Today. President trump admitting he all but revoked security clearance because of the russia investigation. This came hours after the president said he was following through on his threat. He was among the officials who presented evidence to mr. Trump before the inauguration that russia interfered in the 2016 election. Speaking to the journal, the president drew a direct connection with brennan and the russia probe. He said i call it a rigged witch hunt. He added, so i think it is something that had to be done. Hours earlier, press secretary Sarah Sanders said he lost this clearance because of wild outbursts on television. She did not specify what those were. Mr. Brennans lying and recent conduct characterized by commentary is consistent with the access to the nations closely held secrets. How can we not interpret that as getting back . The president has a constitutional responsibility to protect classified information and who has access. Brennan says americans should be worried about efforts to silence critics and suppress freedom of speech, but he says he wont be muzzled. It will not affect my speaking out and criticism of mr. Trump. Im going to try to do it in a professional way. I dont know what recourse there is and ill just take things one day. The white house says the clearance of nine other current and former Security Officials are all under review. All appointed by or served under president obama. One mans clearance is not reviewed is the former National Security adviser michael flynn. He pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. Another clearance under review, michael hayden. He says yanking clearance in this way is dangerous. The white house just messaged the entire American Intelligence Community if you stand up and say things that upset the president or with which he disagrees, he will punish you. That is a horrible message to send folks who are there to tell you objective truth. The president said he was prepared to take action against brennan last week, but it was hectic. He was on a working vacation. The wall street Editorial Board scolding the president saying he should declassify election related documents subpoenaed by congress. We are all challenging the motives and investigating his behavior, but absent the full story that would provide the missing context, the revocation of the security clearance is petty without accomplishing anything useful. Republican reaction of yanking the security clearance is mixed. Susan collins says brennan is too political in statements, but doesnt see grounds for revoking clearance unless there was a disclosure of classified information. Senator john kennedy of louisiana was all for stripping brennans clearance. I think most americans look at our National Intelligence experts as being above politicians. Mr. Brennan dplemonstrated thats not the case. He has been totally political. I called him a butthead and i meant it. And paul ryan speaking out. I think he is trolling people honestly. This is something that is in the purview of the executive branch. I think some of these people already lost clearance. Some people keep clearance. That is something the executive branch deals with. According to the recent report of the office of director of National Intelligence, nearly 4. 1 Million People have security clearance. Hundreds of newspapers are sending a message to the readers today. The press is not the enemy of the people. Boston globe organized it. The Editorial Board saying it is an essential end point of trumps deluge of dishonesty. To label the press the enemy of the people is as unamerican as dangerous to the civic compact we share for more than two centuries. It is not just big city newspapers. We get more from cnns senior media correspondent brian stelter. Reporter our viewers may spot these in the morning papers because they are appearing in 350 newspapers across the country. Some big papers like dallas morning news. And smaller papers as well. Every editorial is different. The message is it is great to criticize the media. It makes the media better. Calling us names can be dangerous. Let me show you the examples from the local papers. They have more impact coming from local communities where the journalists and writers know the readers. Here is one from new mexico. We are not the enemy. We are the people. Here is one from athens, ohio. It is not just President Trump attacking the press, but local officials going the attack. One more from benson, minnesota. The swift county monitor news. Attacks on journalists will lead to violence. There has been the criticism of the effort. Here is an example from the San Francisco chronicle. This is saying we are not participating because it plays in the trump narrative that the media are aligned against him. I think this effort is proof that journalists and writers across the country feel under threat right now. They feel a need to speak out and defend the very profession of journalism. Existence of the news media. Back to you. Brian, thank you. U. S. Rules out removing tariffs on turkey just as qatar pledging a lifeline. To help its struggling currency amid a dispute with the u. S. Turkey doubled tariffs on cars, alcohol and cosmetics. This is a response to the u. S. Doubling tariffs on turkish steel. Relations with the two allies have soured over the turkey detention over american pastor andrew brunson. The tariffs that are in place on steel would not be removed with the release of pastor brunson. Tariffs are specific to National Security. Sanctions, however, that have been placed on turkey are specific to pastor brunson and others that we feel are held unfair unfairly. We consider that at that point. The u. S. Slapped tariffs on all foreign steel and aluminum this year. Since then, the tariffs have been criticized by allies and invest ors and businesses. 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Pope francis facing mounting pressure to address the widening sex abuse scandal. So far the vatican has not talked about the grand jury report of the cover up of priests and bishops in pennsylvania. Josh shapiro sent the pontiff a letter last month and asked to stop destructive efforts to stop victims. The solicitor for children and Youth Services for Beaver County, pennsylvania, has been fired. The grand jury report says masters stopped priest investigations when he was Beaver CountyDistrict Attorney in 1964. His reason then . To prevent unfavorable publicity. Here is the explanation now. He didnt do too good of a job of explaining it. You could explain now. What happened . Well, the alleged violations did not take place in Beaver County. Democratic lawmaker mark rosey of pennsylvania is a priest sex abuse survivor. He introduced a bill to eliminate statutes of limitation for children of childhood sex abuse claims. He says the time to discuss the issue later. 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The team from the National OceanicAtmospheric Administration found it using modern search equipment. Most of it remained afloat 74 years ago. It was repaired and sent back into battle until 1944 when a japanese kamikazi plane sank it. And the late night critics. For the first time ever, the president has used the power of his office to punish members of the Intelligence Community who criticized him. Specifically former cia director a john brennan. The reason . Brennan quote leveraged his status to make a series of unfounded and outrageous ol g s allegations including wild outbursts on the internet. Yes. Yes. I would say that is the pot calling the kettle black. But there may be tapes of it calling the kettle something much worse. The sanctions are back. Now people are starting to feel the bite in iran. Cnn is live in tehran next. Does your Business Internet provider promise a lot . Lets see who delivers more. Comcast business gives you gigspeed in more places. The others dont. 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The president spoke to the wall street journal hours after the threat to pull John Brennans clearance. President said he was following through on his threat. He was among the officials who presented evidence to mr. Trump before the inauguration that russia interfered in the 2016 election. Speaking to the journal, the president drew a direct connection with brennan and the russia probe. He said i call it a rigged witch hunt. It is a sham. He added, so i think it is something that had to be done. Hours earlier, press secretary Sarah Sanders said he lost this clearance because of wild outbursts on television. Mr. Brennans lying and recent conduct characterized by commentary is consistent with the access to the nations closely held secrets. How can we not interpret that as getting back . The president has a constitutional responsibility to protect classified information and who