Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Outnumbered Overtime With Harris Faulkner 20190910

The white house. Deputy press secretary hogan gidley joins me now outside the white house. Hogan, what happened specifically to get to the point where john bolton is out to . Look, its very clear that john boltons policies and priorities did not align with President Trumps. The president of the United States has the right to put people in positions that agree with executing the policies that he sees fit to protect his country. Also, last night the president of the United States states ask john bolton to tender his resignation. It was delivered to the president today. Harris and why does john bolton, then, come public with a different story . Im certain you are probably hearing about the tweet where he says, no, he and the president had talked and if anything happened he resigned on his own. Listen, i wont get into the back and forth here, but the fact remains that the resignation was delivered today and we are in the process of looking for a new director. Harris hogan, what can you tell me about kind of the way that the president does business . In terms of telegraphing to the world, i will sit down with an buddy to get a deal, he wants to end our presence, as much as it is, with thousands of troops in afghanistan. Was willing to sit down with taliban leadership. Bolton and others disagreed with that. Some republicans been very vocal in the last hours about the cancellation, that its a good thing the meeting isnt happening, but they didnt like the fact that it was happening at all. What do you say about the president s mode of how he does business in that sense, and those people advising him . Listen whether its building a wall, a bilateral trade deal with japan, recordsetting, whether its getting out of the jcpoa, the horrible iran deal, whatever he wants to do. Building a wall, for example. Only in washington, d. C. , would it be an anomaly that someone runs on issues, gets elected on those issues, and then works to carry out those issues. Only in d. C. Would it surprise people. This president is moving fast and furious to protect the people of this country, at our southern border. He also wants to create trade deals around the globe that protect american workers, American Farmers and ranchers, american businesses, and American Industries paid only here in washington is that shocking. Harris was it not helpful to have someone whose reputation would tell you that he was very hawkish on things . The president joked at one point that john bolton just wants to go to war. Listen, the president wants people to disagree with him and i have debated in front of him, but the president of the United States, he is the one who sets the policies. Once he makes the decisions, we come out until the American People what that decision is. I can guarantee you this whatever donald trump does, its in the best interest of the American People. Youve seen that time and time again. No further than the economy, for example. Seeing record highs we never thought possible under barack obama. But the president set the agenda and we just work out best here at the white house from the communication shop to deliver that message the American People. Harris mcmaster, flynn, john bolton, all out. So number four is coming from the National Security advisor. What is the president looking for in that position . Again, he wants someone who can carry out his agenda. He ran out of getting out of some of these wars we been in for decades. Weve lost countless lives, all kinds of money, that cant even be tracked in some instances. Its truly disgusting how weve gotten this far. But the president also wants to protect our interests across the globe and protect United States citizens abroad. He will do that at all costs. Thats what we are looking for but i dont have the announcement at this time. This just occurred. Harris sure. You understand the timing would be about next week, from the president s tweet. What is happening inside the white house right now, getting ready for some of the things coming down the pike . On september 17th through the 30th of this month, the u. N. General assembly, a huge gathering of World Leaders coming to new york city, the president , i would assume command getting set to make his address and working on that right now. You need someone up to speed. Just today, the ambassador to the u. N. , the new ambassador, welcomed in her position. Right. We have a lot of people who want this position, i can guarantee you that. But the president is prepared for all inevitabilities. Today for example we have some information, some breaking news for you here on your broadcast. The fact that secretary mnuchin at the treasury and secretary of state mike pompeo are going to take the podium at 1 30 and discuss some of the actions we are going to take, rather abroad, to influence some of the behavior against the United States. We have to change that behavior. The president wants to have conversations with people who are bad actors across the globe. But hes not going to sacrifice any of the american principles to do that. He wants her behavior to change. We have put recordsetting sanctions on all type of maligned actors up to and including iran, russia, and others. You will see more that today. The president wants to change behavior. There is so much burgeoning