from the special counsel with, other members of his staff, he couldn t answer the question whether or not they shared that information with officials at the white house or the president. so he was very evasive. he was clearly contempuous of congress, didn t believe he should be participating in an oversight hearing. i think it was very clear he should have recused himself. we re not done with him. he didn t answer many questions and we intend to bring him back in a deposition so we can get those answers. it is surprising the acting attorney general would not a categorically that the mueller investigation is not a witch hunt. it was shocking. here it is he says he respects mr. mueller, he s an honest man, he respects the men and women of the department, but he would not he was fearful because he had an audience of one. he knew the president was watching him and he could not say anything that would draw the anger of the president because my guess is he wants to continue to work in
framework by mueller or in some other way. what norm will then be pushed over. if this is what s happening at this stage, if there actually is more than smoke, if there is fire in these allegations, there is no really telling what direction it s going to potentially lash out at. i agree. they go to karl s point. this president has strong au authoritarian instincts and uses animal instincts. we don t know what he s going to do next because he will knock over all the norms. he is destructive. he is contempuous. past traditions and people. this is all about saving him and
rex tillerson do they get paid for being c contempuous? she just looks stupt when she does that. everybody knows what the truth is. everybody knows what the reality is. why can t she just play it straight? i don t know. why can t she just i can t watch the briefings. why is it so hard for people behind that podium working for donald trump to be professional? do they not understand right now that sean spicer and washington professionally is a dead man walking? do they not understand there is not an act two after this contemptuous display where you don t tell the truth from behind the podium and then you mock people who are just trying to get answers from you? yeah. it s by the way, if the press is tough to them, guess what, the press is tough to every president. just read marlon fitzwater s bio
it s time to go one on one. director oliver stone has never shied away from taking on controversial topics or getting political. his new movie does both south of the border focuses on latin america s leaders, and believes how they re mischaracterized in the u.s. media. oliver stone joins us to go one on one. i want to get your thoughts on current events, the sacking of general mcchrystal in afghanistan. you re a vietnam veteran and a lot of your work is focused on the soldiers and what it s like to be in a controversial war. this general was sacked by the commander in chief because of conduct viewed as unbecoming and even contempuous. when it first happened i was thinking of the roman empire
this ill-advised repeal me also said, quote, if those of us who are in faye vor of retaining the current policy do not speak up, there is no chance to retain the current policy. the pentagon leadership is furious. i think that for an active duty officer to comment on an issue like this is inappropriate. reporter: military officials tell cnn mixon is now seen as challenging the commander in chief, president obama. no one expects charges, but military law prohibits officers from using contempuous words. what did mixon do wrong? doesn t an officer have the right for free speech. as a three-star leader in command, by virtue of just that commission alone, he has great influence. and all of us in uniform are obliged to certainly follow the direction of leadership right up to the president.