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i think basically, you ended up -- the primary national security players are the pentagon, cia, state department and treasury. and they are very professional people. they are career people. they know exactly what they're doing. they have series of experience. and they are running into an operation in the white house in which the president really won't read their material. won't take complicated briefings. has no background and yet will impulsively make a decision. it's hard to know where all this is going to go but so far it's rebounding to our disadvantage in terms of keeping the american people safer. there's still a couple of thousand isis fighters in syria. and our kurdish allies who we're now going to abandon. and that's another message to our allies to not trust us. it's hard to understand what he was thinking except placating the turks and doing something positive for the russians. and by the way, benefiting the iranians and hezbollah in the process also. >> kevin barron, can you jump in here, and the general has -- chooses his words very carefully but there's something ringing

pentagon, state, cia, treasury, others. uncoordinated. and finally, i think he was troubled, as we all should be, at excoriating our allies and embracing thugs like putin, duterte, erdogan and others. we are in an unsustainable position for foreign and defense policy. >> general, let me read you some reporting about secretary mattis' day yesterday. "the new york times" reports officials said mr. mattis went to the white house with his resignation letter already written but nonetheless made a last attempt at persuading the president to reverse his decision about syria. mr. mattis, a retired four-star marine general was rebuffed. returned to the pentagon, he asked aides to print out 50 letters of his resignation letter and distribute them throughout the building. what do you think happens today in that building without someone who was viewed as standing between, not just the president and the military bureaucracy, which nobody thought the president understood, and some -- many presidents don't. but secretary mattis traveled around the world

the problem is he's fighting within his own administration and within the bureaucracies of the cia the pentagon the state department and so on all of whom think current u.s. policy of intervention is a good idea and so we know from books that have been written in testimony here interviews with his top persistence that sometimes he'll make a decision and then no we'll carry it out so we have to wait and see if what in fact happens in the months ahead if suddenly the deadline for pulling the troops out is extended or there's some new incident that comes up that justifies keeping the troops i'm not at all sure that the full and total withdrawal and stopping of the air war is going to take place in the next thirty to ninety days as claimed by the white house all right i appreciate your thoughts razorlight i wish i had more time to talk. because we haven't even touched the whole kurdish situation for you and her question for you. is russia going to pressure turkey not to attack the kurds if i had those answers then i guess i wouldn't be in the reporting side i'd be on the policymaking side but i gue

that a president wouldn't totally staff himself up and use the resources around him from the cia to the pentagonthe state department, it's like going to a card table and basically saying don't deal me all the cards, i'm prepared to play five card stud with only three cards. not a very smart way to play the game. >> richard haass, pleasure having you on. >> thank you. >>> it may seem like a frightening time for america and the world, but is it really? is it perhaps actually the greatest time to be alive? are those two options in conflict? two terrific scholars, niall ferguson and steve pinker have a discussion and a debate when we come back. there are so many toothpastes out there which one should i use? choose one that takes care of your gums and enamel. crest gum & enamel repair cleans below the gum line and helps repair weakened enamel. gum & enamel repair, from crest. your insurance rates skyrocket you could fix it with a pen. how about using that pen to sign up for new insurance instead? for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first acci

. >> we turn now to the political correspondent steve kornaki and steve nash with the cia and pentagon under president obama. gentommen, thank you forg in on the holiday weekend. steve, a w qui to start the holiday. the president said he would be proud to own ashutdown. now he's trying to blame the democrats for the shutdown. here.le context a lot of this is about the border wall. the recent polli within the last month shows a majority of americans oppose a wall. on an the president win this? who is to blame for the shutdown? >> you know, you put that number on the scoen. what is striking to me about that. 54% oppose and 43% support. that looks likeond trump's approval rating. 43% approval. 54% disapprove. it feels like so much in politics today like the bore de wall and shutdown what side is trump on? it looks like he has the base which is in the high 30s and low 40s with him and folks againsth which continues to count higher than that. >> steve, that raises the question of how much leveragesi the pnt actually has here and in just 12 days, democrats are going to take over the house. e

