one was john brennan and one was michael morel. and he chose, obviously, john brennan. toldhe me in the oval office that he was given the job to john, he was extraordinarily gracious with me. the day after, there was a routine principals meeting in the situation room. i was still the acting director of the cia so i was representing the cia. and she walked in the room. when the secretary of state walks into the situation room, there are people who want her time come up people who want to ask her all sorts of questions. have five bar conversations with her. that happened, as usual, which he walked in. and she ignore them all. -- ignored them all. she walked over to me and she sat down next to me, and she put her hand on my arm and said, are you ok? there is humanity there that i think the public needs to know. she is tough and decisive but there's an awful lot of humanity there, too. charlie: as you know, that goes to one of the questions most often raised about here, which is not her humanity, but also a sense of trust. how does someone communicate the skies of things wi

that is similar for the nation in asia into think we did this now we are okay because we have john brennan saying my agents to allow water board that we cannot walk away suggesting it is not who we are any more. it happened as a country as a nation and we need to address that that we're quite frank the able to do that again. >> host: thanks for talking with me. >> guest: thanks for the opportunity ha. >> host: senator derbent growing up in illinois what sparked your interest in reading? >> guest: my mother she discover the library and took me there their role was taken only checkout as many books as i could carry so i would take a stack of books and race through them and then get a chance to go back to the east st. louis public library was a real adventure. probably that would wet my appetite. >> host: what types of books to gravitate? >> guest: kids books i got into the doctor doolittle series which back in my youth nobody was reading nobody ever heard of it and tell the movie came out but most people discovered he was and what it was about i think it was a british set of books but for so

administration has cap short of a actual accusation, john brennan says interference in the election progresss a serious matter. i'm pleased to have him here at the table. welcome. let's talk about that. let's talk about tod's interview ukraine. who did it? why do they do it? how do we retaliate? >> all fascinating issues. as strange as this election has been, it does not seem likely would try to putin interfere with the u.s. election. they've tried to interfere there. to be fair they united states has not been a bus in messaging in other countries election. david: that's right, in 2009 when there was going to be a backlash. here is what we know. we know the dnc got hacked and they lost large amounts of e-mails and other data includes fundraising data. it was embarrassing to them in terms of the campaign against bernie sanders. it resulted in w wasserman schultz using her position. that is what's known. if you follow the forensics s beforehe document keeley did it. they were coming out. 2.0.lled himself goose for charlie rose: there is some indication that they were not satisfied with the res

one of the concern is iran used but cia director john brennan said that that's not true. let's listen to director brennan. >> the money, the revenue flowing into iran is being used to support its currency, to provide, you know, monies to the department and agencies to build up infrastructure. >> is director brennan misleading the american people, senator? >> well, when you give iran more than $100 billion, there's no doubt some of that money may go in a lot of the support for terrorism groups like hezbollah may not require that much money. even white house officials have said that some of this money likely ended up in the hands of terrorist organizations or revolutionary guard corps, as president obama's director of and commander in the middle east have said, iran's behavior has gotten worse since the nuclear deal, it's not gotten any deal from the start. at the time it was announced, the general assessment was that iran was weeks at the most, months away from breakout at the time it could is assemble terr yell to create a nuclear bam. the breakout period has been brought

now we have john brennan saying it is admirable but we cannot walk away to suggest it is not who we are. it is this happening as a country and as a nation we need to address that of the year capable to do that again. >> thanks for sitting down to talk. >> thanks for having me . . >> welcome to afterwards. you have have just published your first book, remarkable book. i enjoyed it immensely.

