Responding to Vladimir Putins expulsion of hundreds of american diplomats, quote, im very thankful. Now we have a smaller payroll. On the fbis predawn raid on the home of his former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort, i was very, very surprised to see it. And insisting he hasnt given any thought to firing special counsel Robert Mueller, saying im not dismissing anybody. As you can see, we have a lot to get to, and im going to talk about what the president had to say about the crisis with north korea now. So joining me now Cnn National Security analyst James Clapper, the former director of National Intelligence. Its so good to have you on. Thanks for joining us. President trump finally took questions from reporters today and he says his fire and fury remarks maybe they werent tough enough. He also said this about north koreas kim jongun. Hes not getting away with it. He got away with it for a long time between him and his family. This is a whole new ball game, and hes not going to be sayin
Im not dismissing anybody. As you can see, we have a lot to get to, and im going to talk about what the president had to say about the crisis with north korea now. So joining me now Cnn National Security analyst James Clapper, the former director of national ch National Intelligence. Its so good to have you on. Thanks for joining us. President trump finally took questions from reporters today and he says his fire and fury remarks maybe they werent tough enough. He also said this about north koreas kim jongun. Hes not getting away with it. He got away with it for a long time between him and his family. This is a whole new ball game, and hes not going to be saying those things and hes certainly not going to be doing those things. I read about were in guam by august 15th. Lets see what he does with guam. If he does something in guam, it will be an event the likes of which nobody has seen before, what will happen in north korea. When you say that, what do you mean . Youll see. Youll see. A
On . Theyll say look if the guy at the top can say anything to anybody at any time, why cant i . That was republican congressman mark sanford on morning joe a year ago. While the South Carolina conservative largely backed the president s agenda, he called out the commanderinchief as we just heard right there. Last night sanford lost his primary race after the president attacked him personally on twitter. Just hours before the polls closed, and it was close. Welcome to morning joe, everyone, its wednesday, june 13th. With us we have msnbc contributor mike barn kill. National Affairs Analyst for nbc news and msnbc jon heilemann. Former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst, Steve Rattner and author of the book, a world in disarray, Richard Haass and National Political reporter nbc news heidi przybilla. A lot to get to. If you want to know where the Republican Party is right now, jon heilemann, mark sanford survives careerending, what should have been a careerending scandal.
Ninehour session, taking questions from the Senate Intelligence committee. I want to thank you all for sticking around and waiting for me. At this point in time i really appreciate the opportunity that was given to me to clear the record and to tell the truth. I look forward to tomorrow, to being able to in my voice to tell the American People my story and im going to let the American People decide. Reporter the top democrat on the committee senator mark werner says todays testimony was important. Two years ago when this investigation started, i said it may be the most important thing im involved in in my public life in the senate and nothing ive heard today dissuades me from that view. In the meantime, republican senator Susan Collins saying shes surprised by cohens testimony and that he came across as a, quote, very different guy. Were told the nine hours were very intense and the grilling was extensive. What i intend to keep focused on is untangling the very complicated financial ar
His gestures of american pride. He wants to be a kim jongun, that absolute power. What is the message donald trump is trying to make rolling tanks down pennsylvania avenue. I suspect the threat is to his fellow americans. Jesse joining me now, dean cain and the founder of tushing point, usa, charlie kirk. What a goodlooking set we have today. I think the ladies are going nuts trying to keep it together. The tanks out there to threaten the american people. They think this is tienanmen square all over again. A tank on u. S. Soil . An absolute threat to the american people. We did a salute, a love letter to our troops. Desmond tutu called it a glorifying war before he even saw it. This is a pride in america and a pride in our military. It isnt an attack on america. I thought it was great. Jesse you think its great because you are a normal patriotic american. But sometimes when the president does something patriotic, democrats have to do the opposite. So that puts them where they are again