john bolton trum -s interest overall. john bolton trumps national— interest overall.dviser in his first term said there are legitimate debates over greenland �*s strategic importance to the us and nato, do you agree with them?- do you agree with them? well, we had throughout _ do you agree with them? well, we had throughout the - do you agree with them? well, we had throughout the cold - do you agree with them? well, | we had throughout the cold war the us had an important year basin north of greenland, at the end of the cold we let some of those facilities lapse. now with increased aggression by russia we have inaudible. the debate about is whether we'll continue with china's continued interest in all things arctic and seeking minerals and energy throughout the war will we have a ball walk of defence and deterrence protecting our nato nations. so far we have that it has been even strengthened as i said with the addition of new nato members and also i would note, that canada this year, launched the first santa of excellence on climate and security which is also import

suggesting john bolton is a leftist. it's like, okay, that's where we are in politics. republicans seem to think kash patel is a shoe in here? >> i don't think that's done at all. we haven't seen the fbi background check, which we are going to get just like every line agent has a background check. i'm a member of the judiciary committee. i have not seen that yet. we also haven't had the open hearing. we've had a number of republican senators be clear they are not going to do recess appointments for these type of nominees. i think josh hawley should listen to the conservative attorney general under dloump at one point said over his dead body, his words, not mine, would he put kash pa fell in a role. i'm very concerned when you look at what our country is facing right now, a major cyber attack starting out in china against our phone companies, very, very scary thing. we just had a classified briefing on it. when you look at the terrorist threats around the world, when you look at threats on members that the fbi investigate

larry: i will say, john bolton, old long-time friend, i am disappointed, miranda devine thank you, andine downey thank you. >> switching gears climate change with steve koonin. writing an interesting, steve koonin i have not seen you in a long time, right way for trump to ditch paris aagreement. can go i back, 12 trillion dollar is how much we spent last decade or two, i can't remember it was your number or number. >> from the same source. larry: greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. >> of course, the rest of the world needs energy, and they are burning cold to -- coal to get it. larry: why do we continue this, i love you said, based on some fear of a vague climate co catastrophe u.s. wants to spend more money and continue into it, that is what it is, you have proven that. it a sort of vague climate catastrophe that never seems to happen. >> i keep asking the people who are catastrophists what do you thinking happen, you can't get a straight answer. some people say, more drought, more floods, sea level, heat. you can't get a straight answer. >> then you go on to say, we should not

john bolton is a long time friend of mine and kind of disappointed l. thank you, both, very much. hoover seen yore fellow and author of unsettled and writing very interesting. haven't seen you in a long time and right way for trump to ditch the pairs are agreement. there's right ways and i hope he does it soon. 12 trillion, that's how much we spent the last decade or two. was that your number or born boe lomborg's number. >> of course, the rest of the world needs energy and they're burning coal in order to get it. larry: why do we want to continue this? then you say, i love this in your opportunistic ed in "the wa"thewall street journal," thea temp sheet on it. based on some fear of vague climate catastrophe, the u.s. wants to spend autothis more money. that's what it is, you've proven that. it's a vague climate catastrophe that never seemed to happen. >> i keep asking the people who are kansascatastrophe enthusiasd can't get a straight answer. drought, flood, heat. you can't get a straight answer. larry: then you say we shouldn't subsidize or mandate the deployment of immature an

qualified for the job. >> i'm not sure if josh jolly meant people from the left and people like john bolton. or if he's suggesting that bolton is a leftist. okay that's where we are in politics. republicans believe kash patel is a shoe in. >> i don't think that's done at all because we have not seen the background check. that we're going to get just like any line agent of the fbi has a background check and i'm a member of the judiciary committee. i have not seen that yet. we also don't have the open hearing for these kind of nominees. i would think that josh holly should listen to bill barr the conservative, conservative attorney general under donald trump who at one point in his tenure said over his dead body, his words not mine would put kash patel in that role. look at what our country is facing right now. a major cyber attack. when you look at the terrorists, members that investigate people on both sides of the aisle. this is not the time to put someone in that wants to go against the enemies of donald trump which he had maze very clear. i hope my colleagues at the end this will be are

