director leon panetta on the fight against al qaeda-- five years after osama bin laden's death. how warren buffett's son is helping africa feed itself, and much more. >> sreenivasan: all eyes are on indiana in the race for the white house. we examine the heightened significance of the hoosier state in 2016 with our politics monday team-- tamara keith of n.p.r, and amy walter of "the cook political report." so, one of the things we saw ted cruz say in the earlier piece was a viable path to the candidacy, that he's in this till it ends. does it end tomorrow night for him? >> i think it's already over. i think the race effectively ended last week with the primaries up and down the northeast corridor and donald trump putting up such big numbers. he's ahead in the polls now in indiana. he's ahead in california. it's going to be i think all but impossible for him to be stopped before we get to the convention, and even then i think he's going to get the 1237 votes he needs before the convention, i just think the momentum is strongly behind him, cruz never caught on. the stop trump move

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and we led leon panetta's book, and he was for the raid and hillary clinton was for it, and in the end, it is the president who has to mach the decision, and we have not heard his story e yet, and that is what is go ing the be so fascinating about tonight is the president talking about what went through his own mind as he had to decide. >> and incredible access, and we will get a lot of information that you never heard before. i want to thank all of the panelists for being here, ap andrew as well, thank you for coming back, and andrew's article is in the new york m magazine, and this is first time that you have written in like -- >> a year. >> a year. and you are tanned and rested well, you not tanned, but pale. >> yes. >> and now, one thing the book is not entirely written, because there are details that have been kept secret for fiver years and detail tas you will hear for the first time tonight, and there are other things that will get into the hour ahead, and we are glad that we have it tonight in a special "we got him, president obama and the raid on osama bin laden." >>> what are

leon panetta was on new day this morning. that guy has been in nearly every job in the government, including heading up the cia, heading up the defense department as well. he says he wouldn't want to gamble on donald trump. listen to this. >> i'm not sure what he stands for. i'm not sure what his positions are. he takes one position one day, he takes another position the next day. he takes positions on, you know, immigration and building a wall, on getting rid of 11 million immigrants. he talks about distributing atomic weapons so that it's okay if japan gets atomic weapons, if korea gets atomic weapons. he says these things almost as if he's not even thinking, and then, you know, the next day he kind of changes his position to try to soften some of the things he says. >> let's bring in josh row began rig , political columnist. criticism coming from leon panetta, maybe not so surprising. he was bill clinton's chief of staff, worked in the obama administration, but general david petraeus, he is also speaking out. what does he

nor did leon panetta.y understood that i was the military commander of this mission. >> never occurred to you to abort? >> no, because in our planning, we made sure that we had backup helicopters. my initial concern there was extraction, that if something happened to the helicopter that we could make sure that we could get the guys out. and so we had backup helicopters that were set up away from the compound, but they could get there quickly. nevertheless, it gave you a little jolt. i think it reminded you that no matter how well you plan, there is always going to be something that comes up. >> you are in the room, and the chopper goes down. what is the next big event? >> at that point you can see folks going into the building. and there was a well-plotted approach, entry and mcraven is narrating what is happening at that point to us. there was immediately some fire, and so we knew that we had engaged someone. real is touching a ray. amazing is moving like one. real is making new friends. amazing is gettin

. >> leon panetta was president obama's secretary of defense from 2011 until 2013. >> that's why theentagon supported maintaining a presence there. >> the key to preserving an american military presence in iraq was to negotiate a stay behind force. the president would have to take the lead. >> the only chance we would have had for an agreement would have been his intensive involvement, personally, and that didn't happen. >> and so, on december 18th, 2011, the last convoy of u.s. troops pulled out of iraq. while all that was happening, the arab spring was spreading throughout the arab world. demonstrations and riots and civil wars of people challenging their leaders. on january 25th, 2011, egyptians quaer gathered in cairo's tahrir square to protest the policies of egyptian president whose know mubarak, the u.s. ally. >> i've always considered egypt to be critical to our ability to provide stability in the middle east. >> when it became apparent mubarak had to go, the military urged caution. but the president pushed for his immediate removal. >> literally, the entire national security

