of the washington post this is a major news story a major news story yes over the weekend both the supposed c.n.n. and the washington post by only discovered and realized that the united states and its military industrial complex actually share some responsibility for the current devastation and horrors taking place in yemen welcome to our nightmare my corporate friends c.n.n. proudly beat their chance chests and exclaimed in an article on friday that quote the bomb used by the saudi led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in yemen was sold as part of the u.s. state department saying d'armes deal and that working with local yemeni journalists munitions expert c.n.n. of the stablished of the weapon was a five hundred pound laser guided m.k. eighty two bomb made by lockheed martin well bully for you c.n.n. except i might be a little late to the party i mean independent journalists like ben norton and we here at r.t. were actually reporting that days if not weeks before you ever got around to the story but hey you know i guess you know your only real journalist of lockheed martin

the washington post reports that donald trump and donald mcgahn have had spectacular fights. mcgahn especially during the beginning of trump's term contacted the president about contacting justice department officials. the two men would have spectacular fights, according to a person who witnessed some of them and leaked to the press about them. in today's breaking news report of the discussions of impeachment in the trump white house, the washington post reports mcgahn and other aids have invoked the prospect of impeachment to convince the president not to take actions or behave in ways they believe would hurt him. robert mueller probably already knows exactly when and why don mcgahn has had to use the threat of impeachment to convince donald trump not to do something. don mcgahn's cooperation is crucial to the special prosecutor's investigation. he was involved in all of president trump's suspicious activities and decisions, including the president's firing of national security adviser michael flynn for lying to the fbi, james comey after the president asked james comey to b

"the washington post" -- >> ashley parker joins us now. ashley, i love great newspaper leads. so here you go, kid. shunned two funerals and one royal wedding so far. president trump may well be on his way to becoming president nongrata. great job, great job. now, my question for you, after reading the piece, and it jumped

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referring to this piece in the "washington post." a complete fabrication, the president writes, that i am concerned about the meeting my wonderful son donald had in trump tower. this was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all of the time in politics. and it went nowhere. i did not know about it. liz holtzman, how do you read that tweet? help us understand this in the context of what we have heard from the president and his legal team before about the substance of that meeting that took place in the summer of 2016. >> well, what we know is that the president helped if not actually dictate a false statement about what happened at the meeting once. he wrote this press release, dictated this press release that had false information about it. so what the president says about this meeting definitely has to be taken with a grain of salt. but the problem here is that now he and his son are really in the crosshairs, because there is at least a report that michael cohen says that the president knew beforehand a

the headline from the "washington post." martha, go ahead. caller: i think it is an absolute joke. robert mueller is a joke. if he cared about the russian collusion, why doesn't he look about obama the great and killary. host: from charleston, west virginia, the president of writing about an hour and a half ago and addressing supporters at a make america great again rally. live coverage here on c-span and c-span radio app. also posted on our website at c-span.org.

tonight "the washington post" is reporting this. president trump has told advisers he is eager to strip more security clearances as part of an escalating attack against foes who have criticized him or played a role in the probe of alleged russian interference in the 2016 election according to two white house officials. and they announced the action wednesday amid an onslaught of news coverage from omarosa manigault-newman's new book. he came backswinging at the trump administration today as he did on television yesterday. writing in this morning's "the new york times," quote, mr. trump clearly has become more desperate to protect himself and those close to him, which is why he made the politically motivated decision to revoke my security clearance in an attempt to scare into silence others who might dare to challenge him. former colleagues of brennen are jumping to his defense. you heard john heilemann reference this letter. first of all, there's navy retired admiral william mccraven, who oversaw the bin laden raid and was in specia

looking at "the washington post" reporting as well, let me bring many a "washington post" reporter. this is coming from a colleague on this. this is a big -- this is a very important moment. obviously, peter struck is the fbi agent taken off the investigation when the text messages were revealed off the mueller investigation. he has been open decembn desk d. now he is out. >> i'm hearing this for the first time on air. i don't know a ton. i will say, he has been a favorite punching bag for the president. the president tweeted about him day after day after day and has elevated him -- >> one of his favorite punching bags. >> he elevated him and lisa page to the forefront of conservative media, segments on fox news, on breitbart, peter struck has really been a figure of particular derision. during his testimony on the hill, he tried to explain his text messages. he got in a tense debate with gop members. some on the left tried to defend him. it's clear that whatever happened with the text messages have been larger than life because of the president's ability to make it so. nonstop post

