sooner than that? wouldn't it have been nice. living -- think of this. living in pakistan. beautifully in pakistan. in what i guess they consider a nice mansion. i don't know. i have seen nicer. >> and tara, the admiral responding tonight? >> reporter: he denies he ever backed clinton or any other candidate in 2016. and he is standing by his defense of the press. he said in a statement to cnn, quote -- i'm a fan of president obama and president george w. bush. both of whom i worked for. he said he admires presidents who quote uphold the dignity of the office. >> thank you. tara. >>> new developments in the murder of jamal khashoggi. "the washington post" journalist. with the president now acknowledging he's been briefed on an audio recording of the writer's final moments. the tape concerned after the cia concluded saudi arabia's crown prince ordered the killing. tonight, the major question

backer. it is important to know that mcraven was on hillary clinton's vice president list in 2016. it is also true his name was floated as a potential in the trump administration as well. >>> stocks fell sharply monday. dragged down by reports of trouble at apple and facebook. the dow closed down 396 points. that's actually better than it had been earlier in the day. just shy of 1.6%. nasdaq dropped 3%. that is big for one day. the s&p lost 2%. alphabet closed in bear market territory for the first time in seven years. down 20% off the all-time high in july. alphab alphabet, google, wasn't the only tech company that plunged. the f.a.n.g. stocks closed down between 4% and 6%. facebook fell nearly 6% as it deal was the fallout from that "new york times" investigation that suggested that facebook failed to recognize and stop russian interference and hired a firm. sales force ceo compared using facebook to tobacco. that's right. social media is the new tobacco. bad for you, addictive, bad for democracy. >> facebook is the new cigarettes. it's addictive. it is not good for you. people t

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer, an obama backer -- >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. for 32 years. >> are you kidding me. mccraven said, i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i admire all precedentspresside. the president watches cable news so let's remind him. the day after mccraven graduated from college, he joins the navy. he was commander of the special ops forces. it was the cia who found bin laden and s.e.a.l. team six went in. he left his position at the university of texas a year ago and this is what the president has too s say about defending h. >> i know this is offensive. i hear from veterans who call in to my show. and this runs the risk because republicans are often viewed or perceived as the republican party that's most supported by the military. that's always been somewhat mythical. >> but as far as the brand goes, the republican -- >> but, see, this is how you could potentially create more jeff flakes, so to speak, republicans who decide this president is not doing the right thing. when you have that brand and you're offending members of the mi

. >> okay, he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer and frankly-- >> he's a navy seal. >> would it have been nicer if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that, wouldn't it been nice? ( audience reacts ) >> stephen: (as trump) "no, hold on a second here. they only killed him once. if it was up to me, i would have killed him many more times. and much deader. no one's seen this kind of dead i know all the deadest people ." ( laughter ) >> jon: wow ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: they don't always tickle me that much. admiral mcraven responded, "i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama and president george w. bush, both of whom i worked for. i admire all presidents regardless of their political party, who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times." aw, snap! you just got seal team dissed. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! but today, trump doubled down on his second guessing: "of course we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did. i pointed

. >> he's a hilry clinton backer and an obama backer and frankly -- >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> it would have been nice if had gotten bin laden sooner than that. >> the president did not explain lhow binen could have been captured sooner. yesterday he told cnn he did not support hillary clinton in the election. he said he is a fan of former esidents george w. bush and barrack obama and all presidents that uphold the dilg agnity of office. >> it's 6:07. in january, floridaill have a new u.s. senator. the recount confirmed republican governor rick scott won the senate seat ove democratic incumbent senator bill nelson. the race was very close. in the end scott w by a little more than 10,000 votes. bill nelsonis talked about hopes for the future. >> we have to move beyond a politicsothat aims just to defeat, but to destroy. where tth is treated as disposable. where fsehoods abound and that the free press is assaulted as the enemy of the people. >> today the colorado father accused of killing his wife and children will be sentenced. >> he faced three lifeerms in prison. he avoided the death p

