about president trump. any republicans you expect to be closer to independents in their questioning? i think most republicans know this is a delicate situation and that president trump does not have this network of allies inside of the capitol that are there to do the bidding. this is why the white house tonight is somewhat uneasy about how this will all proceed because the republican national committee and the advisors in the west wing are working on the president s behalf but these republican senators are not serving trump. they swore an oath to the constitution and they re not there to expose comey in the same way some of his political critics in the white house are trying to do. ashley, i want you to react to something we heard today from colon powell s former chief of staff, the retired colonel willkerson.
newsroom. thank you. hi, shep. shepard: there s transcripts of discussions between mike flynn. from those transcripts, we could know if there was a quid pro quo on sanctions. we could find out if mike flynn lied to the fbi. we can know about the details of anything that the russians might have on the president compromising information, if you will, or otherwise. there s no way to get to that information yet. the question is, do you leave it in the committees or do you get a special prosecutor? that s right. or in addition to a special prosecutor, another option is to take it out of the intelligence committees and create an independent panel. either a house senate panel or something like a 9-11 commission. what if you had someone like a colon powell, someone with a bipartisan sheen, take this over. the republican leaders want to leave it where it is, you heard the speaker of the house, paul ryan, say that s the appropriate place. they can handle sensitive matters. the more people
modernization of our systems and our nuclear infrastructure, and that s a big bill, as you know. having a former national security advisor here, i have to ask you this question, what extra limitations is put on the job when you re an active member of the military? well, we had an active member of the military serving as national security advisor before couple times. retired. colon powell was active duty. i think it puts a certain burden on the national security advisor to make it clear that the fact that they wear a military uniform does not impinge their ability to be an honest broker in the process. and to encourage all points of view have equal access to the president. he has to salute the chairman of the joint chiefs. i mean, that is an awkward position, no?
done an incredible job. we will now look at the ben carson exhibit, and that s very exciting to me. thank you. the president taking remarks this morning as he is continuing this tour of the national museum of african-american history and culture, and one of the things he is doing to mark black history month. we are going to talk a lot about this in just a moment, and he is there with live pictures, and he is with ben carson and his wife, and right to the senator, not in the frame now, you see south carolina senator, tim scott. we will continue to monitor the live visit and bring you more as we have it. brilliant, outstanding and a force of nature, some of the phrases being used to describe the president s pick for national security adviser, general mcmaster. already earning bipartisan praise from those who know him and he becomes the first active duty military officer to take that post since colon powell.
settlements for a little bit doesn t sound too optimistic. good negotiator. that s the art of the deal. the great opportunity for peace comes from a regional approach from involving our newfound partners. i didn t know you were going to mention that, but now that you did, i think it s terrific. to dissect this, i m joined by richard haas who is currently the president on the council of foreign relations and former adviser to colon powell. he also has a book out, a world in disarray. congratulations on the book. thank you, katie. let s talk about this two-state solution. that s been the protocol, the policy now for decades, going back decades of a number of presidents. what s going to mean for donald trump to be apathetic about it today? what alarm bells are being rung across the middle east?