8:17 in the united kingdom where the president is now. the critical terror level, the prime minister yesterday raising that terror level, they that a terrorist attack was imminent. when you have something like that in the united kingdom, it tends to be european wide that they raise their alertness leve level. julie: i also believe they will be bringing that up when he does meet with the italian president. the prime minister certainly has more power there, but when it comes to the global war on terrorism, every country is affected. italy is not under that critical response, they are not under an imminent threat, the threat remains. if we could just continue to talk with a former member of the fbi joint terrorism task force who is joining us, as far as the
like me, and i like you. that s the way it went. reporter: in a visit to u.s. central command in florida, president trump offered a dark world view of the global war on terrorism. radical islamic terrorists are determined to strike our homeland, as they did on 9/11. reporter: the president insisted to his military audience that the news media is intentionally downplaying the terror threat, but offered no proof to back up his claim. all over europe, it s happening. it s gotten to a point where it s not even being reported. and in many cases, the very dishonest press doesn t want to report it. they have their reasons and you understand that. reporter: mr. trump is also lashing out at recent polls that show the public is wary of his controversial travel ban. tweeting any negative polls are fake news, just like the cnn, abc, nbc, polls in the election. sorry, people want border
in his first two weeks as commander in chief the president has now attacked the press at two critical national security i installations. we had a wonderful election, didn t we? in a visit to u.s. central command in florida president trump offered a dark world view of the global war on terrorism. radical islamic terrorists are determined to strike our homeland as they did on 9/11. the president insisted to his military audience that the news media is intentionally downplaying the terror threat but offered no proof to back up his claim. all over europe it s happening. it s gotten to a point where it s not even being reported. and in many cases the very, very dishonest press doesn t want to report it. they have their reasons and you understand that. mr. trump also lashing out at recent polls showing the public is wary of his controversial
services. that s very interesting. the iranian angle, though, is probably even more colonel, i want to focus more on australia for just a second. what you say is very interesting. we ve come to find out that the phone call between the australian prime minister and president trump was rather con ten sthous, right? you re right, australia is a very important ally of the united states. i think many people might forget that australia stood by us in the wars in iraq and afghanistan and fought alongside, part of the coalition of the willing, right? of course. not just did, they still are. they re one of our most important allies in the global war on terrorism. they have australian special forces are among the highest rated in the world, and they are there today working very closely with u.s. forces in afghanistan and also fighting isis very covertly in iraq and syria. so it s very important that we maintain that relationship. i saw some of the fallout in the australian press.
dnc. that was a successful covert action operation because it drove a wedge, whether real or perceived, between the white house, the intelligence community, and the american people. and this was an attempt to say, there is not a wedge, you are important, you re vital to the global war on terrorism. i think that was an important step. i think it was an important step, too, to go visit cia headquarters, friday he s going to go to the pentagon, another important step. these are men and women who risk their lives for u.s. national security. but then he was rambling and talking about all sorts of other issues in front of that wall. i don t know if you know any of the 117 men and women who died i know several. on behalf of the cia. leon panetta, former cia director, was talking to me 24 hours ago and he said this. i just got the impression when he was speaking there that somehow he forgot that he was president of the united states and was speaking to the