i want to point something out about john brennan. i know john brennan. i have met him several times. john brennan is the man that killed osama bin laden at the order of president barack obama by integrating cia assets, producing the intelligence, passing that intelligence on to our special mission war fighters and executing that mission. he has unique intelligence knowledge, which must be shared with his successors and his opinion which should be brought forth whenever this nation needs to defend itself. donald trump does not concern himself with the protection of this nation. he concerns himself with the protection of donald trump. and so he allows people -- as steve said, people like jared kushner who made contact with the cushions and asked for secure krip toe graphic communications to hide his back channel from the cia and the nsa, he should not be cleared. john brennan should be cleared. at this point donald trump has given more top secret information to the russians just through inadvertent disclosure than the clearance that john brennan has had. s

you note john brennan has a right to say that. the question is, is it politically expedient to say that? because brennan notes he has no classified evidence that it happened. he says he's basing it on publicly available information. >> as you note, the intelligence community assessment that came out in january of 2017 and has been repeatedly endorsed and agreed with by intelligence community leaders across two administrations said nothing about collusion because that is not the job of the intelligence community. that is, however, the job of the special counsel to determine what happened, who tried to interfere, who tried to help or conspire with russia in an effort to interfere in our election and that's the job of bob mueller and as i read john brennan's op-ed his view is that that needs to, and i quite agree with this, that investigation and that effort by the special counsel needs to be able to continue unfettered, unintimidated and uninterfered with. >> lisa monaco, thanks very much for being with us, appreciate it. >> thank y

>> i have not had an interview with john brennan before. i'm really, really happy he's going to come in here. i have a gazillion questions to ask him. now the washington post reporting he's going to take that same action against lots of other people and shortly this feels like a fast evolving big deal story. >> we will all be watching tomorrow night. thank you, rachel. well, i have kept the napkins exactly twice in my life. my first time at the white house and then at aretha franklin's birthday party in new york. here they are. i got three of them from that birthday party. and they will be right here on the desk throughout this hour as they are on my desk upstairs here every day. like most of you, aretha was a regular viewer of this program and was always eager to get our take on the news of the day, so that is what we will do first on this important news day. later, we will consider the life and achievements and unique contributions of her majesty the queen of soul, aretha louise franklin. first, after his security clearance was revoked, j

and john brennan -- remember, john brennan who he is calling a partisan hack has reached republican and democratic presidents. he was really central to a lot of modernizing of the cia's intelligence gathering and integrati integration. this is a guy who knows everyone in washington and around the world. and so threatening john brennan or pulling john brennan's clearances is way of signaling that this president will go hard against people who criticize him. >> and hard enough, beth, to do what i was talking with kelly o. about, to potentially strip the security clearance of robert mueller? what are we hearing about that, is that plausible, could that happen? >> well, he has made a lot of very negative comments about mueller throughout the last several months. i mean really the criticism mass gone from fairly mild to quite stepped up recently. i mean calling it the rigged witch hunt, talking about how compromised he is, talking about how this is a hoax and phony. but let's face it, he has complained a lot on twitter, but he doesn't actually -- we haven't seen him take any steps to curtail

i don't think john brennan is like "no!" . >> you are hurting the functioning of the intelligence community absent john brennan. if you are working at the cia you might come across intelligence that is not flattering towards the president. i would be very worried about putting that into a summary and suggesting that goes to the white house because the president could get upset and try to silence me. let's be clear that this is signaling to our enemies that he considers the president's actions more of a threat perhaps than al qaeda or isis or any of these issues that he worked on because he is willing to step back and say i won't contribute. >> let me read you a bit of what admiral mcraven wrote. i would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance, as well. this is the man who oversaw the osama bin laden raid. so i can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency. we are running into a lot of esteemed people rising up against this president in this city. >> it is stunn

it is official, john brennan has been stripped of his security clearance. the former cia director, former communist willfully abused his access to american top secrets. why? to malign donald trump both before and after the 2016 election. his conduct on conspiracy tv and bc does not comply with cia policy, all the media will tell you. his actions a disgrace to the office he once held. we will highlight his history of bizarre, erratic behavior which is all rooted in anti-trump. we will make a taste, case by other corrupt deep state officials must too be stripped of their security clearances. we have a major news breaking report from sara carter, including bazaar newly unearthed text between christopher steele and doj official bruce ohr. this is a smoking gun text about firewalls before comey's 2017 appearance before congress. you did not want to miss this report. we will cover day 12, trial of the century. paul manafort's 2005 2005 tax d bank fraud trial. by the way, we'll watch it closely. the mid-terms into closer, some on the left are ramping up their divi