fails, a president is supposed to be in close touch with and be secured by, meaning the pentagon, the fbi, the ciaher words, the whole defense and intelligence establishment of the modern presidency that we have taken for granted as being a unified thing for the most part that keeps its disagreements behind closed doors, that protects security and stability of the united states. this president is at war with them all, and he seems to think that that's what his conservative base wants him to do. i would also say right now it looks like the administration is run by a combination of laura ingraham and vladimir putin. vladimir putin loves this and loves the withdrawal from syria, probably would love withdrawal from afghanistan. it's the world we're living in now with donald trump. >> two thoughts here. in one way, this is classic donald trump. don't have votes for border funding, change the story. on the other hand or in addition, against the backdrop of the mueller investigation, the russian issue, even the perception that you are firing a beloved secretary of defense for disagreeing with a decision

aa long list of leaders from langley paid tribute to bush the cia director top pentagon brass desserttorm including colin powell came to pay their respect. two super bowl mvps, four master champions who came to honor the lifelong sportsman. sully the service dog was back by his side after helping him during difficult final days detailed for the first time by his son jeb. >> really uncomfortable with people taking care of him. that's the challenge for people that are really in that situation is they lose their dignity a bit or they think they do. it's sad to watch that as someone who lost my dad. but he never complained. >> thousands braved blustery conditions in long lines to say goodbye and many were veterans including robert rummels. >> i came up to pay final respects to my commander-in-chief. >> schwartz brought her young son. >> president bush taught us public service a noble calling. his guidance and leadership and example totally changed his trajectory of my life and brought me to d.c. i think his values are important to share with my son specifically. >> others like mike philli

and jeremy bash, former chief of staff at cia and the pentagon, former counsel to house intel. and, jeremy, it is your past as someone who knows general mattis and someone who worked with him. how bad did it have to get for him to do this? second part of the question, where do you assess our risk right now? >> extremely bad, brian, because secretary mattis has told confidants over the past several weeks that he was not going to quit out of fatigue or frustration. he would stand his ground unless the president asked him to do something that secretary mattis believed was manifestly not in the interest of american national security. here comes the president directing, ordering the secretary of defense to pull out of syria, possibly to take down our troop levels in afghanistan, to destroy the alliance structure that has kept us strong since world war ii. and, in essence, to see a lot of territory and game to iran and russia in the middle east, that was enough for jim mattis. he's gone. he's been pushed out and president trump has jumped a key guardrail. brian, tonight i think he is

that a president wouldn't totally staff himself up and use the resources around him from the cia to the pentagono the state department, it's like going to a card table and basically saying don't deal me all the cards, i'm prepared to play five card stud with only three cards. not a very smart way to play the game. >> richard haass, pleasure having you on. >> thank you. >>> it may seem like a frightening time for america and the world, but is it really? is it perhaps actually the greatest time to be alive? are those two options in conflict? two terrific scholars, neil ferguson and steve pinker have a discussion and a debate when we come back. - [narrator] the typical vacuum head has its limitations, so shark invented duo clean. while deep cleaning carpets, the added soft brush roll picks up large particles, gives floors a polished look, and fearlessly devours piles. duo clean technology, corded and cord-free. and fearlessly devours piles. do i use a toothpaste that whitens my teeth, or one that's good for my teeth? now i don't have to choose. from crest 3d white, the whitening therapy collection

and jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the pentagon. joyce, i would like to begin with you. did we get it about right that this is trump's own doj just alleging that he directed a felony and part two of my question to you is if this were donald trump civilian, would today's papers have included an indictment perhaps? >> i think that those are the perfect questions to start with. you're absolutely right. this is not robert mueller and 17 angry democrats making these allegations. this comes from the southern district of new york, a venerable u.s. attorney's office that's tough but fair and charges people with crimes and has a great track record of convictions. so that's where this charge comes from. by the same token, if president trump were citizen trump, he would likely be charged in this indictment. the protection he has against indictments stems from doj's policy of being very hesitant, if not forbidding the indictment of a president and then i think in fairness to the president, we have to mention that this violation that he's charge

