leon panetta. >> me? wasn't addressed but figured it was your turn. >> i thought -- >> it is very important the president of the united states is supportive of the intelligence services, intelligence services are critical to providing intelligence that a president needs and that is what they do, dedicated to doing that and it is important for the president of the united states to be supportive of that effort and the president started on the wrong foot criticizing our intelligence agencies and that sends the wrong signal not only to our intelligence agencies but our allies but he has come back. the fact that the president now clearly does respect the work there intelligence services does. i hope he will continue to be supportive. >> i am an engineer by training, fact and data guy, i read the stories, facts and data. whenever i -- intelligence i need to deliver, and given the truth the best we do. we asked for increased authority to perform function ways that are more robust taking more risks and in each ca

used to in the last year earlier spoke to the former cia director and then secretary of defense leon panetta we asked him if trump's use of twitter matters. i cannot imagine i was i was chief of staff to the present the united states to bill clinton i could not imagine being a chief of staff and trying to determine what the strategy is for a particular day and then go to work and find out the president at five am started tweeting things that that totally undermine the ability to have some kind of strategy for that particular day you're going to have to spend your time basically repairing the damage that the president did from his tweets it is it is very unstable it's very erratic there's no reason that the president has to suddenly get up in the morning and tweet without developing some kind of stable policy approach to deciding what is the strategy for this administration it cannot just be a tweet you can't do foreign policy by tweeting and that was former cia director leon panetta speaking to you a little earlier here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making news around th

so leaving panetta says trump's tweeting is a damaging and ineffective has the international community been able to come up with an effective strategy for interpret his tweets first one has to understand that his twittering is effective to reach out to his electorate and this is very important these are not done these are of course government documents but they're not treated like this in his mind he wants to reach out to his listeners first we have to understand that the policy is made not by twitter but by the actions of the people around him by the agencies by the white house and i think there is a lot of good cooperation going on so the strategy is to reach out to the reasonably reasonable people around him and and press that they have sort of credible long term policy that we can can actually rely on having regular thank you for joining us. turkey has intensified shelling of the northern syrian town of afraid in a move to oust us that critics militia on chrissy's the tens of thousands of critics fighters massed there as terrorists and is bound to press on with a full scale operati

, thank you very much for being with us from the panetta institute. thank you. >> thank you. >>> joining me now, nbc's kristen welker at the white house. robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post." moderator of "washington week" on pbs and "the washington post" columnist david ignatius. lots to unpack there. what's the latest from the white house on whether or not there is going to be any kind of possible deal? i know republicans are talking about a short-term continuing resolution. are democrats going to hold out for some dreamer relief? >> reporter: the strategy here at the white house right now is to try to turn up the heat on democrats, to effectively say that if there is any type of a shutdown, that democrats would be to blame. earlier today, sarah huckabee sanders, the press secretary, was asked about all of this and she said look, it is up to democrats to come to the table on this. the reason why is because republicans need democrat support in order to get that spending legislation passed on friday. of course, the gover

this hour i'll speak with leon panetta and former cia director and our correspondents and specialists are standing by. first, let's go to jim acosta. jim, the president is at war with steve bannon right now and now he's dragged his lawyers into this war as well. >> reporter: that's right. the war goes on. president trump is coming down hard on steve bannon, threatening legal action against him in a book that is filled with harsh comments. the question whether it's an empty threat by the president, the publisher just moved up the release of the book to tomorrow. president trump sounds like a man who couldn't careless about steve bannon. >> thank you very much. he called me a great man last night. he changed his tune pretty quick. >> reporter: the president's lawyers are threatening to sue the former white house chief strategist over his comments in michael wolff's book "fire and fury" saying legal action is imminent and demanding that the book be shut down and it gives rise to other claim, defamation by libel. >> should a presideit be interpa threat to not publish this book? >> it's no

earlier i spoke to cia director leon panetta.s already worried about things spiraling out of control. i want you to take a listen to the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullein. >> we're actually closer in my view to a nuclear war with north korea and in that region than we've ever been, and i just don't see how -- i don't see the opportunities to solve this diplomatically at this particular point. >> that's a pretty grim, bleak assessment from admiral mullein. do you agree with that? >> i agree with his concern about the fact that i think this is probably the tensest i've seen the relationship between the united states and north korea. and that the reality of the exchange of these kinds of contemptuous comments by not only the north korean leader but by the president of the united states regarding each other have only increased the tensions. i still am hopeful, though, that the we can find a diplomatic way to try to engage here. i wouldn't lose hope on that because i think the alternatives, frankly, ar

jim baker and leon panetta under bill clinton who can walk in the oval office and close the door andell the president what he didn't want to hear. host: you had picture in the book in his office. richard nixon lord high executioner there. how did he create the model. what was in place if anything, before that period? guest: i could have gone back to eisenhower in the book. one of the things that shocks me nobody beat me to this book. it's really extraordinary when you think about it. nobody what looked at this history in quite this way before. you could go back to sherman adams who was the civilian version of dwight eisenhower's army chief of staff. he was famously known as the noman. it was a gruff, tough gatekeeper. i chose holderman. he took it to another level. he and nixon were obsessed with trying to get this right. holderman became nixon's famous words, the lord high executioner. he became the guy who was the gatekeeper. he was the broker of information. he was in charge of communications. he executed the president's agenda. the fascinating part thing about it is that holderma

