does he think he could have found osama bin laden sooner?take it up with the former chairman of the house intelligence committee. and the blue wave did not stretch all across america. one-on-one tonight with stacey abrams, who lost the race to be georgia's governor. but she says she's not done fighting. there's something that has to be changed. she says the politics in her state are rotten and rigged. ready to make the case? let's get after it. >>> georgia governor's race is finally over. stacey abrams did not win, but she did launch herself into the national political spotlight. and while she admits that she's not going to be the next governor, she refuses to concede, but she concedes the election but not the bigger point, which is she believes that this election exposed issues that will lead to another fight, taking on the system itself. here she is. >> ms. abrams, thank you very much for taking the opportunity. >> thank you for having me. >> so first tell us what do you believe the lesson of your election to be? >> that if we want to have

because there is no evidence as you pointed out that he ever actually said we needed to be going after osama bin laden prior to 9/11. all he said in that passage you quoted was there is this guy out there named bin laden getting a lot of attention and then we move on to something else. now he is trying to suggest that almost as if i donald trump had given the cia the gps coordinates. >> like smoky bear and rambo all wrapped up into one. when you talk about the politicalization of the military, that is serious. no one thinks that the military is above reproach and doesn't deserve criticism at times. the president seems to be looking at it exclusively through a political lens. >> some in the military are picking up on that and it is unfortunate that some are even gearing this way. we are seeing people choosing left and right who are wearing the uniform and having worn the uniform for almost four decades, i counted this afternoon how many presidents i served under. i had to forcibly count that. it was five republicans and three democrats. and bill mccraven was in the same time i was. i would guess

moments ago going after bill clinton saying the clinton administration missed their shot to take out osama bin. u.s. forces u.s. intelligence as you know, john, they did try to take out bin laden in the late 1990s but the president neglects to mention obviously that 9/11 happened under president george w. bush and the obama folks would argue that they put the focus back on capturing or killing bin laden when barack obama came into office. and john, i should point out this is just not outraging democrats. it's also outraging republicans. i talked to a gop congressional aide, a key gop congressional aide earlier this evening who said this is pa thetic, "quote pa 24e pathetic coming from the president. as you mentioned, not even accurate as u.s. intelligence was in charge of finding bin laden. it was the navy s.e.a.l.s under the command of mcraven who got him. >> and what the president is saying now is different than what he was saying when bin laden was killed. correct? >> that's right. we talked about this before. there's a tweet for everything. in this case there's a statement for everything.

an attack on a military man and why he is insulting the admiral who led the take down of osama bin laden. the list of people still unaccounted for sgroe grows lond the urgent search to find them. a new legal challenge for matt whitaker s. three argue that the appointment is unconstitutional. let's go to manu raju. tell us what's in this lawsuit. >> there are three democratic senators. dick blumenthal, mazie hirono and sheldon whitehouse. they are saying this is an unconstitutional appointment of matt whitaker under the appointment clause that requires the senate to confirm high level appointees. now, they are saying that this should be essentially nullified and this comes after the maryland acting attorney general last week challenged the appointment of matt whitaker, saying he should be replaced by the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein who was overseeing the investigation before whitaker was named the day after the election and the president pushed out jeff sessions. the justice department issued its own justification. 20-page memo saying this was a legal appointment under the vac

i'll ask for a quick answer -- is there any merit to discussing trump's view we should have gotten osama binn earlier? >> the problem with that as tim was pointing out and in your earlier clips, blaming the military for not getting bin laden earlier is not understanding whose job it was to find bin laden. this notion, you can argue clinlten had a shot at him and the lawyers perhaps didn't want to do that. but i just don't think that's a worthwhile discussion anymore, and i think it's fair to anybody. >> tom, good to talk to you. thank you so much for joining us. thank you to both of you. >>> coming up, the woman who flipped her virginia house district by one of the biggest margins of any democrat in the country on election night, democratic congresswoman elect jennifer wexton tells us who she's backing for speaker of the house. n tells us who she's backing for speaker of the house. (vo) this is not a video game. this is not a screensaver. this is the destruction of a cancer cell by the body's own immune system, thanks to medicine that didn't exist until now. and today can save your life. ♪ ♪

