particularly disappointed by the way this damages u.s. relations but i don t think it will lead to an inreversible situation. that was from the foreign minister clearly leaving the door open to an improvement with the united states. and obviously he can discuss that further when rex tillerson secretary of state comes to moscow in the middle of next week. back to you. interesting dynamic evolving, russia to stand down, the united states to stand up. the question, did president trump have the right to do this legally? and was it the right move? two different very equally important questions. we have cnn political analyst david gregory, counter terrorism analyst and official phil mud and cnn military analyst lieutenant general mark hertling and james spider marks.
actor here that will help us certainly unofficially in trying to curb assad s behavior. because they do not want the united states to get further involved. general jack keane great to have you with us thank you very much. let s turn now to former cia counter terrorism analyst thank you. how you doing. the risks and reward here the president has taken the calculated risk that this will send a pledge to the syrians. you must stop murdering your people. he didn t take out all their air power. tried to avoid civilian casualty, it was a targeted strike, but the risks based on this action as you see them. the question is what is really the mission here. is the mission here to stop assad from using chemical weapons and that sort of thing on civilians, on other remember groups? is the mission to keep him from murdering other people?
telling his fellow committee members so is that congressional investigation now compromised? let s bring in cnn political commentator and senior writer and cnn counter terrorism analyst and former cia official. did nunes compromise this information and can that committee still do their job? yeah, that remains to be seen. it was an unconventional move. whether it was unconventional because he thought this was a big deal which seems like a big deal if the allegations are true. are we all flip flopping on whether leaks are cool and whether it seems like we should have some questions about what this investigation was and why this information was distributed the fbi investigation is the right way to deal with it but the fact that we had six months of some investigation and some
border security in the wake of the berlin terror attack. germany will also speed up the deportations of immigrants whose asylum requests were rejected. the question of course is, is this enough? joining me, thomas anderson, counter terrorism analyst at the center for strategic and international studies. thank you for joining us. simple question here. are these deportations a reliable counter terror tool? well, to some degree they can be, if you happen to catch the people who are the threat as amri was. you will inevitably send some people back who are not actual threats and you also will give a strong propaganda tool to those who are suggesting that the west is not open to humanitarian cases. this is a clear indication with amri s activity this is a person who got through the screening, was not monitored and should have been sent out of the country. do we think this is a simple case? are there cases further down the
nobody here is talking about those and they are looking forward essentially to a warmer relationship with pler president-elect trump, trump s response is the same as the russians which has been there s absolutely no proof. most people see the hacking allegations as an attempt to poison the well, to poison the thawing of relations they hope to see take place under president-elect trump. john? all right thanks so much. joining us now former executive director of the fbi criminal and cyber division ryan anderson and cnn counter terrorism analyst and senior official. so you were in 2015 the entire cyber division was under you at the fbi so explain how u.s. intelligence agencies reached