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i think of the speech that leon panetta gave, on the intrepid. the next war is in cyberspace and that our power grid is so vulnerable to the likes of iran, russia, north korea, any big cyber warfare power that we're not friends with, amen 100%. rach rachel, think how shockingly stupid it is to build a 21st century power grid on millions of wooden poles. we need to move forward on this and now. david crane used to run nrg and he had carbon belching plants in his company, he said we've got to put things underground, natural gas and get these things cohesive and together. >> these are things that we want the government to do and we can't do as individuals. we need a reprioritization, looking at what is it that government can do and should do and how to spend money better and giving back things that we can do for ourselves, as communities and individuals and by the way, when it comes to, you mentioned the stimulus money and how much was wasted, i feel a lot more comfortable under spending under donald trump, known as a builder and penny pincher, spen

defense secretary and cia director leon panetta also on the program. back home meets macro in paris the two leaders are looking for a show of unity events back home in germany could but with events in germany this weekend that could mark the beginning of the end for the long. term militias in syria with tanks and troops ready to roll the country's defense minister says the shelling is part of a planned invasion. plus will he stay or will he go dormant striker yeah i'm rick i'm balmy i'm hospital laughed out of tonight's game and it fueled speculation that he may be on his way to aso in the english premier league. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. saturday marks the first anniversary of donald trump's inauguration as the forty fifth president of the united states some said he wouldn't last until christmas but with the economy booming and his health reportedly good as and trump is holding steady he's unpredictable nature however has had his supporters cheering and his opponents cringing here's a look back at an eventful year. it was an audacious fir

defense secretary and cia director leon panetta also on the program. back home meets macro in paris the two leaders.

before i turned the program to a distant wish later, let me acknowledge formally congressman jimmy panetta, who served this nation ably and is now serving a congressional district in the state of california. she want to acknowledge lovely. it is my privilege to turn over for closing remarks and to open up for questions. questions? what do you think of the deal that is being talked about in the senate, and the move to an immigration bill? is there any guarantee that will bring back that bill? >> thank you, i am going to bring it back to a subject to answer your question. first of all, let me say that i am proud of all of our members and others that serve in the military as well. we all take an oath to protect and defend. that first responsibility we have is to protect the american people. hasink everyone in congress that as the highest priority. the fact is that we have this that ise on the budget holding up some of that money to protect and defend. we support the initiatives that the republicans have put forth for increasing our defense spending. what is the mission, what are your needs? w

leon panetta says he has not given up on on that because alternatives frankly are >> reporter: andrew spencer, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". me expressing support for protesters demonstrate ago begins u.s. is stopping short of calling for a regime ainistratis want u.n. security council to hold emergencyanians are demonso begins the nation's poor economy and increase iices, more have been killed and hundreds iran's supreme leader is blaming protests on theent trump is congratulating utah senator or in hatch on his career n he will not seek reelection. happies longest serving republican in the senate but onl media is retiring. se in 1977. his retirement paves way for former republican presidential i reportly interested in running for the seat. > ore widespread after this subtle change to romney's it see romney 's location listed asthmas chew sets but then la that location to holiday, utah where romney and his wife since. we will find out. >>> subtle social mediachges. >>> yes. >> still ahead major airline startedheadf the nor'easter heag our way. >> we are not only won cold. >> relentless da

leon panetta was in charge of the cia when this was happening, and was probably the best of the obamaointees. but you have to wonder if we were on top of things as we should, they may not have charged it with more because there is a much bigger issue they are still working. but either way, i can't help but wonder why are they treating him so roughly? all he did was have classified information like to hillary and huma did. charles: you suggested the different standards for different people. isn't there a set of best practices that will be common no matter what administration is in office? and if you see there is a series of mishaps, shouldn't a yellow or red flag been raised a lot sooner? >> i think so. and i defer to peter on this. but it seems to me something more would have been done rather than let all these years go by. one scenario was he was disgruntled. he didn't like the new life he had. maybe he wanted to stay in the cia. he decided to help the chinese. and after they use him as much as they want, then they start killing them off. they probably got their value out of them the