responsible for taking down saddam hussein, taking down osama bin laden.ourse there were many. but he was one. and why? because the president doesn't like what he said about him. and by the way, what he just told you is a lie. the admiral is not a hillary clinton supporter. how do we know? he said as much. he never even endorsed her. this is not about the truth. it's ham-fisted deflection. you hit me, i hit you. but he attacked a decorated veteran who's a hero, and he maligned one of the greatest takedowns of an opponent in modern history. the man who represented the 9/11 threat is now gone. thanks should be the order of the day always to the s.e.a.l.s, their admiral, their commander, all the intelligence people and the support troops who made their efforts possible. the years of work before those magic moments in that night. some are surprised that the president would attack the osama bin laden effort or admiral mcraven because trump loves the veterans so much. says who? trump? we only know what we can show. he gave them a race, true. so have others. he's

i'll ask for a quick answer -- is there any merit to discussing trump's view we should have gotten osama bin? >> the problem with that as tim was pointing out and in your earlier clips, blaming the military for not getting bin laden earlier is not understanding whose job it was to find bin laden. this notion, you can argue clinten had a shot at him and the lawyers perhaps didn't want to do that. but i just don't think that's a worthwhile discussion anymore, >> tom, good to talk to you. thank you so much for joining >>> coming up, the woman who flipped her virginia house district by one of the biggest margins of any democrat in the country on election night, democratic congresswoman elect jennifer wexton tells us who she's backing for speaker of the house. green book is the one movie winning audience awards across the country. he's only the greatest piano player in the world. there's no better way to spend the holidays than with viggo mortensen and mahershala ali. that's a handsome suit. guys looks just like you. they're so good, you'll wish the movie would never end. where'd you learn how to

, this time retired admiral william mcgrafn, the commander who oversaw the operation that killed osama binismisses mccraven as, quote, a hillary clinton backer, but says it would have been nice if bin laden had been taken out sooner. here's the president talking to fox news anchor chris wallace. >> retired admiral, navy s.e.a.l., 37 years, former head of u.s. special operations. >> hillary clinton fan. >> special operations. >> excuse me, hillary clinton man. >> who led the operations, commanded the operations that took down saddam hussein and killed lad larksd says thosama r sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy. >> he's a hillary clinton backer and obama backer. >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. >> and it would have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that. >> mccraven has been very critical of trump saying trump had humiliated the u.s. and called trump's attacks against the media the greatest threat

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. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden sooner than that. >> he is not a hillary clinton backer. he said it himself. let's put the truth to the side. what bothered you so much about this? >> well, there are two things. number one, i have met no finer officer than bill. to have the president use the power of his office to attempt to didminish someone who i thin by way of virtue is better is the other is the gaping g. ignorance on the part of a president late in the second year of his term as to how cia and special operations forces operate together. his little quote there trying to condemn the lateness, the tardiness of the assault has nothing to do with how these things really happen in the real world. one hopes a president could pick some of that up. >> mr. clapper, it is not -- it's no small irony the president is talking about they should have gotten bin laden faster. everybody would like to get bad guys who have an existential threat to the america on their mind at all times as soon as you can. that diminishes how difficult it was. i followed it for the better part of

this isn't bill mcraven saying hey, this is when i'm going to go get osama bin laden. that's driven by intelligence. and the hunt for bin laden was described as a needle in a bunch of needles inside of a bunch of haystacks. it was a very difficult find. and you know, there are even some in the military right now that are pointing out if he thought it was so easy to capture bin laden, how come the president and his team haven't yet captured baghdadi or zawahiri or some of the other terrorists around the world? this is tough fighting, tough mission.driven, and these guys blend in. for all the people who contributed to the hunt for osama bin laden, it's an insult. and i know that there were quite a few people in the intelligence community as well as the military that made it their effort for years to put pieces of a puzzle together, to eventually find him. but again, we're distracting from the main issue. what the issue was is the president calling journalists fake news. that was the beginning of the question, and suddenly, he diverted to bill mcraven and now everyone is t