the cia director that happened to be the former defense secretary, leon panetta on "new day" this morningnd had ideas about the standard bearer presumptive nominee and his ideas about foreign policy. i'll ask about it on the other side. >> i'm not sure what he stands for. i'm not sure what his positions are. but he takes one position one day, he takes another position the next day. he takes positions on, you know, immigration and building a wall, on getting rid of 11 million immigrants and he talks about distributing atomic weapons, it's okay, if korea gets atomic weapons. he says these things almost as if he's not even thinking. >> and that's not the only criticism about foreign policy. david petraeus, former cia director as well, registered republican, said rather than making our country safer, his statements, trump statements will compound the grave terrorist danger. those who flirt with hate speech against muslims realize they play into the hands of al qaeda and the islamic state. those are guys with big foreign policy coming down hard on the presumptive republican nominee, as the rnc

we got a call from leon panetta who said we are launched. we are ready to go.was an interesting night obviously. i think success has 1,000 fathers. we will see who was for it and it was an important day in our history. it was an incredible mission on behalf of our forces community and all of the figures that played a rowe in it. the logistics tale was significant. >> so much focus was put on who pulled the trigger, there were hadn'ts of people if not more over the course of since 9/11 and before had a in this. >> huge. the intelligence, the small pieces of information they were able to put together overtime that found the courier and that's all they found. for years to find the courier and they found it by two analysts putting together two things that didn't quite make sense to them. they put two pieces together and said you know what, we found the courier and got to the place and we forgot the doctor who helped in that operation. a pakistani national who knocked on the door who was doing vaccinations in the neighborhood is still in custody in pakistan. we try

and as far as leon panetta goes, again, since secretary of defense, the country is worse off. >> let you, boris. >> jamie, now let me finish. panetta was secretary of staff to bill clinton and bill clinton had zero foreign policy or national security experience before becoming president. panetta there -- >> boris -- >> being quite a bit short minded on how he approaches his own comments. >> jamie? >> boris, let me agree. i totally agree with you on hillary clinton. she was a disaster as secretary of state. one of the leading people going to libya. i don't have anything nice to say about secretary clinton's time as secretary of state. the problem is the republicans nominated someone who's even more out there, who wants to dismantle the national -- >> i don't know where you stand. jamie, you are writing for the daily caller. i appreciate you're a republican. which is a great organization. tucker carlson is a friend and supporting somebody who's a republican. if it's not donald trump, who would it be? >> quickly, jamie. >> i don't support people just based on parties. my problem is dona

leon panetta, as usual, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >>> and by the way, to our viewers, you can see the full interview with president obama recalling the killing of bin lad on a special edition of "ac 360" later tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern. you're going to want to see this. >>> to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news, protests growing outside a trump rally in indiana tonight, on the eve of the most consequential primary election yet. we're live on the scene. >>> and do or die for ted cruz's campaign. can he stop donald trump? one-on-one interviw with cruz coming up "outfront." >>> plus, how donald trump is turning carly fiorina's on-stage tumble into a slam on the cruz campaign. you have to see this to believe it. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, we begin with the breaking news protesters gatheringing outside a donald trump rally. his last rally in indiana

. >> shortly after assuming office, i directed leon panetta who was then head of the cia to prioritize this. >> i met osama bin laden in afghanistan in 1997. it was his first television interview. [speaking foreign language] back then his name was virtually unknown in the west. [ speaking foreign language ] >> after 9/11, bin laden went into hiding, eluding an intense manhunt. then a breakthrough. in 2010, the cia tracked a man known as the kuwaiti to this home in pakistan, home of the top training academy. the cia linked the kuwaiti to bin laden after piece iing a ra of information including interrogation of members of al qae qaeda. >> we had seen our intelligence slowly build a case that a high value target was there. we could not definitively say it was bin laden, but there were couriers we know were associated with bin laden. clearly something was going on. >> surveillance showed a family living there who rarely left the property. among them, one man who stood out. they called him the pacer. >> why did they call him the pacer? >> he would walk around the inside of the compound just

california political figure who was close to the president said that he will play a key role, leon panettad me that bill clinton had his detractors but is still an important figure in the democratic party. >> it just seems to me he could be a real asset in turning out the vote. >> hillary clinton is the clear leader, he says, when it comes to experience and leadership. >>> tonight, a former cia contractor who helped fight off terrorists in benghazi is in the bay area. the book was turned into a movie earlier this year. lillian cam was in san raphael where they spoke to a group of republicans about what happened when chris stevens and three other americans lost their lives. >> i was the ranger. >> chris poronto is one who really knows what happened in benghazi. >> the state department failed us. they did. all right? that is not a political statement. that is just a fact. >> pronto's story was told in the book," 13 hours," which was later turned into a movie earlier this year, he was hired by the cia to provide security. the same group that defied orders to stand down when the consulate was

