he said i informed john bolten that his services are no longer needed at the white house. i thanked john for his service. i will be naming a new national security adviser next week. this comes as something of a surprise given that within the past hour or so the white house announced bolten would be part of a briefing coming up at 1:30 p.m. here on the east coast in the white house press briefing room. that apparently no longer going to be operative. bolton was seen as to some degree out of step with this administration, more of a traditional neoconservative, much more aggressive in terms of foreign involvement in a host of countries around the world so maybe not a good fit necessarily for this particular president. the breaking point in the relationship here seems to have been this decision by the president to invite leaders of the taliban to camp david in the week before 9/11 to negotiate a final wrapup to the war in afghanistan. bolton was said to be against that decision. the president very much for it although he announced he was canceling the visit because of their con

>> i didn't agree with john bolten on a lot, but i agreed that bringing the taliban to camp david wasd that was canceled. and i think talks with the ta taliban ban in other places could be appreciate, but we're tougher and we have a resurgence of isis. there is nothing that i have heard with any of the ambassadors and the taliban that suggests that we would maintain a counter taliban presence after we withdrawal the troops. >> so you would be concerned about a full draw down? >> i would be. >> we spent a lot of resources, our servicemen and women that have withdrawn from this, and to see tariffs take over is absolutely the wrong direction to go. >> before i let you go you're in a reelection fight, i know you were doing a lot over the recess back home. corey lewind ourowski says he m run against you, do you support that? >> we know all of the people running have embraced trump and his policies. i intend to stay focused on the people of new hampshire and changing their lives. >> just ahead government spending bills may be in jeopardy now after money for the president's border wall. we'l

where is john bolten. there was not a single head of state call that the national security adviser was not a part of. he would have received the draft transcript that several members of the white house situation room would have transcribed in real time. the white house situation room director would have been involved. with respect to the scrubbing itself, at that point, another member of the team would have had to take that action. and then once the order was given to transfer this document on to the codeward system, a member of what we call the directorate of intelligence which is part of the national security counsel would have had to actually implement that action. so we are not talking about a huge group of people. the common thread here is that they all reported to john bolten. he is now a private citizen. i think there are a lot of questions about why so many people under his direct leadership took a series of steps to cover up this kind of activity. and it is worth noting that it is prohibited under

where is john bolten. there was not a single head of state call that the national security adviser was not a part of. he would have received the draft transcript that several members of the white house situation room would have transcribed in real time. the white house situation room director would have been involved. with respect to the scrubbing itself, at that point, another member of the team would have had to take that action. and then once the order was given to transfer this document on to the codeward system, a member of what we call the directorate of intelligence which is part of the national security counsel would have had to actually implement that action. so we are not talking about a huge group of people. the common thread here is that they all reported to john bolten. he is now a private citizen. i think there are a lot of questions about why so many people under his direct leadership took a series of steps to cover up this kind of activity. and it is worth noting that it is prohibited under

president trump national security adviser showed it at anchor, john bolten said anyone who said it wasn't headed to syria was lying. ism today iran claims it seized another vessel for smuggling fuel. it's the first timer an has seized a vessel since july. >>> a platoon of u.s. navy seals have been removed from the position. it was sent home amid allegation that's a member committed a sexual assault and others were drinking. three leaders were relieved from their positions yesterday. they were not accused of engauging in the alleged misconduct but are responsible for those under their command. >>> how volunteering from northern california are bringing resources to the carolinas. >> we're supposed to take care of each other. that's why i do it. . >>> the situation in the bahamas is dire, 43 people are dead but they expect that number to increase. hurricane dorian made landfall a week ago. it made its way to the u.s. causing destruction from florida to north carolina. now it has made landfall in nova scotia. neighborhoods are dealing with the damage left behind from hurricane dorian. they ar

and i think about 72 hours, and john bolten. maybe this is a sign of diplomacy. they wake up on the attacks. mike pompeo adopting the role of chief again. the person seems to not wahave r meeting in new york. it seems tricky. iranians want some sort of diplomacy. we are not in unchartered waters. any evidence for the caliber of items being thrown around. they believe that yemen is not the source of these attacks. yemen is folder away from the oil fields. the rebels would have flown so many drones to hit those targets. it would have been permissible, but one they will not do. looking at the meat on the bones here, and how they came to this conclusion. we wait for their response. a lot of tension that's been building. and concerns, too. the possible sense of a vacuum within the stewart administrati administration. we'll wait to see in the days ahead. >> those attacks a shock to the global oil market. prices speaking 10, 15% up. this means that higher gas prices around the world and here in the u.s. 70% of saudi oil will pass through in facility before it goes to th