. >> okay, he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer., frankly -- >> he was a navy seal for 37 years. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> seth: you're attacking him for not getting bin laden sooner? oh, because i totally could see you charging in there in your hat and your wind breaker. [ laughter ] swinging a rake like it's a sword. "where are you? ama?a! [ laughter and applause ] i'm going -- i'm going to rake your floors." [ laughter ] trump then went on to claim that it was obvious to everyone where bin laden was hiding, and also found a way to work in a very strange dig at bin laden's compound. i don't know i've seen n. [ light laughter ] >> seth: you can make this idiot a president and everything still comes back to real estate. "it's in a little neighborhood in the middle of pakistan. i call it mid-pac. [ light laughter ] the mid-packing district." [ laughter ] only donald trump -- only donald trump can make himself feel better by implying he has a nicer house than osama bin laden. [

dismissed the retired four star admiral and the work he did on bin laden raid >> he's a hillary clinton backerave been nicer if we gotten osama bin laden lot sooner. living in pakistan, beautiful in pakistan, which they considered a nice mansion, living in pakistan right next to the military academy, everybody in pakistan knew he was there. >> reporter: the president facing growing backlash on the style and substance. correction needed to his comments that mccraven should have found bin laden sooner. cia did the finder. they moved within days of president obama giving the order. navy seal who so the bin laden is also coming out to defend mcraven. he was born to lead this mission i'll follow him anywhere. if only people heard the real speech. the mission to get bin laden was bipartisan. we all wanted to get him as soon as we could. for has part, mcraven is standing by his criticism president's treatment of the press. clinton campaign did consider tapping him as her running mate. today the president is doubling down on criticisms of mcraven. >> shepard: reporting from washington. breaking today,

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer and obama backer, and -- >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we would have gotten bin laden sooner than that? >> let's bring in our national security correspondent for "the new york times." this was so telling is that president trump revealed he sees everything in partisan terms. can you put people into two buckets for him, a hillary clinton fan or a donald trump fan. your accomplishments not as important to him to focus on. was he -- first of all, it's not true that he backed hillary clinton. this is exactly how president -- >> he also worked with george bush. >> yeah, worked for george w. bush and obama. >> yeah. >> when we wonder why we are locked in mart spartisan mortal combat, the president sees almost everything exclusively in those terms. >> what this reminded me of, as soon as russia investigation began you heard the president say, he said it to me and in public and many occasions that john brennan and james clapper and all of the other intelligence professionals who are all career intelligence officials were all political

president donald trump:"okay, he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer.""he was a navy seal 37 years." president donald trump: "frankly, wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that?" ( robin )mc-raven says he "did not back hillary clinton or anyone else" but he called himself a "fan of president obama and president george w. bush."he said he stands by his statement that trump's attacks on the media is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. ( robin ) meanwhile --- the trump administration is asking for a stay in the case about adding a citizenship question on the 20-20 census.lawyers requested a stay until the u-s supreme court decides what evidence will be allowed in arguments.they want commerce secretary wilbur ross to be deposed on the matter.but last month --- the court temporarily blocked him from having to face a deposition. critics argue the question is meant to limit the representation of immigrants. the judge has not yet issued a ruling on the stay request.and the plaintiffs have not filed a response.the c

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer.kly -- >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we would have gotten osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> well, admiral mcraven tells cnn he did not back clinton or anyone else in 2016 and is standing by his earlier comments, releasing this statement, and i'm quoting here, i admire all presidents who uphold the dignity of the office. when you undermine the people's right to free press and freedom of expression, you threaten the constitution and all for which it stands. joining us now to discuss this is another military man, former marine, department of homeland security as well as the pentagon, dave lepan here. thank you for taking the time this morning. >> absolutely. >> let me ask you this. you were in uniform. you were on duty tat the pentagn the night of the raid including the weeks and months leading up to it. tell us what you saw then about the focus of the military to find osama bin laden and how that leads -- how your experience then leads you to react t

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer. >> he's a navy seal. >> wouldn't it been nice if we got bin laden a lot sooner than that. >> wouldn't it be nice. >> we give pakistan $1.3 billion a year and they don't tell him. >> you're not going to give him credit for tooking down bin laden? >> they took him down. there's news right there. he lived in pakistan. we're giving them $1.3 billion which we don't give them anymore. i ended it because they don't do anything for us. >> to be fair bin laden was found in pakistan right down the road from the military academy but pakistan is not taking that slight lightly. the u.s. should do a serious assessments of why despite 140,000 nato troops plus 250,000 afghan troops and 1 trillion spent on the war in hafafghanis, the taliban today are stronger than before. that's pr the prime minist that's from the prime minister of pakistan. general, first to you. i want to get to the why donald trump is doing this in a moment with phil but you tell me and walk me through. when the president goes out and says we should have gotten bin laden soon