i got to leon panetta institute and that place is all nervous about trump. they're very nervous about him. >> i don't think we're switzerland. >> seems like that. >> bernie sanders is the projected winner of west virginia. just happened now. let's bring in kacie hunt in washington. i love your focus group. i thought it was very interesting among republican women. actual voters who are not part of the power structure. it was great. >> thank you. it was a really interesting hour that i spent. thanks to the participants that spent this time talking with us. i think tfrs very illuminating in so much this is a group of people that donald trump or rather the republican nominee should be able to count on. the people that we talk to have been members of the republican party. @a same time, i thought it was really interesting that they essentially debated among themselves and i hardly had to moderate the discussion at all from that perspective. you had two people who were older women, who were very, very much supportive of donald trump and very much bought into the po

abc7 news anchor eric thomas recently sat down for a chat with leon panetta the former cia director and secretary of defense. and congressman. panetta said donald trump is about benefiting from an angry electorate. >> you have an individual who is basically appealing to that anger and frustration with hate and division and the kind of language that i think just inspires even greater hate >> panetta is a democrat who worked in the bill clinton white house. he said if the race was based was based only on knowledge and ability, hillary clinton would win. >>> this is the last weekend before the voter registration deadline. tomorrow is also the deadline to register for a political party. voters who registered as no party preference, also known as declined to state, can request a ballot with a democratic candidates. voters must register as republican to receive a republican ballot. >> the warriors are looking to take back home-court advantage tonight in the western conference finals. the dubs arrived in oklahoma city yesterday. the team tweeting this photo, saying, "wheels down in o k.c.." pg

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abc7 news anchor eric thomas recently sat down for a chat with leon panetta the former cia director and secretary of defense. he said donald trump is appealing to an angry and frustrated electorate. >> he's appealing to that group with hate and division and the kind of language that i think just inspires even greater hate. >> panetta is a democrat who worked in the bill clinton white house. he said if the race was based only on knowledge and ability, hillary clinton would win. >>> this is the last weekend before the voter registration deadline. tomorrow is also the deadline to register for a political party. voters who registered as no party preference, also known as declined to state, can request a ballot with a democratic candidate. voters must register as republican to receive are a republican ballot. >> on "this week" bernie sanders will make his case that the democratic race is not over yet. you can watch the full interview on "this week" with george stephanopoulos at 8:00 this morning right here on abc7. >>> the warriors are looking to take back home-court advantage tonight in the

president of the united states, president obama, but also donald trump, others like robert gates and leon panettal told the europeans and other allies that they needed to step up their game, they needed to contribute more resources, 2% of gdp, but also needed to train more because there was in essence, whether it was intentional or not, a free riding on the big sprawling military capacity the united states had around the world. and i think we've been using the bully pulpit to tell our allies that they need to do this. we have a big nato summit coming up in warsaw. i've met with many foreign leaders and defense ministers of these nato nations that are allies of the united states that talk a game about this, but they're primarily interested in what the larger leaders like the united states and nato will deploy in their countries to protect them from russia. so what i think has to happen is there has to be a healthier equation in mutual responsibilities and that hasn't happened to the degree that has satisfied either our current president or at least one of the contenders on one of the tickets comin

he lummed in leon panetta and robert gates. harris: the blob. sandra: being president is not like being on a reality show. maybe it would be nice to have a camera in every room in the white house. sandra: we are wrapping it up on the press conference from president obama. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ (charge music) you wouldn't hire an organist without hearing them first. charge! so why would you invest without checking brokercheck? check your broker with brokercheck. unless you have allergies. flonase is the first and only nasal spray approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. go ahead, embrace those beautiful moments. flonase changes everything. >> if you're approaching 65, now's the time to get your ducks in a row. to learn about medicare, and the options you have. you see, medicare doesn't cover everything - only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so if 65 is around the corner, think about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insu

guest: there have been concerns by former defense secretary robert gates, leon panetta and several others, other lawmakers and others in the national security establishment, about the outside influence of the national security council, which has grown pretty steadily since the 1960's. but obama's council now is numbered at about, pleaved to be numbered at about 400. there's concern that the people who work for the n.s.c. have too much say over military operations and other matters. so what thornberry's amendment would do is require senate confirmation of the national security advisor if the staff, the n.s.c. staff, numbers more than 100. host: that's a pretty unusual move. would that be making a big change? do you see it happening? guest: it would be a big change. it essentially, the n.s.a., the national security advisor has typically been somebody the president chooses, doesn't have to go through a rigorous senate confirmation process. that person has the ear of the president. i do expect this to pass. it is the chairman of the armed services committee who is putting it forward. so he ce

