mistakes. there is no leadership. that means the mandate, different operational capacities. they already have all of these staffing all over the place. i don t know if we have a graphic on that. 18 months into this administration, they haven t been made. you re underperforming when you don t have the leadership in place. that matters too. it does. in this way, i m sorry. i think there is a new opportunity for pompeo. i have the same question for rex tillerson yesterday as i did on day one, which is what were you thinking coming to work for this president given your background. he did not cover himself in glory. he was not accountable to the press. he showed a kind of at some level, kind of disdain for diplomacy compared to how he used to do things. mike pompeo, coming from the
for the very first time last week. this was not a product of an investigation. there is no investigation out of the intelligence committee. and again, very soon if this memo is made public people that are implicated in it and institutions that are implicated in it will quickly rise to their own defense, and the public will see what a shoddy second hit rate this is. could it be used to discredit the russia investigation? because again the president has been reported as saying to his associate or friends it could be. it s interesting the president is saying that, but paul ryan, the speaker of the house is saying exactly the opposite. this will in no way intersect with the mueller investigation. i will side with the speaker on that. i ve read the memo, studied it, it makes absolutely no mention of bob mueller or of the russia investigation. again, it s a series of unfounded and out of context attacks on the department of justice, on the fbi and a number of individuals. by the way, mos
is precisely that. i listened it the chairman say things that weren t true, alleging this has been underway for a long time. but republican and democrat members alike saw this. this was not a product of an investigation. there is no investigation out of the intelligence committee. and again, very soon if this memo is made public people that are implicated in it and institutions that are imlicated in it will quickly rise to their defense, and the public will see what a shoddy second hit rate this is. could it be used to discredit the russia investigation? because again the president has been reported as saying to his associate or friends it could be. it s interesting paul ryan is saying exactly the opposite, this will in no way intersect with the mueller investigation. i will side with the speaker on that. it makes absolutely no mention of bob mueller or of the russia investigation. again, it s a series of
states, against president trump, pretty much saying that president trump is really at the root cause of trying to foment this kind of unrest within iran to a certain degree, saying that the trump administration, especially has had iran in its cross hairs and this is where you see this taking on something of a different dimension as well. repeated warnings by president rouhani from other leading figures within the religious establishment that people should not be pawns in a greater game because we are also hearing some of these demonstrators chanting death to the dictator. something that is very rare as well, calling for the supreme leader to also step down. it s worth noting at this stage that these protests don t have a leader, there isn t a particular group that is in charge, so it s unclear exactly what the demands are, poppy. arwa damian reporting for us on that, thank you. we appreciate it.
kasie, a short press conference from speaker ryan. a little bit newsy. a little bit, hallie. he was engaged a little more than he has been in the past on some of these questions surrounding what the president has had to say, arguments inside from the party. we should say, he was not asked, although we asked about the exclusive reporting, we asked about the comments that the president made in the meeting about the nuclear arsenal getting to be increased. we did not hear from the speaker on that, but he was sharper on some of the republican infighting comments. he said dan donivan was a member of the house and potentially a felon and is running again in new york. just as you wrapped, your mike started to work.