captioning sponsored by cbs >> brennan: it's sunday august 19 i'm margaret brennan this is "face the nation." fighting a wave of negative publicity sparked by the release of a tell-all book along with embarrassing secret audio recordings, president trump tried to change the subject. he revoked a security clearance of one of his harshest critic, cia chief john brennan he threatened to do the same with another nine national security officials he either disagrees with or fires. among the dozens of former intelligence officials who swiftly condemned his fm him. our cbs news battleground tracker shows a race for control of the house could be shifting. we'll take a look at the critical role of female voters and the record breaking number of women running for office. two democrats, kirsten gillibrand and jennifer wexton joins us. kristi noem joins us with the republican perspective, first female governor? it's all coming up on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." the president's efforts to silence his c notdiemrom tore speech. fr ciaec for, former director of na

captioning sponsored by cbs >> brennan: i'm margaret brennan this is "face the nation." a year after charlottesville what is the state of race relations in america. this year virginia officials are taking no chances and have declared a state of emergency. in an attempt to head off a repeat of last year when violence sparked by rallies led by so-called alt-right groups, killed one counter protester, heather heyer, and led to the death of two state troopers. charlottesville officials have denied all permits to stage an anniversary protest. organizer and his group are taking their rally this year to the front gates of the white house. president trump is also taking the offensive this year condemning all types of racism and violence in a tweet. last year his response sparked outrage in a national debate. >> you have some very good people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. >> but those remarks and images of white nationalists carrying torchs on the lawn at the university of virginia won't easily be forgotten. today we'll take a l

the president's defenders attacking john brennan with brennan attacking the president. today just a short time ago, reporters asked the president's spokesperson, sarah sanders, whether he is trying to silence his enemies. >> there were others that weren't, that we deemed necessarily and would you take a look and review them as well. >> shepard: among those she mentioned the clearance of other former senior officials and others are now under review. the names she listed, the former director of national intelligence, james clapper, the former fbi director, james comey, general michael hayden, sally yates and the obama national security adviser, susan rice, the former fbi director, andrew mccabe and the former fbi agent, peter strzok along with his one-time lover and former fbi lawyer, lisa page. each and every one mentioned by sarah sanders a critic of the president. so what is the big picture here. with news breaking now, let's go to caitlin owens, a reporter for axios who jumps in to speak on this at the last minute without any prior notice. we didn't know this was comi

brennan writes "mr. trump 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 and silence others who might dare to challenge him." in the white house briefing room yesterday a statement read by sarah sanders asserted brennan

[music] . >> brennan: we are back now with our panel. seung min kim i want to ask you the president has been out on the campaign trail three times this week, ohio last night ahead of the special election, we also learned that former president obama is going to be hitting the campaign trail soon, and his rs be going head-to-head >> it will be interesting to see if that happens and where they can be the most influential. one could be the george governor's race where we've seen stacy abrams as one of the 80 candidates that the former president put his muscle behind when he made his endorsements over the week but president trump also put his political power behind republican candidate there, remembering that primary and looked as if the more, the perceived more mainstream candidate casey. but president trump weighed in with the tweet. and to can be an interesting occurring all the dynamics and georgia where the two presidents could go head-to-head. but the president's political power and how much he matters is really going to be on display a

and trump. . >> brennan: i hear you and the message from the podium was very clear. which is why the question is why is the red not drawing the more clear distinction to what you just drew which was the difference between his election and the validity of it and questions around it and facts as presented by the national security team. ? the national security advisor today said russia was the principal violator in 2016 and their activity now puts them in the lead. not north korea, not china. >> he was making point about the cyber war fare across the world but in terms of meddling, there's no question. director ray, secretary nielson be director coats and they work for the president who asked them to go and share with everyone what he had heard unclassified the friday before. i was there. i went to repeat that and saw last night in ohio you talk it was them talking about russian meddling and when he talks about the hoax, he's talking about the fantasy that somehow the campaign that i successfully managed for your the successful part of the campaign was in co hoots. not

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

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

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

nobody is stopping brennan from speaking. he has a big mouth, he will never shut up, he'll go on tv and be the kook that he is. the idea that he has a right to access to information because he served in the obama administration in the cia it is a preposterous argument but of course the aclu will take up the case because they take up a lot of stupid cases. that's number one. number two, who else is the president looking at? comey and people who are keeping score, comey is a republican. how many times have people told the media, mueller is a republican, comey is a republican, and they question the president! okay, you got a republican. by the way, for the media, most of the people that the president is looking at are white. i know that's very important to you. fired at the recommendation of withe absconded government documents when he left. his security clearance should be pulled. andrew mccabe is under criminal investigation, the number two from the fbi. never before in history, media, his security clearance should be pulled!