but throughout the 2012 campaign al qaeda is on the run and john brennan speech saying we wouldn't be fighting al qaeda and jihadists at the end of this decade. the president has said this repeatedly. i think what's important to do with this report is to put it in that broader context. this is not a one-off thing. much of the media coverage has treated this as a one-off thing at centcom that's isolated. it's not. we have seen this again and again and again. we have seen it with centcom analysts in particular on the usama bin laden documents. they weren't even allow to do have access to the usama bin laden documents because the cia wouldn't let them see them there are other examples. the denial of responsibility of al qaeda in the wynn gaze attacks. we had reporting that al qaeda and al qaeda linked groups had been responsible for beangz. the president's guantanamo detainees to make them less threatening than military and intelligence have said on a decade of study of these detainees. just rewriting it final one was the dni. rewriting intelligence assessments about iran and the threat

not so much in the initial state but a day or two later from the senior intelligence officials john brennanlater went to the cia and gave briefings which they talked about how we tracked it by courier's and all got into the torture business. saying don't start lying about torture because the cia is worried about the fact that the legal findings about what we did. the cia with was killing people in torture. there was a lot of murder going on. in some cases there were murders. there were a couple of cases where nobody got punished for anything. you have that issue. you were trying to justify using the couriers and the problem was you have to contradict the earlier stories about this guy was isolated at one point. they showed a picture of this man watching pornography. the element the people doing the tracking were told you helped us find him. it was your work. you want them to think so because then reporters could talk to them and the people giving the briefings work in dicta they have. not any one even inside the agency. the other element is he had written a piece what they call a tick tock

[inaudible] john brennan gave briefings on how we tracked couriers and all got into this torture business. they had talked bitterly about it saying don't start lying because the cia is worried about the fact of congressional hearings and there may be legal findings about what we did. cia was killing people in torture. that happened much more than anybody knows. there were a lot of murder going on. more than just murder, they tortured people and they bled to death or whatever. in some cases there were murders and note prosecution. there were a couple cases where nobody got punished for anything. you had that issue, you were trying to justify, using the using the couriers and the problem was that in order for him to be using couriers, you had to contradict the earlier stories about this guy being isolated. at one point they talk about him sitting around watching pornography. he could say anything he wanted in the first few days. everything was taken. that element, the couriers and the people doing the courier tracking were told you helped us, you helped us find him. yes it was was your work

but throughout the 2012 campaign al qaeda is on the run and john brennan speech saying we wouldn't beg al qaeda and jihadists at the end of this decade. the president has said this repeatedly. i think what's important to do with this report is to put it in that broader context. this is not a one-off thing. much of the media coverage has treated this as a one-off thing at centcom that's isolated. it's not. we have seen this again and again and again. we have seen it with centcom analysts in particular on the usama bin laden documents. they weren't even allow to do have access to the usama bin laden documents because the cia wouldn't let them see them there are other examples. the denial of responsibility of al qaeda in the wynn gaze attacks. we had reporting that al qaeda and al qaeda linked groups had been responsible for beangz. the president's guantanamo detainees to make them less threatening than military and intelligence have said on a decade of study of these detainees. just rewriting it final one was the dni. rewriting intelligence assessments about iran and the threat presente

. >> i don't know how we do that, even john brennan, the head of the cia, says whatever we're doing isorking. >> you don't do it with the policies of this commander-in-chief nor hillary clinton who will extend it. you have to untie the hands of the war fighters and let them go and crush them. we know what's necessary, hillary clinton and barack obama are not going to do it. >> and we've seen what happens in europe lately with terror attacks. we'll have you back to talk more about what the solutions are. great to see you, thank you for your service. >>> caught on camera, thieves armed with laptops stealing a jeep. among them, 100 vehicles police say were targeted. could your car be at risk? >>> plus funding fight over zika. what's in planned parenthood? literally, planned parenthood and zika, figure that out. what did planned parenthood have to do with it in washington? we'll be right back. reward poin, every time i drive. ...want my number? and cash back for driving safe. and the power to automatically find your car... i see you car! and i got the power to know who's coming and when if

also keep in mind that last june, cia director john brennan said there were between 5,000 and 8,000 isis fight north america libya. the pentagon says this week that number has been greatly reduced, but given that pace of operations, the nine strikes this week, doesn't sound like the pace is very strong. back to you. >> doug mckelway, thank you very much. we're keeping an eye on hillary clinton in las vegas. want to be fair. we're take something of her remarks as she begins to make a bit of news. we'll be right back. don't go away. after a long day, dave stops working, but his aleve doesn't. because aleve can last 4 hours longer than tylenol 8 hour. what will you do with your aleve hours? grain free pet food committed to truth on the label.l when we say real meat is the first ingredient, it is number one. and we leave out corn, wheat and soy. for your pet, we go beyond. >> stabbed in the back in the streets of london, maniac murdered an american worm in the heart of the capital and wounded five other people before police managed to tackle him, and just within the last half hour, we learne