abc7 news anchor eric thomas recently sat down for a chat with leon panetta the former cia director andnetta said donald trump is appealing to an angry and frustrated electorate. >> you have an individual who is basically appealing to that anger and frustration with hate and division and the kind of language that i think just inspires even greater hate >> as you know, panetta is a democrat who worked in the bill clinton white house. he said if the race was based only on knowledge and ability, hillary clinton would win. >>> this is the last weekend before the voter registration deadline. tomorrow is also the deadline to register for a political party. voters who registered as no party preference, also known as declined to state, can request a ballot with a democratic candidate. voters must register as republican to receive a republican ballot. >> on "this week" bernie sanders will make his case that the democratic race is not over yet. you can watch the full interview on "this week" with george stephanopoulos at 8:00 this morning right here on abc7. >>> the warriors are looking to take b

the article that was recently published about mister rhodes, president obama, the ci director leon panettaleft completely in the dark about a lot of this and other things he did make judgments on regarding the nonexistence of moderate in the islamic republic to do a nuclear deal. it looks like the administration completely dispensed with that and put out the narrative anyway that there were moderates in the rainy and regime we were reaching out to to make this historic deal which proves to be at least misleading. liz: i wish we had more time, there is israel and the palestinians but i have to ask about this bill the senate passed yesterday that now goes to the house enabling families of the victims of 9/11 to sue the saudi arabian government for its role in the 9/11 attacks. there is some criticism, some people believe this is way too much opening a can of worms and we would then be vulnerable to lawsuits if you can suit different nationstates. do you feel it is narrow enough to be focused on 9/11 victims and their families? >> i think we will have to look at what the final bill says but i

clinton, whether it be leon panetta, mr. petraeus, cia director, they were more or less pushed aside as well as middle east advisers, i dare say as i wrap this up, there was no one in the white house with any nsc middle east experience permitted to be in the white house other than one person came in belatedly to deal with syria. >> thank you very much, ambassador ginsberg, pleasure to have you on. >> thank you, ayman. good to be here. >>> a message for trump. what the muslim mayor of london has to say about his views of islam. stay with us. this might look like a zero-gravity drop... but it's actually a triumph of predictive analytics. because of optum. through population health data, they provide insights so doctors and hospitals can identify high-risk patients. like me... asthma... potential hospital visit. so now thanks to optum, this asthma thing's under control. gravity not so much. this is healthier, powered by optum. from health plans to providers to employers. we connect all parts of health care. healthier is here. .

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administration: cia director david petraeus, secretary of state hillary clinton, and defense secretary leon panetta. they made the case to the president. >> you did have people inside the administration who said, "we need to get involved here. we need to help this opposition force. we need to find those who represent values that we can live with and provide them arms and training." >> the only way we were going to get credibility with those that were fighting on the streets and dying was to be able to provide the weapons they needed in order to confront assad, and that's why i supported petraeus's recommendations and why we recommended that. >> narrator: despite the recommendation of his senior advisors, the president was reluctant. >> ...for us to think that somehow there is some simple solution i think is a mistake. >> that wasn't something president obama wanted to do. he didn't think it would be effective, he didn't want to necessarily get involved in somebody else's civil war. he came to office not to get involved in the middle east, but to get us out of the middle east. >> breaking news right

in iraq and i can understand that, but nevertheless there were some reason seasoned people like leon panettand bob gates who helped this president or at least tried to and probably don't deserve to be thought of as part of a blob. >> julie, have you since this article come out -- came out have you talked to people at the white house? >> yeah, i mean, it's interesting because this white house really prides themselves on being the smartest kid in the room. that's kind of their approach to so many things, they take that approach in dealing with the media, capitol hill, think tanks. i think what you saw in this article is a little bit about how the sausage ask made which is kind of an ugly thing to look at, but i think that they look at this article and they will probably take the criticism of it which is plenty and coming from people even friendly to them as another example of how washington doesn't get what the obama administration is trying to do. they really have this attitude frankly that they are the only smart ones in town and the only ones who understand the goals here. >> i thought you

but you know, nevertheless, there were some very seasoned people out there, some like leon panetta andhelped this president, or at least tried to, and probably don't deserve to be thought of as part of a blob. >> julie? have you since this article came out, have you talked to people at the white house? >> yeah. i mean, you know, it's interesting, because this white house really prides themselves on being the smartest kid in the room. that's their approach to so many things. they take that approach in dealing with the media, in dealing with capitol hill, in dealing with think tanks. i think what you saw in this hospital is a little bit of how the sausage is made, which is an ugly thing to look at. but i think they look at this article and i think that they will probably take the criticism of it, which is plenty coming from people that are friendly to them, as just another example of how washington doesn't get what the obama administration is trying to do. they really have this attitude frankly that they are the only smart ones in town and the only ones who kind of understand. >> i thoug