but if we have a look at the washington post, its analysis of the news that broke overnight, minutes apart in different courtrooms in the us, michael cohen, if we talk about him to begin with, the long—term attorney of the us and what he had to admit to and pleaded guilty to in court. he pled guilty to fraud charges but also to violations of electoral law by paying off ms mcdougal and stormy daniels together about $280,000, and the interesting thing is... this is in the run-up to the us election. in the run-up to the us election. in the run-up to the us election. in the run-up to the us election, these were two ladies who had allegedly had an affair in the run—up to the election of us president, and he paid them off. the interesting thing here when you read his admission of guilt, it said it was in consultation and at the direction of a federal candidate of donald trump. yes. which is... it is important to note that donald trump was not named in the courtroom. yes, the federal candidate. that is very powerful in the sense that it does implicate him, it does implicate him directly

he is the publisher of the washington post. if you look up the work publisher in the dictionary there should be a picture of fred ryan. tohas many responsibilities his community, his employees and his reporters in a harm's way. what fred has done to help his journalist has been skillful and inspiring. fred is here today to stand up for austin and to stand up for all of you -- this tells you everything about him. please welcome washington post publisher fred ryan to the national press club. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, bill, for that very kind introduction. thank you for allowing me to add my voice and that of the "washington post" to the calls for the immediate and safe return of austin tice. a special thank you to the president for being here and doing all you're doing for this georgetown university student. i would also like to thank reporters without borders for organizing this event and everything they do to protect the interests of journalists around the world. and to mark and debbie tice, i cannot begin to tell you

phil rucker, the pulitzer prize winning bureau chief for the "washington post." tamara keith, white house correspondent for npr, and richard painter was chief white house ethics adviser for george w. bush. thank you for joining me. let's start with you. why now? what's specific about the potential departure of mcgahn that's got so many people worried, or is it just one more thing that's making them worried? >> ali, it's just one more thing that's making them worry. this fear has been building for a while now as it looks increasingly likely that democrats have a real possibility of taking over the majority of the house at a minimum in november's midterm elections. and people around the president, his allies, including some of his advisers inside the white house, are very concerned that could lead to a barrage of subpoenas, of investigations, of inquiries into ethical misconduct in the administration, into increase perhaps into the president's businesses, and most dangerously, into possible impeachment proceedings, depending, of course, on what sort of report speci

support for those missed be gotten and unwinnable war thank you washington post i guess it's better late than never is it i mean. three years three years too late on that one. now let's do what they do not and start watching the hawks. get the. real deal. as a lot of. like you know that i got. there. are going to watch the hawks i am to roll the top of the wallet oh my gosh there's a war in yemen i know there's a lot of amazing that they finally called wrong i think was more of this whole area yeah i think it's hilarious that they sat there and talk about their breaking news and everything else and we've literally sat here we reported on the fact that they don't report about it or m.s.n. b.c. or anybody else on that that side that they've ignored this for oh about thirty nine months. or so now you have to sit back and go oh oh well here we go you know what's really extraordinary to see him in the discovery yes discovery that there is such a thing as the military industrial complex never heard of it never heard of it will no matter how you can it's pronounced dead on the net and i know i

"the washington post" has a story that just went up. the headline -- "trump associates socialized with alleged russian agent maria butina in final weeks of 2016 campaign." as you know, she was charged last month with working as an unregistered kremlin agent and according to "the post," she socialized before the election with j.d. gordon who served for six months as the campaign's director of national security. "the post" is citing documents and testimony provided to the senate intelligence committee and described to the paper. rosalind helderman got the scoop. she joins us now. what did these e-mails between butina and gordon reveal? >> yeah, they showed that the two met at an embassy event, a party at the swiss embassy in late september 2016. so really in the final weeks of the trump campaign. and then paul erickson, the republican operative who she was apparently dating kind of connected the two of them over e-mail, and they show that the fact that j.d. gordon had this trump tie appeared to be important to the e-mail relationship that

joining me "washington post" national security reporter develin barrett. he is the author of that piece in "the post." back with us, former u.s. attorney joyce vance. what should we expect this week? >> i think this is going to be where both sides go pretty hard at each other. the prosecutors, because they think rick gates really puts all of the blame for this on manafort, and the defense because they think that rick gates is a weak enough witness, a witness who brings so many problems to the table that maybe, if by making rick gates look bad, they can make the entire prosecution case look bad. >> remind us again. gates in the manafort world, what was he in charge of, what was he doing, does the defense have a leg to stand on when they say gates was the one really running the business? >> well, gates was in some ways doing a lot of the day-to-day management of manafort's business. it is certainly true in the emails that have been introduced into evidence so far show gates is the one providing information to accountants or bookkeepers. it's certainly true t

