leon panetta is joining us. the former defense secretary, the former cia director. thanks so much, mr. secretary, for joining us. >> nice to be with you, wolf. >> so based on the developments you've seen, that we've all seen so far, what are you anticipate from the president telling us there will be a major announcement by the south korean delegation on north korea coming up fairly soon? >> well, wolf, from out here, 3,000 miles away from washington, it looks like another version of the keystone cops going on at the white house. and it would be funny if it was not so serious, in terms of its implications. particularly with regards to the trade war that's going to start. but also the issues related to north korea and south korea pip mean, i think that there's no question here that south korea has been pursuing with the north koreans an effort to try to establish some kind of negotiations with regards to the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, and they seem to be making some good progress. so i would not be surprised if the announcement relates to that set of negoti

leon panetta was perhaps a close second in terms of effectiveness. what i'm talking about here is not whether you like donald trump or not. i'm looking at results and i'm looking at the white house chief and his ability to perform and deliver. , ii were for donald trump would be disappointed and sometimes furious about the fact that this white house has been so dysfunctional and so unable to deliver any results. i think the reality is by any measure, if you look at the record of this white house over the first year, it really was unable to get anything accomplished unless you consider ripping up executive orders and abolishing regulations and getting a justice on the supreme court. if you consider that great governance, so be it, but i think by every other measure, this white house has really been a failure. host: mr. whipple, what made james baker and leon panetta the gold standard? guys: well, these are two -- jim baker to begin with was a guy who was as smooth as silk texas lawyer who is comfortable and his own skin. he was confident and not only

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panetta's watch. it was previous to that. they lied to the american people about how torture stopped terrorist plots. let's declassify this information. bring the american people into this debate and they'll make their own judgments. >> she'll be coming before your committee. you'll be able to ask her those questions. thanks for joining us. >> more brews coming up as the white house tries to explain a republican stunning upset. high up on the list, the words, wake-up call. >>> the white house and national republicans are trying to explain the stunning upset by conor lamb in a special election. what are you learning about this reaction? >> so far president trump has not weighed in on this race. his silence is pretty stunning at this point, seeing on how the president likes the weigh in on just that everything. the white house is trying to put some distance between them. we've obtained some talking points being circulated inside, saying they are getting very nervous. let's show you what's being shared as the gop tries to spin t

leon panetta joins me live. secretary panetta, always good to have you on the show. want to read what you richard haas, cheryl of the foreign relations tweeted about it. trump is now set for war on threat fronts. political versus mueller, economic versus china and others on trade, and actual war with iran and north korea. this is the most perilous moment in modern history and it has been largely brought about by ourselves. not by events. do you agree? >> i think richard haas has hit the nail on the head. i think we're in a very disruptive and dangerous time. with an awful lot of threats we're facing abroad. this president has added a trade war and at the same time, is by virtue of the moves he's making, indicating that there could be a preemptive military action that we could get involved with as well. and so it is without question a dangerous moment. i don't think we ought to take any of this lightly. >> so the trump campaign is a noninterventionist. he said he was against the war in libya. we said we would be better off with saddam hussein and barb ba bashar al ass

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everyone from leon panetta to james clapper that have praised her work and support her in this process. sorry. reporter: brief committees whatever they want to know about -- black night. the white house is going to be fulfilling the request regarding of c.i.a. [inaudible] sarah: we will be as cooperative as we can but we want to make sure people have an accurate reflection which i know some of the senators, including rand paul, make comments off incorrect information so we certainly want to make sure they actually have accurate information, particularly before they go out and speak on behalf of their constituents. as a member of the united states senate, we hope they take that role very seriously and get accurate information before they peddle it out in ront of the american people. trey. reporter: you said you spoke to the president about potential staff turnover at the -- [inaudible] share rhode island -- sarah: specifically to mcmaster. the president said it was not accurate and he had no intention of changing, that they had a great working relationship and he looked forward to conti