chairman, john bolton compares kash patel to beria when he has a record like this?bstantive constant interaction with kash patel tell america about kash patel if you would. >> thank you mark it's great to be back on with you. i'm glad you're doing so well. when you see people attacking you, that means you are right over the target and that is why they're going after kash patel. you may remember it not a lot people talk about this in the media but he was a d.o.j. prosecutor before he came to work for the united states congress. we recruited him away from the department of justice because we needed someone that knew how d.o.j. and fbi with they were doing to create the whole russia hoax and of course as our lead investigator we uncovered something no one thought was even a possum on the biggest hoaxes in american history, kash patel was at the heart of that. and he paid a heavy price he paid a personal price and a lot of people do not realize this, but when we investigated d.o.j. and fbi at the time for their involvement in the russia hoax what did they do? they turne

john bolton compares kash patelh foenr a record like this?dn'tonl like personal substance personah substantive interaction with k kash patel. tell america about kash patel if you wait. things, more, it is the debate back with you and i'm glad you are doing well.ght when you see people attacking you, you are right over the target. you y they are going after kash patel. a lot of people not talkingosec about this but he was a doj prosecutor before a word for united states congress. we recruited him away from the department of justice because we needed someone who knew how doj and fbi, what they were doing to create this whole russia hoax.ve of course, as thste lead investigator, we uncovered on something nobody thought washoax possible one of the biggest hoaxes in american history, kash patel was at the heart of that and he paid a heavy price. he paid a personal price and a lot of people don't realize this but when we investigated doj and e their time the involvement in the russia hoax, what did they do? they actually turned and caught subpoenas

. >> john bolton said something this weekend i wanted to ask about.ke of asides departure there might now be files uncovered in syria about tulsi gabbard. we don't know that to exist but do you think that's possible? >> i think it's very possible. the number 1 thing we want to find in serious is americans taken by the assad regime and bring them home. in our collection of interrogation of these criminals, everything is being collected. there could very much be a lot of information on tulsi gabbard because she's the highest profile, anyone willing to visit a genocidal tyrant against her own party at the time. she was a democrat and against the other party, the republicans, and the establishment. they would have a lot of files on her and made sure to have good relations and contacts with her. i would not doubt that john bolton could be right. >> thank you both so much for joining me. excellent piece. we will repost online. you have a big trip coming up so i appreciate you both. >>> coming up. six weeks to go before the inauguration, democratic governors

john bolton has written that he may provide misinformation or fibbed in the counterterrorism operatione questions. but i think he also has a mastery of -- he has experience in public defense which democrats should like. but also understands intelligence which is important in the fbi. paul: kim, you worked, you were familiar with patel's work when he was a staffer on the intelligence agency. uncovering some of the misdeeds by the fbi that tack place in the 2016 campaign -- took place in the 2016 campaign. what was your rode -- reading of patel's role in that, and was it a constructive one? >> he was absolutely vital, paul. and remember, it was -- he was working for congressman devin nuÑes at the time, and it was nuÑes who first unraveled all this sordid history with the steele dossier which was funded by the clinton campaign, and kash patel was central the that effort. to that effort. and i think that understanding of what went on in the fbi is one of the things that is a mark in his favor, you know? he's got, as allysia said, defense experience -- i'm sorry, public defender experience,

>> not for the first time john bolton is wrong about his political assessment.will not be 100-0. if you're a senator you will weigh this question of whether he's going in there to the fbi with the express intent of going after president trump's political enemies and the reason that matters on the republican side is donald trump doesn't care whether his political enemies are democrats or republicans. if you're a united states senator and you have anything to hide for sure you will be worried about kash patel. maybe if you don't have anything to hide you will be worried about it. could he get through? absolutely. i'm not of the opinion one nominee will get knocked down and others won't. sahel, republican senators did stand up in the face of matt gaetz and basically say this is a bridge too far and there are too many ethical questions swirling around him. do you think that senators who have concerns about confirming him will stand up to trump a second time? how do you see it play out? >> think it is unclear, kristen, whether he has the votes. they can afford to los