brennan about some previous business that occurred during john brennan's time and not known that the security clearance is being revoked. >> that's right. it is surprising that is not a decision that's coordinated through the other agencies because there may be important things he's working on that are classified that he can't talk about it. he said when you have an ongoing crisis, many of the things he worked on may be relevant and you might want his advice later on. >> and in john brennan's op ed piece today and i can't wait for his interview tomorrow night with rachel, he seems to take another step forward in his statements about the president. this time saying of course there was collusion. we saw it. and then we saw the president do it publically by asking russians for help. and the question is now just a legal one. robert mueller's question is does the collusion that john brennan knows about and the special prosecutor knows about, does that meet the legal definitions of conspiracy and violations of law? >> that's right. i think this is a very important point. the collusion betw

to that, john brennan responded. as mr. trump's desperation to protect himself grows, he could turn words to actions. congress must warn trump of dire consequences. and then donald trump said lebron james was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, don lemon. he made lemon look smart, which is no easy to do -- which is not easy to do. i like mike. and john brennan responded to that on august 4. he said what responsible and right-thinking adult can point to donald trump as a role model for our youth? when he spews lies and polarizing hate speech against fellow americans, think of it as harmful impact on the young people and the way they talk and act to each other. a couple more examples. i want you to understand this feud. donald trump said while i know it's not presidential to take on omarosa and while i would rather not be doing so, this is a modern day form of communication, twitter, and i know the fake news media will make omarosa look legitimate. sorry. since then, tapes have come out. two days ago, john bren

john brennan, the cia was caught off guard. by this decision. should that be worrisome to the american people that the president making intelligence decisions of consequence without consulting the appointed advisers? >> jim, should be of great concern to americans but no surprise at this time. when he did his helsinki visit with putin, i mean, once again, dan coats said, quote, he said, what? they're catching the intelligence community off guard again and again and it is a shame because these are the people with decades of experience and understand how best to proceed. >> if this is, indeed, a threat to national security, to make a political, you might even say a petty decision like this, with consequences, as a co-equal branch of government, congress, must congress stand up now to check the president on this kind of behavior? >> yes. absolutely. i think that's the american people expect. they don't expect us to be vindictive or mean but expect a check and balance. and that when these are wrong or a step too far, we have to say enough. i hope --

brennan and john brennan doesn't respect the president. got that. the question for the nation is, can we draw on the experience of these predecessors who have these clearances to provide advice? i would argue john brennan has a voice in doing that. i think he ought to retain his clearance. >> by that explanation, and definition, does that mean that the president's actions are imposing a threat to national security ji n security? not being annal to give big picture perspective sump as the ones you reached out to your predecessors for and articulated earlier? is that a national security throat without having those voices? >> i believe it is. i'll add another thought. think how this entire controversy plays out and is observed from abroad, from beyond our shores where our allies, partners and friends and our opponents are looking at this kind of division and polarization and this extreme name-calling back and forth. that does us an extreme disservice internationally. i add that, alex in a national security concern to the one i voiced previous

let's dive right in and begin with john brennan. this is what he had to say earlier on msnbc with rachel maddow. >> i was very concerned and aware that the russians were trying to leverage u.s. citizens to achieve their objectives in the presidential election. >> while you were in office as cia director, before you left on inauguration day, did you conclude that u.s. persons were successfully leveraged in that effort? >> no. >> david: now, i'll go to you first, buck, if the question is asked if the concern was there and the answer was no, then why is john brennan going the way he does against the president? >> that's a question i don't think anyone could answer including john brennan if you push him enough. people are talking a lot here, david, about how it's unprecedented to pull a clearance in thisut way by a president, but what is also unprecedented is not just for a former intel chief but the most recent cia director, not to just be critical of the president but to be actively undermining the president, calling him a traitor, in

