Political revolution, 74 votes for bernie sanders. You think they would figure that out. Thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. Thats it for special report fair, balanced and unafraid. Greta goes on the record right now. This is a fox news alert. Donald trump is about to take the stage at a rally in florida. On the record is monitoring this rally for any news that comes out of it. But right now you are being lied to. And no, it is not a mistake. It is intentional and its dangerous and its putting american lives in danger. A damning new House Republican report finding intelligence generated by the u. S. Central command was manipulated, the reason . To fool you, to payment a better and false picture of the American People about the American People about isis. Just a short time ago u. S. Congressman major in the u. S. Army reserves and donald trump endorser congressman lee zeldin went on the record. Congressman, nice to see you sir. Its great to be with you. Congressman, according to the news, the intelligence reports from u. S. Central command has been tee acceptive about the state of our fight against isis painting a skewed or rosier picture. What do you say, sir . This is a pretty explosive initial finding. Im looking forward to seeing what the igs report is going to show as well while Congress Continues to investigate this as well. Whistle blowers coming forward with pretty Important Information because our military commanders rely on accurate intelligence analysis for the military decisionmaking process, development of operations orders. The decision is relying on accurate intelligence. And then the other piece of this is back home, domestic politics should Never Trump National security and if this is coming from the top to try to paint a rosier picture for the president s domestic politics, you are putting american lives, Service Members in harms way and risking National Security. You say its so much
nicer than im thinkingonight bi think its just terrible to lie to the American People. Imagine sending your husband or your wife to war or your children to war and thinking that its a much rosier picture. Meanwhile, that the American People are being lied as to what the state of the fight is. Let me take it one step further. Im looking at the report. It says the joint task force is troubled that despite receiving the whistle blower complaint in may 2015 and receiving alarming results in 2013 neither centcom, the dia, under secretary of defense for intelligence have taken any demonstrable steps to improve the climate within centcom. Not only are they cooking the books, lying to the American People, but even though they know what they have done nothing to correct it according to this report. Yeah. I mean, it risks our security. We have hot spots in iraq, in sierra. Syria. When you look further out, libya, afghanistan. Centcom has that is the hot spot on the globe right now for American Security for global security. So. Of the threat we see in europe, that were facing here at home is coming from that area of jurisdiction. What are you going to do about it . I mean, what is somebody going to do about it . Apparently they are doing nothing about it because they have known about it for over a year according to this and nothing is being done. And it may be packaged together in some nice little report but the problem is lives are at risk. What are members of congress and the president going to do about it tonight . Yeah. I think the next step is we need to see this inspector generals report. We need to know exactly who is responsible in order to hold them accountable. As we saw with this president , when he placed 50 special Operations Forces in syria in the hottest pot on the entire globe, he says they werent there on a combat mission even though that was completely divorced from reality. What we need to know is exactly who is responsible so that we can hold them
accountable. Whats further concerning is that we had new Senior Leadership at centcom come in with general as you austin coming in and leadership. Time something important. I remember seeing some press conferences. I dont know their relationship. I have served with general austin. I have known him since he was a colonel. I when we hold individuals accountable it didnt go up to his level or even higher. There is something really wrong with this picture when you have got a report like this. And the president is on vacation in Marthas Vineyard and all the members of congress are on recess and the house and the senate and meanwhile the books are being cooked for the American People and we have men and women in military who are in harms way and we find out that they are lying about the state of the fight against isis. Its not just a lie. It puts people at risk when they think its a lot different than what they are facing. Yeah. Exactly. So, i was at the battalion level when i was in iraq