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer and obama backer, and frankly. >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn'tt have been nice if we got osama bin laden sooner than that? >> he fired back in a statement last night saying i admire all presidents regardless of their political party who uphold the dignity of the office and use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times, and i stand by my comment that the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. >>> developing news, as early as today, the santa clara county medical examiner's office could tell us if a body found over the weekend is that of a missing 49ers's fan. a group of fishermen spotted the body on saturday in san jose, a few miles for levi stadium, and ian powers fannished during monday night's game. he was there with his family, but he went to the bathroom, and powers never came back. he was later seen on surveillance video, walking on the gate c. foot bridge to the parking lots. the bridge crosses the creek that runs into the bay. >>> happening today, marriott hotel officials

president trump not only dismisses mcraven as a, quote, hillary clinton backer, but says it would haven laden has been taken out sooner. here's the president talking to fox news anchor chris wallace. >> mcraven, retired admiral, navy s.e.a.l., 37 years, former head of u.s. special operations -- >> hillary clinton fan. >> special operations -- >> excuse me, hillary clinton fan.

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer. and an obama backer. and frankly -- >> he was a navy s.e.a.l.> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> as a point of fact, mcraven says he did not back clinton or anyone else in 2016. joining me to discuss this is stanley mcchrystal. he led forces in afghanistan. also led joint special operations command during the capture of saddam hussein. he's written a book profiling 13 great leaders titled "leaders, myth and reality." general mcchrystal, thank you for taking the time. >> thanks for having me, jim. >> first, i want to get your reaction to the president's attack here, and just add that he himself has, you might say, tripled down. he tweeted moments ago the following. of course, we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did. i pointed him out in my book just before the attack on the world trade center. president clinton missed his shot. we paid pakistan billions of dollars and they never told us he lived there. you're familiar with the president's criticisms. you have your own tremendous service to

he's a hillary clinton backer. and an obama backer. and frankly -- >> he's a navy -- >> it would be nice if we got bin laden sooner than in. >> mcraven did not back hillary clinton although he has criticized trump's rhetoric. here's the question here. hillary clinton, barack obama. how long does the president continue to use them as his foils? >> he's going to use them probably long past they're in office -- past he's in office, because to his core group of his base supporters, it's like throwing red meat to a lion. but i got to say that this -- you know, attacking our men and women in the service, it shouldn't be a republican or a democrat thing. it's not something you can imagine george bush doing or bill clinton or barack obama doing or reagan doing. this is not normal. and this president is -- he's violating things that are long traditions about america and the presidency that will have long-term implications. he's eroding the moral weight of that office in a way that to me is more damaging long-term than almost any of his policies.

led the command of operations that took down bin laden and killed saddam -- >> he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer and frankly -- >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. -- >> wouldn't it have been nice if we would have gotten bin laden earlier than that. >> and he was not the one finding bin laden but he was the one that captured and killed him. what do you make of that exchange? >> he perpetuates the idea that he lives in a morally evinverte universe. the president does that over and over again. >> yeah, he sees people through a purely partisan lens. don't tell me about their heroism, just tell me who they voted for. >> it's a dangerous lens when we have gotten so partisan we can't find common ground or got anything done, he perpetuates it very much. >> i got nothing to add to that. that is totally correct. >> yeah, i mean -- i think it was really telling. i think that it's really telling because we have seen the president do this over and over again. it's a very simplistic view of the world, which is, i can put people into two baskets. did you vote for donald trump or hi hillary clinton? >>

. >> he is a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer, and -- >> he was a navy seal. >> he basically osama bin laden a lot sooner than that. >> president trump is facing growing criticism after that, after suggesting real estate tired u.s. navy admiral william mccraven should have caught osama bin laden faster. >> he goes on to say i pointed out in my book just before the attack on the world trade center president clinton famously missed his shot. we paid pakistan billions of dollars, and had he never told us he was living there. fools. on sunday admiral mcraven responded to the fox interview with a statement from him that read, in part, "i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama and president george w. bush. both of whom i worked for. i admire all presidents, regardless of their political party, who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. i stand by my comment that the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime." >> in a way this is all y

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer. obama backer. >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> it would have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that. >> he's a retired navy s.e.a.l. leader who criticized the president's leadership style writing in an op-ed the president had quote humiliated the u.s. on a world stage. ginning me now, leon panetta. you were cia director when the obama raid happened. so, let's talk about what the president had to say about the raid. >> well, it's hard for me to even begin to respond to this president. when he's dealing with probably one of the most proudest and courageous operations that has taken place. and the s.e.a.l.s who went in in a very risky operation, but they got osama bin laden. nation's number one enemy. and they sent a clear message to the world that nobody attacks this country. and gets away with it. this president owes admiral mccraven and all of the s.e.a.l.s involved in that operation an apology for what he's saying. he's undermining his position as commander in chief. no

