what we have i agree with that i think feel is absolutely right let me and say on this because mr brennan was there with the torture the enhanced interrogation programs the destruction of video interrogation tapes. all under his watch and he should be also investigated for authorizing a participating in a virtual assassination program that is endowing the president authorizing the president to kill american citizens that he unilaterally decides were implicated in national security danger based upon unsubstantiated evidence mr brennan should be under investigation for assassinations and i would drink to that ok let me go to steve here were given a peculiar situation here do believe jim comi or interim a cave. that's a dilemma that's a really. sad state of affairs which when you get to believe go ahead you know what i'm getting at steve go ahead well here's here but of course what yeah well of course commies got the book coming out and he's been tweeting that oh i'm going to tell my story who cares about.

what we have i agree with that i think feel is absolutely right let me and say on this because mr brennan was there with the torture the enhanced interrogation programs the destruction of video interrogation tapes. all under his watch and he should be also investigated for authorizing a participating in a virtual assassination program that is endowing the president authorizing the president to kill american citizens that he unilaterally decides were implicated in national security danger based upon unsubstantiated evidence mr brennan should be under investigation for assassinations and i would drink to that ok let me go to steve here we're given a peculiar situation here do believe jim comi or interim a cave. that's a dilemma that's a really. sad state of affairs which one you're going to believe go ahead you know what i'm getting at steve go ahead well here's here but of course what yeah well of course commies got the book coming out and he's been tweeting that oh i'm going to tell my story who cares but here's the deal colbert testified under oath. that he never authorized anyone to tal

we have i agree with that i think feel is absolutely right let me and sit here on this because mr brennan was there with the torture the enhanced interrogation programs the destruction of video interrogation tapes. all under his watch and he should be also investigated for authorizing a participating in a virtual assassination program that is endowing the president authorizing the president to kill american citizens that he unilaterally decides were implicated in national security danger based upon unsubstantiated evidence mr brennan should be under investigation for a sad.

steve what we had i agree with that i think feel is absolutely right let me and say on this because mr brennan was there with the torture the enhanced interrogation programs the destruction of video interrogation tapes. all under his watch and he should be also investigated for authorizing a participating in a virtual assassination program that is endowing the president authorizing the president to kill american citizens that he unilaterally decides who are implicated in national security danger based upon unsubstantiated evidence mr brennan should be under investigation for assassinations and i would drink to that ok let me go to steve here were given a peculiar situation here do believe jim comi or interim mccabe. that's a dilemma that's a really. sad state of affairs which when you get to believe go ahead you know what i'm getting at steve go ahead well here's here but of course what yeah well of course called he's got the book coming out and he's been tweeting that oh i'm going to tell my story who cares but here's the deal colbert testified under oath. that he never authorized anyone to t

we have i agree with that i think feel is absolutely right let me and says here on this because mr brennan was there with the torture the enhanced interrogation programs the destruction of video interrogation tapes. all under his watch and he should be also investigated for authorizing a participating in a virtual assassination program that is endowing the president authorizing the president to kill american citizens that he unilaterally decides were implicated in national security danger based upon unsubstantiated evidence mr brennan should be under investigation.

mr. brennan, served the american people, not your selfish deep state agenda.nd as for andrew mccabe, after being fired, he issued a statement that is creating what is nothing short of a legal nightmare, for his bff, his buddy james comey. he writes in part, "the oig investigation is focused on information i chose to share with the reporter through my public affairs officer and a legal counselor as deputy director. i was one of only a few people who had the authority to do that. it was not a secret. it took place over several days and others, including the director. that would be comey -- were aware of the interactions with the reporter.. it was a type of exchange with the media that the deputy director oversees several times per week. in fact, it was the same type of work that i continue to do under director wray at his request. mccabe is actually admitting that comey knew he was engaging in a media leak, which is the reason why he got fired, or par, of the reason, on top of lying under oath. it sounds like mccabe either slipped up or is throwing his best frie

