michael hayden and james clapper in attendance. >>> and you may think you know the monica lewinsky story. we're turkey day minus three. so what do you say? let's get after it. >>> this would be some headline all by itself. a top administration official using a personal e-mail account for official white house business. then you add to that, it's the president's daughter ivanka. what's he going to say about it? nothing. you are not going to hear chants of lock her up at some trump rally about this. what are ivanka's people saying? they're saying her private account was used, quote, almost always for logistics and scheduling concerning her family and that she only did so until the white house told her it was a no-no. let's get after it with two of the biggest names in intelligence, former cia director general michael haden and lieutenant general james clapper. i'm not going to take up too much time on smaller matters. using a private e-mail to do government business, even after our reporting is she was told that it's a no-no, how big a deal, jim clapper? >> well, it's a big deal politically

and welcome to this very special program with the general michael hayden as part of our -- this year'sfall for the book festival. my name is david myer. i'm in the mayor of the city of fairfax and a member of the board of directors for the fall for the back festival. on behalf of the festival planners, the faculty, staff, and students of george mason university and the citizens of

and welcome to this very special program with the general michael hayden as part of our -- this year's fall for the book festival. my name is david myer. i'm in the mayor of the city of fairfax and a member of the board of directors for the fall for the back festival. on behalf of the festival planners, the faculty, staff, and students of george mason university and the citizens of the city of fairfax, i thank general hayden for his presence here today. you have been most generous with your time and we appreciate it. thank you. we look forward to you sharing if us your perspectives on one of the worlds' most pressing challenges facing all of mankind, the pace of change in global politics, economics, culture and technology, is increasing exponentially and these challenges to our nation are profound and at times can seem incalculable and even overwhelming. these changes specifically impact our nation's security. not simply our traditional military security but the security of our economic life, our information systems and even our basic practices of democracy. elected and appoint officia

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(jrstone) former c-i-a director michael hayden has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke. his family says the 73-year-old suffered the stroke at his home earlier this week and is currently receiving medical treatment.details on the severity of the stroke were not revealed.hayden is a retired four-star air force general who served as c-i-a director from 2006 to 2009. before that, he spent six years as director of the national security agency.in recent years, hayden has worked as a national security analyst for c-n-n. (jrstone) victims of the woolsey fire in southern california are just starting to put their lives together again. some of them are already filing lawsuits against the utility they blame for sparking the fire that destroyed their homes. rachel kim has the story. wendell phillips/fire victim "the house was on fire, it was literally engulfed and our whole place burned in about seven minutes."wendell phillips lost his home and animal rescue ar decker canyon in the woolsey fire.he is now suing southern california edison.his lawyers say the company is responsible for

we want to discuss with former director of the cia and nsa, general michael hayden.we want to read a couple things about what you said about assange. i don't imagine you would shed a tear if he is charged? >> we were always under the assumption he had. >> you were under the impression he had been charged a couple years ago? >> yes, because of his body of work, if you want to call it that. it begins with chelsea manning and what was released at that time. then fast-forward, sending something to assist snowden, and then you have the release of cyber hacking tools apparently stolen from the united states government. i am not even up to the question of the american election in 2016 yet. i think there's a reason why he stayed in the ecuadorian embassy in london for so long. >> why do you think it's important he goes to jail? >> because what he has done, the description of him is correct and one we had of him at all-time. that's how we viewed him and worked against him. i know this implicates first amendment protections. is he or he is not a newsman? when i look at a newsm

. ♪ >>> we are learning here at cnn that former cia and nsa director general michael hayden, who worksere as an analyst suffered a stroke earlier this week. we are told it happened at home and that he is now receiving expert medical care. his family thanks everyone for their warm wishes as he begins the healing process. and, general, from everyone here at cnn, our thoughts certainly with you and we look forward to your recovery and getting back here at cnn as soon as you can. also just in to cnn, the white house is asking the u.s. supreme court to take up the administration's transgender military ban. so far federal judges have blocked president trump from banning most transgender people from opening serving in the u.s. military. so to joan biskupic we go, our cnn analyst. what's going on here? >> right now president trump's ban on most transgender people serving in the u.s. military is being litigated in lower courts. lower courts have blocked the policy from fully taking effect and the trump administration instead of waiting for a full airing in lower courts, which normally is the wa