is john brennan calling for the president's demise? >> john brennan is saying crazy things. even james clapper says brennan is saying things he shouldn't say. he could bring any lawsuit he wants. i don't think he'll be successful by any stretch of the imagination. as i said, you go down that list be clapper, rice, comey, mccabe, yates, strzok, ohr. rice is an example. she said the cause of benghazi was a video. every single one of them deserves to lose it if they still have it. kennedy: i know people mad at the president for the way he delivers some of these questions. at times the delivery is distracting. but at the heart of it, i think there are, especially for fans of limited government, i think there are valid questions here. i also don't think it should be a political tool necessarily. if you get rid of these clearances across the board and someone needs to be read in and granted some sort of temporary clearance in order to help the transition team or answer a question where they have deep expertise. i think that's valid. but what of hillary clinton's claims that a lot

john brennan was just in responding to nicolle wallace. i know some of that blendinged into this hour, but let's go back and listen to part of it one more time. >> is this an effort to try to kow individuals both inside and outside of the government to make sure that they don't say anything that either is critical of mr. trump or with which he disagrees? i've seen this type of behavior and actions on the part of foreign tyrants and decembspots autocrats many, many years during my cia and national security career. i never, ever thought i would see it here in the united states. >> and here is what he tweeted. this action is part of a broader effort by mr. trump to suppress freedom of speech and punish critics. it should gravely worry all americans, including intelligence professionals, about the cost of speaking out. my principles are worth far more than clearances. i will not relent. he's talking about intelligence, ned, he's talking about freedom of speech. we should also note that the president has tried to threaten to revoke the tv licen

john brennan and his commentary again, there is a line there. he still has access to classified information as he has done in the past. he has exposed cia operatives on the ground and importantly there is a case to be made that you should not have access whether he is using it or not to prevent that from coming out. >> harris: one of the questions are we to generous with their terms inadvertent and accidentally, should there be a bright line on cutting people off when administrations change? >> sean: look, as someone who has had one for 20 years, i think that to maria's for bright want to call people back into government and what the cost tht their funds for people to get them, you want them to maintain. >> harris: can you reinstate? >> sean: it is active, secret clearance is active for a ten, top secret is active for five. if they do not get renewed, they go away. but the idea that you want to maintain them allows people who come in and out, or maybe they are contractors that gets pulled onto a classified project. you cannot wait. >> harris: we

john brennan was on the air a bit responding. let's have a listen as he explained his guess as to the president's motivations. >> i do believe mr. trump decided to take this action as he has done with others to try to intimidate and suppress any criticism of him and his administration, and revoking my security clearances is his way of trying to get back at me but i think i have tried to voice the concerns of millions of americans about mr. trump's failures in terms of fulfilling responsibilities of that sacred and solemn office of the presidency. and this is not going to deter me at all. i'm going to continue to speak out. >> sara murray, did the president buy not only revoking clearance but the others the white house says may be next, is this an enemy's list? >> it is hard to see it as anything but retribution in the case of brennan and warning shot to everyone else on the list. it was really telling that sarah sanders was at the podium and asked to give specific examples, if you make a move like this, something that others in t

that includes the intelligence officials like john brennan. when you see this, how does robert mueller use this? what argument does he make with it? does he make an argument with it? >> seems to me that the argument is unmistakable. it doesn't require a very high powered office. even as high powered as robert mueller's in order to see it. it's there in plain view. the president is targeting individuals who have done nothing wrong. they have violated no conditions of their security. as two decades of past cia directors and republicans along with democrats have said in their extraordinary letter, this is an abuse of the president's power. it's an abuse of his power, the power he ordinarily would have because of improper motive, as chuck says. it's not that we have to psychoanalyze him. the motive is one that is there in plain view. just as he said right after firing comey, that he had russia on the mind, russia is what it's all about. when he says that mueller is conflicted, there is no collusion. the guy who is conflicted is trump. he is not in

let's be clear about what john brennan's role was in the spygate debacle. this guy should be under federal investigation if he isn't already. he briefed harry reid and the gang of 8. he briefed harry reid at the end of august. harry reid goes and writes a letter to the fbi. information in that letter was only in the dossier. was john brennan the cia director not supposed to be spying on innocent citizens? was he the purveyor of this fake dossier? judge jeanine: what about the fact brennan lied before senate intel. if only for that he should be charged with perjury. >> then there is a process to get rid of his security clearance whiched president did not employ. he chose to do it for spite. judge jeanine: how do you know that? >> john brennan is a man who oversaw the mission that killed bin laden. and he served for 50 years. the president who has five deferments from vietnam should not be pulling his security clearance. judge jeanine: you can read about this in terms of the swamp, this guy is pond scum. i describe him in the book if you want to know about hi