jeremy bash, former chief of staff at cia and the pentagon, former counsel to house intel. and michael crowley, white house and national security editor over at politico. good evening to you all. jeremy, now that everyone's had 24 hours for this to sink in, lay people, folks in the news media included, white house staff, what's in here do you think that gives them the most concern? >> well, these documents take us racing back to december 2016 and january 2017. those were the weeks just before the inauguration during which the obama administration was trying to sanction the russian federation for its interference in the election and michael flynn was on the phone with the russian ambassador saying hey, about those sanctions don't overreact, we've got your back as soon as trump comes into office, we're going to relax those sanctions. and that in effect was the quid pro quo. the trump team got help from the russian federation during the campaign, and now is the payback. and interestingly, during that time, brian, we learned that the reason flynn was fired was because he lied t

pentagon. it's the state department. it's cia. it's treasury and others.y and large they are consummate professionals with careers following these issues. by the way, i do think that you can form a rational argument on why you ought to pull troops out of syria. i don't support it. but there has been incredible success in both iraq and syria by very small footprints of u.s. militaries backed up by some incredible air power from the navy and air force. we have pushed back isis remarkably. there's still 20,000 or 30,000 left. but i think what you can't form an argument for is having sort of a lone ranger foreign and national security policy where you don't bring your own government aboard, you don't bring your allies aboard, you don't think about the next step, you don't have a strategy. it looks like we don't know what we're doing. >> jack jacobs, i want to show you and remind our audience about a constant complaint on the campaign trail having to do with military policy by then candidate donald trump. >> they announced four months ago, three months ago, we'

the president found out through the pentagon through the cia that russia was working on this. that and why should we follow a treaty that we are violating with regard to this. we've got to figure out some way to combat it. charles: scary stuff. yesterday we spoke with chris cox. he says the harley sales are down due primarily to the politics. coming up, joined by the owner of one of the largest harley-davidson dealerships in the country. he seen the sales have nothing at all to do with politics. four days away until the new year. the shutdown remains in full swing. the way we've been down now from most elite. congress returns in washington. will that change things? president trump has made it clear he will do whatever it takes to get funding for the border wall. details on what's going on in washington are next. ♪ charles: earlier in the program retired army jackson creator of my mind foundation joins the show. is this under president trump is booming. roll tape. >> since 2012 until now -- patriotic thing where patriotism is cool again. it's one of those things you want talked

pentagon press secretary. the former acting general counsel cia probably one of the most turbulent times in recent history to serve as the officer for much of the time 2001 through 2009 you can all go through your historical rolodex between 2001 and 2009 making the legal recommendations leading a staff of lawyers to the officers of the agency as they take on operations he is the author of a great book called company man 30 years of controversy in crisis if you want to know what a lawyers life is like please welcome him. >> i would like to introduce a national treasure with a long and storied career at the department of justice culminating her being assistant attorney general for national security she also had a little job to be the best chief of staff of robert mueller of the fbi. serving as the assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism now spends time educating the next generation of lawyers at the nyu law school. [applause] >> last but not least a good friend of mine michael morel serving as our moderator he was going to be a panel member now he will ask questions instead of answer them former acting

cia. ryan brown is at the pentagon. where does the case stand right now? to active service last week to be formally charged with the crimes. again, this happened sometime ago. it has been a bit of a long developing case. there was the polygraph exam and he gave an interview to fox news in 2016 where he acknowledged killing this bomb maker, but again, the army only last week bringing him back to charge him. the department of defense saying they are not going to comment on the matter, calling it a law enforcement issue saying they will respect the integrity of the process, but president trump tweeting about the case over the weekend saying that he is taking a look at it and could potentially get involved. this raises questions because he is the commander in chief. there are issues with regard to law enforcement in the military regarding undue command influence. senior commanders are not supposed to comment on cases like these because it can complicate the prosecution and the court proceedings. a lot of questions being raised about whether or not he will take