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

captioning sponsored by cbs >> brennan: i'm margaret brennan this is "face the nation." american loses a towering figure in politics. republican war here hoe john mccain dies after 13 month a little been brain cancer. as the 81-year-old decorated vietnam veteran, two time pat tall and maverick politics left his arizona ranch for the last time condolences poured in. some lives ever so vivid it is difficult to iman in them ended george w. bush, wrote from president obama, few of us have been tested john once was or required to show the kind of tournament that he d. we'll hear remember answer from mccain's friends. jeff flake and dick durbin. mccape set a record op our broadcast with 11 appearance on "face the nation." >> i'm sorry, thank you. >> i have more to say. >> our bob schieffer hand john dickerson reflects on a political giant. john kerry who once considered john mccape to be a candidate. stories from some of the journalists who knew him next on "face the nation." color clear good morning, welcome to "face the nation." there has been an outpouring of emotion follow

i think the president is scared of brennan because of what brennan knows about the russian investigation. he trying to shut this thing down, period. >> juliette, brennan described this pulling of security clearance, you know, as an egregious act. he described the president as being drunk on power. in your view, how perilous does this make this situation for the intelligence community, that the president would do this? and threaten to do it more. >> senior leaders, you might have thought, this is really bad. this pushback that you are seeing from people like bill gates, who don't get into the political scrum, as well as the former agents, i think suggests that the president sort of did something without thinking through the consequences, which we have seen before. i have to say, you can't look at what the president did to john brennan outside the context of the omarosa tapes. in other words, the press release that was sent out about brennan was dated a month ago. this is being used to distract from a lot of bad media about the white house. the fact that sarah sanders and others are the on

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

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. >> 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. >> now, i'll go to you first, buck. if the question is asked if the concern was there and the answer is no, then why is john brennan going the way he does against the president? >> that's a question that i don't think anybody can 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 this way by a president. but it's unprecedented that the most recent cia director not to just be critical of the president but actively undermining the president. calling him a traitor, in fact. this man is the commander in chief. it's to the point where you could say it's undermining institutions, to borrow from one of the common democrat lines. i see thi

specifically former cia director a john brennan. the reason? brennan quote leveraged his status to make a series of unfounded and outrageous ol g s allegations including wild outbursts on the internet. yes. yes. i would say that is the pot calling the kettle black. but there may be tapes of it calling the kettle something much worse. >>> the sanctions are back. now people are starting to feel the bite in iran. cnn is live in tehran next. does your business internet provider promise a lot? let's see who delivers more. comcast business gives you gig-speed in more places. the others don't. we offer up to 6 hours of 4g wireless network backup. everyone else, no way. we let calls from any of your devices come from your business number. them, not so much. we let you keep an eye on your business from anywhere. the others? nope! for a limited time, when you get fast, reliable internet, you can add voice for just $24.95 more per month. call or go online today. call or go on line today. >>> the trump administration renewed sanctions on iran kicked in. no

how do we determine whether what brennan said violated the oath? if you're coats you've got did look back and say, well, if this is happening, if we weren't even consulted on whether classified information was revealed, what's my role? what message do i send in the workforce if i don't do anything? i don't think coats should have resigned about not knowing what happened in helsinki. this one is closer to home. i think a lot of people in my old life are saying, what are you going to do? >> why is this president lashing out so much, going after omarosa, brennan, news media, nfl -- what is he worried about? we'll discuss right after this. the new sleep number 360 smart bed, from $999... intelligently senses your movement and automatically adjusts on each side to keep you both comfortable. and snoring? how smart is that? smarter sleep. to help you lose your dad bod, train for that marathon, and wake up with the patience of a saint. and now, save up to $500 on select sleep number 360 smart beds. plus, no interest until january 2021. ends wednesday. intr