you have leon panetta, john brennan that support her. she was carrying out the policy of the united states government. whether or not we agree with it. buck is right, are we going to go back and look at john ew? >> i agree. >> we agree on that. >> so i interviewed rand paul when he was really against gina haspel. he said some things that others have said that were not true. liz cheney. rand paul is sympathizing with terrorists, this is liz saying, no, you're not looking at this squarely. it speaks to the issue that we have litigated this, we have talked about this politically and if there is something to be said, mrs. haspel will be i'm sure prepared to answer the questions. >> exactly. rand paul was wrong. when he said -- he was quoting from a source that said she oversaw the water boarding of a terrorist after 9-11. that's not true. >> they retracted it. >> yes. they retracted it because it was not true. so rand paul needs to look at his sourcing. she's a well-respected career officer that i think will be a very good cia director. >> s

point you to some people that are not usually, those who sing prayses of the people, clapper and panetta where they have publicly shown broad support. reporter: what is the president's response to democrats on capitol hill who voted for pompeo and now saying we are rething? . sarah: they are trying to play political games and with our diplomatic efforts that would be a sad, sad day and a disgrace and every reporter should ask them what made them change their minds. reporter: on daca, is the president open to the omnibus spending bill that would extend daca? sarah: we are continuing to negotiate what that would like and i don't have any specification. but we want to make a good deal but what is being thrown out in the press is not something we would support. reporter: ustr says we have a trade surplus with canada. the president has said we don't. sarah: they are not taking into account some of the additional things like energy and timber that wouldn't be included in those numbers and it shows there is a deficit. reporter: any other economic indicators that the white house agrees besides t

. >> i want to get reaction from leon panetta. surprised were you, both by this invitation from kim jong un and the fact that the president seems to have accepted it? >> well, there was no question that the south koreans and north koreans made a great deal of progress with regards to the possibility of setting up negotiations, so that wasn't much of a surprise. i am obviously surprised that kim jong un issued an invitation to the president to meet with him, and probably more surprised that the president agreed to meet with him in may. >> this is really a complete reversal of what u.s. policy has been weather democratic of republican presidents. there's always been the desire to have group discussions from multiple countries with the north koreans, not necessarily allowing one on one meetings between the president of the united states and north korea. would kim jong un view this as a major victory? as a major boost to his legitimacy? >> i don't think there's any question that kim jong un has added diplomacy to his arsenal of weapon

joining us is former defense secretary leon panetta and sevened as bill clinton's chief of staff. good to see you, sir. >> good to be with you, chris. >> do you remember ms. haspel in your time in the cia? >> i do. she worked as an officer when i was with the cia. >> is it fair to come under scrutiny with her leadership role when it came to the tahai interrogation center and the types of operations that were carried out there? >> i would hope that the senate could look at her entire record. she was a good officer, served the cia well. obviously at that time is circumstances coming out of 9/11 i think people need to look at the situation as it was at that time. those approaches were stopped when president obama came in. they need to look at her full record. i'm glad they have a first woman as head of cia. and i'm glad that it's gina because she is, frankly, someone who really knows the cia inside and out. >> so you support the nomination of haspel even though they oversaw those kind of programs that even under the operations that you ruled improper? >> she ought to be judged based

leon panetta the other day said you know what, i back her. she was doing a program that met where america's understanding methods were at that time, post 9/11. they didn't create these. they were found legal at the time. we had a change of heart. panetta and them changed the rules. but she had a hand in coughing up what the practices were. that bothers you. however so? >> my question is, did she? there was a videotape of one of these so-called enhanced interrogation. you and i would call it torture. the general counsel of the cia said do not destroy this tape. it was destroyed. and i want to know what her role was in that decision. to me, that takes it out of, well, we thought incident was legal and we did this. she will come before our committee. and i think she has some things she's got to make clear. and also i want to be sure she understands now what the law is. and the law is no morte torture. it's not what we do. we have a president who has talked about waterboarding in the past as not a big deal. and i want somebody who is going to say

