seriously, this is america s national security and congress, victoria, literally, the democrats trying to attack your client, who bravely got into this network and likely could have l been killed, a 30-year operative. sean, you ve done so much on this issue. now it is time for congress to act. i want you to get them members of the house and tell an oversight committee on this show and asked them why, after five years, doug campbell gave detailed oral briefings to the fbi, sitting in the back of a government man as he describes it, for five years, he gave them all kinds of written product to specify what was going on with the russians. sean: who was the fbi director at the time? that was robert mueller, right? yes. will christopher wray act? for congress to issue
with north korea, syria, ukraine, isis, iran, and even the coming arms race. bush tried to get along but didn t have the smarts. obama and clinton tried but didn t have the energy or chemistry. remember reset peace through strength. it s been reported by the post and other news outlets there were briefing notes prepared for the president s call with vladimir putin. jonathan lemire of the associated press who joins us in just a moment reports it as unclear whether trump, who prefers oral briefings, had read the talking points before tuesday s call. the white house is not happy about this leak to the washington post. an official telling nbc news, if this story is accurate, that means someone leaked the president s briefing papers. leaking such information is a fireable offense and likely illegal. a source familiar with the trump/putin call tells nbc news white house chief of staff john kelly is frustrated and deeply disappointed with the leak,
kou just as easily imagine that course unfolding here in a much more important job. there is no person ever that mitt romney respects and reveres more than his father. you can bet that s something he s thinking very carefully about. great to have you with us. president-elect donald trump picks his cabinet and meets with advisers, but there is one very important thing he is not doing every day. new details about the intelligence briefings he s not getting regularly. that s coming up. remembering someone often thght of as america s mother. for those of us who did nothing other than watch tv from like 1979 to 1983, florence henderson was just a huge part of our afternoons. she was on tv always so reassuring and this morning we all woke up just saddened and surprised to find out she had passed away. stay with us.
how big of a deal is this? want to bring in cnn counter terrorism analyst phil mudd, former cia counter terrorism official. is it a big deal he s not taking these briefings? it s not a big deal yet but you are only talking about half of the story. think of this. in new york, the grease for new york city is american dollars. the grease in washington, d.c. is power. this is about intelligence officials who measure power in part by their access to the oval office. they are starting to get nervous, i will bet you, that the president-elect is looking at the intelligence saying i m not sure i m that interested in this. i think there are questions about how the president receives or president-elect receives intelligence over time. different presidents have been radically different but i think this is also the intel guys getting a little nervous they might lose access to the oval office. that s a big deal in washington, d.c. interesting. what is he not hearing or what types of things, you
people who are being critical need to get a life. is it that simple? people just need to get a life? at the moment. we are just a couple weeks after the election. vice president pence, vice president-elect pence is receiving briefings regularly. there are some presidents who have received intelligence second-hand. for example, nixon didn t like the cia. he got intelligence from secretary of state and national security adviser kissinger. george w. bush and his father, george h.w. bush, were avid consumers. it depends on the personality of the president. some presidents like to read more. they don t like oral briefings. we ll see what he thinks. mike pence is getting the daily briefing, the vice president-elect. what does that mean? is it often that you have a surrogate who gets all the information, then you depend on that person to pass it on to the president? at that point i wouldn t see that as uncommon. obviously mr. trump has a lot of things on his plate right now. i guarantee