mike morell joins us now. i want you reaction to what rudolph giuliani said. >> one thing that struck m there was a view hat she lied about benghazi. there's a view out there that she lied about what caused the attack. that she said it was the video. i think one of the really interesting things that is in early 2014, the fbi walked into the house permt select committee on intelligence, they said, we believe the video was a motivation in this attack. abu khattala, who is the only person arrested, said that the video was a motivation. the idea that the video played no role, that the republicans keep repeating over and over >> those parents have said that she sa those things to them. that's resonated among the voters. >> she said it was terrorism. to chelsea. she said to them, it was the video. those two things c both be true at the same time. and it turns out, it turns out that the video did play a role the that attack. d republicans don't want people to believe at. >> you camout in that strong op ed in support

mike morell -- >> is that the answer to the question, hugh?th all due respect. >> just a second, tamron. it takes a second. >> let me play this new ad. that hillary clinton has out. >> you don't want the answer, tamron. the problem is that mike morell, who you brought up earlier today, has confirmed that her server was promised by the russians. and therefore, when he writes a "new york times" editorial today, the impact of it is muted, because even her onan doorserses admit she was reckless. donald trump wants to talk about russia and the reset button all day long. >> are you being reckless by not answering the question when i say from donald trump's own answers, is he lying about his relationship with vladimir putin? he has said in one case he knows him. and the other case, he does not. which is the truth, hugh? >> tamron, you need much more context. as every journalist knows, i need much more context. >> let me ask you in context of the new ad. let's play the ad from the hillary clinton campaign with -- >> the too dangerous ad? okay. >> let'

. >>> hillary clinton received a high profile endorsement today from former acting cia director mike morell served under presidents from both parties wrote a "new york times" op-ed saying my training as an intelligence officer taught me to call it as i see it. this is what i did for the cia. this is what i am doing now. our nation will be much safer with hillary clinton as president. both secretary clinton and donald trump will soon begin receiving intelligence briefings. president obama who flat out called trump unfit to be president made it clear both candidates will be treated equally. >> as far as mr. trump, we are going to go by the law, which is that both tradition and the law that if somebody's the nominee, the republican nominee for president, they need to get security briefings so that if they were to win, they are not starting from scratch in terms of being prepared for this office. and i'm not going to go into details of the nature of the security briefings that both candidates receive. what i will say is that they have been told these are classified briefings and if they want to

tonight a followup conversation with mike morell, the former acting director and deputy director of the central intelligence agency. >> the syrian civil war has to end. and the reason it has to end is because it is feeding extremism in iraq and syria. even if we get our arms around isis and squeeze isis down and down an down and down, the civil war will continue to breed extremism. isis will go away and some other group will replace it. the syrian civil war needs to end. okay. and in my view there is not a military solution to that. and the reason there is not a military solution to that is because a military solution would end up with the destruction of the syrian military, the syrian security services, the syrian intelligence services, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, the syrian police. and if you destroy all of those in an attempt to end the civil war, you are left with a complete vacuum, security vacuum, stability vacuum. you end up with libya. >> rose: mike morell for the hour next. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provi

back in a moment. >> mike morell is here. he's a former acting and deepity director of the cia who is also a contributor to cbs news but recently resigned in order to publicly endorse hillary clinton. on friday, he wrote a scathing up said where he called trump a poor and dangerous comarpd in chief. donald trump, morell writes is not only unqualified for the job but may well pose a threat to our national security. i am pleased to welcome mike morell back to this table. welcome. >> good to be here, charlie. great to be here. >> rose: tell me why you felt compelled to change where you were, contributor to cbs on public boards. former acting director and deputy director of the cia, a man who gained increasing respect for his voice because of access to media. just to say i'm going in a different direction. >> so charlie, this was not surprisingly a very difficult decision for me. being non-partisan, being apolitical, was in my dna, you know. it was put there by 33 years of being an intelligence professional. >> rose: your respons

you speak to them all of the time who agree with mike morell, right?a lot of people that are concerned about these statements back and forth between the two leaders and saying pointing to the kremlin's intelligence operations and saying that as a former kgb officer putin knows how to play trump. >> elise labott reporting for us. thanks very much. that's it for me. thanks for watching and erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> out front next, breaking news. donald trump about to rally a big crowd of supporters in wisconsin expect lead to suddenly reverse course and endorse paul ryan. what changed? plus a former cia chief calling trump dangerous and a threat to national security as critics question trump's mental state and our special report coming up. new video tonight, stacks of cash in actual wooden pallets. the first look at the money america released to iran the day iran released american hostages. let's go out front. ♪ ♪ >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "out front" tonight, b