all of this coming from a "washington post" report. in that same reported a visors and allies saying they are worried the trump team has neither the strategy nor the staff to deal with a possible democratic take over in november

that's part of what you were talking about in this "washington post" report. the president is focused on what he wants to see as the red wave. he is focused on trying to get -- trying to hold on to control with republicans, while not addressing, as we learned in this article, there's not enough staff, strategy. he is not anxious enough about what could be coming. if you are in that white house right now, and if you were advising someone, how many people should they have? what kind of a war room should be set up to prepare for this potential onslaught? not even the "i" word. >> the best thing is look at the precedence. look at what was it like in the obama white house when there was a republican house and senate? what was it like in the george w. bush white house after 2006 when the democrats retook the house? it was a lot of work. you needed substantial numbers of people. you also need communication strategy. you need to be able to respond not just legally, but to fight back politically. that requires people. it just looks like there are not that many people t

well, he appears to be referring to "the washington post's" reporting, quote, trump has confided to friends and advisers that he is worried about mueller probe could destroy the lives of what he calls innocent and decent people, namely trump jr., who is under scrutiny by mueller for his role organizing a june 2016 meeting at trump tower with russians promising dirt on hillary clinton. as one adviser described the president's thinking, he does not think his son broke the law but is fearful that he may have wandered into legal jeopardy. >>> former communications director was spotted on the tarmac adjoining the president on his trip to ohio. according to trump jr.'s senate testimony, hicks was in the middle of the president dictating his son's misleading statement about adoptions to "the new york times", followed by explanations that quickly unravelled. listen to this. >> politics is not the nicest business in the world but it is standard where he they have information and you take the information. in the case of don, he listened. i guess they talked about, as i see it, they talked about adopt

philip bump, national correspondent for "the washington post." philip on this issue of security clearances, john brennan had his revoked. we hear him speaking out tonight in this same studio a few hours ago. he talked, one of the things he talked about was trying to prevent this from happening to other former and current officials. does he have any ability to do that? >> well, so one of the things he mentioned i thought was interesting is that he was trying to engage in a legal case to actually do so. i'm not a lawyer so i don't know the extent to which that would be successful. it's clear that he recognizes what the threat here is. i mean, president trump's absolutely right, clearly this has done nothing to silence brennan, he was probably harsher in his language tonight than he's been at any point in time in the recent past. he recognizes there is a particular threat. if you are someone who donald trump still has power over in the government, who someone like bruce or.if he gets his security clearance revoked, that changes his career, makes it

thank you washington post i guess it's better late than never is it i mean. three years three years too late on that one. now let's do what they do not and start watching the hawks. one old legal street looks like. it would be analyzing the bottom. line for the day like you that i got.

. >> the headline on another blockbuster piece of reporting by the washington post. winter is coming. siting 26 sources. the story describes how aides and add vierviser how the white is ill prepared for a takeover by democrats. the white house will be under siege. >> the barrage of investigations into ethical misconduct in the administration, into the president's businesses and most dangerously into possible impeachment proceedings. >> i don't think impeachment will happen to the president. are they going to try to cripple his administration, they will. >> i hope there won't be violence. >> the last thing we need to do is monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda. >> i think desantis has decided to pull a page from the trump campaign play book. people are tired of this race baiting division. >> it has zero to do with race. it had everything to do with whether we want florida to continue to go in a good direction or do we want to turn to left wing socialist policies. >> ron desantis is extraordinary. ha harvard, yale, brilliant. >> i know ron and i don't

as of right now, even if you factor in the "washington post" poll. if you average all the polls together about trumps approval rating what do you get. 42.8. it's not 36, 37, 38. down six tenths of a percentage point. if you think of it as a turning poin. it poses a question. this "washington post" poll with just brutal news for republicans at the worst time. home stretch of the fall campaign. is that the start of a big drop? will we see more polls that show the same thing? or is it an out liar. that's the question into labor day weekend. guess what, we start to get a flurry of polls. folks set the stage for the midterms. we'll get an answer and fast. is it close to 43% in the next wave? or closer to what the "washington post" found today. down in the mid-30s. big big difference there. when it comes to stakes for the midterms. get ready for the ads and rallies and debates. midterm election season is kicking into high gear. higher gear. we'll dig into how trump and republicans are trying to survive it. you're watching "hardball." your insurance rates s