ambassador john bolton is here. and ambassador, i wonder what what you make of what we're seeing on capitol hill today, whether it's from senator joni ernst, having another meeting with pete hegseth, where she came out of it sounding more positive on on his confirmation or you know, the even trump himself in an interview said he thought kash patel would be quite controversial, but but he seems to be gaining a lot of support from republican senators well, he's gained support from some support from some republican senators, including some who opposed matt gaetz. >> so i think there's a temptation unfortunately for some, to try and appease trump after they've opposed gaetz by supporting some of his others. i think what a substantial number of republican senators want is for these nominations. just to go away so that they don't have to announce or actually come to a vote to support or oppose them. that's what happened with gaetz. it could happen to some of the others as well. >> well, there was a massive pressure campai

ambassador to the united nations, john bolton. he was also the national security advisor during trump's first term. thanks so much for being here with us. i just want to get your reaction first to this stunning advance by rebel forces in syria tonight well, it certainly looks like the combination of pressure from the north, but also from the south out of daraa province where over. >> 12, 13 years ago, during the arab spring, the opposition to assad really first manifested itself. look in 2011, everybody said assad was done for. and obviously he wasn't. it may well be this time his luck has run out. it certainly looks very grave. the real question, i think, is whether a combination of russian and iranian assistance can prop him up or whether we're coming face to face with some very significant questions about the future of syria and and indeed iraq, whether whether they can maintain their territorial integrity, whether they're viable as, as states going forward or just what the lay of the land will look like. >> has this surprised

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paul sat down with someone who knows from thinking well, his former national security adviser, john bolton. it's hard to prioritize in these times with so many new and old crisis is, but i would like to start with ukraine and mr. bolton presidential lensky has stated that he doesn't want to freeze the conflicts to end the war and is not willing to give up territory, which is something done the jungle of course, seems to be willing to do. so. how do you see the next few months unfolding? well, i'm very worried about the future and ukraine from what the trump is said during the campaign and after the election. but just what i know about his general attitude toward ukraine is general attitude toward russia. he trump has, has now admitted that it's, it's not going to work for him to get to the landscape and putting in a room and solve it in 24 hours. just amazing how these things happen. after campaigns that the, that he acknowledges the reality that he probably knew beforehand, but i think what, what motivates trunk primarily at the moment is he wants this conflict behind it. he believes it's

. >> what donald trump was president he had a session mike pompeo and john bolton only could keep thating so when donald trump was elected on my mind, how much child. hopeful that the developments. >> when i think about, we never have a happy moment. i don't understand what's happening. i'm upset by the fact that they are hearing of the area. in the middle. what is happening in domestic company. in the person doing this work is a good friend of mine. over the page, above all we have. and it's somebody's first day. >> september 2020 meeting cash to tell and officials from syria. they said it would be possible matt the united states assessed what conditions and then went away. offered something by telling you what the idea was. in this approach you like. government, i didn't the top of his to do list. >> i want to mention these things significant information and elaborate on what that is. >> at this moment we are not able to make that public. two and we are working towards that. from our perspective, the sooner the better. have yielded a lot. statements about knowledge and able to contac

during his first term, ambassador john bolton is here, an ambassador.great to have you because when you look at these reviews and what is alleged, a failure to to disclose these details, how serious is that? >> well, first let's start with the proposition. >> this is a news story, and it's not holy writ. so so further evidence may be forthcoming. but musk's response to it i think is really irresponsible. the defense contractors take this continuous vetting process very seriously. their contracts can depend on it and given given the amount of contracts that musk has with the federal government, it's very important that he and his company comply with these obligations just like everybody else. this may sound very intrusive, but, you know, when you contract with the federal government, especially the defense department, they have what they call an open kimono policy, which is they know everything about you. if you don't want to contract with the government, don't contract with the government. but that's that's what they worry about. so that critical nation

ambassador john bolton is here. and ambassador, i wonder what what you make of what we're seeing on capitol hill today, whether it's from senator joni ernst having another meeting with pete hegseth, where she came out of it sounding more positive on on his confirmation or you know, the even trump himself, in an interview said he thought kash patel would be quite controversial, but but he seems to be gaining a lot of support from republican senators well he's gained support from some support from some republican senators, including some who opposed matt gaetz. >> so i think there's a temptation unfortunately for some, to try and appease trump after they've opposed gaetz by supporting some of his others. i think what a substantial number of republican senators want is for these nominations. just to go away so that they don't have to announce or actually come to a vote to support or oppose them that's what happened with gaetz. it could happen to some of the others as well well, there was a massive pressure campaign, ce

