the number i think they have gotten my next question if the well is populated by this nice and john nance who is there was down is it and i don't why not i've been signing aren't you know this is a great question and actually i had to add. a note to the to the book to specify what i mean by the west so you know i'm a military analyst i'm not a partisan political person and so when i use the term the west what i mean is 2 things one are geo political entities are generally u.s. led you know western countries naser the western alliance and the us but i also include in that definition countries that fight in the same way that the us fights and it's really a military definition which a couple of years before was his testimony was the basis for the u.s. victory in the 1st gulf war and i kind of argue in the book that that victory actually force pretty much everybody else to adapt and evolve in. u.s. military dominance and the us perhaps has become a little bit stagnant because it hasn't had to face an adaptive landscape that others have had to deal with not even you said just a moment ago that

he writes that john bolton's book is full of startling revelations that he should have told us sooner. joining us as well, malcolm nanceformer senior chief petty office in the united states navy who spent three decades in the intelligence community. he's also an msnbc terrorism analyst and author of "the plot to betray america, how team trump embraced our enemies, compromised our security and how we can fix it." david, good morning. let me start with you. >> good morning. >> not everything in bolton's book is a surprise. some of the texture and detail is new and interesting, but he says that he thinks donald trump committed more impeachable offenses than he was tried for in the united states senate, and he's actually a national security threat. fascinating that he had all this information and he didn't come forth with it when the entire country was clamoring to hear from him. >> fascinating is one word. shocking is another. i argued in reviewing bolton's book that he had a duty to share the information that he had about the president's misconduct and just general abuse of his office when it was being investigated. an i