he is interviewed by house intelligence committee member, democrat jim himes. what do you think the risks and opportunities are of the trump foreign policy? well, i look for areas i can be supportive of president trump and his foreign-policy. with where, i agreed he came out on afghanistan. i have it was a teleprompter

back with us a member of the house intelligence committee, democratic congressman jim himes. congressman himes, i have a feeling that what we're seeing here is the kind of -- the trump tariffs story once again, which is a threat of tariffs and then an invitation to lobbyists from everywhere to descend on the white house to beg for exemptions. i mean, for example, boeing has a $20 billion deal with iran. that deal not going to be interrupted. their lobbyists are going to successfully get the president to let that deal continue, aren't they? >> well, we'll see. last i heard the boeing deal had been iced. and so all that business and the thousands of jobs associated with building aircraft for iran are now going to probably go to airbus, a european company. and that's a shame. and i say that without any love for the iranian regime, and i say that with a great deal of sadness. because quite apart from the commercial element of, this lawrence, i'm old enough to remember a time when a president like ronald reagan who i think my republican colleagues would hold up as probably the warr

well, congressman jim himes is going to tell us next. ♪ come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away. come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away. ♪ looking for a hotel that fits... whoooo. ...your budget? tripadvisor now searches over... ...200 sites to find you the... ...hotel you want at the lowest price. grazi, gino! find a price that fits. tripadvisor. ♪ >>> president trump has a new conspiracy theory that he's trotting out on twitter this morning. something about how investigators on the mueller team will meddle in the upcoming midterm elections. joining us now is democratic congressman jim himes of connecticut, a member of the house intel committee. good morning, congressman. >> good morning, alisyn. >> so, when sometimes the president, as we know, floats these conspiracy theories as trial balloons to see what sticks and what doesn't. and so the election meddling that he says is to come is, you know, who knows, maybe it will stick, maybe it won't. some of these things end up without any evidence like the spying that he's claiming end up sort of petering out. so what do democrat

congressman jim himes is here. thank you for being here. >> hi, rachel.n that the revolution, or, at least, the reported revelation of this confidential source may be evidence of a crime? >> well, there's no question that giving up the name of a source, whether it's in the intelligence world or in the law enforcement world, if something is classified, putting that out there is absolutely illegal. look, the case most americans would remember the famous one where scooter libby was convicted of blowing the identity of a cia operative, valerie plame, convicted of that, sentence commuted and lo and behold, president trump pardoned scooter for that. maybe not for the president, the president is the declassifying authority. there is a much bigger thing at stake, which is as we speak, fbi are in places all over the country trying to persuade informants and others to trust them, to help them on a case, in places like moscow and rome and baghdad, cia officers are trying to convince people to help us, in keeping the country safe, to betray their country, to hand ove

i'll get reaction from the house intelligence committee member, congressman jim himes. our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first let's go to our senior white house correspondent, pamela brown. pamela, tell us more about this late-breaking request from the special counsel's office. >> that's right, wolf, we are just learning today that special counsel mueller and his team of prosecutors are asking for two more months before the court sentences michael flynn. he has been cooperating, as we know, with the government for the past five months ever since he pleaded guilty. prosecutors and flynn's lawyers told the court today that due to the status of the special counsel's investigation, the parties are just not ready yet to set a date for sentencing so far out of the five defendants that pleaded guilty, wolf, as you know in mueller's investigation, only one of them, the european lawyer, alexander vander swan has been sentenced. george papadopoulos recently had his sentencing pushed back as well. >> so what could these delays in sentencing suggest about the m

he is interviewed by house intelligence committee member, democrat jim himes.hat do you think the risks and opportunities are of the trump foreign policy? well, i look for areas i can be supportive of president trump and his foreign-policy. with where, i agreed he came out on afghanistan. i have it was a teleprompter speech, but i thought he said the right things. we need to stay there. i thought that was the right call. i supported president trump's acceptance of the invitation to have a summit with kim goldman. i don't know where that will go. acceptancebut, why not try someg different? on c-spanafterwards" twos book tv. announcer: the c.e.o. of the u.s. olympic committee, susanne lyons, apologized to the victims of abuse. the apology came during a house oversight hearing where she joined the heads of usa gymnastics, swimming, volleyball, and tae kwon do. congressman gregg harper chairs the subcommittee. mr. chairman: the hearing will come to order. today the subcommittee on oversight and investigations is holding a hearing entitled examining the olympic comm