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maybe you can make an argument for lena con or henry kissinger, john bolton. people who use their power to achieve their end efficiently, effectively, without a single-minded sensuousness. gary gensler, i would disagree with 80% or 90% of his rulemaking. upwards of 80% of his rulemakings were not specifically mandated by congress. it's a very active time. let me contrast the gensler regime to another way of particular republican way of being a chairman of the sec. wes hamilton had more property. -- more hypocrisy. do no harm, the motivating principle of the sec. there is a defense of that. chesterton defense to switch metaphors midstream. if that -- is that what you want to see? we have been looking at each other on this zoom call for an hour. president trump may appoint by twitter while we have been talking. this might be stale already. when thinking about what kind of man or woman you would like to see, what kind of chairman would you like to see a center-right conservative libertarian gensler type who comes in with a man on a mission, or something more of a

think about names, i was writing down james comey, rex tillerson, john bolton, christopher wray and nowr., bhattacharya, tulsi gabbard, not just outsiders, these people were being attacked and people trying to destroy these choices and they are about to assume power. this is a big deal. you mentioned some pushback last time, one trick of left was the writing, i don't think americans are going to stand up for this writing anymore. we don't see the rioting we thought was going to happen if donald trump won. so many tricks, dirty tricks against him. >> katie: you mentioned personnel, personnel is policy in washington. one of my observations, they have been ready to go getting people plugged in so january 20, they can get started. you mentioned the shenanigans, first time it was violent riots, activists trying to stop people getting into the inauguration. maybe we should not un underestimate them, maybe they are stunned trump won other than being prepared? >> rachel: perhaps that is possible. i was there 2016 at inauguration and next day after there was that massive women's protest with lew

political issue, he time will try to inact really startling change that time he will not have a john boltonnd all fresh, all full of energy, and the doge brothers are best example of that. >> absolutely, he is substituted class for race. and he has people from all over idea logical racial class spectrum that is amazing to watch. david: you have a terrorist inc. article about it in fox news, look it you were eventing. victor davis hanson with the peets today there neff never long enough to talk. >> thank you. we'll be right back. i had the worst dream last night. you were in a car crash and the kids and i were on our own. that's awful, hon. my brother was saying he got life insurance from ethos. and he got $2 million in coverage, all online. life insurance made easy. check your price today at ethos.com. (in atrocious french) au revoir mon amour. a bientot let's work on that french, shall we? (♪) au revoir mon amour. a bientot (in perfect french) au revoir mon amour. a bientot (♪) the average dog only lives to be ten. at the farmer's dog, we don't think that's long enough. that's why our food

pardon ♪ >> kennedy: democrats are having a hard time as they try to swallow the bitter pill of john bolton'sr hunter. crushed by the fact that joe lied through his false teeth and now it might have just cost joe his most loyal and slickest foot soldier, gavin newsome telling politco that while he understands the instinct to protect hunter, i took the president at his word. so by definition, i'm disappointed and can't support the decision. gavin is not the only one eating pro. the obama pod bros are freaking mad at joe biden. watch. >> now everyone looks stupid like they're full of [bleep]. that's the thing that i'm most frustrated with. joe biden looking like a typical lying politician. i think that leads to a cynical feeling that all politicians are bad and they're all the same. that this is just par for the course. >> i believed him. i don't know. >> i feel like a [bleep] fool. that's what makes me mad. >> kennedy: dana, do you buy that when joe biden wouldn't say he wouldn't pardon his son? >> dana: i don't know. they're truthful guys. maybe they did thing that. if kamala harris wasn't in

