Company man thirty years of controversy and crisis in the cia. The man who represented the cia in the irancontra scandal and approving rules for waterboarding with an Agency Evolution from an organization in the shadows to one frequently at the center of political controversy. This program is about an hour. John, good to be here with you. I wanted to start in the beginning is probably the easiest way to go. Can you just tell me why you decided to join the cia . Well, it was 1975. I have been out of was go for about three years. I had a good job, good entrylevel job in the treasury department, as a lawyer in the service, which was part of treasury at that point. It was a good job, but i found the atmosphere, the viet treasury. In retrospect i was young, ambitious and i was just rest is. About the same time, the Church Committee hearings for being televised msu now, and these were congressional hearings that its as cia misadventures, follies from the 50s and 60s by senator frank church.
Competition. Definitely. The reason the guardian came up with that description and sent that tape showing everybody what acrobatic rockn roll looks like is because of this particular couple, because the female member of the couple you see dancing on the left side of your screen. The ones with the red top . The female in that couple, that is apparently vladamir putins daughter. Reuters reported in december that theres this weird combination of events in the world, which is that vladamir putins daughter does acrobatic rockn roll as her sport and the russian government just found 30 million in taxpayer money, 1. 9 billion rules in taxpayer money to build a state of art at the headquarters for the practice of vladamir putins daughters chosen sport. The rockn roll center being constructed in moscow. I just got ahold of the planning documents for construction. A 30 million facility. It includes a gym. You have to be in very good shape to do acrobatic rockn roll. A trampoline hall. Large swim
Michigans medical school. He became a brilliant, totally brilliant neurosurgeon, saved many lives and helped many, many people. Were going to do great things in our africanamerican communities together. Bens going to work with me very, very closely and hud has a meaning far beyond housing. If properly done, its a meaning thats as big as anything there is. And ben will be able to find that true meaning. And the true meaning of hud, as its secretary. So i just look forward to that. I look forward to watching that. Hell do things that nobody ever thought of. I also want to thank senator tim scott for joining us today. A friend of mine, a great, great senator from South Carolina. I like the state of South Carolina. I like all those states where i won by double, double, double digits, you know, those states, but South Carolina was one and tim has been fantastic how he represents the people. And they love him. I also want to profoundly thank alveda king for being here and as we saw her uncle
Tonight, the Trump Administration is giving the green light for a potentially huge increase in the number of undocumented immigrants who are detained or deported. The department of Homeland Security releasing new guidelines on who will be targeted as more aggressive steps are taken to enforce immigration laws. Dhs officials attempting to calm fears in immigrant communities saying they are not aiming at mass deportations. And the newly released memos show the administration is leaving in place obamaera protections for the socalled dreamers. The young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. Also tonight, President Trump responds to growing pressure to speak out against antisemitism after repeatedly deflecting questions on the subject. Hes now calling a series of new threats targeting the Jewish Community horrible and painful. Mr. Trump says his visit today to the new africanamerican History Museum here in washington is a reminder of the need to fight al
Ways, not only in syria, but in many other parts of the world because it was a blank threat. Can i just quickly ask you if the chemical attack crosses a red line for you . It crossed a lot of lines for me. When you kill innocent children, innocent babies, babies, little babies with a chemical gas that is so lethal people were shocked to hear what gas it was that crosses many, many lines beyond the red line, many, many lines. How will you distinguish your policy and your actions on syria from the inaction that you criticized of the Previous Administration . I like to think of myself as a very flexible person. I dont have to have one specific way and if the world changes, i go the same way. Last year you seemed to be reluctant to get involved or to intervene in syria directly. Is that one thing thats changed after yesterday . Well, one of the things i think youve noticed about me is militarily, i dont like to say where im going and what im doing. Im not saying im doing anything one way o