brennan are posed by his risk. he has leveraged his status with access to highly sensitive information to make a series of outrageous allegations. but then last night in an impromptu interview, the president contradicted his statement. "the wall street journal" says the president revoking john brennan's security clearance and publically considering revoking other security clearances is based entirely on john brennan's involvement in the beginnings of the investigation of the russian attack on the american electoral process. the president said, quote, i call it the rigged witch hunt. it is a sham, mr. trump said in that interview. and these people led it. he asked, so i think it is something that had to be done. john brennan says that he believes the president's increasingly eradic behavior, including the revocation of his security clearance is because robert mueller's investigation is closing in on the president and people close to the president. mr. trump clearly has become more desperate to protect himself and th

brennan in the cia for 25 years. is this consequential for the intelligence community, for them, to lose this eligibility for access? >> well, certainly it is because, jim, when you think about it, what if the current cia director wants to call john brennan saying, hey, you were dealing with an issue while you were cia director and i need to talk to you about this. it's a classified matter. secret matter. he now cannot talk to her about that matter. and the case of the former dni director james clapper, he said on our air around 3:00 that he has talked to former white house officials. this now does not essentially allow these people in the case of the former cia director john brennan to have the classified secret conversations with current officials. they may want to bring him in for expertise on any number of issues and that's where the consequence could be in terms of a national security level, certainly in the current administration. >> you know what john brennan in charge of by the way? the point man on bin laden

james comey and brennan. where were they when brennan lied and lied some more when he denied the cia spied on the senate select intelligence committee. where were they when the senate abdicated its oversight of the agency and allowed president obama to politicize the cia and the justice department and the fbi and the irs and the list goes on. brennan's cia spying on the senate intelligence committee, lying to the very committee that has oversight responsibilities of the cia should concern and shock and anger every american. shame on those 70 spy masters. and yes your little letter. you do yourselves a disservice in ignoring brennan's history and you do the nation a disservice for not standing up for the president and the constitution. and not requiring congressional overnight of those officials. the president is the true patriot in all of this. i hope he'll end the wrong-headed practice of allowing clearances of political appointees. lift those clearances and this swamp will be draining a lot faster. our quot

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

but when it comes to john brennan, the president very frustrated by the way in a brennan has in a systemic way criticized the president on policy issues on the way he has conducted position in office, and his temperament and capacity to be president. very personal in that sense avey broad criticism from john brennan. so the president tweets has anyone looked at the mistakes that john brennan made while serving as cia director? he will go down as the worst in history and and he has become, and this is the heart of the most recent criticism, he has become nothing less in an a loud mouth partisan political hack who cannot be trusted with the secrets to our country phenomen. so to suggest that because brennan is a critic he is somehow not able to contain what he no hes about national security, sort of embedded in that tweet, but the broadest part of what the president is saying is really about the political criticism that john brennan has leveled for a considerable amount of time. he is an analyst here at msnbc and has been an outspoken critic. he served both democrats and republicans during h

>> yeah, he's right, but this goes beyond brennan. the talk of them revoking other great figures, patriot i call them. bob gates and panetta. names you hear and can't believe. these are patriots with a lot to offer people who are currently serving in intentilligence in o country. we have to know where we've been to know where we are going. and by revoking the clearances, of all these people who could guide current officials, this is no good for america. so the base at some point for being the patriots that they are and sort of thumping that book of we need to be safe. we need to be secure and defense comes first, what are they going to make of this as it continues on trump slowly but surely makes it clear he doesn't like these people because they criticize him. this is no good. i think we're in a moment where we don't know how this is going to fully play out. it's just a sad -- it's a very sad day in america when we see the mccarthy era tactics come to the surface. i never thought i'd see the day in 2018. >> you're echoing the thought

