your thoughts about pat robertson's comments, warning, whatever you want to call it. >> pat is a friends, some of them have different opinions with the president on syria. i happen to agree with him on the decision he made. but i can guarantee you this, president trump is not going to lose one evangelical voter over syria. evangelicals may disagree with him, but nobody should be surprised by the president's decision. he campaigned on it. he won on the platform of ending these unending sectarian wars, and i'm glad he made the decision he did. lou: pat robertson ends up aligning itself with the industrial military complex. lindsey graham and the neocons want a war at every possible opportunity. this president is showing the leadership, the vision and the guts to get our folks out of there. i applaud him to the heavens. >> i am with you on that for sure. lou: the idea that pat robertson would go on to say quote, this could lead to a world war. history will repeat itself. the kurds, we abandoned them, they are being slaughtered to the turks. and we have given a major port of syria. it's unt

today pat robertson actually compared the current u.s. pullout from syria to neville chamberlain's appeasement of adolf hitler several decades ago. >> one year from the time of munich, germany invaded poland and world war ii was under way. the kurds, we have a abandoned them. they're being slaughtered by the turks. and we have given a major port to syria. i promise you as i'm sitting here right now, russia is going to come against us. turkey's going to come against us. china's going to come against us. north korea's going to come against us. >> 89-year-old pat robertson. with that, let's get to our leadoff discussion in just a moment. first, we want to get the very latest on this from -- the breaking news story tonight from "the new york times." one of the reporters who first broke the story tonight, and a frequent guest on ours, justice department reporter katie benner. katie, this -- investigating the investigators. has been called a shiny object. it has been called a right-wing fantasy. it could turn out to be both of those, but now it

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pat robertson talking about the president losing his mandate from heaven.ar to the khashoggi murder just to show that it wasn't just what happened yesterday, that you almost get air sense th almost get a sense that there are a lot of conservatives who's keeping count, who's keeping score of all the things that they may have bit their tongue about that just are not conservative, are not right, and are not things that apparently they're going to continue to stand for. >> yeah. and pat robertson speaks to and for a lot of people in this country. that was significant. i wouldn't help but think as i was listening to lindsey graham and marco rubio and ben sasse and others like that speak out against this yesterday thinking that wasn't so bad, was it, guys? to come out and cross the president? so criticize him for something. what happened as i result of that? i haven't seen any mean tweets at republicans as the president did to mitt romney a couple days ago on the ukraine question. but you can stand up for something when you actually believe in it, when you think

but did you hear that statement from pat robertson claiming that trump is in danger of losing the mandate he is. i'm seriously considering not voting for him this time. >> stephen: wait, what? you voted for trump? >> yeah. i'm his core demographic: angry, old white man living in a gated community. also, he's been really good for my 401(k). ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> stephen: well, why would you be turning on him? >> i don't think he's fit to be commander in chief. last night during prayers he asked for dirt on joe biden. this time i'm voting for andrew yang. i really need that $1,000. ♪ that's the sound of the lord voting for the yang gang ♪ >> stephen: god, everybody. we've got a great show for you tonight. will smith is here-- that's right, will smith will join us. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ (paul) it's that special time of year again. (sprintern) it's iphone season at sprint. (paul) switch and get... (sprintern) the new iphone 11 or iphone 11 pro with amazing all-new camera systems. and now you can get iphone 11 (paul) ...for zero-dollars a month when you trade in your iphone7 or ne

. >> that was pat robertson comparing president trump to nevel chamberlain yesterday. u.s. forces have been ordered to prepare to provide security for oil fields in the eastern part of syria to keep those fields from falling into the hands of isis. the pentagon says the u.s. will reinforce the area with, quote, additional military assets. the defense official tells nbc news it may include, yes, more troops and battle tanks. a senior defense official tells nbc news that president trump was briefed by top officials on the importance of securing the oil fields so they cannot be seize and used to fund isis activities. i thought the entire rational for this move was to get the american troops out of syria to end endless wars and now we're sending them in to protect the oil fields. help me sort this out. >> you can't sort it out in the is what happens when you make foreign policy on the fly without a process. one of the reasons you have an interagency process. you have national security meetings is that you're never surprised the things don't always work out well but you anticipa