. >> leon panetta described the secretary of defense being in a car andriving without the brakes andyou're not. the people were behind the scenes rather than a guy with decades of experience. >> i like leon panetta. i got to meet him, and i think there's a photo somewhere. yeah, he spoke -- listen, robert gates said some things in his book. a lot of people said things in the book, how our national security, our foreign policy is being run by a bunch of people with no real experience. technocrats if you will. >> him revealing, pulling aside the curtain, that's usually happening after you leave an administration. you know, you write a book sometimes down the pike. but kevin corke our correspondent asked josh earnest, can you state categorically that no senior official has ever lied about the iran nuclear deal and earnest said no. no. >> well, that's the most honest thing that josh earnest might have said. didn't victoria newellen tell the truth? >> it looked like rosen had him on the ropes and that was whitewashed and eight minutes are whitewashed. >> when there's an iran/contra scanda

that was a transcript of one question he asked of leon panetta and jeremy bash. when you see the transcripts you will see what dana was talking about was a very small point. the posture of the troops. how that order was received. all of that is what we want to ask people about. whether they could have gotten there in time, i don't think there is any issue with respect to that. the next question is why could you not. why were you not positioned to do it. dana is a wonderful person who served the country with great distinction. bill: fray gowdy, the republican from south carolina. martha: a big meeting will happen tomorrow between leading conservatives and facebook ceo mark zuckerberg. a group of influential republicans heading to california, and they will meet with facebook executives after a former staffer turned whistle blower and accused the social network of editing their trending news section to block out popular conservative news stories. those attending tomorrow include glenn beck, barry bennett, and arthur brooks of the american enterprise institute. give

samuel's article, leon panetta stated that he during his tenure as director of the cia and secretary of defense never saw the letters that obama covertly sent to iran's supreme leader in 2009 and 2012. he goes on to say that he would like to believe that tom doni n donilon, then national security adviser, and hillary clinton, then secretary of state, had a chance to work on the offer they presented. mr. doran, let me begin with you. is there any information confirming that mr. donilon or secretary clinton worked on those letters? >> none that i know of. >> okay. mr. rubin, is the circ circumventing -- let's use that word -- of relevant department and agency heads in major foreign policy decisions typical behavior for members of the national security council and other white house staffers? >> it has become a problem that has grown with time, dating back administrations. >> so this is common practice these days? >> this has become all too common, yes. >> mr. hannah? >> i do think something has changed in that regard. just the fact that we have a deputy national security advisor for str

samuel's article, leon panetta stated that he, during his tenure as director of the cia and secretary of defense, never saw the letters that obama covertly sent top iran's supreme leader in 2012. he goes on to say he would like to believe tom donnellan, then national security adviser and hillary clinton, then secretary of state, had a chan to work on the offer. let me start with you, is there any indication they worked on those? >> none that i know of. >> mr. ruben, is circumventing -- relevant department and agency heads foreign policy for security council and other white house staffers. >> it has become a problem grown with time dating back to administrations. >> so this is common practice these days. >> this has become all too common, yes. >> mr. hannah? >> i do think something has changed in that regard. just the fact that we have a deputy national security adviser for strategic communications whose job is to develop policies, it seems, closest foreign policy aide to the president and the guy sell it i think is worse. i've got to say in our administration, you can maybe fault us f

samuel's article, leon panetta stated that he, during his tenure as director of the cia and secretary of defense, never saw the letters that obama covertly sent to iran's supreme leader in 2009 and 2012. he goes on to say that he would like to believe that tom donilon, then national security advisor, and hillary clinton, then secretary of state, had a chance to work on the offer they presented. mr. doran, let me begin with you. is there any information confirming that mr. donilon or secretary clinton worked on those letters? michael s. doran: none that i know of. jody b. hice: ok. mr. rubin, is the circumventing -- let's use that word -- of relevant department and agency heads in major foreign policy decision typical behavior for members of the national security council and other white house staffers? michael rubin: it has become a problem that has grown with time dating back administrations. jody b. hice: so this is common practice, these days? michael rubin: this has become all too common. yes. jody b. hice: mr. hannah? john hannah: i do think something has changed in that regard, j