he's interviewed by committee member democrat jim himes. >> what are the weaknesses that today?. has what do we need to think about for the next 10 to 20 years and intelligence? >> a weakness, dareel issa 9/11 commission -- at least the 9/11 commission came out with was the fact that the community was not as integrated or collaborative as it needed to be. so, they recommended the creation of a leadership position whose full-time job would be to foster and promote integration across the multiple components of the intelligence community. one point in the run-up to the law they came out there was passed after the 9/11 commission which established the position, there was talk of the time of wanting to create a department of intelligence, a cabinet department, which i think that the real mistake of this country because there are lots of other reasons but the civil and privacy concerns and fears that it would create. for the united states model and our values, as awkward as it might be, as long as you have a champion for keeping integrated. >> watch afterwards, tonight at 9:00 p.m. eas

he is interviewed by jim himes. >> what are the weaknesses that ice has today? what are the changes that guys like you and may need to think about for the next 10 to 20 years in intelligence? >> i think a weakness that at least the 9/11 commission came out with was the fact that the integrated,s collaborative as it needed to be. it was they who recommended that leadership the position is full-time job would be to foster and promote the multiplecross components of the intelligence community. one point, in the run-up to the law that was passed after the 9/11 commission, which established the position, there was talk at the time about why not create a department of intelligence, a cabinet department? which i thought would be a realistic for this country. fears thatcerns and a juggernaut organization would create. be, as longt might as you have a champion for keeping it integrated. >> watch afterwords tonight on c-span 2 booktv. >> now jim ellis and joe donnelly talk about the upcoming november 2018 midterm elections and the legislative agenda. this was part of an a

joining us now to discuss all of this is democrat on the house intelligence committee congressman jim himesnnecticut. good morning, congressman. >> good morning, alisyn. >> are you comfortable with devin nunes seeing highly classified information? >> of course i'm in the of course i'm not. nobody should be. devin nunes has acted as the defense attorney for president donald trump. he's thrown every variety of spaghetti on the wall and it goes back to trying to help the president prove that obama wiretapped him in trump tower to the unmasking scandal, to the steele dossier the start of the investigation. all of that stuff turned out the be 100% false. what's scary about this, alisyn, first of all, most importantly, we're talking about sources here, right? so today in my home state of connecticut, there are law enforcement people at the fbi who are going to drug gangs trying to get people to be informants. they're telling people, we might pay you, you'll do the right thing. we will protect your identity. of course they're cia officers all over the world in places like baghdad going around help

he is interviewed by democrat jim himes. >> what are the weaknesses the intelligence community has today, the changes that guys like you and me need to think about the next 10, 20 years in intelligence? weakness that at least the 9/11 commission came out with was the fact that the community was not as integrated and collaborative as it needed to be. and so it was they who recommended the creation of a leadership position whose full-time job would be to foster and promote integration across the multiple components of the intelligence community. at one point in the run-up to the law that came out that was passed after the 9/11 commission, which established the position of dni, it was talk about what we create a department of intelligence, a cabinet department, which i think would be a mistake for this country, not the least of which is because civilian privacy concerns and fears that a juggernaut intelligence organization would create. for the united states models and our values, i think the arrangement we have, are ordered as it might be -- awkward as it might be, is good for keeping it i

he's interviewed by house intelligence committee member, democrat jim himes. >> what do you think the risks and opportunities are of the trump foreign policy, which is radically different than the obama foreign policy? >> well, i try to look for areas where i could be supportive. of president trump and his foreign policy. whatever it turns out to be. for example, i agreed with are we came out on afghanistan. and i know it was a teleprompter speech and all that. but i thought he said the right things. and we need to stay there. as undesirable as many may view that. so i felt that was the right call. i supported president trump's acceptance of the invitation to have a summit with kim jong un. i don't know where that's going to go. there are all kinds of potential pitfalls here. but why not try something different? >> watch afterwords sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv.

intelligence community interviewed by intelligence committee member democratic representative jim himes of connecticut. "after words" is a weekly program of relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest works. >> host: thanks so much for agreeing to this interview. it's a privilege for me. we've sat across each other at the oversight and now we get to have this conversation about this remarkable book that you've written. >> guest: first, thanks for doing this. it is an honor for me to have you do this. >> let's talk a little bit about the person. the book is remarkable and some of the criticism of where we are today. there's a good history of the solutions community not surprisingly not a ton on jim clapper the person beyond your history but with the ethic of something that struck me. i've been doing this for ten years you are the scariest guy to have in the business. it may be a stereotypical thinking, the long tradition of being involved in the national security sphere you are not necessarily the first person i would think of as being an aggressive warrio