mr. brennan chafee, comey, and clapper who laid it out to us. this was highly secret. subsequently, it became known that there were 21 states that in fact had been pierced. that information as to what states has not been released. the highe first heard -- house was highly secret, we could say nothing about it. and even now where i see no reason that 21 states cannot be been evens having possibly pierced by an act -- active measure by a foreign country at this time. those states would know that they should take a look and do something about it. if either of you could answer that, it is not in a question form but you know where i am going. if we are told and it is classified, we can say nothing. if this is being done by the administration to prevent it from being released, but he can protect themselves. >> senator, two things. as secretary nielsen pointed out, very often the victims of the cyberattack are extremely sensitive to the fact that -- of a disclosure that they were the victims of a cyberattack. that was true in this circumstance. i also know and recall that in

we have i agree with that i think feel is absolutely right let me and says here on this because mr brennan was there with the torture the enhanced interrogation programs the destruction of video interrogation tapes. all under his watch and he should be also investigated for authorizing a participating in a virtual assassination program that is endowing the president authorizing the president to kill american citizens that he unilaterally decides who are implicated in national security danger.

unilaterally decides who are implicated in national security danger based upon unsubstantiated evidence mr brennan should be under investigation for assassinations and i would drink to that ok let me go to steve here were given a peculiar situation here do believe jim comi or interim a cave. that's a dilemma that's a really. sad state of affairs which when you get to believe go ahead you know what i'm getting at steve go ahead well here's here's what yeah well of course commies got the book coming out and he's been tweeting that oh i'm going to tell my story who cares but here's the deal call me testified under oath that he never authorized anyone to talk to the media about the sensitive information that mccabe reportedly or allegedly talked to the media about and mccabe said that you know he was authorized to do it so and they both said this on their oath so one of them committed perjury apparently this is so outrageous and really i mean if we had an honest media in this country the new york times would be putting this story on its plate front page. every single day documenting every single thing

unilaterally decides were implicated in national security danger based upon unsubstantiated evidence mr brennan should be under investigation for assassinations and i would drink to that ok let me go to steve here were given a peculiar situation here do believe jim comi or interim mccabe. that's a dilemma that's a really sad sad state of affairs which when you get to believe go ahead you know what i'm getting at steve go ahead well here's what yeah well of course called he's got the book coming out and he's been tweeting that oh i'm going to tell my story who cares but here's the deal colby testified under oath that he never authorized anyone to talk to the media about the sensitive information that mccabe reportedly or allegedly talked to the media about and mccabe said that you know he was authorized to do it so and they both said this on their oath so one of them committed perjury apparently this is so outrageous and really i mean if we had an honest media in this country the new york times would be putting this story. it's front page every single day documenting every single thing we're tal

unilaterally decides were implicated in national security danger based upon unsubstantiated evidence mr brennan should be under investigation for assassinations and i would drink to that ok let me go to steve here were given a peculiar situation here do believe jim comi or interim a cave. that's a dilemma that's a really sad sad state of affairs which when you get to believe go ahead you know what i'm getting at steve go ahead well here's what yeah well of course called he's got the book coming out and he's been tweeting that oh i'm going to tell my story who cares but here's the deal colby testified under oath that he never authorized anyone to talk to the media about the sensitive information that mccabe reportedly or allegedly talked to the media about and mccabe said that you know he was authorized to do it so and they both said this on their oath so one of them committed perjury apparently this is so outrageous and really i mean if we had an honest media in this country. the new york times will be putting this story on its front page every single day documenting every single thing we're ta

unilaterally decides were implicated in national security danger based upon unsubstantiated evidence mr brennan should be under investigation for assassinations and i would drink to that ok let me go to steve here were given a peculiar situation here do believe jim comi or interim mccabe. that's a dilemma that's a really. sad state of affairs which when you get to believe go ahead you know what i'm getting at steve go ahead well here's here's what yeah well of course commies got the book coming out and he's been tweeting that oh i'm going to tell my story who cares but here's the deal call me testified under oath that he never authorized anyone to talk to the media about the sensitive information that mccabe reportedly or allegedly talked to the media about and mccabe said that you know he was authorized to do it so and they both said this on their oath so one of them committed perjury apparently this is so outrageous and really i mean if we had an honest media in this cut. sheree the new york times will be putting this story on its front page every single day documenting every single thing we'