brennan has tainted the waters. now people will have to take a more serious look at being more definitive than that simple statement of acting as if you were still employed by the c.i.a. >> sandra: good to see you this morning. thank you, governor. >> eric: we're learning more about the service member killed during a helicopter crash overnight in iraq. we're live at the pentagon with more on that. plus this. >> oh, oh. >> sandra: unbelievable scene there. a horrible crash at an indycar race. more on that driver's condition. >> sandra: an indycar driver miraculously survived a horrific crash in pennsylvania. >> canada's -- >> it will be tight. oh my, oh, >> that's robert wiggins. >> sandra: car was sent airborne leaving the 29-year-old canadian driver with injuries to his lower extremities. his right arm and spine. doctors say he will probably need surgery but he is expected to recover. hard to believe after seeing that again. >> eric: thank goodness for that. back in washington congress facing a big showdown over fo

brennan are posed by his risk. he has leveraged his status with access to highly sensitive information to make a series of outrageous allegations. but then last night in an impromi impromptu interview, the president contradicted his statement. "the wall street journal" says the president revoking john brennan's security clearance and publically considering revoking other security clearances is based entirely on john brennan's involvement in the beginnings of the investigation of the russian attack on the american electoral process. the president said, quote, i call it the rigged witch hunt. it is a sham, mr. trump said in that interview. and these people led it. he asked, so i think it is something that had to be done. john brennan says that he believes the president's increasingly eradic behavior, including the revocation of his security clearance is because robert mueller's investigation is closing in on the president and people close to the president. mr. trump clearly has become more desperate to protect himsel

john brennan is a muslim. he was in charge of the headquarters when he -- in riyadh when he converted. infotook down alex jones' wars. that was totally wrong, so there is more fake news. still up and running. there was a radio station they shut down in texas. host: it was the pirate radio it is known as if i remember correctly. caller: it doesn't have anything to do with alex jones. that is fake news, pedro. host: from arkansas, william, republican line. caller: how is it going, pedro? host: i am doing ok, go ahead. yorkr: the guy from new and the chicago thing and he was talking about the black lives matter's and black on black crime and first and foremost, there is no such thing as black on black crime. in america, crime is interracial. white people are more likely to commit violent crimes against whites. blacks are more likely to commit murder against blacks, but violent crimes, there is no such thing as black on black crime because crime is interracial. as far as lack lives matter, they only have -- black

the other thing is john brennan, i'll say one thing and i know we'll get into other aspects of the brennan interview. it's not -- the president has the right to cancel these security clearances, but he doesn't necessarily have the right to do it for the wrong reasons. there are thousands of people in washington that have security clearances. it cannot be the case that the only ones who deserve to have theirs scrutinized and taken away are vocal public opponents of donald j. trump. so if you do something you have a legal right to do, but if you do it for vindictive reasons, political reasons, you know, that may not fly. >> i think john brennan conceded the conspiracy is off the table. rudy seized on that. when he does this, he just wants to talk to chuck todd about the fact that john brennan just took conspiracy off the table. yesterday richard burr, the chairman of the intelligence committee, he has worked well are warner, said there is no factual basis for conspiracy or collusion that has yet been introduced to his committee. and the news in that interview with rudy is we are not going to

brennan was among officials who presented evidence to mr. trump who interfered in the 2016 election. president said he was following through on his threat. he was among the officials who presented evidence to mr. trump before the inauguration that russia interfered in the 2016 election. speaking to the journal, the president drew a direct connection with brennan and the russia probe. he said i call it a rigged witch hunt. it is a sham. he added, so i think it is something that had to be done. hours earlier, press secretary sarah sanders said he lost this clearance because of wild outbursts on television. >> mr. brennan's lying and recent conduct characterized by commentary is consistent with the access to the nation's closely held secrets. >> how can we not interpret that as getting back? >> the president has a constitutional responsibility to protect classified information and who has access. >> brennan says americans should be worried about efforts to silence critics and suppress freedom of speech, but he says he won't be muzzled. >> it wi

brennan is not different. an effort to suppress freedom of speech, but brennan is the one who believes words alone, speech, or a form of treason that should get you sent to prison. or executed. that is unhinged. the government is belatedly acknowledging that. i lou dobbs, what would be the reason -- can you think of a legitimate reason for john brennan to have to retain his security clearance after leaving the government for punditry? >> i can't imagine why that would be necessary, or why it would be frankly allowed. after his first personal -- again, personal. not policy attacks, personally p attacks against the president of the united states and what we now suspect is a john brennan inspired and led assault on this president, an effort to subvert his campaign and hisis administration through the good offices and helpful energies of the fbi, he is, to me, unthinkable that he would be permitted to be anywhere near one of our intelligence agencies or any part of this government. >> tucker: so you've covered the