economies across the globe, whether its north korea, iran, but they have to change their behavior. The president has good relationships, for example, with chairman kim. But we have to have them come to the table and stop what theyre doing in order to get the benefits of what they can potentially be. Harris im going to slow you down for us the computer and want to get the news is that is breaking at 1 30 p. M. Give it to me one more time. I dont want to get ahead of the specifics of the press conference, but they are going to make an announcement in just a little bit. From the White House Briefing room. Harris okay. Im taking notes on that. I want to get to this we are hearing now from some of the members on the hill, in response. The latest of that is rand paul. Let me get to that. Dr. Rand paul is now holding Immediate Availability to talk about this. He is applauding the removal of john bolton. What kind of reaction are you getting at the white house from capitol hill . This just coming in from senator paul. Ive not seen any, quite frankly. This news just broke and i came out to talk to you. Im not sure. They will be people on both sides of this. The opinions will be made wellknown. The fact is the president make the decisions, we also bet his pleasure, and we are moving forward. Harris all right. Some of whats being reported today, as you know, hogan, has to do with that taliban Leadership Meeting that would have happened at camp david on the very week of 9 11s commemoration. On the frustration among some republicans. Adam kinzinger, congressman michael del Michael Waltz of florida , some being vocal about the fact that shouldnt have happened. And i was not going to. What is the president saying about that meeting . The very latest from him . Listen, he has made his thoughts known on this. He wants to meet with people to try and change their behavior. The fact is, we havent negotiated with their hands tied behind our backs, here. We had 1,000 deaths over there because of the engagement that this president authorized. And we are fighting the maligned behavior and the bad actors across the globe. In this instance, its no different. The fact is, of some of these folks can change their behavior and actually fix going on in thr nations. Thats what we are trying to help them do. The president also saw that there was no need to have a conversation, and other negotiations are dead. Like i said before, we are moving forward in other areas other areas. Harris all right. I want to move on, if we can. Because there has been some rare pushback from the cia over a cnn report claiming that the agency told the u. S. By out of russia, because President Trump risk exposing that persons identity. There they are describing it as misguided and civilly false. When abstraction is what . You hit it right on that. They are an Intelligence Agency that really goes on the record. But this report from cnn was so wrong, it felt compelled to come out and call it misguided false. From the media, the hypocrisy they have a so egregious to try and come out and say this president is putting lives in danger with the way he handles information. Classified or not. The this person, where their lives, the identity of them and their family pair this is so dangerous. Time and time again come the media faces a choice. They can use it on the sources that may or may not exist to write stories full of innuendo and rumor, or they can take the advice, the on the record statements, from an Intelligence Agency or the white house. This happens time and time agai again. I find it ironic that the media maligned the president then says he should listen to his intelligence agencies. And then when that very Intelligence Agency goes on the record, they ignore it completely to push their own radical agenda of taking down this administration and attacking this president. Its dangerous and putting lives at risk. Harris is there a divide between this white house and its intelligence agencies . No. The president listens to all relevant players any time a decision has to be made. But he ultimately makes the decision. Lets not forget, he is beholden to one group in this country, that is the American Voter who put him in office. He has come through and succeeded and won on issue after issue, time and time again. This is no different. When he runs on an issue, gets elected on that issue, hes going to do everything in his power to implement that issue, to protect the American People, grow our economy, to become a global power economically, and he has done that to this point. And will continue doing so as you close out the first part of this term. Harris use at 1 30 p. M. , less than 20 minutes, the News Conference there in the White House Press briefing. In fact, we are told that ambassador john bolton was supposed to be at that meeting. He has lost his job, hes going to be replacing secretaries mike pompeo and Steve Mnuchin are going to be speaking in humans. What have we heard as he gets rid of his National Security visor today . You heard from a direct than twitter. Thats as far as i prepared he is to say hes going to talk today. There maybe more there may be more press engagement. We will move forward that way. Harris hogan gidley, generous with your time and in answering all of my questions, as the news is breaking for both of us today. I appreciate it. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Harris we will have much more in President Trumps decision to fire his National Security advisor, john bolton. Democratic congressman John Garamendi joins us and asked to talk about it from the perspective of the other side of the political aisle. Stay close. Ing hasslefree with your golf clubs. Now you can, with shipsticks. Com no more lugging your clubs through the airport or risk having your clubs lost or damaged by the airlines. Sending your own clubs ahead with shipsticks. Com makes it fast easy to get to your golf destination. With just a few clicks or a phone call, well pick up and deliver your clubs ontime, guaranteed, for as low as 39. 99. 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Harris brandnew reaction to President Trump asking for the resignation of his National Security advisor, john bolton, citing strong disagreements on the number of issues. Lets bring in now senior House Armed Services committee member, congressman John Garamendi of california. Good to see you today, congressman. First reaction . Wow. One more day of chaos, one more day of, what in the worlds going on at the white house . There were concerns from the getgo about john bolton. His views have always been extremely hardline, and i dont think fit with americas policy or, obviously, with the president s policy. Harris if the president wanted to cancel that meeting with the taliban leadership, that has been widely criticized and he in fact did it you call it one more day of chaos. Could just be one more day forward to what hes trying to accomplish . He has already said he was a down with anybody to end our presence in afghanistan. How is that not Forward Movement at this point . You never liked john bolton, he was hawkish. Certainly, i had problems with john bolton. As history as a very, very aggressive, bombastic, and come in my view, dangerous person, never should have been in that position to begin with as a National Security advisor. But he was there. With regard to the meeting with the television at camp david, three days before 9 11, a very, very bad idea. A very good idea to negotiate, no doubt about the need for negotiations. But on the negotiation side, to leave the Afghan Government out of the negotiations as did happen, whats going on here . This doesnt seem to management since the date this doesnt seem to make month since may. We do have to move forward, but im not sure whats happening. There are negotiations over the taliban. Spewing out this week and not at camp david. We will see what happens. Im wanting to make sure i understand it right. He maybe nuance for approach from the left side of the aisle. Weve heard from her republicans, we had one yesterday. Colonel waltz, former military, who said he didnt like the fact that you are meeting with terrorists on u. S. Soil. He was never going to be a fan of that. Never, period. Thats what he said. But the negotiation point is something that you agree with her republicans on, and the president. Long before this man became president , i supported negotiation. I said there is no way to come to peace, or at least to end the american involvement, in afghanistan without negotiating. Harris what are we negotiating for, by the way . The russians couldnt get it done. Im serious. What are we negotiated for . The president is willing to do what at least most americans want, and that is to end the war presence after all these years in afghanistan. Peace deal or not. Thats what he said. Thats what he said a moment ago. Ive been for negotiations among the warring parties in afghanistan for a long, long time. Our goal there has always been, as i understand it, to make certain that afghanistan is not a haven for terrorists that threaten the United States or United States interests. Harris you dont think it is . It certainly is today as a result of the continuing war. Harris so how did the previous negotiations work out . Unfortunately, i was not involved in negotiations. But i did encourage negotiations by the previous administration. Harris why didnt they work . Well, for the same reason they are not working right now. You are dealing with a very difficult situation in which there are multiple factions. And of which there is considerable unrest, and the involvement of countries all around, from russia and pakistan, india, the United States, iran, and others. All meddling in one day or another. In afghanistan. On the complexities in the country have been known for more than 2,000 years. It has been a very, very difficult place. Not only did russia have to leave there after their war, but so did the british empire, eventually. I hope sooner than later, the United States will also leave. In a situation in which that place will not be a safe haven for terrorists. Harris i got to have you back. My pressing question will always be and you and i cant figure it out right now should we ever have gone in the first place, considering where we have mission creeped out a way to . Lets talk again. Congressman garamendi of california, giving us the democrat perspective on a breaking news story today. Thank you very much. Secretaries pompeo and mnuchin such an speak eight or 9 minutes from now. John bolton was supposed to be there. He wont be now. We will be watching and covering this. Stay close. That life of the party look walk it off look one more mile look reply all look own your look. With fewer lines. Theres only one botox® cosmetic. Its the only one. Fda approved. To temporarily make frown lines. Crows feet. 