mr. brennan. mr.rump has tried to own twitter but the intelligence agencies are clearly firing back. >> those are powerful words and they mean a lot because what they're saying is that this president doesn't steam respect the ru -- seem to respect the rule of law that america stands for. he's trying to get the law to be bent in his direction. obstruction of justice is what nixon was ordered on in his impeachment and had to resign on that. they're very powerful words from these very immanent people, the two of them you just quoted. >> and you talked a moment ago about president trump wanting to keep spinning this and spinning this. but he's not just alone here. he's getting support from his legal team as well. it seems a concerted effort to discredit mueller over and over again. >> yes. and he doesn't want to directly attack mueller because that would be political suicide for him in a sense, but he wants to attack people around mueller. he called the fbi disgraceful fbi back in december. calling them d

mr. brennan thank you for being with us. i'm going to start with rex tillerson, i want to talk about mike pom way and the incoming cia director whom you know. let me start with rex tillerson, my colleague, an tree ya much l is reporting that according to state departments rex tillerson found out he was fired through a tweet. do you find that appropriate? >> no. it's not surprising though. rex tillerson was principle and not loyal to donald trump which is why he was shown the door. the way rex tillerson and jim comey has been created is indicative of how donald trump's deals with these people and will dismiss them when he wants and for whatever reason he wants. it's a question of insufficient loyalty. >> so that's the process. you have mike pompeo coming in who has taken a tougher tone towards rush. something we have not soon from donald trump. how does that play out if mike pompeo come in and gets con if i wered as secretary of state? >> i think what mike has done was reiterate what the agency position has been. i think it's

mr. brennan has testified publicly and has said many times that he was one of the earliest people in the obama administration, in the intell jensen community who started to get concerned about the possibility of there being links between donald trump's world, his campaign, businesses and other aspects of his orbit, to russia. and he was the one who originally went to the fbi and said, there's stuff you need to look at here. there are a lot of things john brennan can't say on television because he's still bound by classification. but just give us a sense of what -- if you think about the totality of that period from early 2016 to now, what are the kinds of things he knows that he can't talk about? >> well, i don't know. what i do know is what was in the public realm throughout this period was, of course, they were actively in multiple venues dealing with the russians. business, intelligence agents, et cetera. they were hacking our election system. so, the only question really -- and by the way, approaching the russians as a new president with some peace approach is not a bad idea. so, i t

mr. brennan's statements about the president. i don't necessarily believe that that he did his job in particularly partisan manner. i don't think there is evidence of that i'm not going to argue with his assessment of the president. >> martha: thanks, guys. great to see awful you. thanks for your opinions and insight tonight. great to see you all. have a great weekend. music and movie stars love to promote inclusiveness and tolerance. what happened when former governor mike huckabee joined the board of the cmas? he says that hate won and he is here with a very strong message for the folks that forced him out. and republicans, democrats, global leaders all shocked when president trump announced his plan to impose tariffs on imports from countries like china. tom rogan says it's a terrible idea. but hasn't this been donald trump's message all along? >> they come over here, they sell their cars, their vcrs, they knock the hell out of our companies. ♪ oh good, you're awake! finally. you're still here? come on, denise. we're voya! we

mr. brennan and i know offends a lot of former fbi agents, former prosecutors, is this president's kind offedinem attack against the whole fbi, against the whole justice department. you go back and look at some of his tweets, go back and look at some of the president's allies who are in effect saying so-called deep state analogies. you know, we live in a nation of laws, wolf. and one of the things that has disappointed me is that there's not been more members of congress, frankly, more of my republican colleagues. and for that matter, more former u.s. attorneys, judges, and others stepping up and saying, even beyond mr. mueller, you just can't go out and attack our basic institutions like the fbi or the justice department. or you end up with circumstances like we saw a couple of weeks back, where that slightly unusual character was saying that he would not go in and even respond to the mueller subpoena. when we get to the point where people start saying they're going to pick and choose which laws they want to follow, our country's in a dangerous spot and in many ways, that kind of attitude is

