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i want to bring in john mclaughlin, john, what's your reaction to ms. haspel's prepared remarks?> i think she's going to say exactly what ken suggested she was going to say. and i think that's right at this point. she has other things that senators are looking for and ken alluded to this a bit, i think senators will be looking for whether -- particularly democratic senators, will be looking for whatever -- this is the person who can stand up to the president and on issues where the intelligence community disagrees and has a contrary view. for example, i don't know precisely what the intelligence committee has said about the iran nuclear agreement. but i think they view it as one in which the iranians have been in compliance. and i would expect that -- i know her quite well. and i know this is a very accomplished woman whose experience and what i've observed about her, she's full of swelling grit, honesty, and she will speak the truth, particularly when power doesn't particularly doesn't want to hear the truth. i think they're looking for that as a cia director, because this is th

the agency and the men and women of the agency and former acting director and deputy director john mclaughlin said if you're professional officer to head the agency i can't think of a better person than guinea. want to give her a fair, thorough hearing and we're very only will all not of the members of the senate see rest of us see and certainly even some of the people who have held that position, that gino is more than qualified to run the agency. >> sarah, if she's asked any regarding rest of us see enhan interrogation techniques that took place during herten you're c.i.a. that democrats say she was involved with, she can answer them fully in an open hearing, is that your position? >> i'll let her address those come.ons as they but as we've said we think all of the issues surrounding her ecord, her experience, will be brought up, and we're fully confident in her ability to answer those questions. steve? >> yes, sarah. moscow wasrettien in inaugurated today for a new six-year term. over the weekend throughout arresting,saw police it's estimated, about 600 anti-putin demonstrators including a

. >> john mclaughlin. hi john. >> hi there. these are both people i've worked with and for. the whole nature of international business is changing and maybe one of the characteristics and that there are almost no national companies left anywhere. there are more bmws made in north carolina than there are in bavaria and there are 40 different countries contributing to parts of the iphone. i'm wondering for a company with that kind of profile and dimension and scope how does that change political risk as compared to what might have been for company 25 years ago? >> so you hit on one of the key variables that transformed the landscape. we talked about problem. what has created the landscape that we race today and the changes are in politics that can't be eluded to in the secular changes in technologies that empower lone individuals or small groups and the changes that you alluded to which is companies are global in a way that they have a then and they haven't been in a very long time so supply chains are longer and their mode more global and more opaque than they were 20 or 30 y

lastly former acting director and deputy director john mclaughlin said if you're picking a professional officer to head the agency, i can't think of a better person than geena. we want her to get a fair hearing, a thor rogue hearing and we're confident that not only will all of the members of the senate see what the rest of us see and certainly even some of the people that have held out that position see, that geena is more than qualified to run and lead the agency. reporter: if she's asked questions regarding a -- an interrogation technique that took place in her tenure in the c.i.a. that democrats believe she was involved with, she can answer them fully in an open hearing, is that your position? ms. sanders: i'll let her address the questions as they come. we think the issues surrounding her record and experience will be brought up and we're confident in her ability to nswer those questions. reporter: president putin was inaugurated for a new six-year term and we saw in russia police resting about 600 anti-putin demonstratorle. we have seen the president tweet about other russia matte

john mclaughlin, jeremy bash, ken dilanian, thank you all so much for an interesting discussion tonightome, when he was a developer, donald trump was the self-proclaimed king of debt. why did he pay for some projects in cash in recent years? we'll dive into brand-new reporting from david fahrenthold still to come. >>> first another whiplash week in washington and it started so quietly. "kasie d.c." back after this. >> the white house is keeping ronny jackson on the job. >> president trump is going to take questions from the president of nigeria. >> breaking news here. stormy daniels is suing donald trump for defamation. >> we come on the air with breaking news. >> on kelly. he's referred to trump as an idiot multiple times. >> we have breaking news. >> mueller has dozens of inquiries for trump. >> 49 questions that special counsel robert mueller has recently provided. >> we have breaking news this hour. >> president trump's longtime doctor -- >> bornstein says his office was raided by three men. >> breaking news from the woe "washington post." >> mueller raised the possibility of a pres

whether it's jim clapper, director of national intelligence for prime minister, henry kissinger, john mclaughlin -- i'm sorry, mike morel, mike mukasey, john negroponte, george tenet, and the list goes on and on of people that have looked at your record and that have examined it and said you'd be a qualified leader for that, that speaks well of your leadership and i thank you very much. we haven't had much time to talk about today, and let's talk about the very serious counter narcotics threats coming at us and some of the situations happening in our hemisphere dealing with drug trafficking, and drug trafficking in particular, what is the sense the role should have in the ongoing work to be able to do counter narcotics work in our hemisphere. >> senator, thank you very much, for that question and you've been a big supporter of cia's counter narcotics' work, but when i return from my overseas posting in early 2017, i was frankly, shocked at what i saw was happening in our country, particularly in places like my home state of kentucky where there's a real crisis, but i think the number is 63,000 a