secretary panetta, in terms of any possible staff changes if the president is trying to hire advisors who are closely aligned with his world view, i mean that is his prerogative, isn't that what most presidents do, surround themselves with people who support their agenda? >> not necessarily. i always thought that the strongest presidents are willing to have people who come in who may not represent the same viewpoint. i think it's important for presidents not to be surrounded by a bunch of yes men. if you have people that only will say yes to the president, then i don't think the president is going to be well served. i think what the president should get, because most of these issues are tough to deal with, he needs to have different viewpoints. he needs to have different opinions about just exactly how to approach niethese issues. and he ought to be strong enough to be able to listen to those kinds of views whether he agrees or disagrees with them. that's the way presidents should operate. that's obviously the way this president doesn't like to operate. >> you know, david, there is th

and to only see if there are areas that they can agree with. >> in fact, panetta's former boss president obama congratulated putin on his last election victory in 2012. there was no media storm. who can forget mr. obama caught on a hot mic in his own re-election in 2012 saying he would have more flexibility to deal with vat mir after he got -- slat mir after he got -- vladimir putin after he got re-elected. >> martha: thank you. ed henry at the white house. president trump defending himself against the backlash of the congratulations to vladimir putin on his election. here is senator rubio's take on the controversy last night. >> i would not, me personally would not have congratulated him. i thought it would be a mistake. he didn't win an election. all his opponents were in jail. he picked people that ran against him. no way he would lose. >> martha: the president responded this way. a short while ago. he tweeted this -- >> martha: here now with his take on all of this and how we should treat the russian leader, jack keen. and fox news senior strategic analyst. good to see you tonight. >

i want to get the perspective of leon panetta and david gergen. mr. secretary, does it surprise you at all here we are yet again having yet another conversation about yet more chaos in the white house? >> you know, nothing surprises me anymore unfortunately. because you know it appears that this president likes to operate by chaos, and likes to keep staff constantly concerned about whether or not they are going to have a job. i'm not quite sure i understand that. i think stability is a much better course for the white house to take because you are dealing with an unstable world if you have an unstable staff, it makes it that much tougher to deal with that kind of world. >> david, there is an old, i think it's a dorothy parker quote, those born to the storm find the calm very boring. i mean you worked in the nixon white house. can you just explain what effect instability has on the functions of the executive branch? >> you just reminded me anderson of a friend who went to see president trump and asked him how well are you navigating the storm? and the

so how do you find another jim baker or a leon panetta. it may be mission impossible. back in december of 2016, ten former chiefs went to the white house at the invitation of the outgoing chief, denis mcdonough and they sat around a table with reince priebus and barack obama walked in at one point and he said, you see these guys, my chiefs, they told me stuff i didn't want to hear. they made me mad. that is what you have to do for donald trump. i don't think priebus was able to do that and i don't think kelly has been able to either. >> it is a lesson for all of us. chris whipple the author of the newly released "the gatekeepers" how they define every presidency. thanks again. >>> another huge story haunting the white house. stormy daniels, the actress who claims to have a rell aigs ship -- relationship with the president and this morning her attorney said on morning joe she was physically threatened into silence. >> was she threatened in any way? >> yes. >> was she threatened physical harm. >> yes. >> what do you mean by that? was her life threatened. >> i won't answe

intelligence community and i would point you to people who often sing praises of the president like leon panetta and clapper and others who have shown broad support. >> what is his response to democrats on capitol hill who voted for mike pompeo as cia director for confirmation and now are saying we're rethinking it? >> i think it sounds like democrats are trying to play political games with national security and the diplomatic efforts which would be a sad, sad day and a disgrace to this country, and a question that every reporter should ask democrats what made them change their minds. mara? >> i have two questions, one on daca and one on trade. on daca, is the president open to something attached to the omni bus bill that would extend daca for a period of time in exchange for wall funding? >> we are continuing to negotiate what that would look like and i don't have any specifics at this time, but we do still want to make a good deal, but what's currently being thrown out in the press is not something that we would support. >> the ustr says that we have a trade surplus with canada. the president