that's what retiring senator bob corker told the "washington post" tonight. senator corker said "my sense is the fix is in." senator corker expects jeff sessions to be fired after the midterm election. "they'd do it before but they're worried about the effect it would have on the midterms themselves," he said in an interview. adding "it's about the investigation and i think the mueller investigation ought to go on unimpeded." the "washington post" reports "at least twice this month trump vented to white house advisers and his lawyers about his frustration at the endless investigation of his campaign and declared that he needs to fire sessions for saddling his presidency with the controversy. one such discussion occurred in early august during the trial of his former campaign chairman paul manafort. on august 1st, the second day of the trial, trump tweeted that sessions should shut down the special counsel probe. in subsequent talks with his lawyers and advisers trump said what he really wanted to do was fire sessions," the people said. those same three unname

associate editor for the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson and nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of "kasie dc" on msnbc, the great, the powerful, the very well connected kasie hunt good to have you all on the show this morning. so frame the morning. it's the last day of the summer. the new reports yesterday, of course, pressure mounting all around the president. people shocked at just how much pressure this president is under. the russia probe, the midterm elections, his legal team in limbo and now after hastening the exit of his top white house lawyer in a tweet, there is new reporting that donald trump is shockingly, woefully, ill-prepared for the constitutional crisis engulfing his presidency. it is crisis that could very well lead him down the panel to impeachment. many say it absolutely will.

th this op ed from william mcraven that was just out in the "washington post," the admiral who oversaw the raid to kill osama bin laden telling the president it would be an honor to have him revoke his security clearance. you come from this world, you know this world well. that is no small thing for somebody of admiral mcraven's caliber to say something like that. >> i think it's hard to convey the significance to people who don't know who mcraven is. this is not a partisan political person. this is a person of really incredible stature and integrity, commands unbelievable respect within the national security community. it really does say something for somebody like this to be using these terms about the president. i think he's not necessarily even speaking to the president whenever he says, i think it would be an honor for you to revoke my security clearance. i think he's sending a message that whenever you speak up against this president and take this stand, it's not about politics, it's about defending the united states, because that has been what his career has been about. >> that'

the new number from abc news and the "washington post" on the approval number is fascinating. they have the president's approval at 36%, the disapproval at 60% which is a high in their poll and you can see the movement from july. when you're talking about approval numbers i like the totality of different polls out there. >> and what have you crunched? >> this is a less favorable view of the president than you will see in almost any other poll. the question is this a trend post-cohen, paul manafort and everything else news? >> it's been a bad august. i don't have to tell you guys, you know this, august is usually a very slow month for news. not so for the president and this white house and i wondered as the news started trickling out, michael cohen, indictments, corruption in congress and then all of the immunities if this was going to be a tipping point not for the american people, for voters, because his support among voters has remained the same. the same go up of people keep liking him, the same group of people keep disliking him, but for congressional republicans and they

jimmy carter is talking this morning in the "washington post." he says of president trump, "i think he's a disaster in human rights and taking care of people, and treating people." what do you make of the fact that we are hearing from artat this point? >> well, there are sort of two brands that one associates with former president carter. one is speaking the truth, you know. that was his slogan, i'll never lie to you. and secondly, human rights. he's dedicated most of his life in the post presidency to furthering and advancing democracy and human rights which have been notably absent from the trump foreign policy. you've got human rights abuse all over the place that this white house doesn't talk aboutment you know, they're -- there are hunger strikes, people in prison, there are gross violations of human rights, and even assassinations, all of which have gone on in recent times in russia. you didn't hear the president talk about it once. from what we can tell about the private, secret meeting with vladimir putin, none of it was even raised. thes

tonight's washington post lead is white house counsel don mcgahn does not believe he implicated president trump in any wrongdoing. his attorney told trump's legal team in recent days. that in recent days certainly sounds like it's in reaction to this weekend's reports by "the new york times." the washington post reveals that don mcgahn's criminal defense attorney sent an e-mail to the trump legal team in which he writes, quote, he did not incriminate him. the post reports, his attorney told trump's lawyers this past weekend that mcgahn did not assert that trump engaged in any wrongdoing. "the new york times" revealed this weekend that don mcgahn submitted to at least three interviews that totalled 30 hours over the past nine months. mcgahn discussed the president's firing of michael flynn and the president's firing of james comey and the president's conflicts with jeff sessions. the times reports mr. mcgahn gave to mr. mueller's investigators a sense of the president's mindset in the days leading to the firing of mr. comey. how the white house handled the firing of former national securit