mr. brennan in, chafee -- not coates -- well, it was brennan, it was the head of the -- it was comey and it laid itnd clapper, who out to us. this was highly secret. subsequently it became known there were 21 states that, in fact, had been pierced. whathat information as to states has not been released. heard, it wasst , we could say nothing about it. where i see no reason that 21 states can't be having been even activey pierced by an measure of a foreign country at this time. so those states would at least they should take a look and do something about it. answerer of you can that, it's not in a question form, but i think you know where going, because if we're told and it's all classified, we can nothing. if this is being done by the prevent ition to from being released, nobody can protect themselves. sec. johnson: senator, two things. nielsens secretary pointed out, very often the areims of a cyber attack extremely sensitive to the fact weredisclosure that they the victims of a cyber attack and that was true in this circumstance. i also know and recall that in in 2016, when we were wor

mr. brennan, formerly, and to those who serve us now, their job is to tell the truth. in fact, even those in the trump administration, in the intelligence community have enthusiastically and loudly declared that russia interfered with the 2016 election and they may and are preparing to do so again in the 2018 election and 2020. so the president's private behavior and efforts to cover it up has now generated three separate lawsuits. i don't particularly call upon that as a crucial element except for those of us who know security and intelligence issues, anything that can weaken you makes you vulnerable to individuals who need your information or need you to work for them. that is a well-known fact. if it's not well-known, go to any spy movie and know that the vulnerability is what your operatives attack. so now we have no fewer than three separate lawsuits dealing with his inappropriate behavior. each case, his exposure grows. a particular unseemingly aspect of this silencing campaign is the enforcement of onerous nondisclosure agreements. and so we will see a long jour

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mr. brennan knows more about possible threats to america. if mr. trump isn't mr.lackey it's past time for him to prove it and those leaked notes, bob costa, show he can't even read on a piece of paper, do not congratulate. he won't do it. he won't do it. that's got to lead you to a conclusion that's concerning. >> inside of the white house there's concern the president is departing from the usual position republicans take with regard to russia in part because he's so obsessed they tell mes about any acknowledgment of russia as a foe or collusion or any kind of interference in the 2016 election will somehow affect how people perceive his 2016 presidential victory and because of that, he is extremely reluctant to ever take a different position than saying this is nonsense. >> so what is its that at this point when you look at -- obviously bob mueller isn't tweeting and having people -- he's extremely close to the vest but we are looking at the possibility that they are following the money with the russia connection, natasha. >> what is it is the big question everyon

mr. brennan in, chafee -- not coates -- well, it was brennan, it was the head of the -- it was comey and it laid itnd clapper, who out to us. this was highly secret. subsequently it became known there were 21 states that, in fact, had been pierced. whathat information as to states has not been released. heard, it wasst , we could say nothing about it. where i see no reason that 21 states can't be having been even activey pierced by an measure of a foreign country at this time. so those states would at least they should take a look and do something about it. answerer of you can that, it's not in a question form, but i think you know where going, because if we're told and it's all classified, we can nothing. if this is being done by the prevent ition to from being released, nobody can protect themselves. sec. johnson: senator, two things. nielsens secretary pointed out, very often the areims of a cyber attack extremely sensitive to the fact weredisclosure that they the victims of a cyber attack and that was true in this circumstance. i also know and recall that in in 2016, when we were wor

mr. brennan in the past. i met with him. did i a 45-minute interview with him before he left the cia. nonpolitical position. if anything, he is dividing america. is he constantly attacking the president of the united states. and i honestly i find it stunning. and i think they are concerned. i mean, not just brennan but clapper and others like susan rice, samantha power, all unmasking. see, there is still ongoing investigations into all these other issues. what happened to andy mccabe and, you know, the former deputy director, i think that was expected. he lied under oath. this was opr. this was not the president of the united states. the president of the united states may have wanted him removed. he may have wanted that to happen, but it couldn't happen unless opr found him guilty. and they did. and it was -- i mean, this was information coming from a person appointed by the obama administration. ed: that's right. >> michael wh horowitz. pete: have you led the curve on reporting on some of these text messages between peter strzok and lisa page. we got a few more of them that you relea