cia director john brennan says the money they're getting hack used for relatively benign -- >> they all said before they know iran supports terrorism. the president's statement with edo not pay ransom for hostages, is the obama's version of i did not have sex with that woman t. iranians believe it was ran some. the hostage, at least one believes it was ransom and the department of justice believes it looks and seems like a ransom. >> they were warning about it. although there isn't a sense it was illegal? >> the money is held over no a failed fine 79 arms deal with the shaw of iran. the attorney general pointsed out the other day, no, it's not illegal, but it sets a dreadful precedent because the iranians have been in the business of taking hostages in exchange for money or political favors, 38 years ago. >> dan, despite the claims the president made, a lot of his defenders would say, whether or not he was ransom, get over it. this is something if you wanted to get our people back, you had to do. besides, if we didn't do it, the iranian nuclear deal wasn't going to happen. therefore, th

we have john brennan, director of the cia -- it is admirable that we can't walk away from this suggesting it is not who we are. it is who we are. it happened and we need to address it as something we are capable of doing. >> host: thank you for talking with us. >> booktv is live beginning at 7:00 pm eastern at politics and prose bookstore in washington for race in america, a discussion with auditors and educators about race relations, examining the relationship between police and the african-american community. urban radio networks national bureau chief april ryan and author of the presidency in black and white moderates the discussion. other panelists include msnbc national correspondent joanne reed, author of fracture, barack obama, the clintons and the racial divide. watch live tuesday at 7:00 pm eastern on c-span2. >> the c-span radio apps makes it easy to follow the 2016 election wherever you are. it is free to download at the apple apps store or google play. get up-to-the-minute schedule information for c-span radio and c-span television plus podcast time for popular public affairs,

>> even cia director john brennan said isis will penetrate europe and america through syrian refugeesant to be europe. they are having some problems with open borders and assimulation. look at molenbeek area. harris: belgium. >> in belgium, second, third generation muslims who never moved to belgium and never felt like that was the home country. so they never assimilated to country. harris: to lisa's point, bavarian government gave us intelligence they felt like refugees folded in with the terrorists who were trying to come. do we trust that intel? >> yes. i mean, we trust the intel. harris: so then it is already happening? >> it is already happening, yeah. jim comey the fbi director said months ago you can not properly vet these refugees coming in. harris: the bavarian government says they have evidence it is already happening. >> i heard that evidence, yes. harris: all right. be sure to tune into "hannity" tonight. sean will host a exclusive town hall with donald trump with a focus on mr. trump's plan to defeat isis and radical islamic terrorism. watch 10:00 p.m. eastern here on the

cia director john brennan admitting just weeks ago the administration's strategy is not working.tch. >> unfortunately, despite all our progress against isil on the battlefield and in the financial realm, our efforts have not reduced the group's terrorism capability and global reach. >> glenn morrow is a security analyst for the clarion project. so many things to talk to you about. let's start with this incident in london. we keep hearing reports of mental illness. we hear that a lot in many of these cases. but that doesn't mean that it's exclusively that and that maybe there wasn't some other involvement in other things. how do these things possible work together? >> i don't know why we treat these things as if they're mutually exclusive, as if you can't be mentally ill and also a jihadist. maybe you're mentally ill and that leads you to become susceptible to islamist ideology or maybe the islamist ideology makes you mentally ill. the majority of those who are mentally ill don't go attacking foreigners and trying to stab them. >> we're waiting to learn more about this young indiv