who over saw the raid on osama bin laden. nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has the story. >> reporter: after a verbal attack on an american commander, new backlash against the commander in chief. >> retired admiral, 37 years. former head of u.s. special operations. >> hillary clinton fan. >> special operations -- >> excuse me, hillary clinton fan. >> a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden sooner than that? >> reporter: he over saw the raid that killed osama bin laden. robert o'neill, who supports donald trump, said he fired the fatal shot. >> something like this is not about republicans or democrats but america. admiral is the reason my s.e.a.l. team got in and president obama approved it. that's as simple as it gets. >> reporter: the president's criticism comes after he called it the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. he stands by that, quote, i admire all presidents regardless of political party who uphold the dignity of the office. mcraven called for his own securi

of course, we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did.ut in my book just before the attack on the world trade center. president clinton missed his shot. we paid pakistan billions of dollars and they never told us he lived there. you're familiar with the president's criticisms. you have your own tremendous service to this country, and you led special operations forces before admiral mcraven during a time when you were focused on capturing bad guys in afghanistan, including osama bin laden. tell me about the efforts you and the forces you commanded were making then, and how the president's criticism of those efforts resonates with you. >> well, first, i know bill mcraven and was honored to serve alongside him. i know just a few years ago, he was personally going out on counterterrorist raids with his forces, and the president is simply wrong. he's uninformed, and he is pushing an idea that i think is not helpful. but i really think it's symptomatic of the crisis in leadership we have in the nation today. and that is when we are allowing wha

of course we should have captured osama bin laden before we did. why is the president talking about bin laden right now? >> well, the reason is, because he was asked about criticism from the man who oversaw the capture and killing of bin laden. instead of addressing the criticism that he got from admiral mcraven. the president pivoted, lobbing insults instead. william mccraven was a navy seal. he oversaw the capture of bin laden. just a couple things he did in his. years in the military. and then he said this about donald trump. >> the president said the news media is the enemy of the american people. this sentiment may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. >> the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. he said that in 2017, it was yesterday when president trump was specifically asked about them in his interview with chris wallace, here's what he said. >> he's a hillary clinton backer. and an obama backer. and frankly -- >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? won th

but i would just like to remind folks that in the months leading up to osama bin laden being killed, president trump then citizen trump was trafficking in a racist birther conspiracy. and former president obama releasing his birth certificate in april of that same year, before bin laden was killed that may. so, look, donald trump, he says he cares so much about the veterans. he says he cares so much about our military. but every single turn, he has given them a proverbial middle finger and i don't know how much longer he's going to get away with it. >> one thing on what simone just said, jim. i would just like to point out, though, he has not given them the middle finger on policy issues. i think that is a step too far, with all due respect, simone. they have increased military spending, gave the troops a raise. they have given them better equipment. they have restored in many ways the military from being in a shambles in some ways under the obama years budget. >> the military has always been the biggest budget if we want to be frank. the military has always been the biggest budget. n

frankly, wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that?s he did not back hillary clinton or anyone else in 2016. he says i admire all presidents who uphold the dignity of the office. he mentioned obama and bush. he worked for both. when you undermine the freedom of the press, you threaten the constitution and all for which it stands. >> let's chat about this with historian and professor julian zelizer. good morning. >> good morning. >> the president gives himself "a plus" because there is nothing higher than that. mcraven, the highest service in the navy. how would you grade the president's response there? >> it is hard to give him an "a plus." we don't see presidents going after military officials like this. not criticizing on anything on terms of policy, but insulting them. we saw this with senator mccain back during the campaign. it is part of what president trump is willing to do if he thinks someone is against him. >> he can take a stellar reputation and background and turn it around in that very trumpian way. the fox news host and la

. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> back to that drama in a moment, but we begin with an important legal drama for the president and most curious words by one of his closest aides. the deadline to submit his written answers to robert mueller. the president said he finished them last week and they will be handed over this week. we know he was angry about some of the questions. robert muelle takes a dim view for those who lied to him. he reserves the right to come back and ask for a face-to-face meeting on some issues. the president said the written answers are likely his final act of cooperation. >> i think we wasted enough time on this witch hunt. the answer is probably. we're finished. >> the president's witch hunt refrain has been a constant. absolutely no collusion is another. this morning, listen closely to the president's counsellor who seems to add a collusion qualifier. >> 33 people are reading the paper have either been interviewed or asked for information and complied and that includes the president of the u

trump said, we should have captured osama bin lan long before we did, and that president clinton famously missed his shot. thatchoed similar comments he made during an interview on fox news sunday. >> bill mcren, retired admiral, navy s.e.a.l., 37 years, former head of u.s. special operations. >> hillary clinton fan. >> special operations -- >> excuse me. hillary clinton fan. >> who led the operations, commanded the operations that took down saddam hussein and that killed osama bin laden says that your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. >> okay. he's a hillary clinton backer and an oma backer, and frankly -- >> he was a navy seal 37 year. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> mr. trump's criticism c after mcraven said, quote, the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. mcraven says he stands by the comment and that he did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. >>> a teenage race car driver is recovering this morningfter surviving aorrifying crash all caught on camera.

tell us what you saw then about the focus of the military to find osama bin laden and how that leadsur experience then leads you to react to the president's comments here, in effect saying the military took its time? >> well, a couple of points, jim, the president's comments show a fundamental misunderstanding of not only how military operations and the chain of command operate but how it operated specifically with the raid to capture or kill osama bin laden. admiral mcraven was the head of joint -- i'm sorry, joint special operations command. he and his special operators were tasked with the mission to go into the compound in pakistan. that order was given by the president. the decision of when to go after bin laden, how to go after bin laden was made by the president of the united states as commander in chief in consultation with his national security staff. that's very well understood. so admiral mcraven had no real say of when he was going to conduct this operation. he followed orders. and, as he pointed out rightfully, whether the occupant of the white house is a republican or d

> who led the operations, commanded the operations that took down saddam hussein and that killed osama bin laden says that your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. >> okay. he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer, and frankly -- >> he was a navy seal 37 year. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> mr. trump's criticism comes after mcraven said, quote, the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. mcraven says he stands by the comment and that he did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. >>> a teenage race car driver is recovering this morning after surviving a horrifying crash all caught on camera. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the dramatic details. >> reporter: if you blink, you might miss it. this race car going airborne and slamming into a track fence. here it is slowed down. the driver loses control, flying above other cars before landing in a tangled mess. it happened so fast, onlookers at the formula 3 grand prix near hong kong don't seem to realize what happen

and frankly -- >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> mcraven has been an outspoken critic of trump. he wrote a stunning rebuke of the president in august, saying trump had embarrassed and humiliated the u.s. he said back in february of last year that trump's attacks against the media were the greatest threat to democracy. mcraven is responding to the latest comments. he says, quote, i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i'm a fan of president obama and president george w. bush, both of whom i worked for. i admire all presidents regardless of their political party who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. i stand by my comment that the president's attacks on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. when you undermine the people's right to a free press and freedom of speech and expression, then you threaten the constitution and all for which it stands. cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez is outside the white house