with the 82nd air division. Our brigade Commanders Division commanders at the level are relying on accurate intelligence. They need to know not only what type of resources manpower and equipment they have available but exactly what to expect from the enemy. When choosing a course of action, when you have three available courses of action, you are choosing the one based off of the accuracy of it. So, from that standpoint, we are absolutely seeing if true and goes higher we are seeing highest level of military putting our men at risk. It is outrageous. Once we can identify who is exactly responsible, those people need to be held accountable. And i would love to fax my copy of this report to president obama in Marthas Vineyard if i had the fax numbers. Im sure he read that this tonight. I think this just awful. Congressman, thank you very much for joining us, as i remember. Thank you, greta. Former army pilot in iraq and afghanistan veteran amber smith goes on the record. Nice to see you, amber. Nice to see you, greta. Outraged at this deceit. But you arpaio lot. You fought in the war. Tell me, am i wrong to be so outraged . No. You are absolutely correct. And i am as well. I think its a really sad day for the military that i spent a good chunk of my life. In its a sad day for america. And kudos to the g. O. P. House Investigation Task force for making this for investigating this as it should be. Because this is a much bigger deal than i think its been made out to prior to this investigation. And there are life and death consequences when it comes to intelligence manipulation. And for those war fighters that have to be on the ground in iraq and syria and carry out the missions, based on the decisions that our leaders that are getting this intel have to make, its just absolutely ridiculous they have taken it this far. Im old enough to
remember the pentagon papers which proved that the government was lying about what was going on in vietnam and we had Many Americans over there fighting in vietnam. All right. What should happen . I mean, its like everybody is on vacation. There is this explosive report that they are cooking the books. They are lying to the American People. They are lying to our military. They are lying to the troops. What should happen . Look, i would love to see some accountability. I would love to see president obama step up and say, no, this isnt going to happen while im the commander and chief. Unfortunately, president obama has sort of facilitated this culture of looking the other way and painting a different picture to the American People, especially when it comes to isis. Especially when it comes to the war that is being fought in iraq and syria and how its being carried out. They continue to down play the threat that isis has played. So, in a weird way, he is playing in to this role that isis isnt the way it should be with what they were trying to do with cooking the books at centcom. I think the American People are entitled to the truth. Entitled to the truth when it comes to war. I think the men and women who are fighting are entitled to the truth. Unless there is some National Security issue. And the fact that these you know, the books are being cooked, thats a nice way to say it they are being lied to, its deceitful. To me its absolutely appalling. Is it dangerous . Its absolutely dangerous. Dont send our men and women in to harms way with miss information. So when they go out from a lower level war fighters perspective, dont send them out on a mission where they are going to get misinformation. They may be talking about high level intelligence, but every piece matters when it comes to fighting a war. And so its putting our men and women in uniform at risk in both of those countries right now. Not to mention other places around the world. And its just appalling. The under secretary for defense odni centcom, dia that they all know about it and have taken for over a year and there are no demonstrable steps to improve the analytic climate with centcom. This is no accident. This is the worst coverup. No, absolutely not. I think its important to say what those whistle blowers did when they came out and said that they were being told i saw that report 40 of analysts say they were being told to support or suppress intel. Amber, thank you. Since you came i want to do at least tip off the viewers you have a book coming out soon danger close check that out on amazon. Am per, thank you very much. Thank you, greta. Who does donald trump blame for isis . He doesnt beat around the bush on this he blames president obama for isis. Our government has unleashed isis. I call president obama and Hillary Clinton the fowrngdz of isis. They are the founders. In fact, i think well give Hillary Clinton the you know if you are a sports team most valuable player, mvp. You get the mvp award. Isis will hand her the most valuable player award. Her only competition is barack obama. Between the two of them. [ laughter ] the on the record Political Panel is here from the boston globe victoria and from the Washington Post aaron blake. Donald trump doubled down on this he had a chance to walk it back a little bit. Is he absolutely certain. He said obama is the founder of isis. I guess its no surprise that he is not going to back down. He doesnt back down from anything he says even when the press gives him an opportunity to. It was an interesting back and forth this morning between trump and hugh hewitt. Al radio talk show host. Yeah. He was trying to give him out. You mean that the policies led to the rise of isis i said no, they are the founders of isis. No, they created the environment that led to the rise of isis. No. They are the founders of isis. He has dug in deep. There is a lot of criticism he went too far in saying this about the president of the United States. Is he not going to back down. Victoria, governor mike pence running mate tried to a little bit walk it back. He said it was a controversy
over semantics when people were jumping all over trump for this. When the problem is when you are explaining you are losing in politics. Here is another example of donald trump and his team having to spend a day or more explaining comments that he has made instead of, for example, taking advantage of the latest on mostly Hillary Clintons emails. Its playing in to the narrative that Hillary Clinton has been trying to create about donald trump that he doesnt have the temperament and the more that trump is saying these outlandish things the more that plays into that narrative. I think i would expect i dont know this and im not giving advice to donald trump but is he probably going to marry this controversy that obama is the founder of isis with this report coming out. President obama claimed antiwar and going to be the most transparent administration. Now, he himself didnt dock