-- i'm just citing pat robertson for saying that trond is in danger of losing his mandate of heaven permits the slaughter of the kurds and so what you see as republicans, including lindsey graham, on capitol hill, a front of the president, saying this is wrong, this is not good, and using the word that you say is so bad. abandonment. they are using the same word. to my mind what you're saying is not a matter, again, of some kind of partisanship, this is about a policy decision that people find objectionable. you said it's only a few people being moved belgrade, the reason it's a big deal is if turkey had attacked an american or killed an american we would go to war so we move our people -- allow me to finish. we move our forces out of the way which essentially gives the turkish an opportunity to go after the kurds. that's the problem. >> katie: i just think the question about turkey is whether they belong in nato, there should be serious consideration about kicking them out when they are detaining americans and slaughtering the allies of americans. if there is a big question about w

pat robertson laying it on the line. >> the president of the united states is in danger of losing the mandate of heaven if he permits this to happen. >> don't forget pat robertson stood by then-candidate trump in the wake of the infamous "access hollywood" tape, which was released three years ago tonight. >> you know i'm automatically attracted to beautiful. i just start kissing them. it's like a magnet. i just kiss. i don't even wait. and when you're a star. they let you do it. you can do anything. >> whatever you want. >> grab them by the pussy. you can do anything. >> wow, that's been three years. while republicans may be growing a spine on syria, their new independence doesn't seem to extend to calling the president out on his public demand for china to investigate joe biden. their latest strategy, it's all just a joke. >> i don't think it's a real request. i think, again, i think he did it to gig you guys. >> i doubt if the china comment was serious to tell you the truth. >> you really think he was serious about thinking that china's going to investigate the biden family? >> all

another surprising critic of trump today was pat robertson, who in case you don't know is a 300-year-olded "the 700 club." he said trump is in dachblg losing the mandate of heaven, which is shocking, but it wasn't the most shocking sound bite from his show today. listen closely because you can hear -- you won't be able to see it but listen because something happens at the end of this clip. >> you pointed out in mexico they have standards totally contrary of what these globalists are talking about. >> yes. so i talk about an entire shelter that's been -- >> jimmy: let's listen to that one more time. >> so i talk about an entire shelter -- [ noise ]. >> jimmy: you know, this is -- i don't know if you know this, but there is history happening not far from us here. in west hollywood they now have the first cannabis cafe in the united states. because of the law the food itself does not contain cannabis but the employees are fine with you being high in the restaurant. it's just like taco bell, really. [ laughter ] you can smok and then you can eat. and they're already booked solid for months.

heading to the oil region that oil region is a desert wasteland hundreds of miles fro conservative pat robertson ch in one year from the time of munich, germany invaded poland and world war ii was underway. the kurds, we have abandoned them they're being slaughtered by the turks. and we have given a major port of syria i promise you as i'm sitting here right now, russia is going to come against us turkey is going to come against us china is going to come against us north korea is going to come against us >> robertson has been a long-time supporter of mr. trump, but an outspoken critic of his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. >> the department of justice announcings it is investigating itself it is now turning the russia probe into a criminal investigation. it was closely overseen by attorney general williambarr, but now prosecutor john durham will have the power to subpoena wigts, impanel a grand jury and file charges against some of his own officials who investigated whether russia interfered in the u.s. election in 2016. "the new york times" first reported it, noting the investigati

pat robertson laying it all on the line. >> the presidents of the united states is in danger of losing the mandate of heaven if he permits this to happen. >> don't forget pat robertsson stood behind them in the wake of the infamous "access hollywood" tape which was released three years ago today. >> wow, three years. while republicans may be growing a spine on syria, this doesn't ext extend to call the president out of his republican demand. his latest strategy is a joke. >> i think he did it to get you guys. >> i doubt if the china comment was serious to tell you the truth. >> you think he was serious thinking china is going to investigate the biden family? >> all that and we're not even two weeks into the impeachment inquiry. and after grumbleing there's no real strategy, they say the reelection team is trying to take over. under the heading of telling the boss exactly what he wants to hear. mick mulvaney that the president will win 45 states in 2020 if impeached by the house. and that tells us exactly what this president is afraid of in the face of the impeachment investigation. >>>