. >> who led the operations and took down saddam hussein and killed osama bin laden. says your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. >> he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer. >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> it would be nice if we had gotten osama bin laden sooner than that. >> he says he did not back hillary clinton or anyone else in 2016. he says i admire all presidents who uphold the dignity of the office. when you undermine the freedom of the press, you threaten the constitution. >>> the president did acknowledge one misstep in the fox interview. he says he should have gone to arlington national cemetery for veterans day. a presidential tradition. >> i should have done that. i was extremely busy on calls for the country. we did a lot of calling, as you know. >> but this is veterans day. >> i probably, you know, in retrospect, i should have. i will virtually every year. we had come in very late at night. i had just left literally the american cemetery in paris. i really probably assumed that was fine. >> separately, the president agai

and, frankly -- >> he was a navy seal for 37 years. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama binen a lot sooner than that? >> seth: you're attacking him for not getting bin laden sooner? oh, because i totally could see you charging in there in your hat and your wind breaker. [ laughter ] swinging a rake like it's a sword. "where are you? ama?a! [ laughter and applause ] i'm going -- i'm going to rake your floors." [ laughter ] trump then went on to claim that it was obvious to everyone where bin laden was hiding, and also found a way to work in a very strange dig at bin laden's compound. i don't know i've seen n. [ light laughter ] >> seth: you can make this idiot a president and everything still comes back to real estate. "it's in a little neighborhood in the middle of pakistan. i call it mid-pac. [ light laughter ] the mid-packing district." [ laughter ] only donald trump -- only donald trump can make himself feel better by implying he has a nicer house than osama bin laden. [ laughter ] hed, evil people i history of human civilization. you're not burning him by saying he has a

hillary clinton fan. >> led and the operations and killed osama bin laden said your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy. >> he's a hillary clinton backer. and an obama backer. frankly -- >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that. >> admiral william mccraven saying this. i i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama & i admire all president who is uphold the dignity of the office and use that office to bring "people" together. i stand by my comment that the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in our lifetime. when you undermine the people's right to a free press and freedom of speech and express, you threaten the constitution and all for which it stands. that from admiral mcraven in that interview. wide ranging interview on fox. let's discuss this with cnn military analyst. you served with mcraven in iraq and tweeted out saying having served with raven in iraq, he is one of the best leaders and selfless servants i have ever met. not a political bone in h

writing, of course, we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did. i pointed him out in my book, just before the attack on the world trade center. president clinton famously missed his shot. we paid pakistan billions of dollars, and they never told us he was there.

an obama backer, and frankly -- >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it have been nice if he got osama binner than that? >> "outfront" now, rob o'neill, former s.e.a.l. team six member who killed bin laden, also author of "the operator." what's your reaction when the president of the united states comes out and says, you know, this wasn't done right? >> well, this is part of the problem with stuff that goes on in washington. this is part of some politics right there. simply because -- i mean, admiral bill mcraven never endorsed anybody for president. in the community, we know which way he leans but because president trump thought that he's a hillary clinton backer, that's all he was saying and he said we should have found osama bin laden sooner. the command that admiral mcraven was in charge of didn't find bin laden. it was the women and the men and the three letter agencies that worked for many, many years under many presidents to include presidents clinton, bush, and obama and they were there for america. they weren't there for red or blue. they wanted to find bin laden and once they fou

he attacked retired admiral william mcraven who oversaw the osama bin lauden raid and said the military should have killed bin lauden sooner. and he called the incoming chair of the house intelligence committee adam shitt. it's like he doesn't even care about be best. hears' what changes january 3rd. that congressman he just insulted will have the gavel and subpoena power and every single sign available points to special counsel robert mueller nearing the end of his investigation and likely readying some kind of public showing of the evidence which clearly has the president panicked. here he is this weekend answering whether he would agree to an interview with robert mueller. >> is that your final position, that there is going to be no sit-down interview and nothing written or in person on obstruction? >> i would say probably, probably. i mean, i can change my mind, but probably. i think -- >> -- >> i think we've wasted enough time on this witch-hunt. the answer is probably. we're finished. >> we're finished. that position that he probably won't sit for an interview with the special cou