so in 1745 in response to jacobite rebellion in scotland john bolton raises a regiment help put down that rebellion. and gates is going to be commissioned as an engine and then later lieutenant in bolton's regiment. so this connection with bolton is going to give gates his first military commission as a year old in. in 1745. and one thing i want to point out on the screen here, which is one of those crazy coincidences of history, which is almost hard to believe. buif you look on the left there is a record of gates, a 45 commission at the national archives and in in london and this commission book has a hundreds of pages and even on is individual page 's all the officers in bolton's regiment so that you can see there quite a few names here and i don't have a you don't have a laser pointer but gates his is maybe about 80% towards the bottom and the person directly below him on the same exact page in this regiment and this book of hundreds of pages is john burgoyne. so it's kind of a funny coincidence that's a little hard to believe that. and burgoyne, of course, will come to have much m

his old boss in that job, former national security adviser john bolton writes in the wall street journal today that kash patel does not belong at the fbi., quote, too many of mr. trump's personnel selections, evidence has the city's search for personal fealty and not loyalty to the constitution. kash patel's nomination as director the federal bureau of fbi -- fits this pattern. your thoughts on kash patel and what you learned so far? >> i worked across from kash patel on the house intelligence committee and he was a loyalist to devin nunes and did everything to be a wrecking ball there. he blindly followed the orders of devin nunes and trump and he will do the same at the fbi. to the agents at the fbi and the doj prosecutors, say this, was a prosecutor once. i had an oath to upkeep the constitution and the court and you were not helpless. you do not have to follow legal orders and the american people, while they want to see the cost of their goods and groceries come down, they do not want us to look like russia or china. it's going to depend on the women and men at the doj to stand tall

john bolton made clear he didn't approve of donald trump and never advocated for the alternative on the eloquently and powerfully speaking out about the dangers of kash patel but the thing that is broken is not trump picking kash patel. >> right. >> what's broken is nobody has confidence that a full background check will happen by the fbi, a full investigation, and that nobody has confidence the senate republicans will digest that information and act on it. that is where it's broken and where we don't spend enough time pressing and exposing the failures. >> oh, you bring palpitations to my heart because that is exactly where i wanted to go with all of this. when you take it in the fullest context of what director wray said today in his stepping down, and i solemnly applaud the idea and his continual emphasis and use of the rule of law and principle . those are words! the problem we have had nobody in washington wants to do, stand on principle. that means standing firm in the face of the onslaught from maga and trump. that means flipping them the bird for once and telling them to kiss yo

. >> and according to his own national security advisor, john bolton, the 12 nations undertake the common security. he threatened to pull out of the best deal america ever made. >> they were sworn to stand together against aggression. >> the nato alliance. oh, it tore down a wall. >> the red flag of the failed soviet union at last came down, defeated an empire. >> sea, land and air coordination. >> and still defends almost 1 billion people. from those hungry for conquest. >> nato is obsolete. it's old, it's fat, it's sloppy. >> how did we get here? the fact is, america has been here before. to understand, we need to look back and tell the story. of america first. welcome to a special hour on american isolationism. i'm fareed zakaria. when we first heard the campaign slogan america first in the 2016 campaign, it felt like a startling break from the past that came out of nowhere. but history often repeats itself. and when we look to the past. america first was said to be the nation's guiding principle for most of its existence. the story begins with the founding fathers. george washington,

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assassinate former secretary of state mike pompeo and american soil and national security advisor john boltonears, the murky government seem to not be particularly bothered, the president somebody whose himself being targeted as well by with the revolution of islamic government, maybe iran can make his voice heard and say cut it out you're not allowed to do this. among other things is not just leaders the journalists in brooklyn, new york and another assassination attempt by their radiance in recent weeks how has this allowed to go one this is been amazing and hopefully i really hope for the sake of the world and particularly america's place they have stopped. mark: when we come back, final word. we'll be right back. with some serious detail, trace the journeys and history that shaped who you are today, and see the traits they passed down. your connections to the past are all waiting. see just how gifted you are for only $39. ♪ in a time full of war make peace. ♪ ♪ in a time full of doubt just believe ♪ ♪ in a world full of hate, be a light (oh-oh) ♪ ♪ when you do somebody wrong, make it righ

