Elections. Even after top u. S. Security Officials Say this our adversaries are trying to undermine our country on a persistent and regular basis. Our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. President trump says this. Now, were being hindered by the russian hoax. So hoax or threat, what does the Trump Administration want us to believe . My guests this morning, republican senator roy blunt of missouri. Democratic senator Amy Klobuchar of minnesota and Nbc News National Security analyst clint watts. Also, the trump loyalty test. Hugging President Trump has become the republican goto strategy. Then mr. Trump said youre fired. I love that part. It works great in the primaries, but will candidates pay a price in november . Ill ask long time republican adman mike murphy. Joining me for insight and analysis are robert costa, moderator of Washington Week on pbs. Helene cooper, pentagon correspondent for the new york
a seriously low iq person. The fake news media. Democrats are obstructionists.
i think all of us who try to communicate need to realize there s some real challenge out there of who believes what we say and how we say it. whether that s you or me and, you know, the president communicates in a different way than but at some point, calling when you call a group of people you otherwise him the way he s doing with the press, calling them sick, sort of dehumanizing them, it makes violence against the press easier to rationalize for some. that s the concern that many news organizations have right now. yes, but you could certainly find people on the news saying things about the president that are not appropriate either in terms of the two wrongs make a right here? i mean the president of the united states is the leader of the free world. i don t think so, but there s a lot of in depth psychology that goes on on some news stations every day too. i m i m not condoning that. but i guess does so that s the so the president should go ahead because he d
the national security concerns. he gets briefed every day. look, i think we got to let the facts be sorted out and we ll move on from there. that s most appropriately done in those committees where they deal with classified information on a day in and day out basis and that s the intel committees. let s let them proceed like they have been doing thus far. how do you respond to somebody look, this is what you said about hillary clinton. you road whether through incompetence or willful disregard or security protocol, hillary clinton jeopardized national security. that was in reference to the e-mails. tough language on the e-mails. hundreds of e-mails. you look at this incident, this is divulging classified information directly to a potential adversary. hillary clinton i understand that but nobody says two wrongs make a right here, but can you sit here and feel good about what president trump did? that s not what the national security adviser said, chuck. the national secu
scalia. you and i both know this to be the case. i don t know why you would fight the obvious. there is no tradition that we re going to put into the court exactly the of someone who is left. this is the power of the president, who is there when the seat becomes empty. the seat became empty under obama the senate has always acted except this time. you re talking about garland. yeah. payback? this payback for garland? no, this corrupts the integrity of the court. the senate had fail dodd its constitutional responsibility on advice and consent in order to pack the court with the future conservative justice, puts a shadow over every future decision. i agree. so do two wrongs make a right here? it s not a wrong. we all came out here and said what republicans did against garland was outrageous. to fight for the integrity of
but it s not just isis, it s the al nusra front and bashar al assad s regime and right now they re skirmishing it out between each other. right now, israeli intelligence is sort of comfortable with the notion that as long as al nusra is fighting isis, these are two extremist groups fighting each other, israel will be okay, but if one moves and if russia continues to bombard the isis dimension, they may move down south and then israel would have some challenges and problems. but, you know, israel has formidable military capacity there. sort of two wrongs make a right to your other point before. isis in iraq has retaken the key city of ramadi. sort of a celebration of sorts, but as reported in the washington post, there are far tougher battles ahead, including the much delayed offensive to retake mosul. is the iraqi army prepared to move on to mosul and what a victory there mean for iraq and for isis? well, mosul has a population