this is mike morel, served as the acting director of the cia under president obama. served as a senior officer for the cia under george w. bush. in fact, he's the guy who briefed george w. bush during the 9/11 attacks. and today he wrote this op-ed in the "new york times." he said, i ran the cia and now i'm endorsing hillary clinton. but just look at what he said. he spent his whole life working in the cia and he said, in this article, quote, i'm neither a registered democrat nor a registered republican. in my 40 years of voting i've pulled the lever for candidates of both parties. as a government official i've always been silent about my preference for president. the dangers that flow from their trump's character are not just risks that would emerge if he became president. it is already damaging our national security. president vladimir putin of russia was a career intelligence officer, trained to identify vulnerables in an individual and to exploit them. that is exactly what he did early in the race and mr. putin played -- >> joining us now, ambassador wendy sherma

mike morel is a consummate professional who served both administrations from both parties really wellral decades, and i do think he represents probably the center of the american national security establishment that has really been disturbed by some of the things that donald trump has said, particularly his calling into question the foundational premises of the western alliance that kind of provided peace and security in the world for most of the last 70 years. but if you look at the obama administration record and if you're able to tie mrs. clinton to that, to the disastrous withdrawal from iraq, artificial timelines in afghanistan, the failure of libya, i think she's got real weaknesses as well. >> you think about those failures of the obama administration and even people within the obama administration, even the president himself to say look, we screwed up libya. then you look at iran and the iran nuclear deal sort of coming back into the news because of the ransom payment, the $400 million that the administration can't seem to call a ransom payment and now today learning that an a

all this as clinton picks up the endorsement of former cia director mike morel who referred to trumpa new york times op ed as unqualified and a threat to national security. even adding that trump's praise of russian president vladimir putin had turned him into an unwitting agent of the russian federation. pence responding that trump has the toughness to stand up to putin. >> people that know donald trump knows that he knows how to stand up, and he knows how to stand strong and standing up to russian aggression is going to be really different under a trump/pence administration. >> and it should be noted, erin, that trump supporters say he's been far more focused at his rallies as of late andmore focussed in maine and more focused earlier today in iowa, less shouting, less screaming and less name calling and more on message. erin? >> jason, thank you very much. >>> manu raju is out front in washington. trump is finally planning on endorsing ryan. you've been talking to your sources and is this going to stop the bleeding between trump and the gop leadership? >> it depends on what donald

. >>> the former acting director of the cia mike morell who altered the talking points on benghazi to has endorsed hillary clinton. the mainstream media reacted by attacking donald trump. >> donald trump facing the sharpest criticism yet he's unfit to be president. a former acting cia director going even further saying he may pose a threat to national security. >> morell who has worked at the cia under democratic and republican presidents and ran the agency under president obama goes so far as to suggest that trump is being manipulated by russian president vladimir putin. writing, mr. putin played upon mr. trump's vulnerabilities by complimenting him. putin has referred to trump as a talented and very colorful person and trump responded just as mr. putin calculated. >> well, turns out, there's side of this story. here to weigh in on that other side is ken timmerman, the offer of "deception, the making of the youtube video that hillary and obama blamed for benghazi." good morning. that's one example of how they fawned over this endorsement. morell said this is the first time he's ever

presidential nominee, mike pence, is defending donald trump this morning after former cia director, mike morell him as an unwitting agent of the russian federation. here's some more now of savannah guthrie's exclusive interview with mike pence and his wife, karen. >> given all of the pro putin positions that trump has taken, including flattering mr. putin, how do you defend against that? >>lo , people that know donald trump knows that he knows how to stand up, and he knows how to stand strong. and standing up to russian aggression is going to be really different under a trump/pence administration and everybody knows that. look, the reality is that whether it be putin or whether it be literally the dissolving of the map in the wider middle east, savannah, in libya and in syria, in iraq with the rise of isis, the american people know that truth of history that weakness arouses evil is on full display in this administration. donald trump is going to be strong, and truthfully, honestly, the comment by the former cia official, i suppose this is the same cia that told the president that isis was the

mike morell is a former acting director and deputy director of the c.i.a. >> a syrian civil war needsd, okay. in my view, there is not a military solution to that, and the reason there is not a military solution to that is because a military solution would end up with the destruction of the syrian military, the syrian security services, syrian intelligence services, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, syrian police. if you destroy all those in an attempt to end the civil war, you are left with a complete vacuum, security vacuum, stability vacuum. you end up with libya. >> rose: or iraq. or iraq. what i would see as valuable is limited, very, very, very limited u.s. airstrikes against those assets that are extremely important to assad personally. so in the middle of the night, you destroy one of his offices. you don't kill anybody, right. zero collateral. you do this with zero collateral. same rules of engagement we use against terrorists. >> rose: often that's hard to do. hard to do but you go in with that goal, right. that's what's important. you go into it with that goal and take it se