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We are awaiting now inside the White House Press Briefing Room, which you see the lectern there, for secretaries pompeo and mnuchin to step up their and talk about announcing an expansion to the existing executive order of designation of tariffs. So that sits in a separate lane. The second will be the media, without a breaking news this hour, and First Response from the white house right here on overtime. What happened and what happens next after the resignation of the National Security advisor, john bolton . The third man to hold that job is out today. He was supposed to be at this announcement on designating terrorists. He will not be there, because the president asked him late last night to hand in his resignation. And the president treated about an hour ago. We relied on the outnumbered, and the story has advanced since then, about the fact that john bolton is out and by next week they will be naming a replacement. We dont know the list or shortlist, if there is one, of who that will be. We know from the Deputy Press Secretary, who joined me just moments ago, a top this hour hogan gidley that they are working on making that announcement. Will be here directly from the president today, i asked hogan . He said, the tweet, for now, is where it will sit. Next we will hear from the Trump Administration via its secretaries pompeo and mnuchin. And you better bet that you kind of cant see it up to the side. Every now and then he might see a foot or something. But people are filing into the seats now inside the press briefing. Having been in that place, its just outside the oval office. So, a gathering, getting ready with reporters. Weve got our eyes on edge, as soon as it breaks and someone steps up to that lectern. With news, no doubt, of this departure from the white house, the west wing, the National Security visor will bring it to you as it happens. Lets move to this. The National Rifle association is suing San Francisco for labeling the nra a domestic terrorist organization. The nations largest Gun Rights Organization claimed the citys declaration violates its freespeech rights for political reasons, and says that San Francisco is seeking to blacklist anybody associated with the nra. A city official calls the suit a desperate move. Lets bring in fox news senior judicial analyst, judge andrew napolitano. I specifically asked for you on this, because freespeech is your lane. Looked, the city of San Francisco, just like the state of california or the federal government, cannot punish a person or a group because of their speech. With the city is attempting to do is punish the nra, the National Rifle association, because of its robust advocacy of the Second Amendment rights. By labeling it a terrorist organization. First of all, only the fbi can label an entity as a terrorist organization, and one of the linchpins of that labeling is that the entity itself has committed crimes of violence, intended to affect the policy of the government. Thats not the nra at all. Think about it individuals have freedom of speech. The government doesnt have freedom of speech, because if the government exercises freespeech rights, it monopolizes the marketplace. It makes people think twice before they want to contradict the government for fear of reprisal. In this case, the reprisals are serious. If the nra uses a bank in San Francisco to cash checks, according to that resolution they enacted the other day, city agencies cannot do business with that bank. Thats absurd. Harris oh, wow. They can make those absurd decisions in running the government, but they cannot punish speech. Harris i will ego one more. As members of the nra, american Citizens Walking out the Second Movement right, as members, are the exposed . If their membership is within organization that is deemed a terrorist organization . Of course they are. In the city of San Francisco, insofar as it harris so all members should just stay away from San Francisco . Yes, and they shouldnt have to. Because this is an expression of speech. Not only speech, protected speech. Its not only speech, it is speech the Supreme Court has said protective fund mental right. The right to keep and bear arms. Harris does the nra when the lawsuit . Yes. Perhaps. Because the nra really hasnt been armed until one of these other things happens. A bank wont do business with it, the city suppresses it. Right now, there is no harm other than negative publicity. But look at it this way whenever government punishes somebody or something because of speech, there is harm. There is a violation of the constitution. Harris wow. Glad you were here. Were watching it. Always nice to be with you. Harris whew. Secretary pompeo and secretary mnuchin said to be in the White House Press Briefing Room moments from now, 1 30 p. M. We are waiting, just a few seconds passed that. We will take a quick commercial break and bring it back to the breaking news. Sickle musical y to only 10 frames. A new low. At visionworks, our sales are good on all of our frames. Why are you so weird . Get 60 off any pair of glasses. No exclusions. Really. Visionworks. See the difference. Doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacistrecommendeding . Memory support