cia director john brennan said the money they're getting is being used for relatively benign things. >> they've also said before they know iran supports terrorism. the president's statement, we do not pay ransom for hostages is the obama version of, i did not have sex with that woman. i mean the iranians believe it was ransom. at least one hostage believes it was ransom. and his own department of justice seemed to believe that it looked and smelled a lot like ransom. >> they were warning about it. although there isn't any sense that this is actually illegal, bret. >> look, the money was basically money that was held over from a failed 1979 arms deal with the shah of iran. mike mukasey pointed out in our pages the other day that, no, it's not illegal, but it sets a dreadful precedent because the iranians have been in the business of taking hostages in exchange for money or political favors since the beginning of the islamic republic 38 years ago. >> dan, despite the claims that the president made, i mean a lot of his defenders would say, look, whether or not it was ransom, get over it

john brennan went to the cia and gave briefings and how we tracked it by couriers and got into this torturebusiness. they fought bitterly against it saying to not start line about torture because the cia is worried about the fact that there may be congressional hearings and there may be legal findings about what we did. the cia was killing people and torture. that happened much more than anybody knows. there's a lot of murder going on. they torture people, they bled to death, whatever. and in some cases there were murders and no prosecution. and there are some places where nobody got punished for anything. so you have that issue. you're trying to justify using the couriers and the problem was, in order for him to be using couriers you had to contradict the earlier stories that this guy was isolated. at one point they talked about him sitting around watching video, porno. there is an old man hunched over watching photography, you can say whatever you wanted in the first two days. the couriers and the people doing said by god you helped us, you helped us find it. you wanted to think so becaus

one was john brennan and one was michael morell. and he chose obviously john brennal-- brenon. the day after the president told me in the oval office that he was giving a job to john, he was extraordinarily gracious with me. the day after there was a routine principals meeting in the situation room. i was still the acting director of the cia so i was representing cia at this meeting. and she walked in the room. and you know when the secretary of state walks in the sit room, there are people who want her time, right. people who want to ask her all sorts of questions. have side bar conversations with her. and that happened as usual when she walked in the room. all these people approached her. and she-- she ignored them all, and she walked over to me, and she sat down next to me and she put her-- her hand on my arm and she simply said are you okay. there is humanity there that i think the public needs to-- needs to know. she's tough and decisive but there is an awful lot of humanity there too. >> rose: well, as you know, that goes to one of the questions that is most often raised

while the obama administration has stopped short of a formal accusation cia director john brennan said friday that quote interference in the u.s. election process is a very very serious matter. joining me now is david sanger. he's the national security correspondent for the "new york times" and has been reporting on this story and other allied stories i'm pleased to have him here at the table. welcome. >> it's good to be with you. >> rose: why, in terms of what the russians are doing. we'll talk about that and then we'll talk about trump's interview about ukraine and other areas. why would they do, you know, who did it and why did they do it is the first question. and then the third question is how do we retaliate. >> all fascinating issues. to some degree, this is a story that i think most of us didn't see coming in this election because strange as this election cycle has been, it didn't seem like likely that vladimir putin would, if all the evidence points in that direction, try to actively interfere with an american election. we do know that the russians in the past have used inform

but cia director john brennan staid that that's not true.'s listen to director brennan. >> the money, the revenue that's flowing into iran is being used to support its currency, to provide, you know, moneys to the department agencies to build up its infrastructure. >> is director brennan misleading the american people, senator? >> well, when you give iran more than $100 billion, there's no doubt that some of that money might go into domestic purposes, because a lot of the support for terrorist groups like hezbollah and hamas, may not require that much money. but there's also no doubt, and even senior white house officials have said that some of this money very likely ended up in the hands of terrorist organizations, or the revolutionary guard corps. and it's president obama's own director of national intelligence, iran's behavior in the middle east has gotten worse and more aggressive since the nuclear deal. it hasn't gotten any better. >> you oppose the iran nuclear deal, as we've said, from the very start. at the time that the deal was ann

we have john brennan saying my agents will not support torture which is admirable but we cannot walkway from this suggesting that's notwho we are anymore. this is who we are, we did this is acountry, as a nation and weneed to address it as something we are capable of quite frankly doing again . >> host: i want to thank you for sitting down and talking with me . >> guest: thank you for the opportunity . >>