somehow john t brennan has a rit to the classified information. how could you make that argument without turning redth with sham? >> if you read his column in "the new york times" ," it's faintly creepy. at one point, he actually says i thisto make sure i get right that a variety of politicians, political parties, media outlets, think tanks and influencers -- that means you, your an influencer you are readily manipulated by russian intelligence. you don't even know you are being manipulated by russian intelligence but the fact that you are ejecting to john brennan telling you you are being manipulated by russian intelligence is the clearest proof that you are being manipulated by russian intelligence. this is all this guy has got. this is why, if he wants to be this idiotic in public, if he wants to be just another obscure msnbc pundit, he should do it without a security clearance. one other thing, when they say this is the action of dictatorships, you can say a lot of things about dictatorships but one of the things you can sayng with certainty i

the first interview with john brennan since his security clearance triggered strong reaction. >> he's drunk on power. he is. and i think he's abusing the powers of that office. >> he is using john brennan as a target. >> security clearances are something that's very, very solemn and sacred, and they never, ever should be used for political purposes. >> to take away the clearance, it's just punishment. >> i think right now this country is in a crisis in terms of what mr. trump has done and is liable to do. >> coming up, why more security clearances may get revoked when it's politically convenient for president trump. plus the manafort trial, why the judge says the jurors are scared as the deliberations are dragging on. >>> and turning against trump. why a key group of voters who helped propel him to the presidency may abandon him in the midterms. let's get to what's happening right now. >>> we begin with the new reaction from the intelligence community speaking out against the president for revoking the security clearance of former cia director john brennan and threatening toun over ru

john, john brennan and others in their criticisms of the president are not yousing any r intelligence, they're not using classified information. what's the net effect of taking clearances away from these people? >> well, i think if you are in any way timid about expressing your personal views, the message that goes out is be careful what you say if you have a clearance and if you're worried about having it revoked. i don't think it's stretching a point too far to say that if you look inside the intelligence community, one of its duties, of course, is to speak the truth, regardless of the consequences. that sometimes involves saying things that the listener doesn't want to hear. i'm sure that's what happened to president trump a number of times. i don't think the intelligence community will shrink from that duty, but it does throw a kind of bucket of ice, if you will, onto people who have that job to think that delivering unpleasant news is not something that this particular president relishes. and i've worked for a lot of presidents. and frankly, they don't like hearing bad news, but

john brennan was that guy. john brennan, tucker, tweeting today about his principle -- i i thought it was a joke. i have to check for the blue check mark. john brennan has no principles. this is a disgraceful human being who nearly destroyed the reputation of the intelligence community. tucker, on august 25th and 2016, john brennan himself -- this is a fact, public record. he briefed harry reid up on the hill about elements in the dossier that then made it into a letter from harry reid to the fbi that was used as a predicate to spy on the trump team. we are supposed to trust this guy? this guy should get off twitter and hire a lawyer. >> tucker: i thought we were supposed to be impressed by him. i thought the heads of our intel agencies are so visited and intelligent. o everything i've read by -- it's banal, cliche, pompous, stupid. doesn't seem like an impressive person. how did he run the most powerful intel agency in the world? >> i'm not sure. when i worked in the white house, i remember crossing paths with

this really isn't at the end of the day about john brennan. this is actually about an abuse of power. the president wanted to show that he had power against a political opponent or a dissent and he used political power against that person and it's not really about john brennan and that's why so many of them came together. >> another way to look at it, though, and eli, i read your piece, to the point that listening to the president earlier saying this is getting a tremendous response. doesn't this -- isn't this what the president wants? does this fuel him? you know, he wants to have enemies? >> well, i think the president would not like it if his -- the face of his -- the resistance against him was someone like admiral mccraven, but someone like john brennan is an ideal foil for president trump. not only does john brennan have a long history and he's divisive among democrats particularly with progressives because of the black side program and the drone strikes, you know, john brennan has been probably the shrillest voice of all the officials. h

