dr. andrew mitchell is an associate professor of history who earned his bachelor degree -- his masters and doctorate from ohio state university. he contributed a chapter for a book about this -- limits of empire. the limits of empire, european formation in early modern rock history. to dr. david hofstetter earned his ba, ma, and phd from ohio state university. his published articles on reader response -- the transatlantic classicism of william godwin and charles martin brown, and philosophical perspectives on 19th century science and mary shelley, as well as text books on writing and basic christian apologetics. dr. eric a potter is a professor of english whose avid -- academic specialties include american literature, contemporary poetry, and religion in red -- literature. his most recent book is -- dr. potter received his bachelor's from wheaton college and his masters and doctorate from the university of virginia. after we hear from each of our speakers, we will have a short question and answer session. please think of any questions you may have a layer up your presenting. please join me

dr. mitchell, in the organization i recently met in albania we had vacated against more state control -- advocated against morsi control, but they were problems we truly faced albania. part of it is that state medicine has become a product of organized crime. isn't there some room for regulation? to put that in context, i remind everybody, since we are talking about chicago, that al capone was not caught because of the real activities of crime. the regulation might happen beyond the primary role. , here in the pittsburgh area, there was a news story investigation not repackaged meet in supermarkets usingt in supermarkets nitrogen to keep the color. some people got sick. i know the usual answer is the market will honest the perpetrator, but what about our sense of justice? if somebody risked dying, should never be some punishment? is in the room for the regulation? -- isn't there room for the regulation? dr. hofstadter, a couple of comments. great new world" is a dramatization of the 1950's and 1960's. it is free on the internet. i recommend it to everybody. science-fiction is really usef

dr. james mitchell. dr. mitchell is rehab possible for a terrorist?al it's going to work. there is a lot of problems built in to any sort of effort to try to convince people that they should give up these ideologies. one of the main problems is that the actual text of the quran and the hadith support these sort of ideologies of violence. so, these folks have to try to convince them that what they're reading doesn't actually mean what it appears to mean when you read it in clear sentences. brian: how do we get to people that are muslim and have no interest in killing you to read the quran and they have no problem existing in american society. how do we get the terrorists to be more like them? >> it's going to be tough. part of the problem, i think is that we are working at the wrong end of that pipeline. we should be working at the end of the pipeline where we are inno, ma'am could you late inoculating them against those attitudes. it has sabotage features to it it's perfectly acceptable to pretend that you are accepting a more moderate ideology until

dr. mitchell, we have solved a problem. actually made it worse over the last eight years because what's happened is president obama is leading from behind has actually emboldened those people because they think that what we're going to do is try to defend ourselves with rhetoric and speechifying and gestures. we've quit trying to find them and kill them, and that just puts us more at risk. brian: i think so. going to be here to talk about his book, he's the fbi guy, he said you wouldn't have got it without it. >> well, he's entitled to his opinion. brian: is he right? >> well, he's entitled to his own opinion but not his own set of facts. i think you would have had a very hard time getting some of the information from those detainees to protect ourselves without those enhanced interrogations. steve: and that's the name of your book. thank you for figuring it out. >> appreciate you having me on. steve: you bet. stay here for just a second. ainsley: heather has some headlines for a second. >> hello. hello, everyone, at home.

>> scott: long enough to hear you talking about chloe mitchell. >> dr.s: what are you doing in here, chloe? >> chloe: i woke up, and i heard voices. i-i came in here. there was a man and a woman. they were sitting here, and they said my name and... >> dr. harris: okay, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. it's going to be okay. >> chloe: [ crying ] no, no, it's not. i can't go to prison, doc. i can't go to prison. >> dr. harris: no, no, no, no. listen, listen, if you don't calm down, i'm gonna have to

