him the info. also tonight, another report that is getting some traction that you might want to know about. this is in the wall street journal. and it s about trump s proposal to reform intelligence agencies. the very agency heads that he is meeting with this week. here is what the wall street journal is reporting. trump is working with top advisers on a plan that would restructure and pare back the nation s top spy agency, prompted by a belief that the office of the dni has become bloated and politicized. this is what rachel was mentioning at the end of her hour. now trump has repeatedly claimed the intelligence on russia is faulty. this is a far cry from his antipathy to russia a few years ago, because he wrote romney strongly stated in one of the debates with president obama that russia is mitt is 100% correct. the situation with russia is much more dangerous than most people may think and could lead
ask about nuedexta and go to nuedexta.com he wants to overhaul the nation s top spy agency, the cia. this as he continues to publicly antagonize the entire intelligence community over the russian hacking. let s discuss with cnn political analyst and new york times editor and senior congressional correspondent for the washington examiner and host of the podcast examining the politics that i cannot get on. very exclusive. we have standards. so let s talk about the basic premis. big government, bad, small government good. that is a bedrock republican ideology. is that what is going on here or is this seeing more of a
have hacked podesta. why was dnc so careless. also said russians did not give him the info. also tonight, another report that is getting some traction that you might want to know about. this is in the wall street journal. and it s about trump s proposal to reform intelligence agencies. the very agency heads that he is meeting with this week. here is what the wall street journal is reporting. trump is working with top advisers on a plan that would restructure and pare back the nation s top spy agency, prompted by a belief that the office of the dni has become bloated and politicized. this is what rachel was mentioning at the end of her hour. now trump has repeatedly claimed the intelligence on russia is faulty. this is a far cry from his antipathy to russia a few years ago, because he wrote romney strongly stated in one of the debates with president obama that russia is mitt is 100% correct. the situation with russia is much more dangerous than most people may think and could lead
but welcome, senator mcconnell. please come be a guest on this show. i think we would have a lot to talk about. and honestly, when people are pulling the levers of government come talk to us, they frequently say stuff that really matters and makes news. last night we got the news from senator schumer, about the supreme court, whether they would hold open a seat. today we got the republican response to that. but that was the first bit of news from that interview. another bit of it was about this. that actually, this intelligence briefing for the whether you re a super liberal democrat or a very conservative republican, you should be against dismantling the intelligence community. that was our hypothetical discussion last night. do you think that s what he is trying to do? tonight wall street journal. donald trump plans revamp of top u.s. spy agency. will restructure and pare back the nation s top spy agency. people familiar with trump s planning say advisers are
today the full extent of those divisions were exposed, right on national television. the top u.s. intelligence chiefs from the state department, our top spy agency and the nsa all testified on capitol hill defending themselves against president-elect trump s charges that they are wrong about russia s interference in our election. republicans on the hill increasingly divided calling russia s actions anywhere from an act of war to a public service. today, just one day before he briefs trump personally on this issue, the director of national intelligence, james clapper, made it clear he is more certain than ever about who is responsible for the hacks and why they did it. clapper specifically referenced october s intelligence assessment that said this. the russian government directed the hacks and they were explicitly intended to interfere with the u.s. election process. here is more from clapper.