a respected figure on both sides of the aisle and he wrote this in an op-ed for the "washington post." i would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance as well so i can add my name to the list of men and women who spoke up against your presidency. through your actions you have embarrassed us in the eyes of children, you have humiliated us on the world stage and divided us as a nation. if you think your mccarthy era tactics will suppress the voices of criticism, you are sadly mistaken so you're seeing strong words from someone who is not used to being so outspoken on matters like this. but we posed this issue the white house councilor creak in a gaggle and she was also similarly defiant. listen. >> reporter: what's your admiral to admiral mcraven. >> he's a former cia director who has shown no interest in helping this administration. >>kellyanne ignored the question about mcraven and attacked john brennan who said he was being paid of his opinion even though there's no evidence that brennan is being paid for the things he's seeing and writing but this is an issue

she's the publisher of the washington post. if you look up though word. most of all to his reporters in harm's way. what fred is done to help his journalists and trouble has been skillful and inspiring. fred is here today to stand up for austin and all of you. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome fred ryan to the national press club. [applause] >> thank you for that kind introduction. thank you for allowing me to head my voice to the washington post for the safe return of austin tice. thank you bill for arranging this and tim who will hear from in a few minutes. a special thank you to the president for being here and for all that you're doing. i also like to thank reporters without borders for organizing the event over everything they do every day. to mark and debbie tice, cannot begin to tell you how much those of us who know you respect and admire your singular devotion to the cause of austin's release. we stand in solidarity with you. you have into word the parents worst nightmare. you have been selfless and relentless in your determination to secure a

the questions, james homan, the national political reporter for the washington post heard and out weaver with the washington examiner. >> let's talk by your organization, what is the mission, what role will you play the midterm election? purpose of america rising is to define and defeat democrats. we are the gop's premier research organization so we spent countless hours reviewing videos, going out tracking the field, reading and producing countless pages of materials, to really shape a narrative on democratic candidates. the 20 18th cycle, we will be playing the same role that we appeared.from 2013 looking at our democratic targets, particularly our friends running in the trump state, the 10 democratic senators running. along with a host of other house candidates and state candidates. researchhe opposition include following candidates around the cameras and monitoring every statement they make? every media parents a have? >> it does. there is a little bit of a caricature of opposition research. you can go with a very sexy james bond type, or you can think about it as dumpster diving. ne

"washington post" followed soon with its own reporting. "times" writes that the president's lawyers did make a counteroffer which, quote "suggested a narrow path for answering questions." trump's lawyers did not reject an interview outright, but included the narrower counteroffer, one person familiar said. however, mr. trump's lawyers do not want him answering questions about whether he obstructed justice, according to the person. the "washington post" reports that this latest development in the talks between the two camps, quote, significantly lessens the possibility of a voluntary presidential interview, according to two people familiar with the discussions. the multipage response represents what trump's lawyers expect to be their last word on mueller's request for a sit-down interview. the letter from trump's lawyers leaves open the possibility of having trump answer some questions in writing. according to the two people familiar with the negotiations. earlier today during a live radio call-in show, conveniently hosted by his co-counsel

. >> danny, i want to read "the washington post" story. the headline is trump out of a precarious moment in his presidency: privately brooding and publicly roaring. he did not believe his son purposely broke the law. - >> the law does not say thou shall not receive. it says thou shall not illicit. because the statute includes that language, solicit. you have that in addition to conspiracy laws that draws them in and ever expanding conspiracy law is easy to make out in you want agreements and everybody is on board of the unlawful objective. when trump tweeted what he tweets out. there are a number of problems. trump is accusing his son knowledge. did he just learn about this yesterday? did he learn about it the day after it happened because it is significant. at what point does this knowledge make him complicit in the act that he said his son did. >> clearly other people in trump's camp thought this meeting smells and for a long time. any sense trump said this and said it now? it defines any kind of sense here. >> yes, we always like to loo

according to a new report from the washington post, though it was an open secret that mcgahn was preparing to leave the white house after kavanagh's confirmation process, mcgahn had never discussed his plans directly with trump, and he was not aware that trump planned to send that tweet before it was posted. according to a person close to mcgahn. mcgahn's anticipated departure is taking on a greater significance after a bombshell last week from "the new york times" underscored the extent of his cooperation with special counsel robert mueller. a report that rattled trump's lawyers who have admitted since to "the new york times" they don't know what mcgahn may have shared with mueller in testimony that is now believed to be critical to mueller's obstruction probe. the president nonetheless praising mcgahn this afternoon in the oval office. >> he's a good man, very good man. don? excellent guy. yeah, don mcgahn is a really good guy. been with me for a long time. privately before this, he represented me. he's been here now, it will be almost two years and a lot of affection for don. he'll be m