panetta. mr. panetta: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 questions for one-minute speeches on -- requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the differences are stark between president obama's first year in office and president trump's first year in office. if you just listen to the liberal media, would you think our country is worse off under president trump. however, if you follow the facts, americans are far better off. in 2009 four million jobs in 2017, 1.7 million jobs were created. gross domestic product in president obama's first year went down 2.8%. it was up 2.3% last year. unemployment in 2009 increased from 7.8% to 9.9%. fell in

panetta, for five minutes. mr. panetta: mr. speaker, thank you. i rise today to call on -- upon my colleagues to set up and extend funding for community health clinics. community health centers are a vital resource to millions of americans providing more coverage at a lower cost. these health care providers serve our underserved communities. in rural districts like mine on the central coast they are sometimes the only health carerovider close enough for patients to receive immediate or long-term care. they provide prenatal care, annual checkups, and lifesaving screenings. in my district, there are nine federally funded health centers. serving approximately 190,000 patients from santa cruz to sea side and from the valley to the county. they have dedicated staff that serve the unique and multilingual and multicultural needs of the patients in my district. without proper funding, these vital community health centers may be forced to reduce their hours of operations, layoff staff, or close their doors. we must support our community health centers. not

remarkably, 13 former white house chiefs of staff on every side of the aisle, from did cheney, to leon panetta, came to the white house and sat around a table and gave rahm emanuel their best advice on how to be white house chief of staff. they went around the table and finally got to cheney, who was at the time the sitting vice president for george w. bush. cheney looked up over his glasses at emmanuel and said, "at all costs, control your vice ," which, of course, brought down the house given cheney's or petition. of staff to find every presidency. chris whipple is joining us from new york city this morning. more about the importance, mr. whipple, about the chief of staff. you write on page 11 a couple of short passages i want to share. when government works it's because the chief understands power. host: tell us more. caller: it is hard to over -- guest: it is hard to overstate the role. he is hired and fired by the president alone. it, the whiteut house chief of the second-most powerful job in government. dick cheney ought to know. he said the chief has more power than the vice president.

in 2012, my old boss leon panetta said there will be a cyber pearl harbor one day. may well have seen that last year at the election. at the national level, we need to make cybersecurity around election infrastructure a national imperative. and i have seen very little since we left office last year. >> let me get your head on daca also. you understood the workings and what led to the policy in the first place. the president's position is, listen, this was never supposed to be done. this was illegal. it is for congress to figure out. i'll give you six months. that's fair. do you agree? >> if there is legislation codifying, it strengthens it. the president wants legislation codifying daca, the speaker said he wants legislation codifying daca. the question is are we going to get this done when a clear majority of congress and administration supports this. it's the right thing to do fp. d we are talking about 7,000, 8,000 young people who came as children who are defacto. they are american in every aspect except legally. so this is the right thing to do. and it really i

tom: you want to defeat the policies, i think of leon panetta as across both aisles and with a lot ofington, what is the prescription for general kelly to get his policy back on track? >> i sympathize with general kelly, he has served his country and this is one of the greatest missions. you have to insert discipline, that is the most difficult thing about the presidency, no discipline from the top. the staff has a message they want to stay focused on but the president brings the to the opposite side. then -- them to the opposite side. i look at what he will do on steel, i think you will pull us out of nafta, i look at workforce housing over this year , he could have some success, if he would stop tripping on his own message. tom: this is so important, he says it better than i did, discipline within american politics. that is a huge factor whether republican or democrat, and i go over to ron brown, leon panetta, general kelly, disciplinarians within their own parties and that is what this debate is about. nejra: morris, i love the point you made that we need to stop the -- start the f

. >> leon panetta: well, that's a damn good question. >> kroft: and you have to be fast on your feet.ou been indicted? >> safer: what goes through your mind? >> stahl: what is it with you? >> wallace: you demanded special treatment. >> kroft: did you think you were going to get away with it? >> pelley: that's not all that's going on here. >> whitaker: it almost seems unbelievable. >> kroft: there are rules for conducting a "60 minutes" interview. number one: do your homework. >> wallace: let's get this straight. >> simon: talk to us for a minute. >> kroft: number two: don't be shy. >> simon: the prosecution says you're a con man, a thief. >> kroft: number three: take your time. wear them down, if need be. >> stahl: let me interrupt you. >> kroft: and even when you've mastered all that? >> simon: i want to ask you some personal questions. >> kroft: it's still not as easy as it looks. >> bradley: what kind of person would do that? those are the facts, they're not in dispute. does that seem strange? >> kroft: ed bradley explained, in 2001. >> bradley: my job is to put someone in a chair

