is entitled to have somebody who in grace with him and apparently who performs well in hearings. bret: a long tenure in indiana as a senator, well respected on both sides of the aisle and arguably is dni at both domestic well respected on both sides of the aisle. with that one moment in aspen, told the vladimir putin may be coming to the white house where he said oh, joy or something like that. that will be special. what happens in ashman should say dominic stay in aspen. kind of consulted and also integrate a position. you take in all the agencies and try to coordinate with them. you need someone of that type of structure. this is donald trump getting the foreign policy team that he has wanted and it s a team without any ties to the republican establishment. bret: and it could be setting up whatever we are from the ig for the attorney general about the investigation of the investigators. only five people have been dni, director of national intelligence, since it was created.
all coats could say, and then this. okay. that s going to be special. well, that was not something the president appreciated. and then the two also disagreed on whether or not north korea is denuclearizing. we have made a lot of progress as far as de-nuclearization is concerned. we currently assess that north korea will seek to retain capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capabilities. taking out trump has not been a successful strategy for professional longevity in this administration. the surprise to many is who coats replacement is. republican congressman john ratcliff of texas. sources tell cnn this was sort
of a last minute thing, trump calling him a quote, warrior. i agree with the chairman when he said donald trump is not above the law. he s not, but he damn sure shouldn t be below the law. outfront now, former cia counter terrorism official and a lobbiest who has worked on behalf of energy defense and transportation companies. you re here with me. let s just start with you on this. the president comes out with this. obviously, there was a lot of speculation coats was not long for this administration. him being here two years and 150 days. now you have mcconnell. neither are quick to say we re behind you. they re not doing that. why? i think the senate has the a very important role here. congressman ratcliff has been a
baltimore, parts of the district. after racially charged weekend tweets are rant in which he called the city a rat and rodent-infested mess where no human being would want to live. the president is calling oversight committee chairman elijah cummings king elijah and calling al sharpton a con man. also tonight, the president plans to replace the director of national intelligence dan coats with republican congressman john ratcliff. and when he contradicted the president on russia, ratcliff attacked former special counsel robert mueller and even republican senators have given the pick a tepid response. i ll speak with congressman done buyer of the ways and means committee and our correspondents will have full coverage of the day s top stories. let s begin with our senior white house correspondent pamela brown. the president is going after an african-american congressman and
jim sciutto who is monitoring this. so what do we know about congressman ratcliff, what does he bring to the possibility if he s confirmed as the director of national intelligence. well, wolf, much shorter resume tan previous directors of national intelligence. look at james clapper, he served in intelligence for 50 years and previously the director of one of the 17 intel agencies that the dni oversees. you look at the other directors of agencies today, paul nakasony, director of the nsa, was prior the commander of cyber command and commander of u.s. second army and gina haspel has been there for decades and to have a congressman insuranced and served a few months on the house intelligence committee doesn t match up in terms of experience and it raises the question as cnn is reporting that would truly impress the president and had reservations about ratcliff, was his perform abc in the mueller testimony just last wednesday and his comments often echoing the president s own critiques