one nation state. that has the intent. no, i said if we didn t we have a treaty with a new start treaty with the russians so i guess i would rank them lower because of that. we don t have such a treaty with the chinese. i m just as surprised by that answer as i was by your first answer. you re saying that china now has the intent to be a mortal hazard, senator? well, the question is, who from my vantage, you know, who among the nation states, who would pose potentially the greatest if i have to pick one country, which i m loathe to do, because i m more of a mind to consider their capabilities, both russia and china, potentially represent a mortal threat to the united states. we re getting into gauging intent, which is, you know, i really can t do. i don t think either country today has the intent to
wednesday. most importantly the rank-and-file of the fbi had lost confidence of their director. i ve heard from countless members of the fbi that are grateful and thankful for the president s decision. mean mile james clapper, who we presume knows some photos in that agency, told andrea mitchell essentially the opposite on friday. i can attest it s always difficult to assess the morale, but from my vantage, and i think i m pretty good in assessing command climate as we soo say in the military, the morale was very high, and i witnessed the very high esteem and respect that people in the fbi have still have for jim comey. who is more credible on this? undoubtedly james claper. the biggest thing you said is