-- osama bin laden? rajini: someone who works for george bush and barack obama.ould ask that question, why go there. by president does not like personal criticism. we have seen that over t last few years the way he takes things personally. sometimehe shoots back, which is what he has done in this situation, accusing t admiral faneing a hillary clinton and criticizing the way he carried out such a crucial operation. what is interesting today is -- the president had the suppt of the rnc and they tweeted that mcraven was reportedly on hillary clinton's shortlist for the iice presiden2016 so he is hardly nonpolitical. this is getng more and more litical. you just don't criticize members of the military, you just don't go there. laura: and the military is very popular in the united . all of this is coming as the president says he has written down answers to some of the questions from special counsel robert mueller, investigating whether there are any links between t trump campaign and russia. what we know about the nature of these questions? rajini:we whanow is that o

trump has bragged he knows more about isis than america's generals and it seems he's an expert on osama binn as well. u.s. president went after the retired admiral william mcraven who led the mission which killed bin lauden, tweeting, of course we should have captured osama bin lauden long before we did. his attacks on the media were the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. it is a comment mcraven continues to stand by and that brought this rebuke from president trump. >> he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer. and, frankly -- >> he was a navy seal. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin lauden a lot sooner than that, wouldn't it have been nice -- >> in response to that side remark from the president, former cia deputy director michael morales issued this statement. mcraven should have found osama bin lauden sooner, he said, the mcraven's special operation did the getting. they moved within days of president obama giving the order. >>> from orlando florida, the former af former army commander general for the 7th army. general, good to see you. >> good to see you, joh

military and political leaders for not catching osama bin laden sooner. d you so" tweet today, the president once again claim ing bin laden should have been captured along before the 2011 raid that ended with him dead. trump calling past american leadership fools for giving pakistan billions of dollars and not telling the u.s. that bin laden was hiding there. the retired admiral credited with leading the bin laden raid, also standing by his criticism of trump, admiral william mcraven, calling the president's attacks on the media, quote, the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. the president using those comments to attack the highly decorated former military leader. >> bill mcraven, retired admiral, navy s.e.a.l., 37 years, former head of u.s. special operations. >> hillary clinton fan. >> special operations -- >> excuse me! hillary clinton fan! >> -- who led the operations, command of the operations that took down saddam hussein and that killed osama bin laden says that your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. >> okay. h

navy admiral william mcraven should have caught osama bin laden faster. alk about there and we will. earlier today, trump doubled down on his criticism writing that he apparently attempted to warn all of us about bin laden. "of course, we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did." he goes on to say, "i pointed out in my book just before the attack on the world trade center. president clinton famously missed his shot. we pay pakistan billions of dollars and they never told us he was living there. fools." on sunday, admiral mcraven responded to the fox interview with a statement from him that read in part, "i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama and president george w. bush, both of whom i worked for. i admire all presidents regardless of their political party, who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. i stand by my comment that the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime." who best to react

who oversaw the 2011 operation that killed osama bin laden. last year mccraven said that donald trump's attacks on the news media represented the greatest threat to american democracy that he has ever seen. >> thank you. >> during that fox news sunday interview donald trump decided to hit back suggesting that mccraven and the navy s.e.a.l.s had failed. that they had screwed up. that the navy s.e.a.l.s were insufficient to the task inn front of them and they should have found osama bin laden much sooner. >> bill mccraven, retired admiral, navy s.e.a.l., 37 years, former head of u.s. special operations -- >> hillary clinton fan. >> -- special operations -- >> excuse me, hillary clinton fan. >> who led the operations, command of the operations that took down saddam hussein and killed osama bin laden says that your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. >> he is a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer and, frankly -- >> he was a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it have been nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than tha

president is now taking aim at the retired admiral who commanded the exercise that brought down osama binaden. elizabeth hur joins us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we'll begin with president trump saying on his end, he is ready for this russia investigation to wrap up, and should his new acting attorney general choose to limit this investigation in any way, the president says he is okay with that. special counsel robert mueller has yet to reveal a timeline, but president trump says he has completed his written answers for mueller, telling fox news he wrote them himself. >> not my team. i'm preparing written answers. >> reporter: the president adding a sitdown interview with mueller, not likely. >> i think we have wasted enough time on this witch hunt, and the answer is probably that we're finished. >> reporter: as for his acting attorney general, matthew whitaker, who has been a vocal critic of the russia probe, this is what he says about limbing the investigation. >> if he decides to curtail -- >> i would not get involved. >> reporter: this as democrat adam schiff, lik