. >>> former national security adviser john bolten lashing out at president trump in new york. bolten slammed the president's approach to iran, north korea and afghanistan. and, quote, didn't have anything positive to say about trump. the attendee said bolten called the idea of calling the taliban to camp david disrespectful. they got into an argument and trump asked for bolten's resignation after that meeting. >>> the aftermath of corey lewandowski's testimony, some democrats are questioning the wisdom of bringing the campaign manager for another hearing. but lewandowski's refusal to answer questions adds weight to the impeachment push. at a private meeting about two weeks ago, house speaker nancy pelosi, expressed her annoyance with the judiciary staff to push ahead with impeachment. >>> the federal reserve cut interest rates. slowing global growth, ongoing trade policy tensions and geopolitical risks like brexit. mortgage rates and credit card borrowing will be between 1.75% and 2%. the others are pegged on the funds rate. president trump who called for negative rate s criti

you have mike pence the vice president, john bolten, both working against the idea of hosting the taliban at camp david. that could mark the first time there is divergence between mike pence. a little later there is an idea of hosting everyone at camp david. crucially you never really had buy in from the afghan government. mike pence and bolten both argued against it. they were concerned about hosting this event at camp david so close to the 9/11 anniversary. ultimately the deal fell apart. the president tweeted on saturday night surprising a lot of folks throughout the administration. saying he called this off, it was a big surprise, and it could not be happening. here is where it stands, it seems the avenues are open for peace talks, but tactically it appears the u.s. is indicating they want to bring more pain to theal -- taliban. >> thank you so much. i want to dig into this with an excelle excellent. david jolly is here. jim mecina, form er head of operations. what was your reaction when you heard the summit was planned to begin with and then canceled. >> first of all getting out of t

. >> the president defied john bolten and mike pence when he set up that meeting. bolten does not trust the special envoy for afghanistan and thought he had too much leverage in the talks. >>> president trump sealed a partnership with the scottish airport in 2014, that routinely sent refueling flight crews to his resort in turnberry. that's from a report in "the new york times." on this tweet on monday, the president claimed to know nothing about air force crews staying at his resort. "the new york times" obtained documents from the scottish government that details the deal with glasgow airport. the president played a direct role. the president said he doesn't need this kind of arrangement to help his bottom line. >> i'm going to give out my financial condition. and you'll be extremely shocked that the numbers are many, many times what you think. i don't need to have somebody take a room overnight at a hotel. >> the arrangement asks if the president is gaining from the presidency. >>> after the false claim that alabama would be hit by dorian, led to commerce secret

where are people like john bolten. i know that he will speak out, and i have every expectation that he is speaking anonymously, but when are people like that going to voice what they saw. they were in these positions when much of this transpired. >> what type of security clearance does rudy juliangiuli have that he could advice the president on any of these issues. >> the u.s. government has -- the amount of information that you get as a policy official is extraordinary. and they're facts. fact based analysis. >> he is not a policy official. i don't know who is even currently paying him. >> the fact that the president is getting his information and what we saw in the transcript right there in black and white, what s what she asking is praising a leader, not from information developed by professionals, it's goming from giuliani and others. we have a lot of crisis coming. we will have a foreign policy crisis that might be china or iran coming in the next year and clearly there is not a national security team that is equi

about trade talks with china and china possibly buying -- >> the president tweeted he has fired john boltenger needed at the white house. we will watch that along with the ten year yield. let's get to san francisco. >>> i'm scott wapner live here in san francisco as we continue our look at what's happening in silicon valley, whether your money can still make big profits in technology. we are of course counting down to the big apple event. we will see tim cook on stage. there is our count down clock. today, we are joined by more very special guests. the founder and ceo of -- bill is the general partner of benchmark capital. and sarah frier is the ceo o

john bolton. today the president told reporters that bolten had, quote, made some very big mistakes. >> john's knownso tough he got us into iraq. that's tough. and -- but he's somebody that i actually had a very good relationship with, but he wasn't getting along with people in the administration that i consider very important, and i hope we've left in good stead, but maybe we have. maybe we haven't. i have to run the country the way we're running the country. we're doing very well. we're respected all over the world again, respected like we haven't been respected in many, many years. >> obviously some people might differ with that characterization. samantha power was a key member of president obama's national security team. she also served as the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. she's the author of a new book "the education of an idealist." i spoke to her just before air time. what do you make, first of all, about john bolton's exit and the president's response to it or the way it happened? >> well, we don't know what happened because we don't know who to believe, and that's a recurring patte