. >> reporter: former white house chief of staff leon panetta -- >> when there is chaos and disruption in washington, it is ultimately going to affect the way you make your living wherever you're living in this country. and that's what scares the hell out of people. >> reporter: the president could announce those new tariffs as early as tomorrow. tonight, 107 house republicans have written a letter to president trump urging him to target so-called bad actors like china and to exempt u.s. allies. lester? >> kristen welker, thank you. >>> there's a scathing new report out concerning the quality of healthcare that the v.a. is providing some of the men and women who served our country. the department of veterans affairs once again under fire. one of its major hospitals accused of putting patients' lives at risk and squandering millions in taxpayer dollars. nbc's gabe gutierrez has more on this story. >> reporter: at one of the nation's largest v.a. medical centers in washington, d.c., officials knew of staggering problems for years, but did not fix them. according to a new report from the

leon panetta was perhaps a close second in terms of effectiveness.i'm talking about here is not whether you like donald trump or not. i'm looking at results and i'm looking at the white house chief and his ability to perform and deliver. , ii were for donald trump would be disappointed and sometimes furious about the fact that this white house has been so dysfunctional and so unable to deliver any results. i think the reality is by any measure, if you look at the record of this white house over the first year, it really was unable to get anything accomplished unless you consider ripping up executive orders and abolishing regulations and getting a justice on the supreme court. if you consider that great governance, so be it, but i think by every other measure, this white house has really been a failure. host: mr. whipple, what made james baker and leon panetta the gold standard? guys: well, these are two -- jim baker to begin with was a guy who was as smooth as silk texas lawyer who is comfortable and his own skin. he was confident and not only new ca

but democrat likely i don't know panetta, people like clapper, but intelligence community, she has support, we think she'll have the support of her democrats. >> brennan: will the president agree to allow c.i.a. to publicly release information that details of her background that rand paul and angus king want to hear more about? >> i'm sure we'll look to provide as much information as necessary without compromising any international secrets. we'll want to be cooperative but again, i think we have two incredibly qualified candidates that the president is excited. looks forward to putting in office as soon as possible. as we face negotiations with north korea it's all the more important that this happened expeditiously. important that members come together make sure these confermations happen quickly. >> brennan: this was decision the president made. you're saying you need secretary of state, we have one until he fired him. >> that's true, margaret. i think reality is that these are negotiations that are now beginning, it's important that the president be on the same page. we think that congr

aging water and treating them to drinking standards but you're just a good little artillery ukraine panetta cannot ever think that is the municipality that you know nothing much clearer than i have the answer and then we'll be back here but had the crimea i did listen nation to which and also with respect i would resist the same respect so the city of cape town has gone above and beyond its constitutional mandate in responding to the stuff if the structure was some fabrication of the municipality of cape town then we wouldn't have seen the national government to clear a national disaster in respect to the dropped the national department a couple of days ago to create a national disaster for the drought because there is a drought both in the eastern cape that you stink and the cocoa and the city has a cape town has implemented water restrictions in order to manage the existing water fabi to be been rolling out to just like that ocean devices for the last decade and a half and we're not the municipality that has been in school to demand management devices durban has been doing exactly the sam

literally gates of the store you used for a refugee on laser is no any sally kids learn together in the panetta it is also until one eleven pm there is no longer any chance to put hair like after school i pay for hair. until i came to tech. and your own situation i mean if if you found yourself on a plane heading to rwanda what would that mean for you what would the prospect of life. be like for you i'm not going to london i would sit in the in the prison no matter how many lonely it takes why is that what are you worried about that would happen because the wonder is the same like i don't africa if i go to one. they can pick all the papers document to say no and i know that is i am also i'm afraid. to get like a slave trade like in does that happen in libya i and i don't want do you think that the israeli government is really going to do this or do you think they're just trying to scare people. maybe they need to scare people because. they can do like buy for us if somebody scary if they will put in unlimited prison. maybe someone very decided to go the israeli government says that's the vast m