it would have been nicer if we gotten osama bin laden lot sooner.l in pakistan, which they considered a nice mansion, living in pakistan right next to the military academy, everybody in pakistan knew he was there. >> reporter: the president facing growing backlash on the style and substance. correction needed to his comments that mccraven should have found bin laden sooner. cia did the finder. they moved within days of president obama giving the order. navy seal who so the bin laden is also coming out to defend mcraven. he was born to lead this mission i'll follow him anywhere. if only people heard the real speech. the mission to get bin laden was bipartisan. we all wanted to get him as soon as we could. for has part, mcraven is standing by his criticism president's treatment of the press. clinton campaign did consider tapping him as her running mate. today the president is doubling down on criticisms of mcraven. >> shepard: reporting from washington. breaking today, 16 house democrats are promising to vote against nancy pelosi for speaker. this gro

but today, trump doubled down on his second guessing: "of course we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did. i pointed him out in my book just before the attack on the world trade center. president clinton famously missed his shot. we paid pakistan billions of dollars and they never told us he was living there. fools! dot-dot--" ( laughter ) yes, it's always the good guy shouting "fools!" ughter ) yahthat right. ( applause ) >> stephen: oh, those fools, they said i was insane, but i will show them who's insane when i sow that chimp head on to a duck. ( laughter ) and trump did mention a dire threat in his book "the america we deserve." it's right there on the cover: donald trump. trump explained to wallace that he is humble enough to admit his mistakes, like not visiting that french cemetery: >> i don't mind getting bad news if i'm wrong. if i do something wrong, like, for instance, the cemetery. i was not allowed to go because of the secret service. >> stephen: yes, trump is willing to take the blame, he's just never to blame. it's like the famous sign on truman's desk.

of course, we should have captured osama bin lauden long before we did.aven has been critical of the president's attacks on the press and his leadership style. in august he pend an open letter calling for trump to revoke his security clearance after former cia director john brennan had his revoked. in a statement he responded to the president's comments saying, i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama and president george w. bush, both of whom i worked for. i admire all presidents regard ms of their political party, who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. >>> joining me now, yamiche alcindor, correspondent for pbs news hour, retired four star general mccaffery. general, let me start with you first. just your reaction to the president choosing to mix it up with a decorated admiral like this. >> you know, there is actually a comical aspect to this. admiral bill mcraven is probably the epitome of a heroic warrior defending america. he commanded jsoc ca

donald trump -- only donald trump can make himself feel better by implying he has a nicer house than osama bin. [ laughter ] bin laden's already one of the h moed, evil people in the history of human civilization. you're not burning him by saying he has a crappy house. who's trump going to go after next? "you know, people make fun of my hair. but it's much nicer than the unabomber's." [ laughter ] we have a president who concocts outlandish lies and spreads baseless conspiracy theories and attacks anyone who calls him out.il and all the the rest of the world laughs at us, from finland to germany to -- de >> s [ light laughter ] >> seth: this has been a "closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: we'll be right backve with sarah san, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: for more of seth's "closer looks" be sure to subscribe to "late night" on youtube. ♪ it's on. ♪ nothing. what u doin'? hey. ♪break through. ♪break through. (parents)an) oh hey, baby. happy holidays! (woman) awh, you're having an ugly sweater party? (dad) what? (woman) oh...no... (dad) uh, are you throwing a b

