it says the claims in this purported assessment are false. we have and continue to hear various theories without seeing the basis for these accusations. joining me now, msnbc counter terrorism expert malcolm nance and ned price, former cia an lift and former cia director and spokesperson during the obama administration. matt, i want to start with you because you made a lot of predictions that have borne out on what would happen on the khashoggi killing of this. what do you make of the cia assessment and the concurrent information that the trump administration was considering handing a turkish dissident over to turkey, knowing what we well, what do you make of those two pieces of information? well, first off the cia assessment is not surprising at all. these are intelligence professionals. they re going to make the call as they see it.
for more on the political ramifications of this budget battle, including truth serum, let s bring in nbc an lift and senior political editor at the huffington post, howard feinman. do you accept this is solely about spending? no, i think it s about philosophy also. before i go further, let me say congratulations, and welcome. thank you. lucky to have you. look, the american people are concerned about spending, no doubt about that. the president has said that. democrats have said that. republicans have said it. but i think in the case of the tea party activists, there s something else specially more at work here. there s a philosophy of disdain for and fear of the federal government. you heard the congressman talk about the federal footprint. these are people who view the federal footprint as a boot on the neck and there s a lot of philosophy behind what they re talking about here. the weekend you wrote that the real republican agenda behind these cuts was about