brand. You can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Harris we are inside the White House Briefing room. Secretary pompeo, and youre looking at right now secretary mnuchin talking about that existing executive order designating terrorists, and the president signing a new one to lengthen that. We are also listening, when hes done with the announcement we will ask about the departure of john bolton as National Security advisor. Lets watch. Thank you, stephen. Todays executive order marks the most significant update to counterterrorism Sanction Authority since september of 2001. It is significantly expanding authorities to target terrorists and those who finance their activities. Specifically, todays action amends executive order one, two, three 34 by allowing the apartments of state and treasury to first target the directors of terrorist groups and their associated entities without having to type terrorist leaders to specific acts. Second, it more effectively and efficiently targets individuals and entities who participate in terrorist training, and provides new authorities to impose sanctions on foreign Financial Institutions that knowingly do business with terrorists. The Trump Administration has already used existing sanctions and authorities more aggressively than any administration before us. Now we are immediately putting those new authorities to good use as secretary mnuchin said. Today the department of state announces the decimation of 12 terrorist leaders. They include former mayor of the Senior Member of as bullous council, and leaders from hamas, Palestinian Islamic jihad, isis philippines, isis west africa, and ttp in pakistan. Further, we are announcing the dissolution of an al qaeda affiliate Jihadist Group in syria, as a speciallydesignated global terrorist entity. As these actions show, it adds further muscle to u. S. Counterterrorism efforts. It will help to ensure that the deadly attacks of september 11th that occurred 18 years ago this week are never repeated on american soil. Never. Im happy to take a on this topic. Reporter did john bolton get fired or did he quit . And did he leave the white house because he disagreed with you in particular over the talks with the telegram . Last night the president asked for ambassador boltons resignation, as i understand it it was received this morning. Reporter was it because of his disagreement . I will leave it to the president to talk about the reasons he made the decision. But i would say this the president is entitled to the staff he wants at any moment. This is a staff person who works directly for the president of the United States and he should have people he trusts and values and his efforts and judgments benefit him and delivering American Foreign policy. As cabinet member, secretary at mnuchin and i try to do that each and every day. When the president makes a decision like this, he is well within his rights to do so. Reporter can you describe your working relationship with john bolton as it was . Also, does his departure make it easier for you to do your job and for the administration to accomplish the president s Foreign Policy agenda . I dont talk about the inner workings of how this all goes. We all give our candidates many times he and i disagree, thats to be sure. That is true for lots of people with whom i interact. My mission is always to make sure i run the primitive state to deliver americas diplomacy preacher to work with the team, whether its the treasury or the president s staff, to make sure we get good outcomes. I know everyone has talked about this for an awfully long time. There are definitely places we have different views about how we should proceed. Reporter is it now possible to see some left hawkish iran policy, and does this open the path for the president to meet with rouhani . Secretary pompeo and myself in the present are completely aligned on our maximum pressure campaign. You know weve done more sanctions on iran than anybody. Its absolutely working. Now the president has made clear, he is happy to take a meeting with no preconditions, but we are maintaining the maximum pressure campaign. Go ahead. Report to for clarity on this, can you foresee a meeting between President Trump and the iranian leader later this month surrounding the United Nations . Sure. Reporter with the president support that come and do you . The president made it clear he is to meet with no preconditions. Reporter on the original guidance for this briefing, bolton was on the guidance to be here. Were you blindsided by what occurred today . That he is no longer with the administration . Wasnt news to you today . Last night you were told he wouldnt be here today. Im never surprised. [laughter] and i dont mean that on just this issue. I think secretary mnuchin would say the same thing. We work very closely with the president of the United States. I think we have a pretty good understanding of what hes thinking about things. I think he would agree, stephen, at nearly all times. Our mission set is not to talk about these inner workings, and i know you are so curious about it. But rather to talk about the things that matter to American Foreign policy. I would just say, people who knew should know and dont get into the administrative things. Because yesterday reporter secretary pompeo thank you very much. Secretary pompeo from a question about syria. We