. >> talking to congressman jim himes, talking to ben wittes, both of them actually sort of came to the same conclusion, this is horrible appeaseable, slippery slope stuff, they are breaking precedents that are priceless and can you blame them? >> right. >> given the circumstances that they're in, maybe there is a greater good that they are trying to sacrifice for. the question is whether or not the sacrifices buy them anything toward that greater good and we just don't know it yet. >> i always found -- i had to learn this, actually, working in the senate. when the other side is demanding something of you, you always look at it, as long as you can trying to find, is there anything in there i can give them, is there anything? and rosenstein is now in politics, in a way na-a deputy attorney general hasn't been for a very, very long time. this takes us back to a previous era of politics when the justice department was politicized but in the modern era it hasn't been. so he's in politics now. when he looks at a trump moment, he has to look at it like a politician and figure out is there a w

he is interviewed by intelligence committee member, democratic representative jim himes of connecticut. "after words" is a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> jim, thanks so much for agreeing to this interview. this is a privilege for me. sat across each other, across the oversciaticassism. now now we talk about the, remarkable book you've written. >> thanks so much for doing it. it is an honor for me to have you do it. >> let's start a little bit about the person. the book's remarkable in some of the criticism of where we are today politically. has really astute evaluations and good history of the intelligence community. not surprisingly, not a ton on jim clapper the person beyond your early history. let me tell you, let me ask you a question based on something that really struck me. i've been doing this for 10 years, six years on the intelligence committee. i will tell you are the scariest guy to have as a witness. pretty all business. my question, though it may be stereotypical thinking, military family,

he is interviewed by intelligence committee member, democratic representative, jim himes of connecticut. after that a program with relevant guest post interview talk authors about their latest work.>> thank you for agreeing to this interview. it is a privilege for me. we sat across each other across the chasm and now we get to have this conversation about this remarkable new bit that you written. >> thanks very much for doing this. it is an honor for me to have you do it. >> let's start a little bit about the person. the book is remarkable and some of the criticism of where we are today politically. we have some really astute evaluations and the history of the intelligence community. not surprisingly. not a ton on jim klapper the person beyond your early history. let me ask you a little bit based on something that really struck me. i've been doing this for 10 years, six years on the intelligence committee. i would say that you are the scariest guy to have as a witness. [laughter] my question is, though it may be sort of stereotypical thinking, military family, long tradition of being in

. >> harris: democratic candidate jim himes says the president cannot refuse a mueller subpoena. >> that is completely wrong. matter of law, this is never tested and it's not in question. nixon was forced to produce the tapes and bill clinton was compelled to participate in a civil, not a criminal but a civil case. so the idea that the president could be subpoenaed is not open to question. >> harris: let's go to the white house correspondent kevin corke on the north lawn. >> good afternoon. what himes said is this is never tested. so we don't know if mueller will try to subpoena the president and we don't know what the courts might say moving forward. from the white house perspective, they would take this to the u.s. supreme court. the president has been forceful in his criticism of the mueller team to have the anti-trump partisans and operating far afield from original mandate. the president on his favorite social media platform on twitter saying the following -- 13 angry democrats in charge of the russia witch hunt are starting to find out that there is a court system in place that act

. >> harris: democratic candidate jim himes says the president cannot refuse a mueller subpoena. >> that

he's interviewed by democrat jim himes. water the weaknesses the -- has? i think a weakness that at least the 9/11 commission came out with was the fact that the community was not as integrated, collaborative as it needed to be. so they recommended the creation whoseeadership position full-time job would be to foster and promote integration across the multiple components of the intelligence community. at one point to the run up to the law passed after the 9/11 commission, which established the position, and there was talk of the time about trading the department of intelligence, which i think would be a real mistake for this country. but notother reasons, one of which was the civil reason privacy such as juggernaut intelligence agencies. for the united states model and our values, as awkward as it may be, as long as you have a champion for keeping an integrated parent -- integrated. >> watch that tonight on c-span two's book tv. vietnam war veteran john walker talks about his service as a vietnam veteran medic and his struggle with poster medicine stress d

former national intelligence director, james clapper, "facts and fierce" and interviewed by democrat jim himes. >> what do you think the risks and opportunities of the trump foreign policy which is radically different than the obama foreign policy? >> i looked in areas to be supportive of president trump and his foreign policy whatever it turns out to be. for example, i agreed with where he came out on afghanistan. and i know it was a teleprompter speech. but he said the right things and we need to stay there as undesirable many may view that. i thought that was the right call. i supported president trump's acceptance of the invitation to have a summit with kim jong un. i don't know where that is going to go and there are potential pitfalls here but why not try something different. >> watch 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. the house failed to pass the farm bill last week. next up, a conversation on the future of the $867 billion legislation, from "washington journal."

