the obama administration could have been done and they were aware that much of this meddling was going on; right? absolutely. the president does have a point there. the obama administration could have don t more, could have could have done more, could have said more, but the thing is he s president now. for better or worse, it is in president trump s hands to do something about this. that s what concerned experts the most he hasn t publicly condemned russia on election meddling as of yet even though secretary nielsen has and dni coats has just this weekend. some think the president may be willing to assent to russia s annexation of crimea in exchange for something else, perhaps help with syria or iranians. that could definitely happen, but the president has said in his press conference with prime minister may that he definitely will be bringing up crimea and will be bringing up ukraine.
the fact is, there is more that the obama administration could have been done and they were aware that much of this meddling was going on; right? absolutely. the president does have a point there. the obama administration could have don t more, could have could have done more, could have said more, but the thing is he s president now. for better or worse, it is in president trump s hands to do something about this. that s what concerned experts the most he hasn t publicly condemned russia on election meddling as of yet even though secretary nielsen has and dni coats has just this weekend. some think the president may be willing to assent to russia s annexation of crimea in exchange for something else, perhaps help with syria or iranians. that could definitely happen, but the president has said in his press conference with prime minister may that he definitely will be bringing up crimea and
into his attempt to investigate the people investigating the criminal probe. his personal lawyer and the chief of staff going to the justice department where confidential documents were supposedly being reviewed. we don t know what happened inside doj and then going to a gang of eight meeting, this is a decade s long tradition since the intelligence committees were form formed, bipartisan support of the intelligence agencies and the fact that this was a breach where only republicans initially being part of this and finally the democrats pushed through and i m not sure who interceded at the last moment, it may have been dni coats, a former senator, who as head of dni may have felt empowered to stake a stand. but this would be like richard nixon investigating the fbi and the justice department in 1973 and demanding to see
intelligence dan koets telling reporters the white house made a decision yesterday and the statement is coming soon. joining me now barbara starr and senior national correspondent in syria. barbara, you re in the breakfast this morning when we hear this from dni coats, what more do we know about this decision? it was a surprising comment from him at this breakfast with reporters. he said that yesterday the white house had made a decision when they asked, they made a decision to withdraw troops from syria but clearly that opens the door to the question of timing. the president has made it clear he doesn t want u.s. troops there forever, do they go soon or pack up and go further down the road? that s what we expect to learn more about later today. the timing of when troops could be in the future coming out of syria. the director of national intelligence would not go there. all he would say is that a decision a determination in his words had been made about
was george soros. the echo chamber he exists in, even in the white house, tells him it s somebody else s fault. brian, congratulations on your new show. we re expecting to hear from the white house soon on syria. nbc national security reporter courtney kube has more. one of the subjects that came up in a national security meeting was syria. the president s comments that the u.s. military is going to get out of syria and the conflicting statements we ve been getting out of the military, the pentagon, the state department, and other administration officials all around d.c. and beyond. so dni coats was asked specifically about this conversation and about whether isis still has a presence in syria that the u.s. military is