tom: william cohen, thank you so much.ok forward to speaking to you again, particularly on the u.s. military in a fractious 2022. william cohen, former secretary of defense for the united states. extraordinary how it has multiple fronts for our military. lisa: and how this is the ratcheting up of tensions people do not want right now in terms of another geopolitical point of tension. i think what bill is saying in terms of whether a military altercation or ratcheting up of tensions escalates the decoupling of the u.s. and china is a fascinating point that speaks to the economic place we are in. does that end up leading to a long-term inflationary push as the u.s. brings more activities back home, and we are seeing companies that come out with reassuring plans getting rewarded in the stock market. how much does that become a theme in the next 12 months? tom: right now the headline coming out. the speaker of the house to land in taiwan tuesday night and meet lawmakers wednesday as well. she will be in taiwan. that is just br

now, there's so much to talk about with the former defense secretary william cohen. so glad he's here with us today. secretary cohen, it's good to see you. but i have to ask you, i mean, first, i wonder what your impression was and your reaction to the idea that there could be any reason why a former president would need top secret sci materials at their private residence following their term in office? if ever? >> there's no plausible reason for the former president to have this kind of information in his presence or in that of his home. anyone involved in intelligence matters knows how serious this is. going back to my own experience at the defense department, here is -- the defense department spends almost $800 billion a year. with that money, we recruit, retrain and equip the men and women of our military to be the finest fighting force on earth. we -- they give our -- they give up their limbs and lives for us. we should never do anything that compromises their security in any fashion. that's the reason for the top level top secret sci compartmentalization. so, an

now, there's so much to talk about with the former defense secretary william cohen. re with us today. i've been wanting to pick his brain about these issues. secretary cohen, it's good to see you. but i have to ask you, i mean, first, i wonder what your impression was and your reaction to the idea that there could be any reason why a former president would need top secret sci materials at their private residence following their term in office? if ever? >> there's no plausible reason for the former president to have this kind of information in his presence or in that of his home. anyone involved in intelligence matters knows how serious this is. going back to my own experience at the defense department, here is -- the defense department spends almost $800 billion a year. with that money, we recruit, we train and equip the men and women of our military to be the finest fighting force on earth. we -- they give our -- they give up their limbs and lives for us. we should never do anything that compromises their security in any fashion. that's the reason for the top level t

tom: the senator from maine and former secretary of defense william cohen on the political moment atand. i think it's important. in the equity cave, the guy who makes us go has a chart out today that alludes to what you said earlier. in the swing year in recent days of cash losing -$4.3 billion and stocks gaining $18.1 billion. extraordinary. lisa: it is stocks and credit and bonds. it is taking cash out and putting it into everything else. somehow this has been a shift. right now there is a vote with the money. it very much is for a shift in reality. tom: in a cave. peter, thank you for that work this morning. emily wilkins drives us forward with bloomberg government. we have been talking about political events and mr. trump. what might actually happen in washington. is it the dog days of august in washington? emily: we are hoping maybe after today everyone can finally take a breath and get onto the august we were hoping to have at the start of this year. you saw the senate work last weekend, pulling all night sessions to get through. what is left of president joe biden's proposed r

and william cohen, who served as secretary of defense under president clinton. secretary, i want to start with you, it's interesting to hear all of the preparation that went into this. from the small model of the safe house where al zawahiri was hiding that was presented to president biden so he could understand the balcony and the rooms and all of that stuff. to the technology as barbara was just describing. how you can pull off a precision strike in the middle of a crowded residential neighborhood. so what jumps out to you? >> well, first, let me thank you you and victor for having me on with david sanger this afternoon, one of the real experts in terms of national security. what it points to is the persistence, you presentationed per si precision, and i would add patience. this signals to the world we have the patience, the ability, the technology, to carry out a precision strike with minimum damage to anyone else in the region. so that's an extraordinary thing. barbara star has said that it seemed to be all through technology. i would like to think there was

joining me now, former defense secretary william cohen. secretary, thank you for joining us. should say ambassador cohen. >> good evening, don. >> listen, it has been almost 21 years since 9/11. an attack that changed the united states in the world. tell me what is significant moment this has. >> this is a really historic moment. you pointed out that nearly a new generation has grown up since the 9/11 attacks. many of those who are serving in our military today, in the intelligence service, warned weren't even born then borne that. you have young people coming up who have no sense of history of what took place, who al-qaeda was, why are we after them, why are they after us. we have to remind people what happened during 9/11. the attack and peng the towers, show the attack on the panic on, think about flight 93, i -- who stood up at the ceremony, honoring those sailors. he said, remember the goal, remember the coal. and this is part of remembering what took place, and why we're still suffering from it. people who are serving today, still remember that, that event. and those ev

defense secretary william cohen spoke to cnn about why these types of documents should never have been at mar-a-lago. here he is. >> there's no plausible reason for a former president to have this kind of information in his presence or in that of his home. anyone involved in intelligence matters knows how serious this is. going back to my own experience at the defense department, the defense department spends almost $800 billion a year. with that money we recruit, we train and equip the men and women of our military to be the finest fighting force on earth. they give up their limbs and lives for us. we should never do anything that compromises their security in any fashion. that's the reason for the top level, top secret sci compartmentization. >> fbi director christopher wray is warning bureau agents and employees to be vigilant and alert due to an unprecedented wave of violence against the agency. sources tell cnn the two agents who signed the warrant and federal judge who authorized it are among those seeing threats. wray said the bureau is adjusting its security posture and called

one of the most famous incidents of guerrilla warfare is what happens in lawrence kansas with william cohen trail in 1863. we've talked about lawrence, kansas before. it is a hotbed of anti slavery and pro union sentiment. pro confederate sympathizers like quantrill see it as a symbol for everything they don't like. the u.s. government is trying to go after quantrill and realize and missouri. they actually arrested some of the wives and girlfriends and imprisoned them in kansas city. they are in a federal prison that in august of 1863 collapsed. four of the women die. the guerrillas are furious. they maybe guerrilla fighters, they have a code of conduct. they are furious that their women have died in the federal prison collapse. they are going to go after the u.s. government. they are going to go after the pro-union sympathizers and lawrence, kansas. so, on august 21st, 1863. william quantrill leads 450 raiders on lawrence, kansas. they are trying to just level this city. think about what lever said about what makes or doesn't make appropriate warfare. they will literally sack the town. the

we have fox news political analyst ron williams and 2020 libertarian vice presidential party candidate and he's the chair of you are the power.net, spike cohen and max or known as bazooka jew. >> that's right. thank you. kennedy: was told to say that in my defense, human resources. great to talk to all of you. carol, spending is a bad way to tame an inflationary economy. why haven't democrats learned that? >> well, i don't think they care. you know, recently i spent a lot of money and i assured my husband that our savings account would be replenished when i spent even more money. he didn't believe me either and i don't think any of them believe it. the democrats know what they're doing and they're buying the votes like you said. there's nothing to do with inflation and nothing to do with reducing inflation and, you know, i think part of the problem as i say about a host of issues is that we don't have a media that holds them accountable. we have this new york times story talking about joe's sunglasses. i'm glad they moved on from what flavor ice cream he eats, but it's still fluff pieces and it's not right that they don't hold him accountabl

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