Impulsive decision. this would be an uphill climb. what did you mean by the precall? there was suggestion in the e-mail traffic that donald trump jr. says to mr. manafort, can i talk to mr. algarov. this isn t that you were simply dropping by, they had no idea she was a russian national, what she was coming for, there was the senior pras was copied. mike barnicle tried the ignorance defense. last night donald trump jr. asserts that no information exchanged hand, high walked out thereof, it turned out to be not what was advertised, they
Come on everybody. aleve. live whole. not part. here in new orleans, it s mardi gras, the aur star weekend and i ve got steve smith here and we ve got oural access. coming up at 2:30 ooen time, whip sit this weekend, no matter what city, it s become a real cultural event. it is because you get a chance to celebrate all our s r stars. just have guys come and have a fun weekend and everybody gets a chance to watch basketball at its highest level. you had mardi gras in new orleans, this is going to be a big party. and already, this is a festive city. you can hear the traffic here. it s an exciting pras. so, there are many reasons to komfo new orleans this weekend. yes, it is. like i said, you get a chance to see fabulous basketball. you get a chance to celebrate
Raid baugh they were able to gain intelligence on the ground. you re on the intelligence committee. i know you ve been briefed on this. was this a highly successful raid? first of all, i have not been briefed on t. we are going to be briefed frm the armed services committee was briefed first because that was the department of defense operation. it comes to our committee now, and we will be briefed on the highest level of security. there will be things that i can t talk about once i find out, but i m asking the same questions you ve just asked me. i want it know if it was highly successful, then we must have captured intelligence that we were looking for. did we pay a high pras? was it breached? all these questions will be asked. i can t give you answers to them. i don t have them right now. we ll have you back when you can. and i know there will be restrictions on what you can say because of the classified nature of that briefing. true. senator, thanks so much for jointion us.
Successful. difficult to say this one was a successful operation. all right. our thoughts are with the family of all of those involved. thanks very much. joining me now is mike rodgers, former chairman of the house intelligence committee. general, the sort of back and forth now between former obama white house officials and trump administration officials saying it was okay before obama left office? obama officials saying that is not true. operations like this are not planned that far in advance. what is your reaction to all of that? it is silliness, anderson. this raid, like any other capture, kill, sensitive ex pras planned months in advance. details are consolidated. information is gained. there is more observation of the target. depending on the target and the target packaging going after an
Bigger question, regarding that matter, wouldn t you agree? i would but that s the nature of the hearings. shepard: agreed. especially a senator in front of other senators i don t care what party they re, in not one is thinking tr but for the dpras of god go i. shepard: i found it notable that senator sessions stood in stark contrast to some of the issues that candidate trump laid out. candidate trump said he would bring back walterboarding which is torture, is against the law in the united states. he was unequivocal that s against the law. he also said no to a muslim ban, something donald trump talked about in the early going but donald trump has changed his position on that matter. i think he potentially, for instance, in terms of immigration policy we saw again, senator durbin going after him, he s leaving a little room there for congress to set policy in the law. he s saying i will uphold the law. but he s against the blanket muslim ban.