is going to try to enact really startling change and this time around he's not going to have a john bolton or jim mattis, or people within the cabinet that oppose him. david: they are all new, all fresh, all full of energy, and of course the doge brothers are the best example of it. last word. >> absolutely. he's substituted class for race. he's got people from all over the ideological racial class spectrum and it's kind of amazing thing to watch. david: it sure is. well you've got a terrific article about it in fox news. look it up fox news, victor davis hanson has a piece today. always a pleasure to see you my friend. it's never long enough. thanks very much. we'll be right back. check in time is 3:00 it's 2:55. i know. is this what he's doing now? as your host, i have some rules. first, no showers longer than 5 minutes. this isn't a spa. no games. no fun. yes, coach. (♪) meanwhile, at a vrbo... when other vacation rentals make you share your turf with a host, try one you have all to yourself. force factor prostate advanced reduces nighttime bathroom trips, helps fully empty your bladder

and mike pompeo and john bolton did all they could to keep that from happening. so when donald trump was elected, that was the first thing on my mind was to remind him of how much he loved austin and how much he wanted him home. and they have been talking about austin since he was elected. it's already on his mind. he is already ready to go get him home. so whatever kinds of feelings you may have, this momma has a really good feeling for someone that's going to take care of her child. i would take that from anyone. >> would you say you're cautiously optimistic with the developments in syria? debra: when i think about war, i never have a happy moment. i don't really understand what's happening in syria. i'm upset by the fact that terrorists are killing people in allepo. i don't understand that. i don't understand why our government isn't running in saying we are not going to allow a terrorist entity to take over syria, because why would that be great in the middle east? what's going on in aleppo is different than what's going on in damascus. i don't understand bec

john bolton has an op-ed in the wall street journal about the united nations and the title is, u.n.eform planned for trump and for stefanik and he points out ms. stefanik, elise stefanik joins a lot long line of u.s. officials dismayed by the u.n. failings including deep seeded bias against israel. but the united nations is where you see actors from russia, zelenskyy, et cetera, coming to new york and making pleas for money and support. what kind of role do you think stefanik could play and how do you think could impact the wars oversea that's we're dealing with right now? >> i think she'll be an extension of what president trump has been saying for a long time, we can't have a body that serves as the opposition party for israel and by extension for civility in the western world and so when you have a u.n. that claims to be for equality but they cannot condemn the raping and killing of women by terrorist organizations that is a body that is morally defunct. all of this is connected. going back to the point you were talking about here with russia and the sabotaging of these underwate

john bolton's is broad and sweeping.ide him. do you think any of them will be persuasive? >> i hope so. i mean here's the thing, if you are -- i'm putting myself in the mentality of thinking like a republican senator and arguments that may be persuasive to them. if you care about this presidency, you have an obligation to try to make it better. i mean clearly on paper there are nominees who are unfit for this job on a base level. i mean the fact an fbi director probably couldn't pass an fbi clearance probably should be compelling. but let's just talk about the basic level of competence and how you execute these missions and do you understand the functions of agency and do you have the right kind of focus? i think that should be the approach going forward because just saying that these appointees or nominees are loyalists to the president is not convincing. of course any president is going to have someone that is loyal to his agenda even though these nominees take it to an extreme fashion. and so that's why hoping the foc

that's why his nomination is alarming to people like john bolton, trump's national security adviser,s. in a journal op-ed bolton compared him to the secret please under stalin who imprisoned a million political opponents on false charges. bolton writes patel's conduct in mr. trump's first term and thereafter indicates as fbi director he would operate according to reported comments to stalin. show me the man and i'll show you the crime. that's pretty chilling i would have to say for someone who is kash patel's boss. and yet not a single republican senator has raised any significant public concern about patel's nomination. my last guest said maybe that will come in the hearings or be quiet, but it does -- is kind of an eye opener worth discussing. as "the new york times" put it patel appears to be on a glide path for confirmation. we'll see. joining me is tim weiner, a pulitzer journalist and leading expert on the fbi and the cia and he's the award-winning author of two best selling books on those agencies. perfect christmas gifts for people who are looking to better understand some ve

