Cohen prosecution team, he today if they detail more of the russia. Syria and the middle east, the evidence that they also say they iran is around the edges of this detailed last week there were president s decisions, how have ten search warrants, over 50 have. I know youll be all over thing. Im unclear what the president they affected that . Is going to say they have diminished our that when this starts. Tom winter from new york. Influence to zero. Thanks to him, thanks to all of we no longer have a seat at the you for watching this hour of table. I see our very good ambassador, msnbc live. Krig melvin in new york, im heading to the white house as Jeff Jeffreys who is working on the president is getting ready this. To speak. Frankly, this is a low point for thats our top story, hallie. U. S. Influence in the region. Busy news day. Look, i get it, everyone gets msnbc news headquarters in new york city. It. As hallie mentioned, any moment we want to, quote, get out of now President Trum
trump came into office and met with his generals, he asked the question, how do we win? that s something he was very fixated on. that s the opposite of what we hear from pentagon leaders when they talk about these long term commitments to counterterrorism operations around the world. so i think this was quite the political statement that s different than we ve heard or at least a lot more stronger than we ve heard in the last few years regarding u.s. interventions. the thesis perhaps being, and i wrote this down, i want to make sure i get it right, president trump saying at one point, let someone else fight over this long bloodstained land sand. sand, excuse me. kristen, it would seem that the president is giving us a glimpse of his new foreign policy. right, this fits into his america first foreign policy that he has essentially been signaling since he was a candidate. he would make the case that, look, he s been calling for
intelligence is critical to the successful draw down in afghanistan, to the brutal war going on within s syria s borders, across north africa where the attacks of benghazi and hostage situation in algeria threaten to spread in to the next front of al qaeda and its affiliated groups. for counterterrorism operations around the world, in the efforts by the united states and others to prevent the gain and spread of weapons of massive destruction. in iran, north korea and other states. and in addressing emerging threats in space, cyberspace and elsewhere around the globe. to confront these challenges, and to lead the cia through a difficult budget tear period after a decade of major budget increases, president obama nominated john brennan. his closest adviser on intelligence and