disparaged the very high confidence assessment done by u.s. intelligence community about russian interference in our election. so i think in a sense that actually gives strength to putin s position as he walks in and sits down for this meeting. and sally yates, the former deputy, acting attorney general, tweeted today and she was part of that national security structure back in the day before she was fired. she said she tweeted it s inexplicable refusal to confirm russian election interference, insults career intel pros and hinders our ability to prevent in future. what about her point that this is an insult to the pros, the professionals in the intelligence community? well, it certainly isn t a morale building, i put it that way. i do think, though, that the intelligence community will
know so far. we do know the president has been briefed. we also know that despite what has happened already, we know that the trump administration is considering, i m quoting, all options are on the table. the president also went to twitter to express his feelings. no surprise that once again imploring the chinese to do something. let me share just part of what the president tweeted today. north korea has just launched another missile. does this guy have anything better to do with his life? hard to believe south korea and japan will put up with this much longer. perhaps china, as you said earlier, will put a heavy move on north korea and end all this nonsense once and for all. state television in pyongyang said that missile launch could hit targets anywhere in the world. and while u.s. and russian experts say they don t believe it had exactly the capability to strike north america, other analysis suggest it may have been capable of actually striking alaska. we did some math. alaska a l
our thoughts and prayers are with him. we have just learned that the president will speak about an hour and a half from now about these terrible events. at least five people were shot as a result of the gunman. i m sorry, i misspoke when i sit an hour and a half, it will be 30 minutes from now that the president speaks. kevin corke is at the white house. what s the latest? the you hit the nail on the head. shortly after 7:00 this morning, we went right up to the press office to find out what they had to say about it and almost immediately, they were in action trying to figure out not only what happened on the ground, but also what the response would be. as you pointed out, the president immediately went to twitter to talk about his good friend steve s glaze. let me share some of what the president tweeted today, on a
further to add to that. he said that several times. meaning, that he s laying it at the doorstep of the president, which i thought was very smart on sean spicer s part. because in many ways, he is being put out there. and i do agree being this empathetic figure, to try to speak on behalf of a president who doesn t seem to have his back. but i do think we have to look at this honestly from about a 50,000 to 60,000 foot look, in looking down at the situation. we had a very serious situation on capitol hill about world threats yesterday. very scary things were said. we have the president heading overseas right now, his first foreign trip. and he is now being sidetracked by events that he has created, by reactions that he has created to those events. that is not really what a leader should be doing. and certainly not the leader of the free world. and i think that s what has caused a lot of frustration here in washington. on the note of the various iterations of stories that we have all r
the white house, asked about foreign contacts, did he represent any foreign governments. obviously, that didn t work when it came to general flynn in the white house. you have to hold the white house accountable in my view for not properly vetting general flynn s contact with turkey and russia. wouldn t it have been instead of today president trump laying the blame on the obama administration in a tweet saying basically they gave him the clearance now we know there is a higher clearance he should have had subsequently instead the president tweeted today, please watch the hearing, we need to hear what former acting attorney general yates said. once in a while we get lied to in security clearances. that would have been a little better, would you agree? there might have been better but certain people on the left and the right are not going to do that. senator whitehouse and i tried to put something a hearing what did the russians actually do?