mr. brennan in -- not coats, well, it was brennan, it was comey and it was clapper. they laid it out to us. now, this was highly secret. subsequently, it became known that there were 21 states that, in fact, had been pierced. but that information, as to what states, have not been -- has not been released. so, when we first heard, it was highly secret, in a skiff, we could say nothing about it. and even now, where i see no reason that 21 states can't be released as having been even possibly pierced by an active measure of a foreign country, at this time. so, those states would at least know that maybe they should take a look and do something about it. if either of you can answer that, and it's not in a question form, but i think you know where i'm going, because if we're told and it's all classified, we can say nothing. if this is being done by the administration to prevent it from being released, nobody can protect themselves. >> senator, two things. first, as secretary nielsen pointed out, very often the victims of a cyber attack are extremely sensitive to the fact

mr. trump cost him his job. margaret brennan reports. >> i received a call today from the president of the united states a little after noontime from "air force one." >> reporter: a shaken rex tillerson relinquished control of the state department. he had been warned in an early saturday morning phone call from white house chief of staff john kelly that his job was in jeopardy. tillerson who had been traveling in africa cut short his trip. hours after he learned he had been fired and was replaced by cia trektder mike pompeo when the president tweeted the news. >> with mike pompeo, we have a different thought process. >> reporter: president trump said he fired america's top diplomat because they disagreed on foreign policy. >> i actually got along well with rex, but really it was a dirnts different mindset. it was a different thinking. >> reporter: the president said they clashed over the iran nuclear deal. he wants to tear up the international agreement while tillerson cautioned breaking america's commitment could make it harder

mr. mccabe's termination and rendered it illegitimate. >> and chief john brennan fired off this tweet aimed at the president. when the full extent of your moral terpitude, you will take your rightful place as a disgrac disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history. >>> a new crisis for facebook and mark zuckerberg on the mounting pressure it is not doing enough to protect user data. it centers on a firm with ties to the trump campaign called cambridge analytica. gained access to information on 50 million facebook users. this data would be useful for a presidential campaign. it can provide interests of large swaths of the population and target specific voters. data collected by a professor and in line with facebook rules. the information was transferred to third parties, including cambridge analytica. that violated the facebook policies. it ordered the data to be deleted in 2015. that did not happen. facebook booted cambridge analytica from the platform. this comes from the executive who is not commenting. a minnesota senator is one of many lawmakers demanding answers. she tweeted it is clea

mr. mccabe's termination and rendered it illegitimate. >> and chief john brennan fired off this tweet aimed at the president. when the full extent of your moral terpitude and corruption is known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history. >> an a lot to talk about this morning -- a lot to talk about this morning. let's bring in congressional reporter haley byrd joining us from washington. >> good to see you. >> let's start off with andrew mccabe. the former deputy director of the fbi. fired the night before his full retirement and full pension. it looked absent of politics. how do you separate this from the president's personal attacks on andrew mccabe? >> that is a challenge for lawmakers for the investigation. the investigation is coming from an obama appointee. this looks like a non-partisan process where it originated. the president's tweets and personally weighing in on this makes that more of a challenge. especially considering the timing with his retirement. >> so many people say it looks like the president is going through the motions and g

mr. trump's fellow republicans are lesses that pleased as well. as margaret brennan reports the new tax would make goods from cars to air conditioners more expensive. >> it will be 25% for steel, 10% for aluminum. it will be for a long period of time. >> industry ceos gather at the white house celebrated the president's decision. but the surprise announcement triggered a market selloff as concerns swirled whether the tariffs will spike costs for u.s. manufacturers or even treyger a trade war with china. the president routinely accuses beijing of unfair trade practices. >> what they do is dump mass ichb amounts of product in our country and it kills and destroys our companies an our jobs. >> chinese officials were also caught off guard. president xi's group was responded. senator sherrod brown, a democrat, cheered the decision, called the plan long overdue. senator john kennedy of louisiana. >> once you start imposing tariffs, you don't do it in a vacuum. other countries respond. >> nebraska senator ben sasse called the quote a massive tax increase on american familie