five months before the war i said that to the washington post. although my family does have a tradition of service and my son fought in iraq. we are a big country, we are 300 million people, we have a lot of different viewpoints. as david said, i think dissent and debate is a very healthy thing. i appreciate what you said. >> limit go back to the my lai massacre. director joseph strict interviewed some of those veterans involved in that operation. it led to so many deaths. >> we start -- the soldiers at my lai. they were james burkle, of niagara falls. keurig a fellow of stockton, california. gary crosley of del rio, texas. bernardo simpson of jackson, mississippi. michael bernhardt of tarpon springs, florida. this is a freefall, you can share anything you want. >> man, woman, children, the whole bit. every living thing, that was the order. >> it's something that i soldier has to do, you take orders. >> we were running around, kill, kill, kill. get that feeling that you can do it. >> at about 7:00, we went into the village and we got off the chop

and it came to "the washington post." numb fwer ter two paper in wash. >> steven spielberg called it a patriotic film. would you agree? >> oh, absolutely. i mean i think thaeng that gets done to the bottom of an assault on the first amendment and proves that -- that a free press is one of the pillars of our democracy, a pretty patriotic message to put out. this, this, original script i read was really about the week katherine graham we came katherine graham. and, the fold in of all of the -- you know, a president that was frying to thwart the truth. an attack, delegitimizing the press, supreme court making its decisions as well as the the reality aof what a woman faced n the board room when things are supposed to be ameritocracy. put tight geogether. and, it ends up being a caldron for 201 n8 now. go back, study history see. how it relates to now? you realize this ongo, fight to form a more perfect union is as american as apple pie. >> i am struck, the week that katherine graham became katherine graham. sunny was brave. s

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support for this misspeak gotten and unwinnable war thank you washington post i guess it's better late than never is it i mean. three years three years too late on that one. now let's do what they do not and start watching the hawks. if you. want to you treat the thing like real live it's like. analyzing the plot of. the day like you know that i got. this.

. >> the washington post is reporting documents to strip their clearance are ready for the president to sign. we will begin with cnn sarah west wood, what are you learning ability what is ahead in terms of security clearances? >> reporter: well, president trump is following that backlash from john brennan. former intelligence officials are speak out against the press dent this might set as the white house is struggling to explain the reasoning behind that decision. this is coming as the washington post is reporting like you mentioned the president is considering stripping the security clearances of at least thin other officials who are connected in various ways to the russia investigation. 60 ex-cia officials have spoken out against the president's decision to target brennan, saying in a statement, all of us believe it is critical to protect classified information from unauthorized disclosure, but we believe equally stronger former government official versus their right to express their views on what they see of national security issues, without fear of dock so. the country will be w

"the washington post" now recording documents to strip their clearances have been drafted, ready for the president's signature. joining us now is steve hall. thank you for joining us. the statements read in part -- all of us believe it's cry wall to protect classified information, but we believe equally strongly that former government officials have the right to express their unclassified views on what they see as critical national security issues without fear of being punished for doing so. steve, you were part of the cia. what is your reaction to this letter? >> well, ana, i know a lot of the people who signed that letter. there's even more when they saw it was released and perhaps out of the cell phone range, wanted to be included. so this is a significant thing. these are people trained culturally and actually literally trained to avoid the spotlight, to avoid the press, to avoid public expressions of any type, and for them to come out really shows there is grave concern. a lot of it stems from some of the places the cia does its work overseas. when you come in direct and close c

. >>> breaking tonight from the "washington post," president trump has discussed firing his attorney general as recently as this month. >>> plus, new reporting from cnbc. what robert mueller was asking witnesses about michael cohen even after the fbi raided his home and office. >>> the warning from president trump to evangelical leaders. there could be violence if the republicans lose their majority. >>> and if it's tuesday, it's election night. steve kornacki at the big board with florida results. corbin for governor in the sunshine state. "the 11th hour" begins now. >>> good evening once again at our studio headquarters in new york. i'm ali velshi. it is the last major primary election night before the midterms. we're tracking key races in arizona and florida, both considered key battlegrounds not only this november but also in the 2020 presidential election. among the latest headlines, trump pick republican congressman ron desantos is the projected winner in florida's republican gubernatorial primary. but the big surprise is the democrat he'll face in november. andrew gillum is th