matter is, and i raised this point, if the fbi had come out and shot down the new york times story, they would have had to make a substantive statement about the investigation. the takeaway from that is that is something the fbi would have had to deal with. important reporting and reaction we re getting from the white house. joe johns, thank you very much for that. the president, as i mentioned a little bit ago this morning, taking to twitter, hitting leakers within the intelligence community about all of this exclusive cnn reporting. here is what he tweeted. the fbi is totally unable to stop the national security leakers that have permeated our government for a long time. they can t even find the leakers within the fbi itself. classified information is being given to media that could have a devastating effect on the united states. find now, meaning i think find the leakers now. let s talk about all this and we ll get to more cnn exclusive reporting from pamela brown. julia khayyam
narrative is going to collapse, everything that s attracted people to the cause, building a state is gone. the obama administration happened off a very good plan. i think the number one obligation, and i hope they take this up is to continue this. because if they do, we ll be in a much better place against the islamic state, but, as you said, there are many other things in the inbox. north korea. and its desing testing of missi nuclear weapons. iran, all the questions around its activities but also i hope preserving the nuclear agreement which has been good for our security, good for the security of our allies and partners around the world. joining us is steve israel, a political commentator, former deputy dhs secretary julia khayyam. yu juliette, you ve expressed concerns about how donald
joining us is steve israel, a political commentator, former obama deputy. deputy dhs secretary julia khayyam. juliette, you ve expressed concerns about how donald trump s national security council was shaping up. how do you see it shaping up with general mcmaster? i agree, give credit where credit is due, this is a good pick. but what we don t know is whether this is the end of the war between a national security staff and the war led by bannon or if this is replacing one general for another. we ll have to wait and see what that means. in terms of having someone who respects process and is not bureaucratic mumbo jumbo, it is very important that agencies like dhs, d.o.d. have a seat at the table so they can give the best advice to the president of
the boston marathon bombing trial finally under way, it began with a stunning admission dzokhar tsarnaev s defense attorney told the court that her client did it carried out the blast that left three dead injured hundreds more. so how will this affect the trial? what s the strategy? i m joined by julia khayyam, a senior national security analyst and paul callan cnn legal analyst, criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. mr. callan counsel, help me out here the defense attorney goes up in the opening statements and says it was him. pleaded not guilty but she said it was him. what s going on here? very strange opening in a murder case usually the defense says prove it prove that i did it prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. here she says my client committed the crime. but i ll tell you one thing she