. >> rose: mike morell is a former acting director and deputy director of the c.i.a.has joined a growing number of voices from within the national security establishment and is calling for the defeat of donald trump. morell has gone even further. in a "new york times" article he has publicly endorsed hillary clinton. >> two things i think brought me to the decision to write the op-ed. one was a growing belief that donald trump, mr. trump-- i don't want to be disrespectful here-- that mr. trump would be a threat to our national security as commander in chief. he has said things on the campaign trail that have assisted our adversaries. and then the second was i've known hillary clinton a long time. and i felt that the perceptions that-- some of the perceptions that are out there about her are just not true. and so putting both of those reasons together, i decided to speak out. and i just didn't want to sit on the couch and hope for the best to happen, right. i actually felt a responsibility to my country to speak out, a responsibility to the national security of my coun

mike morel said he would be voting for clinton in november and said mr.rump has no experience on national security. even more important, the character traits he exhibited in the primary season suggest he would be a dangerous commander in chief. morrell also slammed his parade of vladimir putin. in the intelligence business, we would say that mr. putin has recruited mr. trump. >> if he governs consistent with some of the things he said as a candidate, i would be very frightened. >> nationly, clinton's lead over trump continues to widen, a upspring helped by the positive jobs report. >>> also some national polls showing that the gap is widening here. she is gaining ground on mr. trump. also in the state of georgia, a four-point margin between the two. certainly that red state not voting for a democratic nominee since clinton in 1992. that is a good sign that she is so close in that race in georgia. >> thank you so much. let's now discuss all of it with my political panel. we have with us donald trump support, kaylee. we have a pro clinton super pac member,

bill: why is mike morell, former director of cia endorsing hillary clinton?licans and democrats? >> so have i. i worked for a lot of presidents. i saw his article. for him to say he is not a republican or democrat, hey, buddy, you just signed on dotted line which camp you're in. you know, good guy, and a good servant of, in the capacity that he was in but, you know, i mean, at this stage i saw the article, i was like really? are you serious? so, i look at this as judgment. when we, when we start to think about this email problem, there are some issues, that surround hillary clinton and frankly i think the american public are sick of the scandals, with the clintons and their entire machine. bill: sir, i'm out of time today, thank you for yours. >> thanks for having me. bill: general michael flynn, thank you for your time today in washington, d.c. liz: domestic headlines. firefighters in california busy battling wildfires that scorched nearly 80 square miles and destroyed dozens of homes the past few weeks. devastation as folks wait desperately for help from wa

mike morell of course former endorseme endore director of intelligence.ons consistent with russian interests and we would say will putin had recruited mr. trump has an unwitting agent of the russian federation. >> and in the op-ed he points out i voted for republicans, democrats, makes it look like he's a nonpartisan actor in washington, d.c. now, other news networks were happy to roll with that narrative, as well. here's what abc news had to say. >> donald trump facing the sharpest criticism yet that he is unfit to be president, a former acting cia director going even further, saying he may pose a threat to national security. morell who has worked at the cia under democratic and republican presidents and ran the agency under president obama goes so far as to suggest that trump is being manipulated by vladimir putin. writing mr. putin played upon mr. trump's vulnerabilities by complimenting him. putin has prefreferred to trumpa talented and colorful person. and trump responded just as mr. putin calculated. >> as you might expect, abc left out a little of

director mike morell.e in "the new york times" that donald trump has noha experience in national security, and worse yet: morell said trump's praise of russian president vladimir putin suggests he's become "anan unwitting agent" of the russians. but on nbc this morning, republican vice presidential nominee, mike pence dismissed the morell endorsement. >> truthfully, honestly the comment by the former c.i.a.c. official, i suppose this is the same c.i.a. that told theol president that isis was the j.v. team. >> woodruff: the back and forth came as trump admitted he'd been mistaken in saying he'd seen video of iranians unloading aad u.s. cash payment this year-- around the same time four americans were freed from iranian prisons.s. today, trump tweeted: later, trump and pence linked up in des moines, iowa, as they work to rally the heartlandwo against clinton. >> if hillary clinton becomes president, you will have-- you will have terrorism, you will have problems, you will have really in my opinion, the destr