. >>> former national security adviser, john bolton, with blunt criticism of president trump at a private event in new york. bolten slammed the president's approach to iran, north korea and afghanistan. and, quote, didn't have anything positive to say about trump. the attendee said bolten called the idea of inviting the taliban to camp david disrespectful to the victims of 9/11. they got into an argument and trump asked for bolten's resignation after that meeting. >>> division and rising tension in the house democratic caucus for the judiciary committee's impeachment of president trump. some are questioning the wisdom of bringing corey lewandowski in. but jerry nadler tells cnn, lewandowski's refusal to answer questions adds weight to the impeachment push. about two weeks ago, nancy pelosi expressed her annoyance with the judiciary staff to push ahead with impeachment. >>> possible terrorist ties in the case of an american airlines mechanic trying to sabotage a flight. authorities say he had isis propaganda on his phone. and he told a employee he traveled to iraq to visit his brother who was a member of isis. the

bolten. what led you to decide to partways? >> so john is somebody that i actually got along with very well. he made some very big mistakes when he talked about the libyan model for kim jong-un, that was not a good statement to make. you take a look at what happened with gadhafi, that was not a good statement to make, and it set us back and frankly, he wanted to do things, not necessarily tougher than me. you know, john is known as a tough guy. he's so tough he got us into iraq, that's tough. and, but he's somebody that i actually had a very good relationship with, but he wasn't getting along with people in the administration that i consider very important and i hope we have left in good stead. maybe we have, maybe we haven't. i have to run the country the an i we're running the country. we're doing very well. we're respected around the world again, respected like we haven't been in many, many years. you look at iran and look at so many things happening. iran wants to talk, they all want to talk. we're doing very well with china and you p

john bolton as security adviser. the top diplomat has given the president a list of others to replace bolten. henry kissinger was nixon's national security adviser when he was appointed to secretary of state in 1973. >>> the house committee votes to find the parameters of its impeachment investigation into president trump. the resolution is expected to lay out the ground rules for potential impeachment hearings. it's a procedural vote but it does represent a step forward for the impeachment investigation. 134 democrats are calling for an inquiry. speaker nancy pelosi is not quite there yet. but a fellow democrat thinks he knows what she's up to. >> there's an old adage, that if you boil a frog, it will jump out. but if you put it in lukewarm water and turn up the heat, it will swim around until it gets cooked. and my sense the speaker is cooking the president. >> democratic aides say the goal is to recommend articles of impeachment by the end of the year. >>> president trump renewed his attack on the federal reserve on wednesday. that's not necessarily new or news. but this time, a twist. the

of the heart of john bolton as president trumps national security adviser made as much of a splash as he's hiring in april of 2018 see him as the president's man in the beginning bolten left the white house ask you strong upon and leaving many people gassing what the national security process in the oval office comes down to these days to discuss that i'm now joined by matt bassler cells started professor of public policy at the university of maryland professor dessler it's a privilege for me to talk to thank you very much for your time. it's a privilege to be with you thank you for inviting me now about the daycare that go you published a very influential book on the history of president's national security advisers as i was reading it it occurred to me that in this capacity john bolton was truly one of a kind if you were writing that book today with you weren't the separate chapter. i suppose we would have a separate chapter on all or all 3 are now 4 of the people of the time trump has chosen to be a national security advisor but bolton would get the most emphasis of things i think he is probably the most colorful of all right absolutely and also the man who came i

of the firing of john bolton as president trumps national security adviser made as much of a splash as he's hiring in april of 2018 see him as the president's man in the beginning bolten left the white house as you strong upon and leaving many people gassing what the national security process in the all. the law 1st comes down to these days to discuss that i'm now joined by matt cells turned professor of public policy at the university of maryland professor dessler it's a privilege for me to talk to thank you very much for your time. it's a privilege thank you for inviting me now about the daycare that go you published a very influential book on the history of president's national security advisers as i was reading it it occurred to me that in this capacity john bolton was truly one of a kind if you were writing that book today with you weren't the separate chapter. i suppose we would have a separate chapter on all or all 3 are now 4 of the people of the time trump has chosen to be a national security advisor but bolton would get the most emphasis i think i think he's probably the most colorful of all right absolutely and also the man who came in with very very strong

john bolton as national security adviser. it's not clear how seriously the president is about pompeo serving duserve ing dual roles. the president has been given a list for other replacements for bolten. the move is not without precedent. henry kissinger was president nixon's national security adviser when he was appointed secretary of state in 1973. >>> the house committee votes to find the parameters of its impeachment investigation into president trump. the resolution is expected to lay out the ground rules for potential impeachment hearings. it's a procedural vote but it does represent a step forward for the impeachment investigation. 130 democrats are calling for an inquiry. speaker nancy pelosi is not quite there yet. but a fellow democrat thinks he knows what she's up to. >> there's an old adage, that if you boil a frog, it will swim around until it gets cooked. and my sense the speaker is cooking the president. >> democratic aides say the goal is to recommend articles of impeachment by the end of the year. >>> weeks after parading baltimore as a rodent-infested mess, president trump is heading there today for a republican retreat. his comments angered many in the city, especi