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leon panetta and hay10 and morel.the folks in the top echlon of the intelligence community all support her because she is qualified with over 30 years experience. but to your point, sean. if you don't fit the category that liberals think that you are in, you don't county. jinan is not qualified because she is not a liberal. look at what happened yesterday. the left wing american bridge assaulted and arrested a male staffer and attacking a female member. trump administration. did you see coverage of it today? no, nothing in the washington posts or new york times. there was a man raeflted for assaulting a femaim number. why? she works for donald trump. if this was the administration, but it would lead the news p. the double standard is unbelievable. >> bee look at these times and you have, doctor, in is a bigest abuse scandal is sitting right there on the t for a media. and the media is all they care about is stormy dan yems and the russia trump collusion. and that's all they cover. and it is it amazing with all of the

gerri: panetta added trump should work to find common ground with putin.tunning -- to video shows the deadly collapse of a pedestrian bridge at florida international university. the video posted on youtube captures the moment the bridge comes crashing to the ground crushing cars blowing killing six people. was installed march 10th, 5 days before the collapse and that is what is happening now. lauren. transfer the austin bomber leaving behind a chilling recording detailing his deadly deeds and now his family is speaking out. live right near the bombers home and pfugerville, texas. tough morning, todd. good morning to you. reporter: good morning to you, lauren as well. one of two scenes of intense at dvd. the other being where the bomber blew himself up in round rock. take a look over my shoulder, the atf vehicle, the board about home of the bomber and a number of law enforcement securing the scene. by the time the day was done yesterday, authorities had uncovered a lot of ball materials and of course the confession tape. >> i know everyone is interested in

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. >> she has been getting nice praise from leon panetta and others who served during the obama administratione'll see if that has a huge impact on some democrats, moderate democrats, who might be inclined to confirm her down the road. you'll need some of those democrats to go forward. appreciate it very much, manu. we'll continue to watch this confirmation process. >>> coming up, ambassador nikki haley berates russia behind the investigation, so what's with the tough talk behind russia? and why is the president of the united states presumably still staying quiet? >>> a day after expeling 60 russian diplomats over a nerve agent attack in britain, nikk haley chastised russia over the death of civilians in syria. >>> russia will stop at nothing to use its permanent seat on this council to shield its al allies, bashir al assad, from even the faintest criticism. and we cannot take these actions because instead of calling out how assad, russia and iran made a mockery of calls for cease fire, too many members of this council wanted to wait. this is a travesty. this is the ugly reality on the ground

leon panetta said she believes the president should have been tougher about pressing putin about meddling in the 2016 campaign, plus allegations russia used nerve gas in the okay. former clinton and obama officials agreed with the president that he needs to work with adversaries like putin. >> presidents talk to kings and emperors and tyrants regardless of whether or not they were elected with any kind of democratic process or not, so i think the president has a right to talk to putin and to obviously see if there are areas that they can agree with. >> then president barack obama congratulated putin on his last election in 2012, and there was not much of a media storm. remember, mr. obama was also caught on a hot mic saying that during his own 2012 reelection bid that after he won, he would be more "flexible" to work with vladimir. >> shannon: we remember. ed henry, thank you. breaking tonight, the trump administration planning new measures on trade and while the official announcement hasn't been made just yet, beijing is already responding. this headline from today's "wall street journal

facts are not on their side, the cia, other top officials like leon panetta who worked in the obama administration have said and will show you this later tonight that enhanced interrogation techniques work and it led to finding and killing usama bin laden. without them, he would probably still be alive today. people like haspel literally saved american lives and that's why she is a patriot. democrats should not put partisan petty politics ahead of your national security. of course we would have preferred not to be attacked on 9/11, but sadly, we all know, evil does exist. medical lobbyists came here. finally tonight, i have a message. congressional republicans after last night's special election in the 18th district of pennsylvania. g.o.p. members of congress, take a good, long look in the mirror because that could be your future. if it happens, you have nobody to blame but yourselves. you can put aside the fact that this was an excellent case because the democrats who tended to be pro-life, pro-second amendment and pearl trump in anti-pelosi, so he's kind of acting like republican and he's quickl

reaction right now from leon panetta, our former cia director, former top official for a number of presidentsks for joining us. >> nice to be with you, neil. >> what do you make of the president talking to putin? why is that such a bad thing? >> well, let me first say that i think there's problems in the white house when notes that are prepared for the president for a conversation with a foreign leader leaked. there's something wrong. >> neil: you're right about that. it's gotten john kelly upset on how that got out there. you're referring to the don't congratulate the russian president. but it is what the it is. the president is going back to something that barack obama did when vladimir putin was elected last go-around. nobody made a big to-do of it. what do you think? >> you know, look, presidents talk to kings and emperors and tyrants regardless of whether or not they were elected with any kind of democratic process or not. so i think the president has a right to talk to putin and to obviously see if there are areas that they can agree with. i guess my concern would be that if you're talk