today mike morell put out urging people to vote for hillary clinton.is is going to impact voters? there is some talk that donald trump lost some military. could his peace really effect voters? >> not as a stand alone but the clinton campaign strategy is twofold. one raised serious questions about donald trump's temperament. they ignored health care healthcare's on all of the issues. donald trump has the wrong temperament. national security sources weigh in. the way they test the temperament issue is getting surrogates like this to speak out and, b, what was so amazing about the khan family is before that he had fought against people. he fought with john mccain. it is hard to think he is the weak un. even, you know, mike bloomberg gives a, but when he punches down that have fewer power and less able to fight back, when he punches at that you wonder if this man has a serious temperament issue and he is a real bully. it raises questions. do we want to put it in these guys hands. zb when we are talking about the all star line uphill ri had or the former ci

responding in statement, a written statement trump said that mike morel was another obama/clinton pawning to change the subject from the iran controversy and said that hillary clinton has bad judgment and is unfit to servas president. savannah? >> all right, andrea. >>> other news this morning, health officials said there are two new cases of travel-related zika in miami. this as the president weighs in on that outbreak calling the need for funding critical. nbc's kerry sanders has the latest on that. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, savannah. health officials say the zika-carrying mosquitos here can be traced to an area that's about the size of a new york city studio apartment. 500 square feet. still, for women in this state who are pregnant they're still racing to get tested for the zika virus. this morning health officials in florida are bracing for thousands of women expected to want zika tests. florida governor rick scott toured the center of the zika outbreak, pledged free tests will be provided to any pregnant woman who wants one. >> we'll get as many test kits as

. >> reporter: in a searing "the new york times" column endorsing clinton today, mike morell, former deputy cia director, says trump would make a "poor, even dangerous commander in chief," citing traits including "his obvious need for self-aggrandizement" and his "overreaction to perceived slights." the former intelligence official under george w. bush and putin, a former high-ranking kgb officer, played upon mr. trump's vulnerabilities by complimenting him. he responded just as mr. putin had calculated. trump often bragging about praise from the russian president. >> and you know, putin called me brilliant. he said donald trump is brilliant and donald trump is the leader and he said nice things about me. >> reporter: morrell writes "in the intelligence business, we would say that mr. putin had recruited mr. trump as an unwitting agent of the russian federation." trump also blasting president obama and hillary clinton for a controversial decision to return $400 million to iran on the same day iran was releasing four american detainees. however, clinton was long out of office, and the

mike morell came out and said that donald trump was unfit. what do you make of that? >> one of the most awful things about this press conference is that the journalists themselves were applauding her. they were clapping. that is not appropriate behavior. >> this was a conference of black journalist associations saying most of the people were not reporters, but i take your point, i was not there. >> the questions themselves were way too easy. when you're dealing with hillary clinton, you don't present a question that it's easy for her to evade answering it. and i don't think those questions were tough at all. it was easy to give her basic response where she doesn't -- she's not confronted with the particulars of the way that she has lied about various scandals. >> maybe it's enough for her to get herself in some trouble. >> the backdrop here is that last sunday on fox news sunday, chris wallace pressed hillary clinton about the e-mail scandal because she's given so few interviews, it was the first time we've been able to interview her and she said that james comey said

the subject of a new campaign video raising suspicions about what's going on former cseh director mike morell oing further suggesting in "the new york times" that trump is being manipulated by putin writing trump has become a, quote, unwitting agent of the russian federation. now, he is a 30-year veteran of the cia who served both republicans and democrats. the trump campaign in a statement called him a, quote, obama/clinton pawn. meanwhile, the office of house speaker paul ryan says he appreci to campaigning later in fall in wisconsin. >> devin, thank you. for more let's bring in our political analyst, matthew dowd. two-part question about trump's endorsements overnight of paul ryan, john mccain and kelly ayotte, rather, the senator from new hampshire. first did he seem enthusiastic to you, and, second, will this be enough to heal the wounds within his own party? >> well, you know, dan, two months ago i said when donald trump first read from a tranquilizer circus lion that had bitten too many fans in the audience. i was reminded of the same thing again. it's also -- i have to say, watching h

