but also from how you ve been able to have access to see how donald trump operates as the businessman, i want to get your take on how final decisions are made, at least in his circle, because we have francis townsend, former homeland security advisor to president george w. bush saying that she believes that the meeting president trump had with king abdullah on jordan on thursday helped influence his view on israeli settlements. so is the last person in the room with donald trump the one that gets the last word and the last impression on decisions? i think that the last person in the room, yeah, has an impact, but this is somebody who s really looking out for his own interests, always. what s to his advantage. and he s a super salesman, he s a super performer, he knows that as a performer the absolutely paramount thing is to do the unexpected, to do what nobody is to do the thing that s
also mike mccall, and highly respected counterterror expert, former assistant national security adviser francis townsend from the bush white house. another contender, retired marine general john kelly was also under consideration, some say for secretary of state. joining me is janet napolitano, president of the university of california systems. very good to see you. thanks for joining us. first of all, your possible you can ses sores in the role of homeland security. a lot of very qualified people under consideration, but what about sheriff david clark, who is controversial, to say the least? i really can t speak to the sheriff s qualifications, but what i can speak to is the depth and breadth of responsibilities that a homeland security secretary has. when they formed the department after the attack of 9/11, they threw in there 23 different agencies and then they created a few additional types of
that goes well beyond in terms of wall street and financial reforms. up next she ran president bush s campaign against terrorism. francis townsend joins us. morning joe back in a moment. this winter, take advantage of our season s best offers on the latest generation of cadillacs. the 2016 cadillac srx. get this low-mileage lease from around $339 per month, or purchase with 0% apr financing. i use what s already inside me to reach my goals. so i liked when my doctor told me i may reach my blood sugar and a1c goals by activating what s within me.
apps on your iphones. you know diane introduced last week bipartisan legislation. something even the president agreed to and he could have given her a shout out and supported that legislation and should have done that. malcom, thank you so much for being on the show again this morning. francis, good to have you on. thank you as well. still ahead on morning joe, we go live to pakistan where bill is trying to figure out how to couple from san bernardino was radicalized. we ll play for you the calls for carpet bomb to accuse terrorist. and we ll be joined by three presidential candidates. their reactions to the president s prime time speech but first.
do. we cannot turn against one another by letting this fight be defined as a war between america and islam. that too is what groups like isil want. let s never forget what makes us exceptional. freedom is more powerful than fear. good morning. it s monday, december 7th. with us we have managing editor of bloomberg politics and the president of counsel on foreign relations and nbc news chief correspondent richard angle and sean henry. . also with us author of the new book destiny in power, the american odyssey of george h.w. bush. a lot to talk about. what did you think about the speech last night? i thought it was a reaffirmation to what we re already doing to an extent. really hard to do that during an election season. did you hear anything new last night? not on the foreign policy side. that stayed the course. what was different was the domestic focus. he laid out this plan so he didn t talk about just a staying the course he talked about staying a course we ve