james clapper, leon panetta ab her capability. she will be obviously questioned closely and over and over again by democrats and people like rand paul who have their concerns on the senate side. on the republican side. but will there be votes for her confirmation? i absolutely think so. >> dana: even die diane feinstein said she has a good feeling about gina haspel. just in my experience, i think that is warranted indeed. there are other possible shifts coming. we heard some rumors today that perhaps rick perry might be moved from department of energy over to the veterans administration. what do you know about that? >> well, the president and his chief of staff john kelly who apparently also is on the list of people might be leaving soon and whose job the president reportedly interviewing other people as replacements for not on national security adviser but john kelly, they met with some cabinet officials who have found the secretary, who have found themselves in hot water over flying first class, over ben carson and his dining ro

leon panetta, the obama intelligence chief.e said enhanced interrogation led to the location of usama bin laden. speaking of leon, also brennan, clapper. all of the intelligence people under the obama administration support this woman. so does dianne feinstein. the whole thing about her destroying the tapes, she was told to destroy tapes and she did. hillary destroyed tapes because she wanted to come and that was under an active investigation. >> greg: you have to admire what he just did there. [laughter] >> jesse: the justice department let them both off the hook. that's fine. this is a perfect example of media bias. this is a woman who's about to shatter the glass ceiling. so she should be praised by the left-wing media. but instead she is trying to be railroaded because she was nominated by a republican. the media for years has been saying that women should be celebrated because they are playing in the big boys leg and they are tough and we need tough, women who can take the fight to people. now we actually have a woman like

everyone from leon panetta to james clapper that have praised her work and support her in this process>> you'll brief the committee about whatever they want to know about her tenure? >> i'm sorry? >> the white house will be fulfilling as about running the black site in thailand? >> we'll be as cooperative as we can. we want to make sure people have an accurate reflection. rand paul made comments on incorrected information. we want to make sure that they have accurate information, particularly before they go out and speak on behalf of their constituents. as a member of the united states senate, we hope they take that role seriously and give information before they pedal it to american people. >> you said you talked with the president about staff -- >> we talked about mcmaster. >> what is the president's reaction to the stories? does he see any truth in the reporting out there? >> the president said it was not accurate. he had no intention of changing. that they had a great working relationship and he looked forward to continue working with them. >> the president last month polled the si

leon panetta, hayden, morell, all of these folks that are sort of at the top echelon of the intelligence in a bipartisan degree, one administration over the next, all support her because she is imminently qualified with over 30 years experience. to your point, sean, here's the thing. if you don't fifth the category that liberals think you are in depending on your race or gender then you don't count. gina is not qualified to be cia director because she is not a liberal. you look at what happened questioned american bridge assaulted and was arrested a male staff for them attacking a female member of the trump administration. and did you see any coverage of it today? no, no, sir in the "the washington post." nothing in the "new york times." there was a man arrested for assaulting a female member. and dr. gorka is right. why? because she works for donald trump. if this had been the administration, it would have been leading the evening news today. the hypocrisy and double standard is unbelievable. >> sean: i just really -- we look at these times you have, dr. gorka, this cannot be emphasized

russia for something that was not really a free and fair election by any estimate, number one, leon panettae former clinton-obama cabinet official was saying with look, i think the president should have been tougher on putin about meddling in the 2016 election and all of that, but, but, but, he should be talking to people like putin even if he's an adversary if you're going to get stuff done with isis, north korea and syria. and second and final point on that is let's not forget that barack obama in 2012 also congratulated vladimir putin when he came back from being prime minister of russia to president of russia. nobody thought that was a free and fair election but i suspect that barack obama thought he had to do business with putin as well. >> thanks, ed. what's the bigger issue, the leaked memo or that the president congratulated vladimir putin. mike baker from an undisclosed location. welcome, mike. looks like a lot like san antonio, doesn't it? the way you trick us, mike. so here's the deal. do you think the president even read -- you know, he doesn't read memos, that's what we hear, r