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we are talking about john brennan. how does america benefit by john brennan having a security clearance? i am completely confused. >> if the sitting cia director wants to confer with him: what led you to investigate the russians going to trump tower? what was behind your thinking and the information that led you to him. >> tucker: whoa, whoa. you don't need a security clearance? >> yes, he did. >> tucker: that's not true. he doesn't need a security clearance to answer questions before the government. people speak all the time to government without security clearances. i don't understand. john brennan can answer any question he chooses to answer. he doesn't need a clearance. the truth is: this is insane! there is no scenario that you could create where we need to give john brennan a security clearance. that's a privilege. it's a tradition we have. it may or may not be justifiable but it's not his right. he works as a contributor on a cable news channel like you and me. we don't deserve security clearances, do we? >> no.

let me read you john brennan said about it. it is astounding how often you fail to stand up to decency,. >> i will not come on at 4:58 in memphis any more, john. there subpoena a fair debate about people like me in government to come in, not only what we saw, but to be critical of the current government. some of my peers that left the service don't like what we do. there is a different question. if somebody in government doesn't like what i say, is it appropriate for that person in government to use their power to retaliate against me. this is a president, this is about articulation. is it okay to muzzle people who are critics. >> is it appropriate to muzzle people, phil? >> you can't muzzle people, that's not what duo in america, but i'm a suicicitizen. >> we should also point out what informs that statement, that was apparently ready to go on july 26th. one of the things pointed out from the president is that this decision, because there was a belief that john brennan was sewing adversaries, he will say look, you know what it

but john brennan, let's talk about john brennan. this is a guy who has had erratic behavior. he accused the president of treason, but more than that in 2014 he lied to congress about investigating congressional staffers. it's been proven that he was wrong. that's enough cause. if, again, if the president continues to do it, that's an issue. on john brennan there's enough justification on this one that it's really tough. kristin: but it's not just john brennan, right? it's -- president trump has put out a list of -- >> but that's the only one he has currently, the only one he's currently revoked. kristin: right. but "the washington post" is now reporting that the white house has draft canned documents for the revoking of security clearances for all of the other people on that list and that they're just waiting for the right time, the right unfortunate news cycle to get that out. fox news has not confirmed that. but, amanda, what do you make of that washington post report that they have these drafts all lined up ready to go? >> that's the president's m.o., when there's a news c

let's face it, nobody was going to be consulted with john brennan. he didn't need access to any classified information. i have no problem with the president pulled his clearance. >> chris: as i just discussed with admiral mullen, we are not just talking about john brennan. there are nine other people on the list that sarah huckabee sanders read in the white house briefing room. ten people in all, including john brennan and the one thing they all have in common is to varying degrees they all have been critics of this president. here's what senator mark warner, the toptelligence committee hado say about this. >> these people will be pulled out to have either their clearances revoked or the process of being revoked.anne wo criticize this president. >> chris: and compared it, as admiral mullen did, to an enemies list. if you want to clean this up, why not reformat and take away all the security clearances of all former officials? why go after your political critics? >> senator johnson: first of all i don't want to see this become routine. i don't want to

>>> the white house undeterred by criticism for stripping john brennan's security clearance. others could lose their in coming days. >>> the president's military parade will have to wait until 2019. pentagon delaying the parade as the cost reportedly soars. ♪ yes, i did ♪ forever >> and the world is paying tribute to a musical icon. aretha franklin remembered for voice, spirit and soul. ♪ to live without you ♪ only heartbreak for me >> inspiring way to start the morning. good morning. i'm ryan nobles. >> i can't get enough of it. her voice. i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. >>> let's start with politics. president trump is not done using security clearances. officials confirms the white house is considering stripping more clearances in the coming days despite the furor over the retaliation against john brennan. several colleagues are rallying behind him now. several issued a new statement. among them, six former cia chiefs. including all five from 1997 until brennan came in. >> they write, quote, the president's actions regarding john brennan and thre

after revoking the clearance of john brennan. mollie tibbetts vanished after going for a job in the brooklyn, iowa area. the website has already generated 200 new leads. i'm robert gray. now back to the judge. judge jeanine: barack obama ex-cia chief trashing the president. >> the fact that he's using a security clearance of a former cia director as a pawn in his public relations strategy i think is just so reflective of somebody who quite frankly i don't want to use this term. but he's drunk on power. he really is. and i think he's abusing the powers of that office. judge jeanine: does that guy live in crazyville? here with more, the author of "spy gate." dan bongino and chris hahn. chris, let's make one thing clear. you don't have a right to have a security clearance nor are you entitled to leave with a security clearance. the president has an obligation to make sure he protects classified information. so to me it seems that security clearance should be granted to further the national interests. so i get the sense that you woul