. >>> and former cia director michael hayden is in the hospital after suffering a stroke this week.ment says he was at home when it happened and he is receiving expert medical care for which they are grateful. hayden served in both the george w. bush and obama administrations, and he has spent part of his postservice career as a national security analyst here at cnn. a vocal critic of the president, hayden made headlines in july when he defended former cia director john brennan, whose security clearance was revoked by trump. hayden retired as cia director in 2009. >>> and george papadopoulos is scheduled to turn himself in on monday to begin serving his prison time unless a judge intervenes. the former trump campaign adviser was sentenced to 14 days in prison for lying to investigators about his contact with russian affiliates during the 2016 presidential race. papadopoulos pleaded guilty if october. he is seeking to delay the start of his prison time, but a special counsel's office official is asking a judge to deny that request. >>> a major winter storm is moving out of the west a

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michael hayden or james clapper calling the president either, in the case of clapper, treasonous, oroking the third reich or that julia joffe saying he's radicalized more people all without pushback. this all came from cnn. we're not talking about kathy griffin with the decapitated a head or the jokes about trump crashing. there's a whole corpus of examples that wewe don't hear about, but we have privilege if you want to take the effort to learn about it. when he says look at those people, he has grounds to do that. mark: and yet this president has been relatively passive when it comes to action. >> yeah, he has. mark: on the media. john adams, sedition act. locked up journalists. abraham lincoln's executive order, where the new york newspaper printed a fake presidential proclamation. he ordered his generals to arrest the editors, and the journalists, and they shut down almost 300 papers. whatever you think about it, that's what he did. woodrow wilson set up a whole intelligence operation against the media and the new sedition act of 1918. you've got fdr going after publishers, obama

he had michael hayden, a former cia director, discussed threat to democratic institutions at an event that george mason university. this is about one hour and 10 minutes. lauren: good morning, everyone. i'm lauren clafey. a former official at the department of homeland security. i would like to introduce our guests. onre has been a lot of focus rhetoric in the previous panels, , bute will get to that with the state of media and the way it has changed, we want to discuss the way it changed and the way it is viewed as a distributor and validator of information. frank.take it to i'm going to surprise you on intoone, and let you go what you think of the state of media today and how it changed and the past 20 years, challenges and journalism right now. frank: everything is fine. [laughter] never been better. look, i think this is a very serious issue. it is one that has a huge amount of complexity. the first place people make a mistake is to use the word media as a single word. it is one of the most plural words and our vocabulary. when sarah huckabee sanders said after the horrors in pitt

. >>> the former director of the cia and national security agency michael hayden suffered a stroke thismily said he was at home when it happened and he, quote, is receiving expert medical care for which they are grateful. cia director gina pahaspel offed wishes for speedy recover. he served during the george w. bush and obama administrations and retired in 2009. >>> coming up, an american missionary's last letter shows how he feared for his life before going to a remote island to try to convert the tribespeople there. >>> a home explosion. wait until you see this picture, just rocks a small neighborhood in minnesota. we've transformed this home to show the new keurig k-cafÉ brewer makes any house a coffee house. just pop that in for a coffee or brew a shot and froth milk for a latte or cappuccino. easy peasy. now she's a barista! it's so frothy. a little piece of heaven. thank you. but how's the coffee? a little piece of heaven. you find money everywhere.enot, and when you save on everything... it really adds up. it's kind of a big deal. retailmenot. yours for the saving. nothing's more

michael hayden was here before and said he always assumed there was a sealed indictment. >> but we never it. it never went forward and my understanding -- jeffrey, correct me if i'm wrong -- people in the obama administration didn't think there was a way to bring charges. it's hard to believe that donald trump's justice department under donald trump who is such a fan of wikileaks will do something to its found thaer the obama administration never managed to. >> playing that sound is extraordinary, and it does show what the problem here is for donald trump politically. whatever the charge might be, we have the video of donald trump loving them to death. it's weird for a president to love someone being charged for anythi anything. >> it's important to point out what the first amendment issue is here because it is difficult. what happened in just a general way is someone gave classified information to wikileaks, to julian asang, and he published it. journalists do it. bob woodward has made a brilliant career of getting classified information and then publishing it. is that a crime? historic