. >> john mclaughlin is one of the many veteran intelligence officials who call haspel perfect for the job because of her long career inside of the agency. not that she will be able to say much about it. many details still classified. and angering some senators who say the cia's playing politics. >> the classification process is supposed to be based on national security, not on political security. >> and back here at home, a fallout following claims of racism in the san jose police department. this morning the officer who is suing is suspended. after he spoke with damon trujillo, someone leaked a complaint about the officer. no details just that it happened in 2016 and hadir is serving a one-week suspension and he is suing the department saying he's endured racist comments because he is muslim. the city calls that an unfair characterization and watch the monday interview at nbcbayarea.com. >>> the san francisco police chief could be closer to leaving. we told you he is quietly interviewing to be the top cop of l.a. and that interview went well. l.a. times is reporting big scott is one

whether it's jim clapper, director of national intelligence for president obama, henry kissinger, john mclaughlin, mike morell. mike mccasey, leon panetta, george tenet. the list goes on and on of the people that have looked at your record and said you would be a qualified leader. we appreciate that very much. let me ask you a little bit about some ongoing threats coming at us that we haven't had much time to talk about today. let's talk about the counter narcotics threat coming at us and some of the changing situations that's happening in our hemisphere dealing with drug trafficking organizations, international drug trafficking in particular. what do you sense is a role the c.i.a. should have in the ongoing work to do counter naar -- narcotics work. >> thank you for the question. when i returned from my overseas posting in early 2017, i was frankly shocked at what i saw was happening in our country, particularly in places like my home state of kentucky where there is a real crisis. but i think the number is 63,000 americans we lost last year. we're losing 115 americans a day. that seems to me to

. >> joining us now is john mclaughlin, our national security analyst and former acting director of the cia. it is a real pleasure to have you on today. >> great to see you. >> you have the job she currently has and she's going for the top gig. sa sara ra -- sarah sanders quoted you yesterday. we know where you stand. people say the cia is hiding behind the classification process and they've selectively declassified the record to show the good parts and not the bad. >> these are always tough calls for the cia, particularly with someone like gina who spent her life in the clandestine service. if you reveal precisely where he was and what she said and who she was dealing with, you would expose operations and sources who would be in trouble. >> did the specific the complaint -- >> and the fact that she spent her life in the clandestine service makes this more difficult. >> it does make a difference. what do you say to the criticism that they're hiding behind that, that everything is going to be behind a dark door of classified information? >> i think the senators are hiding a little bit to

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i want to bring in now john mclaughlin, former acting cia director as well as victor chod, director ofationdies at georgetown university and former director of affairs jill cove van of the ap, charlie savage of the "new york times" here with me as well. thank you all for being here on what has turned into another very busy news morning. victor rer let victor, lindsay graham was out this morning talking about what he thinks might happen. his tone was really interesting. watch. >> the preferred route is through peace through a peace treaty, win/win for them and us. and in terms of when, he wants it to be in his first term. but if diplomacy fails, then military action is the only thing left and it would be the utder destruction of the north korean regime which would come at a high price. >> is that where we are, talking military options already? >> i certainly hope not. i think the -- there is of course the possibility that north korea will start testing missiles again. they tested 20 of them last year during the first 12 months of president trump's time in office and i hide dre again bomb. bu

former deputy assistant robert driss cal, msnbc national security analyst john mclaughlin who spent 30 years at the cia where he served as acting director. and our panel lexi mccabbet and aaron blake. a lot to get into. and let me start, it's a bit of a poe perry pick between the briefing of caucasus members in what we expect to hear from paul ryan in a couple minutes and then this election security briefing that garrett and i were talking about. kearse ten neilson said she was not aware of this intelligence community assessment that in fact russia was trying to help president trump. she sort of clarified that in this conversation saying, well, you know, the social media bots, all the trolls on line were trying to help hillary clinton, they were sending people to her events. don't forget, the intelligence community we assess russian president vladimir putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 adding we further assess they had a clear preference for president-elect trump. >> this was a very strong confidence conclusion con januay 26 and it's been confirmed. >> correct. last week it ca