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. >> who led the operations, commanded the operations that took down osama bin laden and th -- saddamsein and killed bin laden. >> he is a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer, and -- >> he was a navy seal. >> he basically got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that. >> president trump is facing growing criticism after that, after suggesting real estate tired u.s. navy admiral william mccraven should have caught osama bin laden faster. >> he goes on to say i pointed out in my book just before the attack on the world trade center president clinton famously missed his shot. we paid pakistan billions of dollars, and had he never told us he was living there. fools. on sunday admiral mcraven responded to the fox interview with a statement from him that read, in part, "i did not back hillary clinton or anyone else. i am a fan of president obama and president george w. bush. both of whom i worked for. i admire all presidents, regardless of their political party, who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. i stand by my

and the s.e.a.l.s who went in in a very risky operation, but they got osama bin laden.'s number one enemy. and they sent a clear message to the world that nobody attacks this country. and gets away with it. this president owes admiral mccraven and all of the s.e.a.l.s involved in that operation an apology for what he's saying. he's undermining his position as commander in chief. not only with those that conducted the operation, but with the entire military. >> at the same time, what about his criticism that you and mccraven and the obama administration should have gotten bin laden sooner? >> well, it was ten years trying to find bin laden and thanks to the hard work of our intelligence officers, they were able finally to determine that. by the way, we did not brief admiral mccraven on the location of that compound. until about three months bf they conducted the operation. once we briefed them, admiral mccraven put together the operation. the president approve ued it. it was a risky operation. but they went ahead and did that operation and were success ffult doing it. th

the killing of osama bin laden.coming the national christmas tree to the white house, the president is warning special counsel robert mueller there is one gift he shouldn't count on. a sitdown interview with mr. trump in the russia investigation. >> i think -- >> no energy. >> i think we've wasted enough time on this witch hunt. and the answer is probably. we're finished. >> reporter: and the president is far from finished with fights he's picking on a number of fronts, still battling with retired admiral william mcraven, who oversaw the mission to kill osama bin laden. >> hillary clinton backer. and an obama backer. and frankly -- >> he's a navy s.e.a.l. >> wouldn't it be nice if we got osama bin laden a lot sooner than that? >> reporter: mcraven, who has been sharply critical, fired back with a statement of his own, saying, quote, i stand by my comment that the president's attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. the president's criticism of the bin laden raid runs counter to sta

(jrstone) retired navy admiral william mcraven, who led the 20-11 raid that killed osama bin laden, says president trump's attack on the news media is detrimental to democracy. trump dismissed mcraven's remarks and called him a "hillary clinton backer" in a fox news interview that aired sunday.in the interview, the president also criticized the u-s military for not killing bin laden sooner. chris wallace/fox news anchor: "mcraven: retired admiral, navy seal 37 years, former head of us special operations." president donald trump: "hillary clinton fan."chris wallace/fox news anchor: "special operations."president donald trump:"excuse me, hillary clinton fan."chris wallace/fox news anchor:"--who led the operations -- commanded the operations that took down saddam hussein and that killed osama bin laden, says that you're sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime." president donald trump:"okay, he's a hillary clinton backer and an obama backer."chris wallace/fox news anchor:"he was a navy seal 37 years." in statement -- mcraven says he "did not back hillary clinton or anyo

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attack on mccraven, changing the time line, tweeting this morning, of course, we should have captured osama bin laden long before we did. i pointed him out in my book, just before the attack on the world trade center. well, let's fact-check that. trump does mention bin laden in his book, "the america we deserve," which was published in the year 2000. but only as a passing reference, saying bin laden is a shadowy figure. now, just moments ago, robert o'neill, the navy s.e.a.l. operator who claims to have been the person who actually shot bin laden, spoke out defending his s.e.a.l. team, saying the effort to capture or kill bin laden was a bipartisan effort. also let's clarify, it was the cia's job to find bin laden. that took years. once they did, the s.e.a.l. team was sent in very quickly thereafter. marcus? >> all right, scott. interesting stuff. >>> all right. well, the holiday shopping season is here, so have you set aside that money to purchase those gifts? coming up, we are going to tell you the amount men are expected to outspend women. >> that's okay. >>> plus, it's already started. the