blatant, let's go back to what you originally said, if john bolton submitted his book through the process and ellen knight approved it, where's the danger in losing your royalties? >> but the problem is bolton never got the approval from ellen knight in writing. the judge said well, it's pretty reasonable for somebody so senior in the white house, so recent experience with the president and intelligence material that the government might want a second review. the justice department had to admit in the hearing last week, this is the first time the senior justice lawyer could remember second review. really unusual circumstances but from that secret hearing that the judge held the judge said he was convinced there was classified -- that shows you how messed up the publication review process. >> well, as an expert in the national security world and -- and freedom of information request, have you been surprised at some of the things over the years that have been kept out of a book. >> yes, very much, i mentioned earlier the marcete book, you can open the book and look at the layers of censorsh

insertion in the process. >> let's go back to what you originally said when he lost his royalties john bolton submitted his book to the process, and ellen knight approved it, where is the danger and losing your royalty? >> what the judge said in the opinion was bolton never got that approval from ellen knight in writing. and the judge said it's pretty reasonable for someone so senior with intelligence material that the government might once a second review. the justice department had to admit in the hearing last week the first time the senior justice lawyer could ever remember the government requiring the whole second review. really unusual circumstances. but from that secret hearing the judge held, the judge said he was convinced there is classified information in the manuscript. it's hard to tell i've read about two thirds of the book no now. and i can't see where that classified information would be. i think it is a subjective claim unfortunately by this fellow, michael ellis. that shows you how messed up the publication review process is. >> host: as an expert in the national security wor

later on, john bolton. he wrote a book.oin tom keene, jonathan ferro, lisa abramowicz at 8:30 a.m. this is "bloomberg." ♪ ♪ >> no one has a sense of what ornings will be in 2020 2021. that says, wefed are just printing the money. >> i think you settle at levels where you do not know where things are going. >> this is bloomberg surveillance with john keenan, jonathan ferro, and lisa abramowicz. >> this is bloomberg surveillance. where live on bloomberg radio and on bloomberg tv alongside. what a way to start. in 90 minutes, we catch up with ambassador bolton right here on bloomberg surveillance. >>

please welcome ambassador john bolton!ght. >> glad to be with you. >> stephen: how thick is your skin? because you've gotten a lot of criticism about waiting to tell all this information in the book, rather than speaking out earlier. have you gotten used to that? >> well, you never get used to it entirely, but i think there are very important reasons why i didn't do it, why i thought the impeachment effort led by house of representatives, democrats, was badly guided, badly mistaken >> stephen: i've heard those, because i've seen some of the interviews. i'm just curious how do you feel about people criticizing you about that? >> you know, i think it's part of being in washington these days. i think if you don't have a thick skin, maybe you ought to think about another line of work. i'm not saying i enjoy it by any stretch of the imagination, but if you're not prepared for it, you're just not going to be heard in the washington debate. >> s is ierview easier. >> fair warning. >> stephen: now, donald trump called you a traito

that is why i think john bolton was trying to hint at.sident is supposed to protect the troops. he has not said a word about it. even for some republicans, that is very troubling. donald trump scenes -- seems much more worried about denying -- story and lisa: the republican leadership has taken a backseat when it comes to putting trump in check or contradicting what he said. is that changing this time around? >> we are seeing some changes. houserson who runs the armed services committee says we need to get to the bottom of this. staunch republicans who generally marched in line with trump are troubled and want answers. when you see jim inhofe come out, but down the line republican who has been with trump every step of the way, and now he says, not good enough. we also have to remember all the people in congress also run for reelection. a third of the senate is on the ballot. people are putting their finger in the wind and deciding and saying, will this hurt me if i do not challenge trump? we are starting to see slippage and we will see mo

did and i want to preface this by saying i am no fan of john bolton's i think he's a dangerous as you said type chickenhawk and that's being nice about it but john bolton actually did what he was supposed to do he worked very closely with a publication's review officer at the national security council over the course of 6 months they went literally sentence by sentence according to the new york times and he got it cleared but when it was apparent that it was going to be cleared it was going to be published someone at a political level at the n.s.c. and the rumor is that it was actually the president himself said no no no even though this more junior officer said that it was cleared that it contained classified information it actually does contain classified information and. ordered to stop then the next thing you know everybody goes to court i read this book i can tell you after 15 years experience at the cia and 2 more at the senate foreign relations committee there wasn't one classified word in this. you mean the president was a lie. and the problem is that there was so much critici