i want to play a sound bite from cia john brennan speaking to the senate intelligence committee. >> isilltivating its network into a more interconnected global organization. the branch in libya is probably the most developed and most dangerous. we assess it is trying to increase its influence in africa and attacks in the region and europe. liz: the group seems to be flowing like water to these different countries. why are we not eradicating the source? >> that would require a comprehensive decision that isis was waging a war against the united states that required an american counter strategy to eradicate it. the obama administration supported fully by hillary clinton has been unwilling to do that. that would admit fundamentally we are in a war with terrorism. so the attacks in sirte by the united states are really a paradigm of the failure of the administration to have a comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy. it's not enough just to bomb sirte every other day. it's not enough to just do a little bit to help iraq and the kurds. the isis terrorists will flee to where they think they ca

this comes over a year ago, general lloyd austin spoke within ten days of director john brennan, bothbout where we are in this fight against isis. listen to how different their messages is. >> the fact is that he can no longer do what he did at the outset, which is to seize and hold new territory. he has assumed a defensive crouch in iraq. >> isil is well armed and well financed. its fighters are committed, disciplined and battle of of-hardened. left up checked the group poses a serious danger to syria, iraq and the wider region beyond, including attacks on the homeland of the united states and the homelands of our partners. abby: so what general austin said this that first clip, that isis could no longer do what they were capable of doing, general jack keane said that comment is probably one of the most dangerous. >> i think that's right. director brennan captured what was really going on on the ground. this highlights and confirms what we found as part of the task force, that they consistently manipulated data to make it look more rosy than it really was. they at no time tell their

. >> john brennan says they won't use it for terrorism.lk about your case. you've seen him on the channel a million times, but joe's father was murdered by terrorists in this country in 1975. who was it? >> they grew up frances tavern where my dad was having lunch one friday afternoon when i was 9 years old. >> explain who this terrorist group is. >> they were a marxist group fueled by cuba. they were -- they set out to take down the american government. in their minds free puerto rico, but they wanted to turn puerto rico into another marxist state. >> they went to prison? >> yes. >> for what? >> chicago for weapons possession, terrorist activity, 28 bombings in chicago. >> how many bombings across the country. >> 130. >> they killed six people, four at the tavern, they were never convicted of the frances's bombing but put away for 70 years generally speaking for the 14 of them. >> so let's fast forward into the late '90s. >> sure. >> what was going on with hillary clinton? >> well, hillary clinton was a carpet bagger looking to become sen

we have john brennan saying my agents will not support torture which is admirable but we cannot walk away from this suggesting that's notwho we are anymore. this is who we are, we did this is acountry, as a nation and weneed to address it as something we are capable of quite frankly doing again . >> host: i want to thank you for sitting down and talking with me . >> guest: thank you for the opportunity . >> c-span. created by america's top cable television companies and brought you as a public service by your cable or satellite provider. and now we are live on book tv with author and legal analyst jeffery toobin. he joins us on our in-depth program for the next three hours to talk about his book and to answer your questions. mister jeffery toobin is the author of many books including the old: too close to call in his most recent, american heiress area. >> toobin, welcome to c-span2's in depth. the authors of seven books and counting including your most recent book american heiress, wild side of the kidnapping, crimes and trial of patty hearst and i want to begin where you end the boo

our director of intelligence james clapper, director comey, cia director brennan, our assistant fbi director steinbeck. general john and committee chair mccaul all said, like belgium, like germany, like paris, like europe in general, that isis and radical islamists will infiltrate the refugee population. that's where his policy is coming from. until we can vet them and make sure americans are safe. he wasn't talking about the khan family. he wasn't talking in any pejorative way about anybody. he's talking about keeping americans safe. why does the media take it to that level? >> these are a bunch of young reporters who are really easily manipulated. and when you look at these reporters who are just re-tweeting and repeating and reposting stuff on facebook, no one is really taking the time to look at the evidence. there's looking at their colleagues. they're looking at their twitter followers, and they're just repeating this line. it's a group thing, and it's a very young reporter thing to do. >> it's not just group think. it's also cnn and nbc and cbs. the disproportionate coverage, especially when you compare it t