pentagon. trump may have been warring with the justice department, the cia, fbi, you know, but he wasn't warringh the armed forces. mattis' departure i think is stark, it's starting to have republican senators like marco rubio and lindsey graham really question whether the country can survive more years of trumpism and it has our armed forces, our men and women in the armed forces who love general mattis, he is like the most famous military figure of modern times, write a resignation letter that was biting in its own way saying that this is a president who doesn't understand that our america's alliances are the glue that keeps the free world together. that this president doesn't get it. it could not be any worse for a president when you start getting corrosion with the armed forces, with the troops, questioning whether the commander in chief is fit for command. >> mattis' departure this week overshadowed other big stories this week, for example, the market melt don, the prison reform bill i mentioned. ben, as the editor of buzzfeed news how do you try to make sure the staff has time for all of t

pentagon press secretary. [applause] >> next panel members former acting general counselor of cia, chief legal officer through probably one of the most turbulent periods in a recent national history, he served as chief legal officer for much of the time from 2001 through about 2000 what, john? 2009. you can go through your historical rolodex in your mind and think about what happened between 2001-2009, john was making recommendations to the director of the cia, leading a staff of lawyers who made recommendations to the officers of the agency as they took on edgy operations in support of the defense of our country. john is that steptoe and johnson and author of a great book if you haven't had a chance to read it called company man, 30 years of controversy and crisis in the cia. if you want to know what a lawyer's life is like in the cia does a great thing to read. [applause] >> i would like to introduce a real national treasure, lisa monaco has a long story to career and his affirmative justice and its components common 80 with her being assistant attorney general for national security. she had a job at one po

pentagon press secretary. please welcome george. [applause] larry: our next panel member is the former acting general counsel of cia it's chief legal officer -- its chief legal officer through probably one of the most turbulent periods in our recent national history. he served as the chief legal officer for much of the time, from 2001 through about 2009. so you can all go through your historical rolodex in your mind and think about all the thicks -- all of the cool things that happened between 2001 and 2009. john was making the legal recommendations to the director of cia and leading staff of lawyers that made recommendations to the officers of the agency as they took on, you know, edgy operations in support of the defense of our country. so please, john, is is also the author of a great book if you haven't had the chance to read it. it is called "company man -- 30 years of controversy and crisis in the cia". if you want to know what a lawyer's life is at the cia, it is a great book to read. please welcome john. [applause] larry: next i would like to introduce a real national treasure. lisa has a long and storied career in the depa

pentagon now silicon valley insiders say there is argument among tech leaders that bezos already has an upper hand because baze as amazon has already once delivered a six hundred million dollars cloud contract to the cia back in two thousand and thirteen now having many now wonder if the move to crystal city is yet another way to cozy up to the d.o.d. and microsoft has voiced opposition to the one vendor idea without singling out amazon by name rather citing that by going with just a single vendor to provide their cloud the pentagon would be limiting itself. and missing out on innovation from other tech companies and a contract that could go on for long stretches of this is stirring up lots of commotion within the industry both by the enormity of this potential deal and also the implications attached with many tech workers threatening to quit should their respective employer when that good. tech company is fighting the work with the world's biggest killing machine all right as we go to break org watchers don't forget to let us know what your pick of the topics we've covered of facebook and twitter see our poll shows that are t.v. dot com coming up the man himself white pappa toady of the host of ameri

cia director gina haspel is said to brief key senators as it is related to the death of jamarcus oji. jamal khashoggi. the pentagon will send a backlog of green cardholders to training, suspending a policy adopted by the trump administration that required more stringent background checks for immigrants wanting to serve the policy called for green cardholders to submit to and complete a full background check and respond to any concerns before they go to boot camp in addition to requirements for green card applicants, biometric screening and the change that -- put thousands of people in limbo as they are screening language and jobs in the military -- that is in the post story through to the last call on this topic of increasing requirements under the food stamp program from kansas city, missouri, a snap recipient, this is a very -- avery. caller: i think one of the difficulties we have in state and federal government is they tend to put blanket walls across things. snap is dependent on the state you are in and i have been listening to various different states and they found -- sound fairly close to read in missouri,