the problem. now, the doj has said it, too, is launching an investigation. in fact, it said that right away after correct. there was the news that he slipped through the cracks, kelly, in terms of the military reporting to the fbi so that his name would have been in that gun database. and so they re already going through to try to resolve it themselves. why not wait for that to play out? the answer is, first of all, the attorney general doesn t actually have any authority over the defense department. they re co-equal branches of government. the courts, however, have the ability to come in and say, you must fix this. here s the timetable on which you must fix it and if you don t fix it, you are in contempt of court. that s a different ball game. we know the inspector general has studied this very issue and to your point i think it s really important for viewers to see the facts. put those up in terms of level of underreporting that is happening or not reporting. we know th
conduct discharge, reduced his rank but then failed to enter the charge into law enforcement database. joining us now is democratic senator richard blumenthal. they ve acknowledged it. we ll have to see if this is something that happens enough to warrant some type of procedural change. military reporting is probably not the root cause of the gun problem we have in america. what do you think will change? what do you think could change that would help us stem the violence? let s be very clear, first, chris. there s a federal law that requires the air force to report and the military general to report these kind of crimes to the federal database. this law, evidently, was not followed here. that s why i want an investigation. but even more broadly, there are court-martials, thousands of them, every year, that involve very serious felonies as well as
korea? look, think he needs to look presidential. i think he needs to make sense. i think he needs to stick to script. we ve seen when donald trump sticks to script, he can have presidential moments. i wonder if we re not overthinking this. how about if the guy is just tired and jet lagged and not watching cable news and stewing about it hours and hours a day. i don t think that s the case. and tweeting, you know he is stewing. the president doesn t get jet lagged or tired, i ll tell you that from traveling with him. if i remember correctly when he did his middle east trip, he was so tired he had to cancel some events. everybody gets tired when they re going halfway across the world, it s 14 hours. if you think a 71-year-old man doesn t get tired, i don t know what he s drinking. i want to turn to the issue of gun control. senator jeff flake and senator heinrich the democratic senator i believe from new mexico, they re introducing a bill that they say will address a loo
using the private server. and the question is now whether or not she broke any laws. so far, no law broken. we already know she sent top secret information and that s illegal. but it wasn t marked. the law is top secret information. it s illegal to send it. you have some experience in this with your military reporting. what do you make of it? i think that it s a question one of did she know or did any of her aids know that it was classified at the time it was sent? not knowing is not necessarily a defense. there s no question that other members of the state department were sending classified information using nonsecure networks. the fbi is looking at who else in the state department sent e-mails to hillary. when we talk about comparisons to nixon, there s a culture within the state department
overlay here. but she created this problem by using the private server. and the question is now whether or not she broke any laws. so far, no law broken. we already know she sent top secret information and that s illegal. but it wasn t marked. the law is top secret information. it s illegal to send it. you have some experience in this with your military reporting. what do you make of it? i think that it s a question one of did she know or did any of her aids know that it was classified at the time it was sent? not knowing is not necessarily a defense. there s no question that other members of the state department were sending classified information using nonsecure networks. the fbi is looking at who else in the state department sent e-mails to hillary. when we talk about comparisons to nixon, there s a culture