these reports but none the less its his chain of commands these reports tonight saying the fight against isis that the American People were lied to. Heres the thing. There is some Fertile Ground here for donald trump to play with. There is the red line in syria. There is kind of the general criticism among more conservative Foreign Policy types that obama not been tough enough on isis hand has allowed for them to be as powerful as they are to attack europe and United States with their propaganda campaigns. But he is taking this a step further and making the story about the words that he chose and not the conduct of the administration and president obama. And i think thats kind of a mistake that this is something that really could work for him but he insists on talking about it in a certain way that a lot of people by the way mike pence is one of those people that isnt comfortable talking about it that way. Mike pence was given two chances this afternoon to say founder of isis and he declined to do it on both instances. It the exchange with hugh
hewitt, here is donald trump. Last night you said president obama is the founder of isis. I know what you meant he created the vacuum victoria, he doesnt back down, not at all. Does this hurt him with the Republican Party or not . This is exactly what his base, his base trump supporters. Thats the primary. Exactly, thats the primary, the word pivot get a lot of play these days, but donald trump is donald trump and he is not changing the way he is. And i think he even said that explicitly today. He is not going to change his style, that is in fact making a lot of republicans uncomfortable. Squandering opportunities to have as aaron said very legitimate debates on policy
on isis and gain persuade some of those skeptical voter. If you would both stick around. Now i want to ask the viewers now is your chance to vote on twitter, did donald trump go too far in saying president obama is the founder of isis tweet yes or no using greta. We will show you your live twitter votes throughout the show. And this will send shivers up your spine. A canadian isis sympathizer, a terrorist detonating a suicide vest in the middle of a police raid. The terrorist injured himself and one other person. Canadian police opening fire, killing the suspect and even more terrifying, the suspects death coming just in the nick of time. An imminent attack was planned. The attack at the time based on the information, the attack was supposed to be taking place within the following 72 hours. And was likely to target an urban center either during morning or afternoon rush hour. A tip from the fbi helped
the canadianing take out this terrorist. The suspect has been under surelings for nearly a year. He had previously supported terrorist group on social media donald trump is holding a rally in the key swing state of florida. Hi, greta. As you were talking about earlier, he has been pounding Hillary Clinton and barack obama as the founders of isis, but its worth pointing out that as early as 2007, donald trump was saying it was time for the u. S. To get out of iraq and in 2008, he said it should be taken very seriously and done as fast as possible. In 2007, barack obama was running for president but hadnt been elected and in 2008 he was the president and that was the policy. So he blaming them for being founders for a policy that donald trump himself actually expressed some support for at the time. Trump has had a very interesting day. Very busy in florida. A state where the polls are tied and he acknowledges that. Just before this event got
started tonight, a confederate was unfurled just to the left of the stage as you see it on tv. And it said trump 2016 on it. The Trump Campaign found about it, saw it, obviously, took them 15 minutes to go over there and ask the gentleman who had unfurled it to ask for it to be removed. It was. As soon as the trump staffers left he unfurled it again in a matter of a few Minutes Police went over to him and it disappeared and since be replaced by an american flag. Just another controversy. But is the kind of thing that republicans worry about particularly those running for office this year because they could be constantly explaining what happens at trump rallies, greta . You dont know who is going to show up at your rally. Look at the Clinton Campaign had the father of mateen, the killer at the nightclub in orlando. He showed up and sat in the background. So you never know who is going to show up at your rallies. And trump has been complaining about that since it happened on monday. Last night sitting behind him at a rally here in florida none other than mark foley, the former u. S. Congressman was sitting behind him and he, of course, had to resign his seat after acknowledging sexual Text Messages to male underaged page. Who comes into your crowd is certainly who you are not responsible for. But trumps rhetoric has created miss givings among republicans. There is a petition circulated across the country by former Republican Congress people, former members of the rnc and some veterans of the last 8 republican president ial campaigns calling on the Republican National committee to cut off any cooperation of money and resources with trump in order to help the down ballot candidate, the other politicians on the ballot this year try to avoid any blow back from his candidacy, greta. Carl, thank you. And secretary Hillary Clinton laying out her economic plan. Three days ago donald trump
laid his plan out. Ye