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amy: i want to turn to former nsa is very director michael hayden who appeared on cnn this morning.ast-forward to sending an agent of wikileaks to hong kong to assist edward snowden in the flight from u.s. justice? you then later have the release of cyber hacking tools, apparently stolen from the united states government. i'm not even up to the question of the american election in 2016 yet. i think there is a reason why he stayed in the ecuadorian embassy in london for so long. --: he went on to talk about comparing him to a journalist, speaking to john berman, saying because journalists curate information. any started talking -- by talking about helping edward snowden in hong kong, sending another person's from wikileaks to help snowden leave hong kong. 'slk about julian assange history and hayden saying these are the reasons you should be arrested even outside of whatever the mueller inquiry iss about. questionse those two separately. we have the fact that we can assist snowden asylum and the fact that wikileaks published ca materials. wikileleaks has done what other media organiz

. >> next, former national intelligence director james clapper and former cia director michael haydenn threats to use democratic institutions. they talked about changes to political discourse under president trump and concerns over the presidents critique on agencies like the fbi. the national security institute at george mason universities antonin scalia

. >> next, former national intelligence director james clapper and former cia director michael hayden on threats to use democratic institutions. they talked about changes to political discourse under president trump and concerns over the presidents critique on agencies like the fbi. the national security institute at george mason universities antonin scalia law school posted this hour and ten minutes event. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. my name is henry butler, , on te dinner at scalia law school. [inaudible] >> good morning. my name is henry butler. i am the dean of antonin scalia law school because my pleasure to welcome allll of you here today. i wanted to take a few moments and giveve you some background about our fine university and great law school. at george mason university, it's a relatively young university. it was a part of the university of virginia until 1972 when it became a separate freestanding university. it's named after george mason. it's a living memorial in fact, to george mason it was a virginia statesman, founder co-authored the virginia declaration

one name in the news is michael hayden, former cia director and retired air force general. he has been hospitalized after a stroke. is family said he receiving expert medical care. the general and his family greatly appreciate the warm wishes of friends, colleagues. he served as the director of cia george w.ring the bush and barack obama administration's. 2009.ired from the cia in he has been a vocal critic of donald trump's campaign and presidency. many of his offense can be seen atevents can be seen c-span.org. john from california. thank you for waking up early. caller: good morning. i appreciate c-span. i would like to make one comment about the refugees in tijuana. died at theelatives gas camp steering the -- gas camps during world war ii. the u.s. was afraid of jewish 1938,es coming in in 1940, 1941. the browning of america, the breeding, and nonwhite, non-christian refugees. similarity and a very disappointed with this trump administration as far as handling the immigration issue. it is sad. these people need to be helped. that is my comment. host: thank you for ever

. >> retired air force michael hayden was hospitalized last week after suffering a stroke.iving expert medical care for which the family is grateful and we wish the general a very speedy recovery. a very smart guy but a great guy. >> you know, he's actually the model for what you want from a civil servant. head of the nsa, head of the cia, honorable, honest to a fault, unafraid of speaking truth to power, a gentleman, and our friend, as you said and we can only wish him the speediest of recoveries. >> still ahead on "morning joe" u.s. border agents using tear gas on migrants trying to enter the u.s. illegally. the president is up and tweeting about the migrant situation threatening to shut down the southern border permanently, quote if need be. "morning joe" is coming right back. ♪ the united states postal service makes more holiday deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. ♪ with one notable exception. ♪ so shark invented duo clean. while deep cleaning carpets, the added soft brush roll picks up large particles, gives floors a polished look, and fearlessly devou

former cia and nsa director michael hayden is in the hospital after suffering a stroke.n is receiving expert medical care arrested according to a statement by his family. he led the nsa for president bill clinton and george w. bush. he then led the cia until his retirement in 2000. those are your headlines. pete: we certainly wish him the best. griff: all right. president trump pushing for bipartisan support on major criminal justice reform. why our next guest says it's important to pass it before democrats take over the house. pete: we will see. georgia democrats calling for another investigation against another one governor elect brian kemp. this time for a crime of fashion, they say. ♪ ♪ you ok there, kurt? we're about to move. karate helps... relieve some of the house-buying... stress. at least you don't have to worry about homeowners insurance. call geico. geico... helps with... homeowners insurance? been doing it for years. i'm calling geico right now. good idea! get to know geico. and see how easy homeowners and renters insurance can be. pete: welcome back after v