ohr and john brennan. if brennan is to be faulted for anything, i don't think it is engendering a conspiracy against trump but failing to advocate a tough, firm, active policy against russian measures to sbhir fear why our elections. the obama administration depended on stern words from president obama to vladimir putin to keep this from happening and it didn't work. and brennan is part of the leadership that should have been saying mr. president, we need to take active measures and need to highlight this and talk about it and need to make the russians pay a price for this now and not later. >> bill: one more point. rand paul insists that if you are running the c.i.a. and you are john brennan and you don't know who paid for the dossier what's the answer? are you lying? why would you not have that answer? if that's a critical part of this investigation at the outset. >> at minimum it's sloppy work. i suspect that's where it is. he gets the dossier fed to him by the f.b.i. he doesn't ask how did you get this

but i think john brennan is within reason to have made that conclusion. people can also look at the trump tower meeting and reasonably conclude that was collusion. >> collusion is different than treason. >> yes, it absolutely is. and by the way, donald trump today tweeted that there's no crime as collusion. that's true. it's just called conspiracy in legal terms. but yes, treason is a strong word. i agree with that. >> all right. as you know, the weekend reporting that the white house counsel don mcgahn has been cooperating extensively with robert mueller's russia probe. the president says he encouraged that kind of cooperation, but it's unclear what mcgahn said. is this mcgahn trying to protect himself legally down the road? he's the white house counsel. he's not the president's personal attorney. >> there was one thing don mcgahn had to do before he could take office. he had to take an oath. that was not an oath to donald trump or to any political party. it was an oath to the u.s. constitution. ultimately, don mcgahn's client is the constitution and the

john brennan is a patriots. and we have the president in the oval office who is being investigated for potentially conspiring with russia. that is the real story here. and what trump wants is it to be he said, she said. no, there is one person and one group of people who are under investigation for potentially undermining our democracy and it is not john brennan. >> thanks for joining me twice today. still ahead, the news the white house would want everyone not to talk about. omarosa reeking havoc. right after this. >> tech: at safelite autoglass, we really pride ourselves on making it easy for you to get your windshield fixed. >> teacher: let's turn in your science papers. >> tech vo: this teacher always puts her students first. >> student: i did mine on volcanoes. >> teacher: you did?! oh, i can't wait to read it. >> tech vo: so when she had auto glass damage... she chose safelite. with safelite, she could see exactly when we'd be there. >> teacher: you must be pascal. >> tech: yes ma'am. >> tech vo: saving he

i hope john brennan, the worse c.i.a. director in our country's history brings a lawsuit and easy to get all his emails and text messages and documents to show how he was involved with the mueller rigged witch hunt. he won't sue responding to john brennan suggesting he would take legal action. he further wrote everybody wants to keep their security clearance. it is worth press dij and big dollars and why people are coming forward to protect brennan. not because of the good job he did. he is a political hack wrote the president. >> he is certainly political. my friend and colleague eli lake was on "fox & friends" this morning talked about how the president wants to elevate john brennan as a foil. he is saying i won't you to speak and be out there. democrats and progressives should perform an audit why the president would think he is an advantageous position. his conduct as c.i.a. director is a little checkered. he ordered surveillance on members of congress and they're loath to defend their sort of behavior. clearly the pr

john brennan. rachel: that's right. he removed his security clearance and, let me tell you, he is very angry about what bruce ohr has been doing with his wife and. ed: nellie ohr over at fusion gps. rachel: which of course we know started the dirty dossier and the way they decided to spy on trump. here's what donald trump had to say about that. >> i think bruce ohr is a disgrace. i suspect i will be taking it away very quickly. i think bruce ohr is a disgrace with his wife nellie for him to be in the justice department and to be doing what he did, that is a disgrace. when you look at accurately and you look at problems, take a look at what they did, including colluding with the russians, the other side u. todd: it's not just bruce ohr security clearance on the chopping block. a whole lot of other individuals who, let's face it, have been extremely critical of president trump are on the list u let's put up the list for you now some of the names you have been hearing for months, comey, mccabe. have y