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer.frankly -- >> he was a navy seal. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin lauden a lot sooner than that, wouldn't it have been nice -- >> in response to that side remark from the president, former cia deputy director michael morales issued this statement. mcraven should have found osama bin lauden sooner, he said, the mcraven's special operation did the getting. they moved within days of president obama giving the order. >>> from orlando florida, the former af former army commander general for the 7th army. general, good to see you. >> good to see you, john. >> here's the response from admiral mcraven. i didn't back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama and george w. bush both of whom i worked for. i admire all candidates who uphold the dignity of the office and use the office to bring the nation together in challenging times. but at the same time the republican nation at committee put this statement out on twitter. retired admiral william mcraven was reporte

took down saddam hussein and killed osama bin laden says your sentiment -- >> he is a hillary clinton backer obama backer. >> he is a navy s.e.a.l. >> it would have been nice if we got osama bin laden sooner than that. >> what precipitated the attack? perhaps that mcraven wouldn't make an endorsement in the election or that he called for the president to revoke his security clearance after former cia director john brennan had his revoked. he defended his decision to refrain from endorsements in 2016, telling cnn i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama and president george w. bush. i admire all presidents, regardless of political party that uphold the dignity of the office and use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. with me now, michael leiter, national security analyst, involved in planning the operation that killed bin laden. it is interesting, mcraven doesn't say president trump in that statement but makes it clear he respects both political parties and leaders that come out of them, as long as they uphold the dignity of the o

he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer and frankly wouldn't it have been nice if we got usama lot sooner than that? >> martha: marie? >> i hate the way the president makes these off-the-cuff sort of snide remarks solely because someone criticized him. bill mcraven is not a hillary clinton supporter, he's not a political person. he led the most successful rate of recent years, which they did as soon the cia had found him. they moved immediately, they put together a plan. for the president on veterans day week to go after a highly decorated nonpartisan hero like bill mcraven, it shows how petty the president can be and i really don't like it, martha. >> martha: guy? >> i think the implication at the end of that answer was, if mcraven had been better at his job we could have gotten bin laden sooner. i don't think there is a shred of evidence behind that. i defer to rob o'neill, the trigger man on that, and he fully backed up mcraven on this one which is the appropriate thing to do. >> martha: he has an excellent reputation in a long record of service. so condoleezza rice, can she

admiral william mcraven, who oversaw the mission to kill osama bin laden.trump:"he's a hilary clinton backerd an obama- backer and frankly."chris wallace/host, fox news sunday: "he was a navy seal 37 years." trump:"wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that, wouldn't it have been nice?" mcraven, who has been sharply critical of the president's rhetoric aimed at the news media in the past, fired back with a statement of his own, saying, quote, "i stand by my comment that the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime."the president's criticism of the bin laden raid runs counter to statements he made at the time of the mission when he told politico:"i want to congratulate president obama and the men and women of the armed forces for a job well done."the president isn't holding back when it comes to his own team, openly criticizing homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen. trump :"i want her to get much tougher and we will see what happens there but i want to be extremely tough."and white house chief of staff john

he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer, and frankly -- >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. 37 years.dn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> president trump is facing growing criticism after that. after suggesting retired u.s. navy admiral william mcraven should have caught osama bin laden faster. lot to talk about there and we will. earlier today, trump doubled down on his criticism writing that he apparently attempted to warn all of us about bin laden. "of course, we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did." he goes on to say, "i pointed out in my book just before the attack on the world trade center. president clinton famously missed his shot. we pay pakistan billions of dollars and they never told us he was living there. fools." on sunday, admiral mcraven responded to the fox interview with a statement from him that read in part, "i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama and president george w. bush, both of whom i worked for. i admire all presidents regardless of their political party, who uph

. >> he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer. >> he was a navy seal. >> it would have beenice if we had gotten osama bin laden a lot sooner than that. living in pakistan, beautifully in pakistan in what i guess they considered a nice mansion. i don't know, i've seen nicer. >> mccraven i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i admire all presidents regardless of their political party who upholdd dignity of the office. he said i stand by my comment that the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. >>> the deadly wildfires in california are mostly contained as officials work to locate the nearly 1,000 people still unaccounted for. president trump toured the towns hardest hit including paradise, a city that for the most part has been completely wiped out. he vows to help the state. experts and elected officials say he doesn't really understand what's causing the fire as he continues to blame poor forest management. >> i was watching the firemen the other day and they were raking areas where the fire was right over there. they're