. >> jesse: former director john brennan didn't hold back disdain for mr. trump. "when the full extent of your venality and moral turpitude and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history." a little over the top there. when i found interesting is in the montage, adam schiff, a pretty partisan democrat. he says it could be a possibility this firing of mccabe was completely justified. what do you think? >> kimberly: that tells me everything you need to know. he wouldn't be saying anything like that that might displace his partisan base to think president trump is running amok here. saying that tells me he has knowledge and information to suggest in fact it was justified. i don't think he would go out of there way to do it if they didn't have good reason and full costs. in fact, the people making the recommendation, the people who work with him at the fbi. you brought a humanitarian point to it last week. you said it's two days before the guy's. look at that aspect of it. nevertheless, the f

mr. trump backtracked on the gun measures, top aides sae here is margaret brennan, moderator of "face theation." >> the trump administration has reeling. on the policy front. on gun control appeared to be more in step with democrats, confusing republicans and the nra. >> in a free-wheeling televised meeting with lawmakers he suggested when it came to potential threats. go through due process second. unconstitutional. e background checks at gun shows. proposed by pennsylvania democrat joe manchion and demanded to know why it didn't include raising purchase age for some weapons to 21. >> why? heas ant frayed of the nra. after meeting with top lobbyists. he backed off and the nra said he agreed with him. they downplayed the president's evolving positions. ou shoat the white house. >> but the president had a surprise policy announcemeord b. we'll be imposing tariffs on steel imports and tariffs on alum numb. 25% for steal. 10% for aluminum. >> republicans weren't the only even "the wall street journal" called it, the biggest policy blunder of his presidency. are od and easy to win. he later t

. >> sean: if john brennan was right -- let me ask you this. who was tough or russia, mr. obama?> i would them i would do it after the election day. >> sean: barack obama or donald trump? >> we think donald trump is tough on russia? >> sean: let me help educate your liberal mind. this is important. understand that by moving america to energy independence he cut the legs underneath vladimir putin? >> oh, okay. [overlapping talking]. e he had him on the phone and congratulated him. >> sean: just like barack obama did in 2012. >> what happened in britain to the spy, and his daughter. it's horrific. that didn't happen on obama's watch. >> sean: was it wrong for donald trump to pay for a dossier -- sorry, that was hillary clinton. >> i thought we were talking about getting tough on russia. >> sean: hillary clinton paid for the russian dossier full of russian government lies. >> okay, look at the track record of russia and hillary clinton. they rolled over and hit a plastic reset button. they closed down the missiles deal with central europe that was promised to our nato allies. >> [ov

brennan is not serving in the cia. that deep state is within the government itself and remember mr trump has the authority under the constitution to fire anybody that he believes is part of the deep state it's his own executive branch and he had at least a kind of friendly house intelligence committee that made a report hundred fifty pages that said well we don't find any actual collusion with a campaign although the russians intended to influence in some other way the outcome so here we have a president endowed in your article two of the constitution he can fire them if he believes they're undercutting himself he can fire mr rosenstein he doesn't have to wait well for mr rove sessions brucey hand if he doesn't do this because he doesn't want to bruce you need to appear on the on the liberal cable stations to tell people that because they're american people aren't told that very often philip john brennan's name was mentioned here i think i know why he had such a furious and i think even childish tweet about the mccabe firing is that we go back to the lack of candor again i think john brennan is probably has the least amount of

mr. mueller. this is all very cozy and it's very apparent now with the addition of brennan, who is in his last fewances seems somewhat unhinged, that there was direct white house involvement in this, if not coordination. this is the kind of stuff that would make richard nixon blush. this is deadly serious stuff and i'm glad that you covered it but it should be, you know, a ten-minute segment. >> please forgive me for breaking into this particular segment on this subject. plu please, go back to john brennan, what he said about the president. i saw that, i heard it, that blew me away. i'm astonished that a former director of the cia would say that about a sitting president. >> yeah. he may be a political opponent, have all sorts of personal opinions, but the man has no integrity and no dignity. he has no business, as a former cia director, sitting there and sort of, you know, free associating and speculating about what he thinks might be. it's a disservice to the country, it's a disservice to the office of the presidency. this guy is humiliating himself. turning himself into a cartoon character by m