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he's interviewed by house intelligence committee member democrat jim himes. >> what do you think the risks and opportunities are of the trump foreign policy which is radically different than the obama foreign policy? >> well, i've tried to look for areas where i could be supportive of president trump and his foreign policy, whatever it turns out to be. for example, i agreed with where he came out on afghanistan, and i know it was a teleprompter speech and all that, but it was -- i thought he said the right things, and we need to stay there, as undesirable as many may view that, so i felt that that was the right call. i supported president trump's acceptance of the invitation to have a sim mutt with kim jong-un. i don't know where that's going to go. there are all kinds of pitfalls, but why not try something different. >> watch "after words," sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2's book-tv. >> earlier today suzan lions, the ceo of the u.s. olympic committee, apologized to the athletes who were sexually abused and their families. the apology came during h

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on "after james clapper with his book on fears"book "facts and and he is interviewed by democrat jim himeshimes: what do you think the risks and opportunities are of the trump foreign policy, which is radically different than the obama foreign policy? james clapper: i have tried to look at ways that could be supportive of president trump and his foreign policy, whatever it turns out to be. for example, i agree what he came out on afghanistan. i know it was a teleprompter speech and all of that, but i thought you said the right things, and we need to stay maye, as undesirable as we view that. i thought that was the right call. i supported president trump's acceptance of the invitation to have a summit with kim jong-un. i don't know where that is going to go. there are potential pitfalls here, but why not try something different? >> watch "after words" sunday night on c-span2's booktv. >> "washington journal" continues. host: at our table this morning, darren soto, democrat of florida, and he sits on the agriculture committee, here to talk about the future of the farm bill and food stamp pro

he's interviewed by house intelligence committee member democrat jim himes. >> what are the weaknesses that the ic has today? what are the changes that guys like you and me need to think about for the next 10, 20 years of intelligence? >> well, i think a weakness that at least the 9/11 commission came out with was the fact that the community wasn't as integrated and collaborative as it needed to be. and so, it was they who recommended the creation of a leadership position whose full-time job would be to foster and promote integration across the multiple components of the intelligence community. you know, at one point in the run-up to the law that came out that was passed after the 9/11 commission, which established the position of the dni, and there was talk at the time about, well, why don't we create a department of intelligence, a cabinet department, which i think would be a real mistake for this country just because, lots of other reasons, but not the least of which is the civilry and privacy concerns and fears that such a juggernaut intelligence organization would create. so, for

he is interviewed by democrat jim himes. >> what do you think the risks and opportunities are of the trump foreign policy? to look for areas where i can be supportive of president trump and his foreign policy, whatever it turns out to be. with where, i agreed he came out on afghanistan. i know it was a teleprompter speech, but i thought he said the right things. we need to stay there. as undesirable as many may view that. i thought that was the right call. i supported president trump's acceptance of the invitation to have a summit with kim jong-un. i don't know her that is going to go. potentialall kinds of pitfalls, but why not try something different? >> watch afterwards, sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two's book tv. speeches, next week in prime time. monday at 8 p.m. eastern. oprah winfrey, steve scalise, rob rosenstein. the me too movement founder, the haley,ks coo, and nikki wednesday at 8 p.m. eastern, hillary clinton, rex tillerson, james mattis, and justin trudeau. ceosday at 8 p.m., apple tim cook, john kasich, kate brown, and congresswoman luis gutierrez -- con

he is interviewed by house intelligence committee member democrat jim himes. >> what are the weaknessesthat they have today. one of the changes that guys like you and me need to think about for the next ten, 20 years of intelligence. >> i think a weakness that the 911 commission came out with was the fact that the community wasn't as integrated and collaborative as it needed to be and so they even recommended the creation of a leadership position whose full-time job would be to foster and promote integration across the multiple components of the intelligence committee. at one point in the run-up to the law that came out that was passed after the 911 commission which establish the position and there is talk at the time about why don't we create a department of intelligence, which i think would be a real mistake for this country just because the privacy concerns and fears about such an intelligence organization and what that would create. for the united states model and our values, i think the arrangement we have, as awkward as it might be, it's good as well as you have a champion for kee

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