brennan is not different. an effort to suppress freedom of speech, but brennan is the one who believes words alone, speech, or a form of treason that should get you sent to prison. or executed. the government is belatedly acknowledging that. lou dobbs, what would be the reason -- can you think of a legitimate reason for john brennan to have to retain his security clearance after leaving the government for punditry? >> i can't imagine why that would be necessary, or why it would be frankly allowed. after his first personal -- again, personal. not policy attacks, personal attacks against the president of the united states and what we now suspect is a john brennan inspired and led assault on this president, an effort to subvert his campaign and his administration through the good offices and helpful energies of the fbi, he is, to me, unthinkable that he would be permitted to be anywhere near one of our intelligence agencies or any part of this government. >> tucker: so you've covered the news for a long time. it

brennan directly. concluding unequivocally that agency officials had indeed improperly accessed congressional staffers files. more recently, mr. brennan told congress the intelligence community did not make use of the so-called steele dossier in an assessment regarding the 2016 election. an assertion contradicted by at least two other senior officials in the intelligence community and all of the facts. additionally, mr. brennan has recently leveraged his status as a former high-ranking official with access to highly sensitive information to make a series of unfounded and outrageous allegations while on the internet and television about the ministration. mr. brennan's lying and recent conduct with increasing commentary and consistent with access to the nations most closely held secrets. and facilities. the very him of our adversaries, which is to so division and chaos. the larger question about the practice of former officials maintaining access to our nations most sensitive secrets long after their tim

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

the other thing is john brennan, i'll say one thing and i know we'll get into other aspects of the brennan interview. it's not -- the president has the right to cancel these security clearances, but he doesn't necessarily have the right to do it for the wrong reasons. there are thousands of people in washington that have security clearances. it cannot be the case that the only ones who deserve to have theirs scrutinized and taken away are vocal public opponents of donald j. trump. that cannot be the case. so if you do something you have a legal right to do, but if you do it for vindictive reasons, political reasons, you know, that may not fly. >> i think john brennan conceded that conspiracy is off the table. rudy seized on that. when he does this, he just wants to talk to chuck todd about the fact that john brennan just took conspiracy off the table. yesterday richard burr, the chairman of the senate intelligence committee, about whom there's wide spread evidence he's worked well with warner, said there is no factual basis for conspiracy or collusion that has yet been introduced to his co

brennan. more recently, mr. brennan told congress that the intelligence community did not make use of the so-called steele dossier. it is contradicted by at least two other officials. additionally, mr. brennan has recently leverage his status as a former high-ranking official to make a series of unfounded allegations about this administration. conduct is's inconsistent with access to the nation's most closely held secret. of mr.oadly, the issue --nnan's security clearance such access is inappropriate when former officials have transitioned into highly to validateitions political attack. any access to our nations torets -- i have begin review the access of classified information of government officials. comey,lapper, james michael hayden, susan rice, andrew mccabe, peter struck, lisa page and bruce orff. the security clearances may be revoked and those who have already lost theirs may not be .ble to have it reinstated i will direct appropriate staff to make the necessary arrangements. but that, i will take your q

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

former cia director john brennan ripping into president trump after he revokes brennan's security clearance. why is trump making this unprecedented move tonight? >>> plus, the white house is already under fire for whether the president said the "n" word, now requested about lack of diversity. >>> and andrew cuomo's critics pouncing after he said america was never that great. what does this mean for the potential candidate. let's go outfront. good evening. outfront, breaking news. president trump going after his

brennan writes "mr. trump 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 and silence others who might dare to challenge him." in the white house briefing room yesterday a statement read by sarah sanders asserted brennan lost his access to highly sensitive information because of his "erratic conduct." >> mr. brennan's line and recent conduct characterized by increasingly frenzied commentary is wholly inconsistent with action to the nation's most closely held secrets and facilities. the very aim of our adversaries, which is to sow division and chaos. >> well, later yesterday in an interview with the "wall street journal," the president gave a more revealing explanation of why he chose to revoke brennan's security clearance saying that brennan is among the obama era officials that he blamed for the russia probe. here's what the president told the "journal" "i call it the rigged