mr. trump's inner circle. advising him on all matters. she abruptly announced her resignation yesterday following capitol hill testimony that raised some eyebrows. margaret brennan has the details. >>> the announcement came a day after she testified before the house intelligence committee, which is investigating the russian interference in the 2016 election. sources say she told the committee her work required her to tell white lies, but she never lied about russia. >> she's been with us from day one. >> she has been at mr. trump's side for three years. >> hope hicks is a tremendously talented person. >> but tried to stay out of the spotlight herself. this was one of the rare moments she spoke publicly. >> and thank you, donald trump. >> hicks was thrust into it earlier this month when news of her relationship with staff secretary rob porter became public. porter was forced to resign after his fbi background check revealed domestic abuse allegations against two ex-wives. >> she used to be in my real estate company. >> the former model started her career working for ivanka trump's clothing company and later the trump organization. she was one of the first people

. >> sean: cathy, if john brennan was right, -- let me ask you this. who is tougher on. russia? obama, mrreset -- who is tougher on russia? donald trump of barack obama and hillary? >> we really think that donald trump was tough on russia? tough?k this is >> sean: cathy, let me help educate your liberal mind. this is important. you understandun that by moving america towards energy independence, herg has literally cut the legs underneath vladimir putin? literally, that is the only economic engine he has. that's it. >> he had him on the phone and congratulated him and didn'thi mention anything --ac >> sean: just like barack obama did. >> had that happened, what happened to this by and his daughter, that is horrific. that did not happen on obama's watch. >> sean: was it wrong for donald trump to pay for a dossier -- that's right, that was hillary. >> i thought we were getting tough on russia. >> sean: hillary paid for the russian dossier full of lies, dr. gorka. >> look at the track record of obama and his secretary of state, hillary clinton. they rolled over one vladimir putin invaded anot

brennan. james comey responded to the president's attack on him saying, mr. president, the american people will hear my story very soon. and they can judge for themselves who is honorable and who is not. frank, back to you. i again, we go to who is the jury here. i think it's the deep state, and they already i think are against trump on this. i think he has a point there. anybody who cares about the fbi doesn't like the way this guy has been behaving and the whole justice of our country, the way we do things, the way we treat witnesses, the way we treat civil servants, lifetime civil servants like mccabe, enjoying firing him right before he gets his pension, that sort of thing. but there must be trump people. is that his jury? >> it's a 60-40 split right now. these investigations that are taking place neither the district of columbia or in the eastern district of virginia. there are going to be folks that are supporters that are in those jury pools. there are also going to be folks that are not his supporters in that jury pool. but i think the important thing

mr. trump and before that his daughter, ivanka, for years. we get more now on this from white house correspondent and "face the nation" moderator d?rgaret brennanrgaret, what happened? >> reporter: well, 29-year-old hope hicks is president trump's longest-serving political aide and his most trusted. hoe white house says she had been considering leaving her hesition for months, and now she wants to take on a job outside of government. >> so, no comment at all? ed reporter: the announcement came a day after she testified before the house intelligence committee, which is investigating russian interference in the 2016 election. sources say she told the committee that her work for the r esident required her to tell white lies, but she never lied about russia. >> she started off with us right from day one. >> reporter: she has been at mr. trump's side for the past three years. >> now hope hicks is a tremendously talented person. >> reporter: but tried to stay out of the spotlight herself. this was one of the rare moments she spoke publicly. >> and thank you, donald trump. >> reporter: hicks was thrust into it earlier this month when news of her relat

