that was the report. why? because they know sanctions are often tied with congress and there is a movement even among some republicans like john mccain not to lift those sanctions. so i don t think they were totally counting 100% that it would happen. that is one part of it. but you know another part i think is really important to watch is what happens to the nfc? because after all, the national security council is a crucial body for deciding the security posture, the policy of the united states. and giving information to the president to make his determination, if they get somebody stronger in there because flynn was not reportedly doing a very good job at all in managing it, there could be a quicker movement towards some type of policy on russia. right now nobody knows what the policy is. it s just words saying wouldn t it be nice, mr. trump s words,
was incumbent on the administration to put together an executive order that could pass muster in a court of law. even if you agree with the substance of what the president was trying to do, the rollout was particularly problematic. those are all things that should have been addressed if they had their ducks in order and were ready to go on day one and that s not what happened. he s got nims a particularly sick can i situation vis-à-vis the court and it looks like the courts from this court in seattle, maybe up to the appellate. mention the the fact he is also just put audiotape nominee for the supreme court, and he s going to be fighting a really uphill battle to get that nominee on the bench approximate. you don t want to take on the courts in this way if your goal is to change policy of the united states. you should do it in a way that s thought through and is likely to pass muster in the courts. most people, even the
to cover because did he mean this answer as an official statement or was he talking to a friend on the phone after an interview with his press secretary. but what do you make of this mode of communication? so, if the latest statement was let it be an arms race, that is already really ratcheting it up from the tweet. again, be it fair. was he talking to someone he considers a friendly and not meaning as a policy that s what s weird about talking to someone in their pajamas. that is a possibility and we need to know more information. one of the things the president-elect needs to get his hands around a little more these won t be thought bubbles or campaign slogans, people looking to his statements to see what the policy of the united states is. if you go back to that tweet. i read it as a sort of peace through strength type of statement. the problem is that 140 characters or a comment to another journalist on the phone doesn t give people a clear picture. allies, adversaries and
whoa served as vice chair in the late 1990s and joins me now. senator, your thoughts. you know this issue so well. you of course worked with john mccain and our fellow vietnam veteran. that was a great speech. the actions made in 2005 and 2006, it s the policy of the united states. my objection to the report and i participated to examine intelligence failures and the first was in the minds. the second was 9/11. they were very, very critical attacks for failures and there was a lot of pressure to blame
solution at the end. which is no military strike. unless you were going to strike initially. i don t know who would believe that anymore in the future. apparently president obama was very, very tough in his talk with senate republicans today at the luncheon that he went to. that sounded like, you know, he was in command. things were going to move forward. an hour, two hours later, he s calling for a diplomatic pause. putin is canceling the meeting at the u.n. go ahead. very quickly. the idea the united states foreign policy is in a shatters, as if these people get up in the morning, and three weeks from now this is not going to matter one bit. they care about the united states for one reason. economic cooperation from the united states. the idea they sit around like we do and think, oh, my god it doesn t matter. when it comes to assad, the policy of the united states has been that he should not be there. that has been president obama s position. right sf. now he s gassed hi