i know the president as well as i don't i don't know what the relation was between john bolton in the present know that he hired him is you know the national security adviser you know bolton has always been very controversial he couldn't get confirmed to be ambassador to the united nations even was too hot to handle and many many of the fox commentators try to avoid jumble most i don't like him i've never liked him i wish the president never hired him i think he's had a very negative impact on american foreign policy i'm glad his book bombed his book bombed where did you see the bomb well i haven't seen it at the top of the bestseller list and there's a lot of trump haters that would buy it i have and haven't checked out the best sellers lately or all things aside what the what kind of guy bolton is our engine disturbed when he tells you that a president thinks finland is still a part of russia. i am not going to defend trump's education must go to war finland and russia have been closely associated historically and they fought a couple of wars you know finland is a great place it is

book people were saying of john bolton actually it's the 1st time in 3 and a half he is that the the core support of donald trump's base me maybe only a small percentage granted may turn and walk the other way because bolton ideologically occupies the same space as donald trump occupying the same space as his core supporters. a similar space but not exactly the same space john bolton is part of the republican establishment the traditional conservative establishment that it's always control the republican party you have establishment is not as big as most people imagine there are reports now that a lot of office holders hundreds of them who served in the george w. bush administration are going to come out soon and actually endorse joe biden claiming that donald trump is a threat to national security do they represent a huge segment of voters not so many because most republican voters today are conservative and they believe in trump's but what trump is saying it doing and something that will benefit conservatives when you do having a lot of republicans defecting at the car like john bo

up next, john bolton is here on that bombshell report, that moscow is gunning for our forces in afghanistan. bolton has a lot to say about that. critics are blasting him. bolton on the defense and the threats against our nation, straight ahead. eric: john bolton is, quote, whacko, so tweeted the president of the united states a couple weeks ago, calling him a dope who is tedious and wrote a book full of lies and is a disgruntled, boring fool who only want todd go to war. -- wanted to go to war. bolton's interviews have add todd the controversy, taking on added emotion with the report that russia offered bounties to the taliban for killing american troops in afghanistan. the white house says the president was not briefed on that because the claim has not been verified. the report says it was included in presidential reading material. john bolton served as the national security advisor and was a long-serving top level state department official and is now the author of the controversial best seller book, the room where it happened, and he joins us now. the russian bounties, what do you know? >

bloomberg's both with john bolton -- bloomberg spoke with john bolton. >> what it tells the russians is we are in disarray and ripe for ins provocation not just afghanistan, but in many other places around the world. >> bolton declined to say whether he brief the president on the matter. president trump is criticizing bill de blasio's plan to paint a black lives matter euro on a tower. on twitter today, the president called it a symbol of hate that would antagonize police and would be denigrating this luxury avenue. spend the money fighting crime instead. florida had nearly 50,000 new cases of coronavirus in the past seven days. that is the highest since the pandemic began. the state says the rate of people testing positive for the first time jumped to 51%. florida has had 159 cases of coronavirus. arizona is seeing its coronavirus numbers surge. state health officials reported more than 4800 new cases today. more than 88 people died, also a one-day record. on monday, governor announced the state would institute a month-long halls on bars, gyms, movie theaters and water parks. global

at 8:30 new york time, my conversation with john bolton.ctly address this news we have seen the last few ins of russian bounties afghanistan. much wanted talk about. it is the first day of the second half of 2020. program notes, jobs day tomorrow , thursday. this is "bloomberg." ♪ i got an oriole here. eh. common bird. ooh look! over here! something much better. there it is. peacock, included with xfinity x1. remarkable. fascinating. -very. it streams tons of your favorite shows and movies, plus the latest in sports news and... huh - run! the newest streaming app has landed on xfinity x1. now that's... simple. easy. awesome. xfinity x1 just got even better with peacock premium included at no additional cost. no strings attached. just say "peacock" into your voice remote to start watching today. tom: this morning, equities and gold. they surge. that could begin this second half of 2020. 30% off the bottom in the march stock market, gold up 10% per year. that over the last decade. , looking good in the washington nationals mask. republicans t

interests john bolton's decades of conservative foreign policy have influenced the position and actions of the united states in conflicts worldwide. from iraq to iran syria and north korea to mention just a few. ever since 1st serving on the president ron reagan is administration back in the 1980 s. bolton built a career as a solid conservative republican politician. he was assistant secretary of state for international organization when president george h.w. bush was in the white house and when his son was all he was under secretary of state for arms control in the national security as well as ambassador to the un for president george w. bush. and most recently national security adviser to president donald trump but they working relationship ended in acrimony and accusations up to 17 months trump tweeted bolton services were no longer needed in the white house bolton insists he quit his recent book the room where it happened the white house memoir caused controversy as bolton portrays a president driven only by his desire for reelection. in this interview we go beyond this latest well