and lastly john mclaughlin said if you were picking a professional officer to he had will the agency,erson than gina. waen we want her to get a fair and thorough hearing and we're confident that not only will all of the members of the senate see what the rest of us see and certainly even some of the people that have held that position see, that gina is more than qualified to lead the agency. >> so if she is asked any questions regarding enhanced interrogation techniques that took place during her tenure at the cia, that democrats say that she was involved with, she can answer them fully in an open hearing, is that your position? >> i'll let her address those he questions as they come, but we think all the issues surrounding her record and experience will be brought up and we're fully confident in her ability to answer though questise question. >> president putin was inaugurated today for a new six year term. over the weekend, we saw police arresting estimated about 1600 anti-putin demonstrators, including anti-collection campaigner natural value a eere. what does the message does the

and lastly, former acting director and deputy director john mclaughlin said if you were picking a professional officer to head the agency, i can't think of a better person than gina. we want her to get a fair hearing, a thorough hearing and we are very confident that not only will all of the members of the senate see what the rest of us see and certainly even some of the people that have held that position see but that gina is more than qualified to run and lead the agency. >> if she's asked any questions regarding enhanced interrogation techniques that took place during her tenure at the cia, that democrats say that she was involved with, she can answer them fully in an open hearing. is that your position? >> i'll let her address those questions as they come. but as we've said, we think all of the issues surrounding her record, her experience will be brought up and we're fully confident in her ability to answer those questions. >> yes, sarah. president putin in moscow was inaugurated today for a new six-year term. over the weekend, throughout russia, we saw police arresting it is estimated ab

director john mclaughlin is one of many intents official who is call haspel perfect for the job because of her long career inside the agency. many details of her career are still classified. angering some senator who is say the c.i.a. is playing politics. >> the classification process is supposed to be based on national security. not on political security. >> this morning, before the hearing started, some 80 former ambassadors came out opposing haspel's nomination. it's sure to be a controversial one as we expect to see more fireworks as the hearing continues. the vote by the way, on haspel's nomination is not expected until later in the month. >> halle, thanks. >>> new evacuations being ordered in hawaii over the volcano on the big island has e. creating new cracks, releasing even more toxic gas into the air. let's go to nbc's national correspondent miguel almaguer who has been covering this. >> the new evacuations sent another jolt of fear for those living near the volcano. lava has incinerated homes and cars and now dangerous toxic gas can also kill. and after the new eruptions, many

whether it is jim clapper, director of national intelligence for president obama, henry kissinger, john mclaughlinike morell, mike mull casey, john neg row upon day, leon upon net at that, george tenant. the list goes on and on of people who have looked at your record and said you would be a qualified leader for that. that speaks well of your history and leadership and we appreciate that very much. let me ask you about ongoing let's that are coming at us we haven't had much time to talk about today. let's talk about the very serious counternarcotics threat coming at us in some of the changing situations that's happening in our hemisphere dealing with drug trafficking organizations, international drug trafficking in particular. what do you sense is a role the cia should have in the ongoing work to be able to do counternarcotics work in our hemisphere? >> senator, thank you very much for that question and you've been a big supporter of cia's counternarcotics work, but when i returned from my overseas posting in early 2017 i was frankly shocked at what i saw was happening in our country, particularly

. >> there's so many john mclaughlin was i think 92 and he missed one show on sunday and a funeral onuesday >> most of us are not breaking rocks. most of us can keep going as long as our brain a working. >> let me squ you this -- >> and then medicaid and medicare, there are ways to do that we've been talking about this for years at aei >> for individuals you saw the rate come down a bit you saw deduction gs go away. at this point is the tax code for individuals, sit just right? is it too progressive? or not progressive enough? >> i think it's extremely progressive in so far as the bottom half doesn't pay federal income taxes so what we find is the top rates are lower making it less progressive to the europeans but in europe, virtually everybody pays some taxes. they have some skin in the game. so the behavioral problem of the american tax rate is such that we have half the population that doesn't feel like they have any investment in the way things are going. consequently, they don't take any -- >> we've had steny we've had all the democrats on that are trying to -- or many of them we

here to break it down, former pollster for the trump campaign, ceo of mclaughlin and associates, john mclaughlinar, of seats up, 35 seats that are up, 26 democratic seats up. only nine republicans at play. you got the 26 seats up, what is important, 26 seats, 10 in states that trump won, one minnesota that he almost won. griff: i want to get to those. so our viewers what 26 meets mean. democrats have to win 26 seats plus two to overcome majority in the 10 competitive states? >> in the 10 competitive states, what is interesting, trump strategy to bring new voters out. record turnout of 139 million voters, 63 million voted for trump. these states had surges of trump voters. democrats are picking fights with the president while his job approval is going up. in our poll, mclaughlin online, the job approval is net nine points last november. 49-49 just last week. in those states it is even higher. so in those states where you have these 10 democrats up in seats that are targeted, seats where trump won, you have in effect his numbers going higher and millions of trump voters voted in 2016 but not in 20

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