mr. trump and may have things that they could expose. >> something personal perhaps? >> perhaps, perhaps. >> that's john brennan, former cia director. he's by and large an obama appointee who lashed out at the firing of director andrew mccabe. in a moment we'll be joined by someone who has served democrats and republicans alike, former national director james clapper who also has questions. the president calls clapper a hack tweeting this afternoon, i called putin of russia to congratulate him on his victory. obama called in the past. the media is crazed because they want me to excoriate him. getting along with russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. the president went on to say they can help solve problems with syria, ukraine, isis, even the oncoming arms race. bush tried to get along but didn't have the smarts. obama tried, but didn't. peace through strength. he claimed strength starts with naming your adversary. he said it when it was radical islam and he was attacking president obama. >> to solve a problem, you have to be able to state what the problem is or at least say the name. >>> we have a president that refuses to use the

brennan: the disagreements with national security advisor h.r. mcmaster led to his ouster he'll be replaced by ambassador john bolton. presidential attorney john dowd is also out mr. trump said he'd like to be interviewed by special counsel robert mueller but dowd reportedly didn't want him to. worst week in two years as concerns about a trade war intensified after the president's steel and aluminum tariffs went into affect. $60 billion worth of tariffs on chinese imports. top democrat on the senate intelligent committee mark warner will be here and speak with iowa republican joni ernst about the impact of a trade war on her home state. and the stoneman douglas student activists who led that rally in washington join us. we'll also have plenty of political analysis, it's all ahead on "face the nation." good morning, captioning sponsored by cbs welcome to "face the nation." i'm margaret brennan. 40 days ago 14 students and three teachers were killed in a shooting rampage at marjorie stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. yesterday survivors led a march on washington. cbs news estimates the crowd topped just over 200,000 supporters. they were joined by p

mr. trump and may have things that they could expose. >> something personal perhaps? >> perhaps. perhaps. >> that's john brennan, former cia director. he's by and large an obama appointee who recently lashed out on twitter against the president about the firing of andrew mccabe. in a moment, we'll be joined by former director of national intelligence james clapper, who also has questions. the president, who calls general clapper a hack by the way, is on the defensive, tweeting this afternoon, quote, i called president putin of russia to congratulate him on his election victory. in past obama called him also. the fake news media is crazed because they want me to excoriate him. they are wrong. getting along with russia and a good thing, not a bad thing. they can help solve problems with north korea, syria, isis, iran, and even the coming arms race. bush tried to get along but didn't have the smarts. obama and clinton tried but didn't have the energy or chemistry. remember reset. peace through strength. but remember back on the campaign trail? back then the president claimed that strength starts with naming your adversary. at least he

mr. president is just not about defeating isil if you leave syria in the hands of russia and the iranians this war never ends and our friend in israel will hurt. >> brennan: do you know where the president's red line is with chemical weapons which they continue. >> i thought i did. clearly he did use chemical weapons yet again. what i'd like to see is no fly zone inside of syria where people can go back to syria from the surrounding neighborhood and we would train syrian democratic forces to take assad on. tell the russians and iranians if you bomb these people you do so at your own peril and try to level out the chaos in syria, to go geneva to get a peace agreement. you'll never get an agreement in geneva as long as assad is winning on the battlefield. our policy in syria is a complete mess. we're awol when it comes to containing russia and iran and syria that's a real threat. >> brennan: get back to what you referred to there in regard to the president's surprise announcement on trade tariffs on steel and aluminum. bmw has largest plant in the world in your home state now president is talking about putting taxes on european cars. >> right. >> brennan:

and cia director john brennan saying the president's behavior suggest he's scared of putin. >> the fact that he has had this fawning attitude toward mr. putin has not said anything negative about him. it continues to say to me he does have something to fear. the russians have had long experience with mr. trump and may have things that they could expose. >> lisa: here's what the president's critics are not including. president obama called putin to congratulate him on his re-election. and as press secretary sarah sanders noted yesterday. several u.s. allies did the same this year. >> the president once again has maintained that it's important for us to have a lie log with russia so we can focus on some areas of shared interest. at the same time, we're going to continue to be tough on them. the president joined other countries in these call, both germany and france reached out, as well as president obama in 2012. >> israeli prim minister benjamin netanyahu called to congratulate putin. and now "the washington post" saying the president are ignored a written warning pr the national security team meaning, quote, do not congratulate the r