mike morell, former head of the cia, has an op-ed where he says donald trump is not only unqualified for the job as a president but may pose a threat to our national security. a strong statement from a former cia director. do you agree? >> i have said everything i need to say about mr. trump, and my actions speak louder than my words at that convention. what i will tell you is that america absolutely needs to be engaged in the world. the idea that we would lock our doors and pull down our blinds and just look the other way -- you know, we've seen a lot of that in the obama administration. you look at syria, and it's a complete mess. america -- look, to whom much is given much is expected. and america has been such a blessed country that there are things that we have to do to engage in the world. to say that, you know, we don't love nato. nato is critical. it's kept the peace post world war ii. it's critical. are there improvements to be made in nato? of course. can we have better intelligence and security? of course we can. do we have an obligation to the baltics? of course we have a

is >>> well, the former acting director of the cia, mike morell, who altered the ben g i did -- benghaziith russian, not american, interests. in the intelligence business we would say mr. putin has recru recruited mr. trump as an unwitting agent of the russian federation. we have georgia congressman lynn westmoreland, a member of the house committee on benghazi coining us this morning. thanks for joining us, congressman. >> thanks. >> he writes an op-ed and talks about mao he served republican and democrat presidents and has not publicly come out for a candidate in the past. why is mike morell in light of what we know about benghazi -- he also works for beacon global strategist which is a clinton-tied firm, why is he coming out and endorsing hillary clinton right now? >> i think he's applying for a job. he's been the acting director of the cia twice and was kind of overlooked when the president picked mr. brennan, so i think he's actually applying for a job and, plus, like you mentioned, the beacon global strategies, if you look at that and if you read the resume of those people there, m

i mean most recently you had mike morel come out and say he would, quote, pose a threat to our national security. you have also got hayden, kraik director under george w. bush coming out and distancing himself from trump. what does your candidate do about that? are you concerned about that? >> no i'm not concerned about it. >> why. >> i'll tell you why. these are establishment figures and this is the gripe with the american people, that all these people in a bipartisan fashion are all carrying the maim water. they have all been responsible for the mistakes. in the case of the cia, where we are today in terms of the shape of the world, whether it's secretary clinton or some of the cia directors, they are all part and parcel of the same thing. so when they come out they are talking to each other. when somebody writes an op ed in the new york times they are not talking to the vast majority of the american people. they are talking to a handful of intellectual and policy elets in washington that's what they are doing. >> at the same time, look, you are we are not talking about all democrats

the snub comes as former acting cia director mike morel wrote an opinion piece in the new york times pledging his report for clinton. mr. trump has no experience on national security he wrote, even more important, the character traits he has exhibited during the primary season suggest he would be a poor even dangerous commander in chief. trump is looking to move on, he is scheduled to announce his plan to revitalize the american economy during a speech in detroit on monday. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the campaign, 2016, you can get latest anytime, at cbs philly.com. >>> well, the mayor of a northern virginia city is under arrest, on drug charges. after a sex for drugs sting operation at a hotel. the fairfax city mayor r scott silverthorn was arrested during a sting operation. officials say mayor responded to a fake web site which was create by police, silverthorn said he could provide methamphetamine for sex. police arranged to meet silverthorn at a hotel. >> silverthorn, provided methamphetamine to an under c

he talks about mike morel to justify this request.dorsing clinton in "the new york times" because he works for clinton aligned consulting firm, beacon global strategies, first documented by fox news and morel did heavy editing on the benghazi talking points that wrongly blamed the demonstration for the 2012 terrorist attacks. critics say he is clearly not an objective observer in all of this. gregg: catherine herridge live in washington. thanks. martha: a pair of tropical storms threatening the united states ahead of the labor day weekend a big storm gathering steam in the gulf of mexico. forecasters watching powerful category 4 hurricane near hawaii's big island. janice dean is busy with all of this. she is in the fox weather center hi, january sis. >> hi, martha. it is peak season. this is gaston our hurricane in the atlantic, not going to affect land which is good news. we're tracking a couple of tropical depressions. this is tropical depression 8. we don't think it will make landfall across the outer banks. might come close or bru

in an op-ed in the new york times, former cia deputy director mike morell threw his wait behind clinton sharp contrast to mrs. clinton, mr. trump has no experience on national security, even more the character straights he's exhibited during the primary season would suggest he would be a poor even dangerous commander in chief. to weigh in on this, former major general bob scales. general, good to see you. >> hi, l leland. >> pretty shocking words. >> yeah, but look, mr. putin was a kgb agent, lieutenant colonel. his entire strategy is based on breaking apart the west, splitting play toe nato away fr united states. he's been working everyone in this up to. so you say he seems to be waving the flag for trump, but trust me, he's been waving the flag for people on both sides of the aisle because at the end of the day, he wants a better deal from the united states. >> and they say in the intelligence business, we would say mr. truputin has recruited trump. what do you make of these intelligence officials weighing in on one side or the other? this isn't offering commentary on policy. >> well,