worked with john kelly for a while, in the pentagon, i believe, under then defense secretary leon panettahe's in the news as he often is this morning with the president, saying the president was uninformed on the border wall during the campaign and saying last night on fox news that his view evolved on the border wall and immigration since then. as a student, a one time student of general kelly, what message do you think he was trying to send and how might he react now to this presidential anger? >> i actually think that general kelly was really trying to be helpful, not just to the immigration effort, but to the president himself. as i watched those comments, the interview a couple of times, this was john kelly saying, look, the president is learning in the job, he's maturing, growing, he's becoming more intellectual about the issue of border security and immigration. and he -- and his thinking has evolved. to a military man's mind, evolving thinking ca notes maturity and growth and development and a real learning curve. i think that's what he was trying to do. i think it is ironic and s

during the obama administration, defense secretaries panetta, hagel, and carter all similarly warned that sequestration cuts would handicap our men and women in uniform. those were all secretaries of defense during the obama administration. unfortunately at a time when our country faces myriad threats and strategic challenges around the globe, experts agree that this is exactly what has happened. congress has a golden opportunity to put aside political calculations and prioritize the actual needs, actual needs of america's all-volunteer military. there's no reason why an arbitrary formula which bears no relationship -- none -- to the real needs of our armed forces should dictate the degree to which we fund them. our men and women in uniform are doing their job. our job is to give them the resources they require. funding our armed forces is not the only area that is ripe for productive bipartisan negotiations. last december the senate made progress toward moving a long-term reauthorization of the children's health insurance program. unfortunately though, senate republicans were prepar

pa net tax the gentleman -- panetta, secretary panetta could not make this gentleman part of this body, mr. tom coburn provided us feedback that i make sure we all get. senator jim demint, well-known young man who served in this body. freedomworks, jason pai, vice president of legislative affairs freedomworks, united states states house of representatives, power of the purse, this came from drew white, senior federal policy analyst at texas public policy foundation. one of my city council members, some could say ply favorite city councilmember, he is a dear friend, lee kleinman from dallas, texas, testimony from city councilmember, dallas city council. campaign for accountability, and other outside witnesses that really provide us great information that we alluded to. we'll make sure we get copy of those and our awesome ten -- stenographer will get those. i thought that the professional nature of your presentation was exceeded only by your own personal performance and i appreciate that very much. do you have anything before you leave that you would like to close this with? was it timel

panetta. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here, taking the time. but also, thank you for helping in providing, people with accountability, providing accountability to the american taxpayer. i appreciate that. obviously, you have a tremendous amount of experience, doing what you are doing, 28 years. you were the cfo audit at dhs. that's correct. in the six months you have been in this position, what has been the biggest lesson you have learned so far? do you foresee any other potential delays, besides worrying about budget stability and funding, as you mentioned in your last paragraph of your statement? are there any other delays you foresee that will prevent you from doing your job? mr. norquist: the thing that surprised me the most was how many people who have been working this issue were eager for it to finally stick. for the accountant to be told to put together all of these controls and then say, we are not doing the audit this year and then do it again and then each year they repeat that, you start to wonder, is it ever going to happen? is bui

panetta. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here, taking the time. but also, thank you for helping in providing, people with accountability, providing accountability to the american taxpayer. i appreciate that. obviously, you have a tremendous amount of experience, doing what you are doing, 28 years. you were the cfo audit at dhs. that's correct. in the six months you have been in this position, what has been the biggest lesson you have learned so far? do you foresee any other potential delays, besides worrying about budget stability and funding, as you mentioned in your last paragraph of your statement? are there any other delays you foresee that will prevent you from doing your job? mr. norquist: the thing that surprised me the most was how many people who have been working this issue were eager for it to finally stick. for the accountant to be told to put together all of these controls and then say, we are not doing the audit this year and then do it again and then each year they repeat that, you start to wonder, is it ever going to happen? is bui

and so we would ask that the gentleman at the bottom of this secretary panetta, and the gentleman at the bottom of the body, dr. tom coburn provided feedback and i will make sure that we get it. and senator jim dement who is a well known young man who served in this body, and freedom works, and jason pie, vice president of the legislative affairs of the freedom works is very important, and so the house of representatives, power of the purse, and this came from drew white, sr., federal policy analyst at the texas public policy foundation. some people could say my favorite city councilor, because he is a dear friend, lee kleinman from dallas,texas, the testimony of the city counc councilmember, and ad hoc chairman member of the dallas city council, and campaign and accountability and outside other witnesses that really provided us a great information that i have already alluded to, and i will make sure that we get copies of those, and that our awesome stenographer had those. so on behalf of the rules com t committee, i will speak for us all. thank you. i thought that the professional n