today pat robertson compares the current pull out to appeasement of adolph hitler. germany invaded poland and world war ii was underway. the kurds we have abandoned them. they're being slaughtered by the turks and we have given a major port of syria and i promise you as i'm sitting here right now russia is going to come against us turkey is going to come against us, china is going to come against us. >> first we want to get the latest on this breaking news story tonight from the new york times. one of the reporters that first broke the story tonight and a frequent guest of ours, katie, this investigating the investigators has been called a shiny object. it's been called a right wing fantasy. it could turn out to be both of those but now it has the justice department is that only or mostly because this attorney general h general as a personal matter has this president's back. he has long harbored words that it's unlawfully predicated and he wants to know if that's true. initially he had a review. they can choose to open criminal investigations should they choose and

pat robertson said he lost the mandate of heaven, for instance. we'll see what happens in congress. all sorts of sanction bills are floating around, both in the house and the senate, probably more likely out of the house. we'll see what happens in the house. graham has a bill, there are all sorts of bills. we'll see. what mitch mcconnell laid out in that pretty scathing op-ed on friday pretty much captured where americans are. >> mcconnell went to the floor and said he wanted something stronger in the senate than what was passed in the house but drafted by democrats. mcconnell said this is the president of the united states essentially poking his own majority leader directly in the eye saying, go away, i'm lifting the sanctions. >> right. we were heading into this next week basically being a time in which we would see those sanctions bills come back up, at least on the house floor. we've seen mcconnell's promise. it's almost like a dare for the president saying you can't push me on this. it doesn't seem like on this issue that either party in congress is actually in a mood to back d

i don't know if you saw pat robertson, president trump is in of losing -- he doesn't control evangelicalotes in america, but has a lot of influence there. >> i have a different track of thinking on this in the sense of, okay, we've seen the condemnation from a lot of republicans in congress, even allies of president trump ata a time where he's facing impeachment inquiry from the house, which could move to trial in the senate, where he needs allys and republicans with him. i don't think from a timing perspective, purely political, which is my background, i don't know if this is wisest decision to do this now, when you need allies on capitol hill. >> harris: interesting. i mean, with erdogan coming and senator graham or republicans sitting down with him, what do you think of the idea, lisa? >> lisa: senator lindsey graham might be listening, maybe take him up on it. >> it can't hurt the situation the fact is they are co-equal branches of government, each has an interest in what happens to kurds and turkish relationship, turkey is a member of nato. any pressure on turkey in a positive way t

here is pat robertson talking about the president. >> i am absolutely appalled that the united states is going to betray those democratic forces in northern syria. the president of the united states is in danger of losing the man made of heaven if he permits this to happen. >> losing the mandate of heaven, that's big stuff. >> well, what this has done is shown the criticism that he doesn't usually get from folks like lindsay graham, who has been vociferous all week. his usual allies here have really been repeatedly attacking him over this decision. it starts last sunday night. this has been a week so far. the president takes this call from erdogan, he agrees to let them go in. lindsay graham wasn't consulted, a number of senior folks in the white house weren't consulted, and by tuesday you have this playing out in pretty violent and terrible form, watching overseas. the president has vacillated some throughout the week. he's talked about maybe doing more. he's gotten a lot of pressure, extraordinary pressure from congressional republicans, from military advisers, from secretary of sta

and conservative voices critical to the president's decision, pat robertson had an interesting twist on it. here is what he had to say. >> the president who allowed khashoggi to be put in pieces, without any repercussions whatsoever, is now allowing the christians and the kurds to be massacred by the turks. and i believe, and i want to say this with great solemnity, the president of the united states may lose the mandate of heaven if he allows this to happen. >> trump's decision to pull troops from northern syria is once again raising questions about business dealings. the "washington post" posts out the first person to suggest that donald trump would have a conflict of interest in dealing with turkey and president erdogan is trump himself. back in 2015. >> i have a little conflict of interest because i have a major, major building in istanbul that is a tremendously successful job, it is called trump towers, two tower, instead of one, and it is two, not one, and i've gotten to know turkey, they are an incredible leader, a strong leader. >> and the trump organization launched the trum