. >> all this as he picks up the endorsement of former cia director mike morell who said he is unqualifiedthreat to have national security. even adding that trump's praise of russian president vladimir putin turned him into an unwitted agent of the russian federation. pence responding that trump has the toughness to stand up to putin. >> people who know donald trump knows he knows how to stand up and he knows how to stand strong. standing up to russian aggression is going to be pertinent in the administration. >> dom trump made other endorsements in the name of party unity. he announced his support of long-time arizona senator john mccain and new hampshire senator kelly ayotte. they are both running for reelection in their states. he previously refused to endorse them or declined or delayed to endorse them. >>> hillary clinton admit she may have circuited some of her answers on controversial e-mails. she claimed the fbi said she was truthful to the public. on friday, clinton tried to explain what she meant. >> i have said during the interview and on many other occasions over the past month

a point former cia director mike morell made on "this week" in regards to trump's relationship >> from mr. trump's perspective, right, he simply heard putin compliment him. he then responded by complimenting him. he never thought that he might be being played. >> reporter: trump firing back on twitter calling morell, a man who has made some serious bad calls and a total clinton flunky. and today in detroit trump will unveil his economic plan. and we have a preview this morning. here are some highlights. trumps want to repeal and replace obamacare and he wants to limit taxation of business, all businesses, to 15% and stop all payments using tax dollars to the u.n. global warming programs and also exclude child care expenses from taxation. now, the clinton campaign is already calling this trumponomics saying if he wins, you lose. george, lara. >> thanks very much. >>> let's bring this to matt dowd. matt, trump clearly digging out of a hole right now, but what he's trying today, an economic jobs and trying to consolidate republicans with a lot of ideas that have been republican orthodoxy

we shouldn't be surprised because we had mike morell testifying at the hearings saying we took islamict to inflame passions as if they weren't -- you know, interested in killing us in the first place. they are covering everything up. and the democrat party should be ashamed of what they are doing to this country and what they're doing to the facts and the truth. >> are you busy during the fall of this year? >> i'm going to be really busy, why? >> we may have a job for you, which we have three debates coming up. charles krauthammer floated the idea of retired judges being the debate moderators. would you be up for that? >> are the judges any more fair than anyone else? maybe, maybe not. i think the judges should be elected -- elected appointed,you're appointed you're appointed by a governor or party or a president. but at the same time, you know, it's just someone who is fair. a judge is great, but don't assume they're greater than anyone else. >> who would you say is fair out in the mainstream media that would be a good moderator? >> i have to think long and hard about this. >> it's th

picked up another high-profile endorsement in a "the new york times" op-ed former cia director mike morell. trump has no experience on national security. even more important, the character traits he has exhibited during the primary season suggests he would be a poor, even dangerous, commander in chief. morell also slammed trump's praise of russian president vladimir putin in the intelligence we would say that mr. putin had recruited mr. trump. nationally, it continues to widen perhaps by president obama's pot job rating and jobs report. >> more good news for hillary clinton. a new poll shows she's four points ahead of trump. this is typically a red state. this is significant, this movement, this developments. the last time it went for a democrat along with cnn political commentator and donald trump supporter, scottie nell hughes. theron, i want to jump off with this short-circuited statement. it confused a lot of people. there were some wondering, is this -- was this supposed to be a joke, because she has been said to be somewhat robotic during her speeches. >> the good news for us is that

i am pleased to welcome like morel. mike: great to be here.harlie: tell me about why you felt compelled to change where you were. a contributor to cbs on public boards. former acting director and deputy director of the cia, a man who has gained increasing respect for his voice, because of his access to media. to say that he is going in a different direction. was notarlie, this surprisingly difficult for me. an, being a political -- b apoliticartisan, being al is in part of my dna. charlie: your responsibility was to tell people what the facts were. mike: right, and to be objective about it. any hint of politics would undercut the credibility of what you are saying. intelligence officers have to be apolitical. number one stepping outside of that lifetime role. so that was a big deal. i was also concerned that i would damage the agency that i love so much. that i would not only become somebody who was attacked, and i knew i would be attacked, and i have been. but i feared that the agency would also be attacked. republicannce, the vice presidenti