. >> let me ask you before i go, john bolton said this weekend.ght be files uncovered about tulsi gabbard. we don't know that but do you think it is possible? >> i think it is very possible. first of all our number one thing we want to find in syria are americans to get them home. but in our collection of intelligence, interrogation of the war criminals et cetera, everything is being collected. and, it is, i think, there could be a lot of information on tulsi gabbard. the highest profile anyone willing to visit a genocide tyrant against her own party at the time, she was a democrat and against the other party, the republicans and just the establishment. so, they would have a lot of files on her. they would have good relations and contacts with her. i would not doubt it at all. bolton could be right. >> thank you both so much for joining me. really excellent piece. i know you have a big trip coming up, thank you both for sitting in >> thank you very much. >>> coming up, six weeks to go before the inauguration, democratic governors are trying to fig

listen to john bolton, former national security adviser, who he thought trump would quite willingly bringted states out of nato. at the end of the day, european nations know this. they understand that this is the nature of donald trump's foreign policy, it's transactional. it doesn't give anyone a warm fuzzy on what is an alliance that's helped america. as far as ukraine goes, i think we have to believe what donald trump says. the now thaegz somehow the u.s. -- notation that somehow the u.s. is going to tornado on with generous aid -- to continue on with generous aid, than that's not going to happen. none of these comments were a surprise to me. >> all right. retired cia officer, mark covering a lot of ground for us to start our week. thank you. >>> next up here, new york city police release new photos of the man suspected of fatally shooting the ceo of united healthcare. we'll have the latest on the ongoing manhunt that's gripped the nation. >>> plus, two democrats are sets to be sworn into the senate today, weeks before the new congress convenes. those stories and a check on weather and

look, let's start right up front with ambassador john bolton's assessment of tulsi gabbard, who has beengence. >> i think she's totally unequaled to be dni, and i think her positions put her beyond the outer most fringe of american politics. when she visited assad in syria, he was effectively a russian-iranian ally, and what she said about syria not being a direct threat to the united states, that was her justification for going, is completely false. it's going to be very interesting to see what the files that may be uncovered in the syrian government, if the rebels succeed in capturing damascus, what they show about a number of americans. >> so now it's real, right? real events in syria on the ground, obvious relationships that tulsi had prior to this moment. how do you see this changing how the members, the senate -- i know it's not your responsibility in the house, but, you know, capitol hill is capitol hill. how does this change the way folks look at her potentially as the next dni? >> they're going to wonder who is going to be looking out for america's interests in that region. she

the fbi was compared to a secret soviet police chief by trump's former national security adviser john boltonl should be rejected by the senate 100-0. our justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian called him the personification of maga rage and trump's pick for defense secretary pete hegseth is the subject of a piece in "the new yorker," indicating that hegseth was forced to step down by both of the two nonprofit advocacy groups he ran in the face of serious allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety and personal misconduct. "the new yorker" reports a previously undisclosed 2015 whistleblower report that says at one point hegseth had to be restrained while drunk from joining dancers on the stage of a louisiana strip club where he brought his team and said hegseth who was married at the time and other members of his management team, sexually pursued the organization's female staffers they divided into two groups the party girls and the not party girls. hegseth's lawyer gave the magazine this statement, we're not going to comment on outlandish claims laundered through

and you're already getting some backlash, the former national security adviser to donald trump, john bolton, reached out to say that he thinks that senators should vote him down 100-0. in his book, bill barr, the former trump attorney general said that patel just doesn't have the experience to lead an agency like the fbi when trump was considering tapping him in his first administration at the very end for deputy fbi director. again, hallie, another huge test for republicans in the senate, will they try to block this controversial nomination? we're going to be unpacking all of this on the program this morning, hallie. get everyone's take. see if the senators we have on believe that the votes actually exist to get him confirmed or if he will wind up pulling his nomination as we saw with matt gaetz. >> lots to watch on that front today and in the days to come. kristen, thank you very much. we will look for more this morning on "meet the press" when kristen is joined by democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut and national security adviser jake sullivan and republican senator bill hagert