northern california. they wanted to inspire a movement. they re goal was to inspire a movement that would overthrow the government. they had discussed things like i want to here is a quote i want to blow up a democrat building bad. that is one quote the department of justice putting out today. the other person in this conversation saying, i agree. plan attack. then in these conversations between these two people, now arrested, one of them said after the 20th, meaning january 20th, after joe biden s inauguration, we go to war. that is the heightened threat environment we re in right now. investigators, upon trying to sus out this case found thousands rounds of ammunition. and 45 to 50 firearms, five pipe bombsch one of the men has already been in custody since january and the other was recently arrested. they will appear in court in coming days. but this is the example and the evident federal officials are working with when they put out
avoid, you know, this is an old sort of archaic term but cold war. we are not interested in having any battles with russia. look, we hold the aces in this. i m not trying to be overly boastful about the united states, but our economy is 15 times the size of russia. canada has a bigger economy than russia. their economy is basically a gas station, you know, beared on oil and gas and that s a declining asset in the modern world. so, when he does something, he is just basically a disrupter and what you have the president of the united states holding all the aces in the conversation saying, is here s the deal, mr. putin, we ll see where this goes but we re telling you, we don t want to fight with you. we a stable relationship, don t antagonize. ben: juan, that s all the more reason we didn t have to meet with him. this was something that wasn t necessary. trey: last word country with the economy size of italy ripped
hampshire, south carolina. so the initial biggies. so the question here is, can the amount of money and the message he has make it okay to enter this late? now, as you said, there was a tv bombardment. i saw the ad three times in manhattan before i left the house this morning. soy think we need a bigger word than bombardment. so the question will be will this amount of money and his message be enough to balance out entering so late. and i think only time will tell about that. i know we have $37 million out there now to do the ad by. there s some conversation saying that s not enough. one week of a blitz, bombardment, may not be sustaining and it will be interesting to see what their next move is. especially because it sounds like he s not going to be able to participate in the debates, because he s not going to accept campaign contributions, which is
that s a hard question. ambassador burns? no, just kidding. well, let s be clear. it s been, for many years, under the trump administration, not just recently, it s been a tough tame for career people and not just at the state department, but at the pentagon, at the cia. remember, even before the president was inaugurated, he was taking shots at our intelligence community in a very politicized way. it has been a hard, hard path for many people. i hope this is a turning point, because i hope the american people now have seen what incredible people we have at the state department, at the pentagon. by the way, the pentagon and the defense department has not defended lieutenant colonel vindman either. i would like to see somebody at least come out in support of him. but the american people have seen it now, and in my circles, including my students here at stanford, by the way, i was just teaching yesterday, most stanford students aren t focused on joining the government. they re thinking
for everybody to look out for each other and start taking care of their individual mental health during this entire shutdown. it focused on the individual which is only going to help the overall health of the agency during the shutdown. and you learned this because you still have friends within the secret service and they convey this to you? absolutely. they sent me copies of the e-mail. a top official actually at headquarters was the one that sent it to me, you know, with just the conversation saying, john, we need to take care of our ourselves. our officers on the front line every single day, they need to low that senior leadership is taking care and make sure their best interest is in mind during the shutdown. you spoke with the administration. was there a time when there was a government shutdown in 2013? absolutely, i was affected, my family was affected. we re in the same position. we need to make the tough