reported on the refugee camps last night. A reporter talked about how the refugee camps, isis fighters are blending in. Theres children dancing around the isis flag. Are you concerned about these refugee camps becoming a breeding ground . A Training Ground for terrorists, isis fighters . Theres a long history of exactly what youre describing. Camps in iraq and other places where prisoners were detained and extremist elements breeding in those places. But we have been working diligently on this. We have conducted enormous operations against isis even after the fall of the caliphate as recently as the last handful of days. We are very focused on this. The success that we had moving down the Euphrates River valley, that our department of defense lead with the forces was truly remarkable. We will not take our eye off the ball, ensuring whether its isis or other radical islamist extremist groups, continue to be under pressure from the United States of america. And just to close it out, that would include in these camps that you are referring to. Go ahead. Reporter the white house says that the National Security advisor boltons Foreign Policy was not aligned with the president s philosophy. How was it out of alignment . I will leave that to the white house to talk about. Other than to say, i think President Trump i watched his campaign. I have now worked with him, first as cia director and now a secretary of state. Someone asked, with the policy be different absent any individual being here . These have been the president s policies. We give him our best wisdom, we share with him our understanding grade when i was intelligence director we did our best to make sure you have the facts and Data Available so we can make good decisions. I dont think any leader around the world should make any assumption that because some one of us departs, that it has policy will change. The one thing i would say to followup, the president has been clear on this. His view of the iraq war and ambassador boltons was very different. The president made that clear. Go ahead. Sure, we in the back. Yes, maam or putter are we planning to put tariffs on mexico . We are looking forward to our meeting. We are talking about the progress that has been made. Which has been substantial and real and material. It has made america more secure. At the same time, we know there still work to do, and we will talk about how best we can jointly deliver that. We are deeply appreciative of what the president of mexico and the foreign minister have done to increase the capacity to deter migration into the United States. You can see the numbers have improved substantially. We also know, a, he needs to be sustained, and b, we still have work to do. Reporter we know we are trying to keep up the pressure on venezuela. That they agreed on many things in regard to venezuela. What can we expect now with the departure of investor bolton . The Treasury Department and state farm to have been incredibly active on sanctions. Everything we do is in consultation with the state department. Again, we have a massive sanctions program that is working. But i would just add, we are concerned about the people there, and whats going on than the humanitarian crisis. Under the secretary has worked with their neighbors extensively. Go ahead. Reporter is the National Security team a mess . Absolutely not. Thats the most ridiculous question ive ever heard of. Let me just say, the National Security team, which is what you asked, consists of the National Security advisor, the secretary of of defense, the secretary of state, myself, the chief of staff, and many others. Im sorry, we will take one more. Yes, maam, in the red . Report back their reports this week that the cia had to pull a top russian assets out because of concerns that his entity could be exposed. Under which administration is there an investigation on how his identity get leaked . Ive seen that reporting. It is materially inaccurate. You should know, i dont talk about things like this very often. It is only the occasion where there is something i think something puts people at risk or the reporting is so egregious it creates a enormous risk. I wont say anything more about it. End of the cia put on the statements. Suffice it to say the reporting there is factually wrong. Thank you, everybody. Harris you have there the secretary of state. The secretary of treasury, talking about the announcement first of an extension of an executive order on designating terrorists. Then the questions came in storm fashion and quick. But what happened with the departure of the National Security advisor, john bolton, today. Its been about an hour and a half almost that the president treated that he asked for the resignation of john bolton. I want to bring in now someone who is very deeply affected by this, because he has had a rule of the state department before. Christian whiton served as Senior Advisor of the state department under President Trump and george w. Bush. Previously worked with john bolton at the state department. I want to get your thoughts now, that weve heard even more detail about the rift between the president s policies and john bolton. I think it reflects on a lot of things going on. First of all, the type of National Security advisor you want for the strategic environment you are in. The fact that, frankly, hes not that likable to some more