part of that plot involved a conspiracy with bruce ohr, steele, sally yates, john brennan john brennan, james comey, peter strzok, and other senior fbi and doj officials who determined that they were going to destroy a president after he was duly elected. it is absolutely essential that notwithstanding anything that robert mueller is doing that the attorney general and the deputyr attorney general ensure that there is a federal grand jury to investigate all of the things surrounding ohr and steele andth yates and everybody else. this is so obvious. a junior lawyer and any prosecutor's office would want this case and would run with it, and if the attorney general and the deputy attorney general don't do it, the president should fire them! >> sean: if hillary rodham russianpays for these lies, pam bondi, and fusion gps and brennan, the cia director of the time, and christopher steele, for national, you know it's not true, because we know under oath he said, i don't know if it's true, 50/50, its raw intelligence, they are paddling most of the american people in the lead up to the election

he talks about john brennan. he talks about bruce orr. he talks about maybe revoking other clearances. all about who was there, who he blames for the beginning of the russia meddling investigation. then he gets into bob mueller, james comey, another one of the people on that list, if you will, and connects it all. again, i want to get to the security clearance issue, but when you listen to the president on the issue of the special counsel, i've never heard him more plainly give a hint that i'm done, don't think i'm going to answer questions, mr. mueller. >> yeah, i think it's become pretty clear that the president and his lawyers want to force mueller and his team to take this all the way to the supreme court. that's both a legal strategy and i think a pr strategy. i think they think it would look bad for mueller to take this to the supreme court to subpoena the president. they think that mueller would come out looking like he's flexing his muscles and pushing this case to the utmost. >> of course, it depends on the facts in the end, but

john brennan turned into a tv commentator giving his own opinion. he is trying to persuade the people of the country of his opinions. it's not right. security clearance is a privilege and now, you've lost it. president trump should have tipped him upside down and spanked him to give him something to cry about. carolina,bash, north democratic line. caller: good morning. i have only one thing to say about all this. i think it's time to invoke four oftwo, section the constitution, disqualification of the entire administration. that's all i have to say. i want people to learn about the disqualification, there is such a thing in the constitution. the only way to drain the swamp is to use article two, section four of the constitution. host: literally calling from orlando, florida on the callingent line -- lily from orlando, florida on the independent line. caller: former cia director brennan should have remained .ith his security clearance these men and women served their country. in the case of brennan, he served it for 30 years plus, they deserve to hav

john brennan is a patriots. and we have the president in the oval office who is being investigated for potentially conspiring with russia. that is the real story here. and what trump wants is it to be he said, she said. no, there is one person and one group of people who are under investigation for potentially undermining our democracy and it is not john brennan. >> thanks for joining me twice today. still ahead, the news the white house would want everyone not to talk about. omarosa reeking havoc. right after this. this wi-fi is fast. i know! i know! i know! i know! when did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room. he's only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40's. >>> i get so upset when i hear mr. trump denigrate the work of national security and intelligence professionals when i know they have a very, very challenging job and juggl

jeff, i know you know john brennan. you worked with him. the fact is he is not on a board and a lot of these people signing this letter. i'll go through some of it, some of the new additional names, have nothing to do with boards. nothing to do with making money off of maintaining their clearances. and everything to do with public service. >> i think that's true. it's certainly true that countless number of former government officials do retain their clearances because they are working in private industry. they are helping design weapons systems. helping develop encryption. all kinds of things that support the government's national security efforts. and that's vital to continue, but the bigger issue is the one of using -- abusing the president's power to silence his critics. and i think that's why we're all signing on. we love this country. we signed up to serve. i've got 25 years of government service. this is not something that we served -- we agreed to serve. it's not why so many people died on battlefields around the world. we have a de

president trump heading back after john brennan threatened to sue. let's go "outnumbered overtime," i'm harris faulkner. the white house reportedly drafting more security cancellations today just days after president trump revoked former cia director john brennan's access to classified information and threatened doj official bruce ohr. brennan says he is now considering taking a president to court. >> my clearances in my reputation as i'm being pulled through the mud now, if that's the price we are going to pay to prevent donald trump from doing this against other people, to me it's a small price to pay. so i'm going to do whatever i can personally tory