what does ambassador john bolton say now? >>" "firing lin with margaret hoover is made possible in part by harles r. schaub and corporate funding is p bvidedy stevens, inc. >> ambassador john bolton, welcome to "firing line"! well,hanks for having me. glad to be here. >> you were president tr sp's third an far longest serving national security adviser, and now you are the highest ranking former onadministrafficial to have published a book about your time in the trump white house. it's been two weeks since your book, "the room where it happened" wse rel and president trump has called you quote disgruntled, boring fool, and called your bookure fiction. representative adam schiff said that you lked the basic courage and patriotism and speaker pelosi called the book quote a substitute to testifying for congress about the well being of the amerin ople. is this about what you expected? >> it's about what i expected from both donald trump, whose reaction wassuvenile as it often is. it demeans the office of the presidency, and i rlly

what was your robe against john bolton the jew read the book closure all began still i read the excerpts that were available my rub against john bolton is that he never saw a war that he didn't like beginning in late 2003 he's had a toxic influence on american foreign policy dragging us. into perpetuating the iraq war for example his situation visibly iran is very troubling has been very troubling i think that he's been a bad influence on the president i opposed the president in the attack on the iranian militia leader i think that. the bolton ask foreign policy of the united states in the middle east is. very toxic i think that iran is getting short shrift i think we should stay in the nuclear agreement that was negotiated with iran i think that we have more in common with iran than we do with saudi arabia i think our foreign policy is warped and in the middle east and i think the bolton helped craft it larry but what about what he writes in the book about the president doesn't. give you pause. i know the president as well as i i don't i don't know what the relationship was between jumb

we will speak with john bolton. of russianic story bounties to the taliban. s struck by the viciousness of the essays by leon panetta and susan rice overnight. their vehemence was stunning to me. and,ill ambassador bolton frankly, the republican intelligence community, respond? >> let's cut through the noise. what is fascinating about ambassador bolton right now is where does his ideology go? does it go to joe biden? who has become the heir apparent to his hawkish views as it relates to russia, china? that is what i'm looking forward to hearing from the interview you will do. this will be my first question to ambassador bolton. is there any evidence president biden can bring democratic foreign policyy back to the time of scoop jackson, john kennedy, and, dare i say, barry goldwater? >> that is an obstacle for vice president biden, especially if he wants to attract more centrists and republicans. he is the leader of a democratic they that, frankly, progressive flank thought that hillary clinton was to hawkish. biden wants to move beyond clinton in terms of the

we caught up yesterday with a gentleman with a book out, my conversation with john bolton. : what i said to the associated press when that question was asked was, no comment. that is the same thing i am going to say today. we are embroiled in litigation now over whether i complied with the requirements of the prepublication review process, which i think i did. i didn't write this book with any intention of putting classified information in it, and i don't think donald trump wants to suppress the book because he is worried about foreign governments reading it. he doesn't want the american people to read it. with respect to russia and what they are up to, and afghanistan and the range of places around the world, honestly this current controversy, i could have written about in the book if i didn't face these other difficulties. , the second obama national security advisor, writes today in "the new york times" that if she had beingation like that reported in the papers, whether it was totally verified or not, she would have gone into the oval office to tell president obama. thou

some would say that john bolton is an americanist.ow he is an author of over 700 page book, over 500 pages, it has made a huge splash. we spoke to ambassador bolton yesterday. here he is on the future of republican politics. john: i think it is difficult, ae way these past three and half, four years have evolved, for them to be as independent as i think many of them want. a lot of people who were never republicany the leadership is complicit. the fact is, nobody wants to be the subject of a donald trump two minutes hate on twitter. i think we will have to have within the republican party, a very significant conversation after november 3, especially if trump loses, which is at least a about --sibility, at about the future of the party. i want to make it clear that donald trump does not represent conservative philosophy. he does not represent the republican party. he is an anomaly, and i am not going to vote for him for the first time in my adult life, i am not going to vote -- vote for the republican president or nominee because i don'

john bolton didn't get. that he didn't understand that.ought, well, i will go in to be able consistently one way, i will be able to convince the president. he quit because he couldn't get the president to follow his way. the president pushed him out because the john bolton didn't want what the president wanted. what john bolton says you're all over the map, you were not consistently with me putting a pad up that says key words about venezuela and trying to push a policy that is not donald trump's policies. let's remember that president trump critiqued the iraq war. he said that it was a bad idea. he wants to bring our troops home. this is not popular with a lot of the traditional republican, conservative foreign policy types that want more troops overseas and that have a different policy. i say run for president, try to convince the base around the american people that your ideas are better. if you win then you can take the republican party in a different direction. donald trump decided that he would take on in the primary this idea of mor