good t politics, to some. More importantly come of the strategic shift away from counterinsurgency. Thats been a big if not the top story of policy. One of the big features moving away from cowboys and indians in middle eastern backwater scum of the counterinsurgency mission weve been working on since 2001, to something that recognizes where the world is today harris i think we have lost our guest. Christian white in. We are going to go back to the white house for a moment, because our john roberts was among the reporters to ask questions to the two secretaries. Do we have our guest back . Christian white . Give us moment through to read this happen sometimes in breaking news. You were just answering a question prayed lets move onto the next. Knowing what you do about the president s policy, why choose a Catholic John bolton the first place . Hes hawkish, he speaks his min mind. I think at the time the president needed a gunslinger. He still had people like general mattis, who did the job he was primarily signed at the pentagon, of killing isis. But it wasnt translating the president s Strategic Vision interview Foreign Policy of the primitive defense. In the ever growing pains of a demonstration that you have in any sort of revolutionarytype Administration Like this. Its helpful in that circumstance to have. Moving into the position we are in, going to the reelection, making some of the changes away from counterinsurgency that weve been focused on since 9 11 into a strategic competition with china. I think the president probably wants someone who is more of a sounding board, someone he can trust to is close to his philosophy. You really dont need such a strong, if you will come a gunslinger. Again, you sort of have the team you need now at the state department. He went earlier, bret baier joined us on to be 25, the talk show this broke during. One of the things he said, we asked him if he was surprised to hear this. He said he had been hearing whispers for about a week. How does it go . You are talking National Security issues. Hopefully there were not a whole lot of whispers, because that is proprietary information. What is happening behind the scenes between the Trump Administration and getting the policies of the president wants and those people who have to walk it out . What if that like . I think the president has demonstrated, there is a saying that graveyards are filled with indispensable people. Washington was full of people famous for being famous, have these awesome reputations. When he did for a compliment, they are not there. But President Trump has shown us despite all the obstruction, the problems with people getting confirmed by the president , which isnt required for this job it is for many National Security jobs, hes going to employ the people he wants and who work at the present time. Its sort of natural that he would talk to a couple of colleagues about that. Where it might begin to leak out. I think that was probably in the works for a while. Just because the president says he always has somebody in mind. It could be general kellogg, who was in the nsc before and works for Vice President pence now. Thats a complete guess. But some like that in whom the president has confidence. The one i had a democrat earlier on from california, John Garamendi, and he said administrations previous have been working on a deal with the telegram, blah, blah, blah. Which got us to this issue where we are now today with ambassador bolton. A Sticking Point between him and the president , that planned meeting at camp david with taliban leadership now called off. Youre quick last thoughts about that . I think the politics and the Foreign Policy are getting out of afghanistan completely. Weve been there for 19 years. We are not going to accomplish anything that we havent already. John was opposed to that, apparently, and also getting out of syria. The politics every get it done in time for christmas. Thats best for security, so we can focus on the bigger threats, like china. We can always go back to afghanistan if al qaeda manifests itself and needs to be killed again there. Harris christian whiton, formerly of the state department. We appreciate her time and expertise. We will take a very short commercial break in quebec for the breaking news. John roberts just asked questions inside the white house about everything unfolding. He joins me next. 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Good to have you on the program today. Thank you. Harris just moments ago, secretary mnuchin said we are not a National Security team messed up or in chaos. What do you say about whats transpired today . I think its important that people keep in mind what the job of the National Security adviser is or isnt. Its not the job of the National Security adviser to carry out u. S. Foreign policy that the president sets. Thats the job of the secretary of state. The job of the National Security adviser is very very focused. Its simply to gather intelligence and other information and advise the president. That is, provide advice to the president on what all of this means. So, i think its important that people keep that in mind that it doesnt its not that surprising that, you know, a National Security advisers, that they come and go. I must say that john bolton, i have worked with him before at the justice department. Very accomplished. He certainly