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Dealt with, but it must be dealt with intelligently. In my view, the best way to address that issue is to understand that Substance Abuse and addiction should not be treated as a criminal issued, it should be treated as a healthrelated issue. That means we need a revolution in this country on how we do Mental Health treatment. Right now there are people who are addicted, who are strung out, who would like to get help, but there is no treatment available for them that they can afford. And in addition to that, what is true, although it is very scary, is that walking the streets of america today, right now, youve got many thousands of people who are suicidal, and some are homicidal, and we all know about the terrible Mass Shootings that we have seen. In my view, what our approach should be is to say to anybody in america in Mental Health crisis you can get the treatment you need today, not six months from now. This campaign is what working people are telling me is they cant maybe it a 9,
Globally, countries, the United States has had the capability, and even in this period of time, but secondly, it is the United States that has taken the responsibility and stepped forward. I cannot point to another country that has been willing to take that responsibility. Having said that, david refers to how we are modifying some of our approaches in dealing with that response ability in maybe a more costeffective way. But also, having said that, i would argue that i think there is going to be a big debate over this issue because there are many different ways of advancing strategic interests. Let me with that go to the first question on diplomacy, development and defense. I think any of you may know and certainly our members of congress here would get the question from many americans, they think there is an extraordinary sizable amount of foreign aid we spend abroad, when the fact is it is less than 1 . That investment is a form of leadership. It is an investment in safeguarding othe
Headline for the epa chief and the white house as the 11th hour gets under way on a tuesday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im ali velshi in for brian williams. We begin with a new bipartisan report from the Senate Intelligence committee, which unequivocally backs up the findings of the u. S. Intel agencies that russia meddled in the 2016 president ial election with an eye toward helping donald trump win. Specifically the Committee Said it agrees with the conclusion that russian president Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign for the u. S. Election, that the kremlin had a clear preference for trump, that it discredited Hillary Clinton and contrasted her unfavorably to trump, and that by july 2015, russia had already obtained access to Democratic National committee networks. The Senate Committee also said the intelligence agencies overall findings were wellsupported and said there was no evidence of political motivation. This is ver
The Trump Administration considering revoking more security clearances for current or former officials with connections to the russia investigation. This, as former cia director john brennan is speaking out about the president taking away his clearances. This is an egregious act that it flies in the face of traditional practice, as well as common sense, as well as National Security. I think thats why theres been such an outcry from many intelligence officials, know the to support me, but to support the principle that security clearances are something thats very, very solemn and sacred and they never ever should be used for political purposes. All right, john brennan there on msnbc. Fox News National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin joining us now. Were about 48 hours into this. This seems to be the beginning rather than the end. Well, leland, there are very clear signs that President Trump is preparing to strip the security clearances of eight more, and one Current Justice Depar