juliette kayyem, always appreciate your insight. we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. >> in helsinki, i had a great meeting with putin. >> as i have said consistently, russia attempted to interfere with the

back with me, juliette kayyem, carrie cordero and garrett graff.nd they're reporting that she sought out interactions with j.d. gordon who served as trump's campaign director on national security for six months before he moved over to the transition team. that's according to testimony and documents provided to the senate intelligence committee. significant? >> oh, absolutely. what we have to remember is the case that's trying to be made, right now she's in jail. what she's saying or not saying is going to be relevant for any investigation. what's more important is the extent to which we are now seeing how early on in this campaign the national security team, this is not like some finance person, this is the -- one of the leads of trump's very small national security team were receptive to someone like maria. right? in other words, no other campaign in the history of the presidency has had so many russians hanging out around the various teams. so what this reporting shows is that those overtures were very, very close to the election day itself, and

juliette kayyem. and scott miller a commercial pilot for 30 years. if this ground worker is able to grab a plane and take off how far is a stretch is it for someone with more sinister intentions to do the same thing. >> there is always going to be a risk in aviation and particularly from what would be known as an insider threat, someone who has gone through security, that the company at least has sort of confidence in. by the time a passenger airline is being filled with people it already has a cockpit staff. it already has the security apparatus surrounding it. in some ways he took advantage of the vulnerabilities because the plane was in fact empty. >> scott, what crossed your mind when you heard about what happened. >> at first i thought he had to have some sort of flight experience in his background. it was curious because when i was coming up in my early 20s i was a ground service worker for an airline first at san francisco and san jose. and i was tow qualified on the aircraft. i was -- at the time i was thinking in the back of my head, you kno

. >> so here to discuss, two cnn national security analysts, juliette kayyem and asha rangappa. s a former department of homeland security official and asha is a former fbi special agent. she's also a cnn legal analyst. good evening to both of you. good to have you on. juliette, you just heard the president slam the fbi and justice department saying if it doesn't straighten out he will get involved. how dangerous is that comment? >> well, it's dangerous but it also assumes he hasn't already gotten involved. this man -- the president, you know, fired the fbi director, a part of the department of justice. he went after mccabe. he's going after individual civil servants on twitter. he's going after anyone who has a russia experience. right? anyone who understands the russia investigation. so he's already involved. the other thing is i let there -- watching this and thinking who hired these people? who hired the attorney general? who hired the u.s. attorneys? who hired the deputy attorney general? who hired the head of the fbi? these are his people. he's acting like they, like, fell

juliet juliette kayyem is concerned. >> ending security at certain airports, ending or flat lining the service are inconsistent. if you're going to decrease security at certain airports, what you would want to do is increase the presence of air marshals and other security features just in case. >> reporter: cnn revealed the most controversial cut, eliminating screening at small airports like this one in redding, california where bryant garrett is the manager. >> since i as the airport don't want to take on that liability nor the cost and i'm quite certain the airlines don't want to take that on, so if tsa backs out, there's a void and i don't know who would fill it. >> reporter: air marshals are the last line of defense, armed agents aboard planes to prevent hijackings. the tsa defended the program as a deterrent. agencies discuss where to trim all the time, but the big question congress and likely the american public is asking and would like explained is whether the cuts are being considered because the threat and risk to aviation has changed or is this just an indication that the age

juliette kayyem, always appreciate your insight. thank you for being here. >>> we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. >> in helsinki, i had a great meeting with putin. >> as i have said consistently, russia attempted to interfere with the the probe could be far from over as trump's legal team is still negotiating the final details of a potential sit-down interview with special counsel robert mueller. white house aides are saying that they hope potentially filling trump's schedule with these kinds of political events will help take his mind off the investigation and improve his mood, and certainly, the ohio special election provides trump with the crucial opportunity to do just that, as republicans are really hoping to avoid another democratic victory in a district that trump carried easily in 2016, christi. >> all righty. sarah westwood, thank you so much. >>> and there is a new poll that shows why republicans are so concerned about this race in ohio. the latest mon

juliette kayyem, a former official with department of homeland security under obama is concerned. >>ning the air malls service are actually inconsistent, because if you're going to decrease security at certain airports, what you would want to do is increase the presence of air marshals or other security features just in case. >> cnn revealed the most controversial cut, eliminating screening at small airports like this one in redding, california, where bryant garrett is the manager. >> since i as the airport don't want the take on that, either the liability nor the cost, and i'm quite certain the airlines don't want the take that on scott. if tsa backs out, there is a void and i don't know who would fill it. >> ladies and gentlemen we are the police. remain calm. >> air marshals are the last line of defense, armed agents aboard planes the prevent hijacks. critics have questioned its effectiveness, buzz the tsa a has defended the program as a deterrent. >> yeah, just as recently as made the tsa defended the air marshals program. it really raises the question why the agency is discussin

and cnn national security analyst juliette kayyem. good evening. happen friday to you. let's start with this breaking news with the special counsel recommending up to six months of jail time for george papadopoulos. remember, he's the one who pleaded guilty to lying to investigators. but the special counsel is arguing that lies have consequences because they're saying he impeded the investigation and that his cooperation has been disappointing. what's your reaction? >> it's quite interesting and enlightening to see what happened with papadopoulos who has been sort of a hero of the resistance. a lot of people thought he's giving this much information. it's clear from the documents tonight that were filed that he's been anything but. he's not been forthcoming. they actually believe him to be stalling on information. and the key point for your audience to know is that there was a professor who basically -- massoud, who basically was sort of the -- a potentially central point of linking the russians with the trump campaign. he was in the united states and papadopoulos lies

juliette kayyem, a former official with department of homeland security under obama is concerned. >>ing security at certain airports and ending or flat lining the air marshal service are inconsistent. if you're going to decrease security at certain airports, what you would want to do is increase the presence of air marshals or other security features just in case. >> cnn revealed the most controversial cut -- eliminating screening at small airports like this one in redding, california, where bryant garrett is the manager. >> since i as the airport don't want to take on either the liability nor the cost and the airlines don't want to take it on. >> we are the police, remain calm. >> air marshals are the last line of defense, armed agents aboard planes to prevent hijackings. critics have questioned its effectiveness but the tsa has defended the program as a deterrent. just as recently as may, the tsa defended the program. it raises the question about why the agency is discussing cuts now. cnn reached out to tsa multiple times but did not receive any response but the big question tonigh