is very intelligent, well read and so forth. Im sorry to see him go. This is a decision that the president makes for one of his post advisers. Harris the Deputy Press Secretary joined me earlier on overtime. Lets watch and then i want to get your reaction. The president wants people to disagree with him and have debate in front of him, but the president of the United States, hes the one who sets the policies. Once he makes the decision, we come out and tell the American People what that decision is. I can guarantee you this. What donald trump does is in the best interest of the American People. No further than the economy, seeing record highs that we never thought possible under barack obama. Harris bob barr formerly of the cia, you say what . Im not sure what all of that had to do, the economy and so forth, has to do with the national securitied a adviser and intelligence matters. Theres been a lot in the news with regard to russia and whether or not and how a source reportedly close to putin may have been endangered and had to be removed. These are very, very complex questions and cant be dealt with with simplistic solutions. So, trying to figure out, for example, where information might have gotten to the soviet leadership, the russian leadership, that is, about a source and claiming that it was something that trump might have said is really not only irresponsible, but childish. There are so many different ways that information on a source can get to the russian leadership, as Winston Churchill once described, try to figure out whats going on in the minds of russians, its like trying to decipher a mystery inside a riddle wrapped inside an enigma. Its very difficult to do this. A lot of times, harris, its media not being personal here, but media, that is trying to do its job of figuring out whats going on in the International Arena that might disclose information that could very well endanger a source. Harris thats what the cia is saying today. I dont take it personally. As you say, were just doing our job. Bob barr, as the news is breaking today, thank you for your time. As everything right now, it comes through a political prism. Chris stirewalt, fox news digital politics editor, joins me now. Its been quite a last 90 minutes. We dont have a National Security adviser but we know from the president , a new one, a fourth one of his presidency, is coming. Right. Look, this is an issue that, for most voters, National Security, unless something really bad or really good is happening, for most voters this isnt a determinative thing. The president gets a lot of leeway on the subject, again, as long as we are substantially at peace. On the other hand, when you see what were trying to pull off in afghanistan, in syria, when you think of the threat from the rug russians, hes got to have his team in place and be speaking with a clear voice, so that voters who might get concerned about things being adrift, that those voters feel reassured. Harris senator chuck shumer of new york has sweet tweeted this, or put this out. How does this play from democrats across the aisle . Democrats have a problem with donald trump on National Security and on Foreign Policy issues, which they substantially agree with him on a lot of thins. Trumps disagreement is with his own party about hawkishness. With his own party on international trade. Chuck shumer agrees with the president about not liking where john bolton was going and disagreed with bolton and other hawks inside the republican party. So what do they do . They complain about the tweets and the stuff. They agree with him on the substance. Harris we talked earlier in the hour and i said, youre talking about decades that didnt work out with the taliban. Why didnt it work . Why not try something new . We agreed to move on. So, there are 12 people the president has fired on the list, rex tiller son, angela reed, james comey, Anthony Scaramucci and more. They are on the screen. President has the right to have the team around him that he wants to. Critics say it chaotic. How does that play politically . It is good for the president to look like he knows what hes doing. Its good for the president to know that he has questions of National Security, International Relation under control. That this is not something that voters have to worry about. When the countrys at peace, it should be easier to achieve. But trump is trying a couple of som somersaults. He is trying to rebalance our relationship with the russians, trying to rebalance the middle east between the saudis and the iranians. Hes trying to do a lot of things at once. It would be better if the messaging was cleaner from the white house. Harris right now he said hes keeping his promise, even sitting down with others others may not want to. The stire is always on fire. And we cover it. Im harris. Heres dana. Dana secretary of state mike pompeo and treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin briefing after the departure of security adviser john bolton. Im dana perino and this is the daily briefing. President trump showed bolton the door saying his services no longer needed at the white house. The president clashing repeatedly with bolton, disagreeing on talks with the taliban, russia and other priorities. John roberts is at the white house with more. Just a few hours ago, john bolton was listed to be at the very press briefing that