believes that she also stole his english bulldog puppy and his wedding ty brennan joins us now live with the story. ty? >> yeah, kari and john, they released that video last wednesday, and we spoke to a vlley man who say he knows exactly who that woman is, and he is also looking for her, because as you mentioned, he stole some very valuable things from that man. >> you better stop. >> reporter: tempe police have released this video hoping who is wanted for questioning in a hit-and-run with a stolen car. a passerby saw the crime being committed and pulled out his phone to document the woman walking away from the scene. >> reporter: is that your former roommate? >> yes, rene. >> one valley man says he knows who it is, his former roommate. >> you're absolutely sure? >> i'm absolutely sure. >> reporter: david ramirez says he's known the woman since the fifth grade. she recently moved into his but last week ramirez says he came home to find his wedding rings and puppy gone and no trace of her anywhere. >> we have been trying to get in contact with them since this happened. they are not returning anybody's calls. police aren't, th

. >> james comey, james clapper, general john allen, michael steinbeck, assistant fbi director, house homeland security secretary have all warned us and brennan cia director that isis will infiltrate this refugee population. so is hillary clinton and barack obama gambling with the lives 0 of these american people taking them in, yes or -- >> if hillary clinton becomes the commander in chief and continues the policies of this administration, american lives will be endangered. it is that simple. >> fair to say they have blood on their hands if refugees kill americans? >> they already do. >> all right. we will have to break. dr. gorka, thank you. >> thank you. >> more with donald trump and his plan to take out isis. special edition of "hannity" continues from milwaukee. >> every angle covered, all of the fallout. >> powerful, fair, and balanced coverage. that's why we are most watched and most tru hey, it's the phillips' lady! there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try these delicious phillips' fiber good gummies, a good source of fiber to help support regularity. mmmm. these are great. my work here is done. phillips'. the tasty side of

james comey, james clapper, general john allen, michael steinbeck, the assistant fbi director, the house homeland security secretary, have all warned us, and brennan cia director, that isis will infiltrate this refugee population, so is hillary clinton and barack obama gambling with the lives of these american people by taking them in? >> if hillary clinton becomes the commander in chief and continues the policies of this administration, american lives will be endangered. it is that simple. >> is it fair to say they'll have blood on their hands if refugees kill americans? >> they already do. >> all right, we're going to have to break. dr. gorka, good to see you. when we come back, more with donald trump and his plan to take out isis and radical islamists, special town hall continues from milwaukee. >> every angle covered, all of the fallout. >> powerful, fair, and balanced coverage. that's why we are most watched and most trusted. rd. perfect. no tickets, no accidents... that is until one of you clips a food truck ruining >> test test. >> test test. >> test test go through the r oof. your perfect record doesn't get you anything. anything. perfect.

host: john from west pauflm bea. caller: the brennanr is a quasi-socialistic organization always for the main allowing illegal immigrants to vote. 20 rked for the government years ago i saw illegal immigrants and i know there for -- i can't tell you how but where i worked they were registration cards and they were in the country illegally. the objective is to allow anyone or ote whether a citizen noncitizen. if it is a noncitizen that disenfranchises my vote. talk about disenfranchising i don't care about the 600,000 that are half illegal. she gave you 20 things that you have to have for a license. , it doesn't ,000 affect any of them? question. host: i will come back to the question but i want her to have a chance to respond. sure. don't nnan center and i think anybody else that works in elections thinks that people are citizens should be voting. that is the basis of elections in the country is making sure it is eligible citizens who vote so that is what i believe the brennan center believes. that is the baseline. most important and if