you worked for leon panetta and john edwards and clinton. you worked for hillary clinton.ople while liberal for the time by today's standards are conservative democrats. let's be honest. >> the country has moved. >> tucker: that's my question. so hillary clinton could never run for any office on her husband's 1992 platform. that's true? >> bu that. >> the country is not the same as 1992. the country ♪ dealing with the same problems as 1992. >> tucker: that's fair. >> that's not what my book is about. my book is about recognizing that there are still problems for -- there are still obstacles that stand in the way some which we have inherited, some which live in, you know, my own mind, in terms of inhibitions i feel about being able to speak my mind or if i say this am i going to be attacked? that and what i am doing in the book is saying don't worry so much about whether or not you think your perspective matters. let me promise you that it does. let me promise you have something interesting to say. let me promise you if you are a woman at a table and there is mostly men aro

asked him as the first question in a forum with the director of cia pompeo and former director leon panetta about that position. he kind of laughed it off and said he was going to work hard at the job he currently has, a lot of trust that pompeo has with this president. he briefs him and has briefed him all the time. they established a close relationship. >> dana: i wanted to ask you about what rich edson brought up. there was tension with rex tillerson from the very beginning. rex tillerson always said that he was not a creature of washington. he didn't understand it. he didn't really fit in there and he wore that as a badge of honor. on the policy standpoint, when it comes to the iran deal, there was, as i understand it, differences from what the president wanted to do and what rex tillerson is trying to do to thread the needle, to see if he can keep the europeans on board but meet with what the president wanted to do, which is to drastically change the deal that obama signed. is that at the heart of this? >> it's one of the issues that is a tension. the president mentioned it. the iran d

. >> given what was going on there then, there are some, including the former cia director leon panetta to take the timing of her activities into consideration. he has high praise for her. >> i think that that will go a ways to giving her the benefit of the doubt. at the same time she will be asked what was her role and why didn't she speak out to the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques which is basically torture. she will be asked tough questions. at the same time i'm concerned about what's happening with the who will o hollowing out of the state department and lack of discussion or negotiations with kim jong-un. and i framed it as, you know, i would hate for what i call the tuesday president who likes to agree with the people in front of him, which is what i experienced when i went to the white house to talk about the dreamers. he's very amenable. then you get the thursday president where everything is changed and everything is walked back. i would hate for the tuesday president to show up unprepared to deal with kim jong-un, if these negotiations even happen. in order for tha

have worked with her people that have a good understanding of the type of person she is, from leon panetta her in this process. i'm sorry? >> you'll brief committees whatever they want to know about her tenure? >> can you speak up? >> the white house will be as willing as possible to be cooperative about the site in thailand? >> we will be but also we want people to have an accurate reflection. rand paul made comments off incorrect information. we certainly want to make sure that they have accurate information, particularly before they go out and speak on baf of their constituents and as a member of the united states senate we hope they take that role seriously and get accurate information before they peddle it out in front of the american people. >> you said you spoke to the president last night regarding these stories about potential staff turnovers at the white house. >> we spoke specifically about the story with general mcmaster. >> what was his reaction to all these stories? did he see any truth in the reporting that was out there? >> as i said the president said that it was not accur

. >> i remember when president obama was elected and we all panetta was serving as the director of centralelligence agency. he went to capitol hill early on in the first year of the obama administration and he emerged from his meeting with you guys on the intelligence committee and said that there had been an assassination program involving erik prince and blackwater, but that had been shut down. what can you tell us about that chapter in all of this, erik prince, blackwater being involved with the cia assassination program? >> i really can't. i don't think even at this point. we did a study on the committee, had insisted on it, and we actually -- it is on the shelf and i have encouraged current members of the intelligence committee to take a look, especially as they are investigating erik prince right now. but when i say anything goes, when it comes to erik prince and of course he was working closely with the bush administration and there were operations, intelligence operations overcoming out of the vice president's office and he was a valuable player in carrying out what they may have d