apparently pat robertson and others. you mentioned the pushback you senator from kentucky, mitch mcconnell leading the pushback on syria. we saw the op-ed over the weekend in the sunday "washington post." therts to push back against president on his move in syria. what do you make of mitch mcconnell, who is up for reelection in 2020? caller: thank you for the question. mitch mcconnell is my senator. he sticks with the president and seems pretty loyal to him most of the time. the fact that he has cited with these warmongers as i expected him to, is not a surprise. our other senator, rand paul, is one of the few people -- i don't know of another actually -- that has sided with trump to support the idea of withdrawing troops, and who of course says spending $7 trillion and losing 7000 men and women in the middle east has been a bad idea, especially considering we went there to look for saddam hussein's weapons of mass destruction. this mitch mcconnell up cycle, rand paul in 2022. betty jane, danbury, connecticut , democrat.

here is what pat robertson had to say.video clip] chargeey is ready to into syria, putting our allies the kurds in great danger. but we have learned is that they could tip the balance of power in this volatile region. plus it is a threat to the u.s.. ladies and gentlemen, i want to say it right now. thatabsolutely appalled the united states is going to betray those democratic forces theorthern syria to allow turkish to come in against the kurds. ogan is a thug who has taken control of his country as a dictator. he is a strong leader. they say that he is an ally of america? that's nonsense. he's in for himself. the president that allowed khashoggi to be cut into pieces without any repercussions whatsoever is now allowing the christians and the kurds to be massacred by the turks. i believe, and i want to say , thewith great solemnity president of the united states is in danger of losing the mandate of heaven if he permits this to happen. let's go to brian, who is calling from casco, michigan. i think that mr. roberts went ov

well, white evangelical christians, including televangelist pat robertson, have been devout members ofough the russiagate scandal, his sexual allegations and his policy of separating largely christian refugee mothers and fathers from their children at the border. but surprisingly this week, some dared speak out against trump's decision to pull back u.s. forces from northern syria, allowing turkey to attack kurdish forces there. right-wing christian leaders have spoken out against the turkish operation, arguing that kurds are key protectors of the region's christian minority. even uber trump ally franklin graham raised his voice. well, okay, he made a tweet that read -- "pray for the christians who the kurds have been protecting. they could be annihilated." joining me now is revered jim wallis, founder of sojourners and author of "christ in crisis." i have your book, carrying it around with me because i'm really looking forward to reading it, sir. and you wrote a piece in the "chicago sun-times" this thursday in which you said, "trump versus jesus: christians can't follow both." sorry,

i think it was pat robertson who won iowa. >> mike huckabee as well. >> mike huckabee.wa off the table. it doesn't matter that much. >> matters more for democrats. >> i would say this it matters if he doesn't perform well on super tuesday. then it is offer. connell: tough showing in iowa and new hampshire to start off, anything can happen. >> i reported that he is basically given up iowa. that is what his people are telling me. he, creating very low expectations in new hampshire. their firewall is that south carolina super tuesday. >> they have a huge lead in south carolina. >> what about moneywise? where is the wall street money? will that go to the biden super-pac, maybe? >> yes. here is what i tell you, when buttigieg drops out. he will have to at some point -- >> the question if he does well in iowa with the money he has he stays. connell: he could be biden alternative. >> i don't think that will happen. his money will go to biden, he is backed up by wall street, real estate money. more establishment democrat money. beto has money from wall street establishment type

bh wh when you have someone like pat robertson saying he's appalled by the mandate of the president ande may lose heaven because of this decision, that shows there is risk for the people who would be volting for the president's perspective next year in 2020. >> thank you very much, jeff. joining us now or former nato supreme ally commander retired four-star navy general and admiral. he's the author of the new book "sailing true north: den admirals and the voyage of character ". >> let's just make this pretty simple. let's boil this down, the essence of it. that the big winner, listening to kooers repoeir's report ther winner in all of this say man that donald trump count -- to on our show in 2015, the man donald trump cowtowed said he believed his foreign agent rather than his own against and u.s. military. winner is going to be vladimir putin because this is the first time the russians have been in the middle east since '73 and now donald trump has ceded the entire country over to vladimir putin for the most part to do whatever he wants to do, to either make peace or, as reports show,