next thing you know, he could say i want a review of john brennan's taxes. i want a review of whether or not he is working for the russians, let's put him under surveillance. they have never really been abused before in this way. this is not a slippery slope. we're down the slope now. anyone with a top secret security clearance or higher can be intimidated into speaking the way the president wants because he want its done. >> so danny, brennan -- rather the president told the wall street journal that brennan is on the hit list, if you will, because they are responsible for the russian probe which he calls the rigged witch hunt. >> potentially, if they're construed as another form of obstruction of justice, then yes. the corrupt intent behind security clearances is to protect the self. that is the kind of thing that makes the difference between a perfectly valid executive action, taken for a proper purpose, and an improper one taken for what the law calls a corrupt purpose. >> danny, how hard is that to prove? >> to prove intenth, you have two different -- >>

john brennan threatening to take him to court. but we begin with president trump lashing out with a series of tweet this is morning, insisting he has nothing to hide in the russia probe. didn't mcgahn met with special counsel robert mueller. he has clocked over 30 hours of interviews over the past nine months. and rudy giuliani today is offering more delay tactics in the president's sit down with rocket mueller. here's what he told my colleague chuck todd, listen >> when you tell me that he's going to testify to the truth, and that's silly because it's somebody's version of the truth, not the truth. >> truth is truth. >> no, truth isn't truth. >> former fbi director dpired back at giuliani's truth statement. writing on twitter truth exists and truth matters. truth has always been the touch stone of our country's justice system and political life. people who lie are held accountable. if we are untethered to truth, the truth based on the rule of all degenerates. >> petthanks all for being here. jef jeff, first to you, we learn some

chief john brennan from the privileges. the main stream media is apoplectic and outraged claiming that brennan's freedom of rights are infringed. we will help them understand the difference between constitutional right and governmental privilege. plus we will walk you through the deep dive of every high-ranking former or current official. they all should have the security clearances revoked. we will give you names and the reason why. stay tune for another shining example of the let's ever increasing trump derangement indrome. we -- syndrome. and update of paul manafort trial of the century as jury deliberation is entering day two. jury asked the judge, well, they want more of a definition of what is "reasonable doubt." they want it defined. sit tight and buckle up. we begin with tonight's breaking news opening monologue. again tonight, sara carter unearthed one of the most revealing pieces of information in the ongoing saga between bruce ohr and christopher steele. for two weeks we have been showing you dozen of communicati

do i think john brennan is a security risk? no, i do not. i would prefer to have seen him be much more careful and do other directors have done. this is something the president told "the wall street journal." bring in a cia chief is one who presented an evidence of russia's interference in the election. do you think this move was petty by the president? >> i think you can make an argument that it was in reaction to the things that john brennan has said. the interpretation could be that it was a long time coming and he gave them enough. that's all speculation. they get lost in these back-and-forth about these two have been fading. it's definitely bizarre. it diminishes both the position of the director of the agency in the position of the president. i prefer it not be played out like this in the public. at the same time as john brennan he doesn't have a right to a security clearance. that's a bigger picture rather than this particular individual. it's the process of the clearances. and the administration over the years as a courtesy has allow

my guests, the man at the center of the controversy, john brennan. plus, late word that president trump's white house counsel don mcgahn has been cooperating extensively with robert mueller's russia investigation. one prosecutor calls this like having keys to the kingdom. i'll talk to president trump's current lawyer rudy giuliani. joining me for insight and analysis are "washington post" columnist eugene robinson, nbc news political reporter carole lee, hugh hewitt, host on the salem radio network, and yamiche alcindor white house correspondent for the pbs news hour. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. no ordinary august. we have a big show. john brennan and rudy giuliani. we are going to get to both of them in a moment. it was almost a half century ago we learned of president richard nixon's enemy list, people like daniel shore, congressman john conyers, even actor paul newman. it grew o

the fact that president trump revoked the security clearance of john brennan. i asked him if it's appropriate for him to punish his critics. i asked that question a number of times to make sure he could, in fact, hear me. he didn't take the bait. he didn't answer. i tried on another headline we've been following this week which is of course omarosa, some of the things she has been saying. the fact that she contends that there is tape of president trump using the "n" word during his days on "the apprentice." i asked him point blank if he's ever used that racial slur and he didn't answer that, andrea. >> there is reports -- we have reporting from -- including the incoming new president, inaugurated in december, that they are close to a deal, in fact, there are a couple of problems that are still in play but they may get that renegotiation of nafta. in terms of this event today, do you think this was part of an effort, an ongoing effort, to get us off of the omarosa story? of course, the effort yesterday with the brennan security clearance kind of backfired when t