>> scott: long enough to hear you talking about chloe mitchell. >> dr.ke up, and i heard voices. i-i came in here. there was a man and a woman. they were sitting here, and they said my name and... >> dr. harris: okay, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. it's going to be okay. >> chloe: [ crying ] no, no, it's not. i can't go to prison, doc. i can't go to prison. >> dr. harris: no, no, no, no. listen, listen, if you don't calm down, i'm gonna have to give you sometng

dr. mitchell claims he achieved from it. it's very interesting, what he said.e things i think that were fascinating and your initial questions were terrific about the horrific use of children as weapons, and the devastating effect that has on parents, as part of the sharia extremest ideology. stuart: right. >> but he also said that he himself doesn't believe in waterboarding any longer. stuart: any longer, as necessary. >> to me it's a condemnable, shameful, illegal act of torture and i'm happy that the congress and both parties are coming together under a president-- under a president who had authorized it. the reason that jim mitchell was not prosecuted because george w. bush personally authorized the waterboarding. stuart: okay, he also mentioned that some lawyers from the-- i forgot, was it justice department or-- >> i heard that and i saw your face, like, did this just get right past? i did not know that. our own steve harrigan was waterboarded. stuart: the lawyers were waterboarded. if that's torture. >> i've got to see who thelawye are that they were and

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dr. james mitchell developed a c.i.a.rogation." doctor thanks for joining us us this morning. you think the f.b.i. has gotten away from its core mission and needs to go back to counterterrorism. explain. pete:. >> i've known a lot of f.b.i. agents, and i think the individual men and women in the f.b.i. are doing the best they can, but it distracts from the mission when the people who are in charge of that seem to be more focused on acting like an umpire for political partisanship than they do in stopping the attacks. and we also drifted into this focus on politically correct social judge sorts of things. we need to protect our civil rights, but you gotta be alive for your civil rights to matter. and so from my perspective i think they need to move back towards focusing on counterterrorism. pete: doctor, how did that drift occur? the f.b.i.'s been focused on different forms of domestic terrorism over the years, whether it's amazes object communists or anarchist, now it's islamists who wish us harm. how does that slide like

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mitchell i don't know if there was collusion or not or evidence of collusion. he says not to my knowledge. can you describe it? a greatnk that is question you should ask dr. clapper. >> i think several occasions dr. clapper has said he does not have any knowledge. >> he says he wouldn't know because he has not been briefed yet. notade the case he was briefed on an fe i situation. -- >> onle occasions multiple occasions he made it clear he was unaware of any collusion. >> at what point wouldn't he know? it seems his testimony in -- and comment is i have no evidence of collusion. i believe the question should be asked to him. you said multiple times -- i believetimony that is the question for him. there's an ongoing investigation? >> i understand the people whos are aware of the former director we took them at their word then and we continue to believe. on the question is then why did he make the statement he did when he did. to turn around and say even though i made those comments on it isle occasions interesting how the story has changed. nationale director of intelligence is stated unequivocally what his position was and how suddenly say i wasn't sure ab

dr. kelsey mcneely and some day you might be calling me an energy farmer. ♪ energy lives here. >>> thank you for watching this hour. right now on msnbc, a jam packed hour of "andrea mitchellng stories. president trump contradicts his top aides saying the comey firing was all about russia and he want today fire the fbi director all along. >> regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it. i said to myself, you know, this is a made up story. >> the former head of u.s. intelligence james clapper's testimony backs him up, but is he mischaracterizing the chief? we ask him moments from now. dinner for two. >> the dinner arranged, he want today stay on as the fbi head, and i said i will consider, we'll see what happens, but we had a very nice dinner and he told me you're not under investigati investigation, which i new. >> and standing by your man, president trump continues to defend former advisor mike flynn. s he is a very good person. and i don't think you hear from someonyou d't even know and immediately run out and fire a general. >> why is thpr

dr. marc siegel, making big, big waves. >> good to see you. charles: appreciate it. health and human services secretary tom price challenged by andrea mitchell there were so many men at the victory in the garden. and wait until you hear the answer. more varney minutes away. now that fedex has helped us simplify our e-commerce, we could focus on bigger issues, like our passive aggressive environment. we're not passive aggressive. hey, hey, hey, there are no bad suggestions here... no matter how lame they are. well said, ann. i've always admired how you just say what's in your head, without thinking. very brave. good point ted. you're living proof that looks aren't everything. thank you. welcome. so, fedex helped simplify our e-commerce business and this is not a passive aggressive environment. i just wanted to say, you guys are doing a great job. what's that supposed to mean? fedex. helping small business simplify e-commerce. . . . . charles: charles payne in for stuart varney. beg stories, protests in paris, clashing with police. we'll take you there live. media asking why there were so many white men celebrating the rose garden ceremony. cl