john mccain who is running for reelection and withholding support from house speaker paul >> i think the republican nominee is unfit. >> reporter: this morning president obama denounced trump for five minutes when cbs's marpg ret brennan asked him whether trump is qualified to lead the nation. >> he doesn't appear to have basic knowledge around critical issues. doesn't have the judgment, the temperament. he's woefully unprepared to do this job. >> reporter: trump promptly country. and for him to be call meeting out is almost an honor. because he truly doesn't know what he's doing. >> reporter: also today, richard hannah, a congressman from upstate, became the first house republican to say he supports hillary clinton, not trump. he wrote an oped saying "it is not enough to denounce his comments. he is unfit to serve our party and cannot lead this country." he is retiring from these at the trump rally in virginia, trump went back and forth over a baby crying in the crowd. >> don't worry about that baby. i love babies. [ laughter ] >> i that are baby crying. actually i was kidding. you can get baby out of here. i think she believed me that i love having a baby crying while i'm speaking. >> back to the purple heart aspect

john harwood in washington tonight. >> both candidates say one way to fix the economy is increase spending on our infrastructure and fix the nation's failing bridges, rails and roads. as morgan brennan reports the plans differ in the details. >> reporter: who wins the american presidency expect a big push for infrastructure spending. both candidates have been criticizing the poor state of america's roads, bridges, railroads and airports. just today republican nominee proclaiming the nation's infrastructure is in, quote, the worst condition it's ever been in, likening certain airports to, quote, third world countries. democratic candidate hillary clinton opineing request quote we're living off the investments made by our parents and grandparents' generations so how would the opponents address this massive issue? trump will spend, quote, a lot more than the $500 billion drummed up by clinton saying he'll potentially take advantage of low interest rates to borrow and make it happen. >> basically you're going out and you're borrowing money in the united states to rebuild your infrastructure. it would be infrastructure money, and maybe there's ways of giving additional, you know, credits

john. while campaigning in florida today, trump attempted to capitalize on a report that the obama administration sent $400 million in cash to iran in january. the timing of that transaction here's margaret brennan. >> reporter: donald trump joined republican leaders in accusing president obama of paying ransom money to iran. >> we paid $400 million for the hostages, right. such a bad precedent, such an unbelievably bad precedent by-- set by obama. >> reporter: the u.s. transferred $400 million to iran last january around the same time that iran freed four american journalist jason rezain. according to the "wall street journal," a cargo plane landed in tehran loaded with stacks of cash, including uros and swiss francs. u.s. sanctions forbid using american dollars in any transactions with iran considered the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism. >> that's false. >> reporter: today the white house spokesman adamantly denied that the $400 million was ransom money. >> no, it was not. it is against the policy of the >> reporter: administration officials say they were simply returning money that had been tied up in a 35-year dispute which the president addressed earlier this year. >> iran will b

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john, you wrong with jennifer clarke. caller: i have a, then a question. the brennan center is a quasi-socialistic organization that has always been for the main objective of allowing illegal immigrants to vote. i worked for the government 20 years ago. i saw it illegal immigrants and i know this for a fact, i cannot tell you how about where i worked there were getting voter registration cards around the country illegally. the whole objective of this is to allow anyone to vote whether they are a citizen or noncitizen. that disenfranchises my vote. when people talk about disenfranchising and a cab of the 600,000 are probably have illegal. the women give you 20 things you have to have 40 -- and the 600,000, really? it does not affect any of them? host: question? jennifer: the brennan center and i think anyone else who works in elections thinks ineligible citizen should be voting. that is the basis of elections in this country to make sure eligible citizens can vote. that is what i believe and what the brennan center believes. integrity is the most important and of folks

john, you are on with jennifer clarke. caller: i have a commented at the end i have a question. the brennan center is a far left, quasi-socialistic organization that has always been for the main objective of allowing illegal immigrants to vote. i worked for the government 20 years ago. i saw illegal immigrants and i know this for a fact, i cannot tell you how, but where i worked, there were getting voter registration cards and they were in the country illegally. now, the whole objective of this is to allow anyone to vote whether they are a citizen or noncitizen. if it is a noncitizen, that disenfranchises my vote. when people talk about disenfranchising, i don't care about that 600,000 that are probably half illegal. the woman give you 20 things you have to have for a license -- and the 600,000, really? it does not affect any of them? i have a question -- >> i want to give her a chance to respond. jennifer: sure so of course the brennan center -- and i don't think anybody else who works in elections thinks people who aren't eligible citizens should be voting. that is the basis of elections