director john brennan. amid new fall-out over the president revoking brennan's security clearance. and now a new report, the white house may go farther. reportedly drafting more security clearance cancellations for other current and former intelligence and justice department officials. it is on. this is "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner. here today melissa francis, town hall editor and the fox news contributor katie pavlich. host of "kennedy" on the fox business network, kennedy montgomery. in the center seat today, charles payne the host of "making money" with charles payne. making sense also. he is "outnumbered." good to see you. >> charles: good to see you. thank you. >> harris: cuff links today? >> charles: these are from a russian artists, the beetles submerged. >> harris: in amber. they just got stuck there. put them on your wrist. >> katie: there is collusion. right there. >> harris: okay. happy monday! the president is responding after john brennan went after him over the weekend, over the security clearance issue. mr. brennan saying the move is meant to scare other critic

the president's argument is that he's revoking brennan's clearance because brennan has somehow become something of a threat to national security. >> any benefits that senior officials might glean from consultations with mr. brennan are now outweighed by the risks posed by his erratic conduct and behavior. mr. brennan has leveraged his status as a former high-ranking official with access to highly sensitive information to make a series of unfounded and outrageous allegations, wild outbursts on the internet and television about this administration. >> and here is what sarah sanders asked when asked about the sheer pettiness of this decision. >> how is this announcement by the president, how can americans not interpret that as a getting back against his critics? and isn't it also an attempt to curtail their freedom of speech by penalizing them for being critical on television? >> not at all. the president has constitutional responsibility to protect classified information and who has access to it. and that's what he's doing is fulfilling that responsibility in this action. this is actual

is that reason to be critical of brennan and say this has gone too far? >> look, i think that as was indicated in the letter, there are a lot of people in the national security space who are of the opinion that on occasion maybe john brennan has gone too far with regard to the degree or the type of pushback, but that's his right to do that. i don't read it as someone who came from the intelligence community or him forecasting on insight knowledge but i see it as someone who is very forward-leaning in his criticism of the president and you see degrees with other people on that list. >> it's nice you to have that opinion. thank you. >>> all right, let's hear more about this now. amber, the "washington post" reporting as you know, josh dawsey is that the president thinks this makes him look good, that he is strengthened in this fight with brennan among his supporters. how do you read the president's confidence right now? >> the president seems like he has found an effective boogieman in john brennan in this week when they're concerned about other things happ

how do we determine whether what brennan said violated the oath? if you're coats, you've got to look back and say, well, if this is happening, if we weren't even consulted on whether classified information was revealed, what's my role? what message do i send in the workforce if i don't do anything? i don't think coats should have resigned about not knowing what happened in helsinki. this one is closer to home. i think a lot of people in my old life are saying, what are you going to do? what are you going to do, dni coats? >> why is this president lashing out so much, going after omarosa, brennan, news media, going after the nfl? what is he worried about? we'll discuss right after this. . it's a revolution in sleep. the new sleep number 360 smart bed, from $999... intelligently senses your movement and automatically adjusts on each side to keep you both comfortable. and snoring? how smart is that? smarter sleep. to help you lose your dad bod, train for that marathon, and wake up with the patience of a saint. and now, save up to $500 on select sleep

donald trump ses former cia director john brennan exhibits erratic conduct and behavior and revokes his security clearance threatening a number of other officials with the same measure. and as the economic standoff between ankara and washington escalates turkish citizens vent theory or do us terrorists by filming themselves smashing their i phones. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me here aaron the top stories this hour more than one hundred cars have been torched across tweeted three weeks ahead of september elections it's believed the fire bombings work o. ordinated takes a look at the timing of the arson attacks and how they're feeling tensions ahead of the electoral race it's not even dark people look up their windows and see that it's. i the first dream it's gone locals are just completely baffled and can't squeeze out a word a few moments later do your work to ensure fury and they scream. thanks . there next thought is it even safe to leave their homes now the hooded thugs smash up and burn mostly cars they know what they're doing they know how to do it

, giuliani on brennan. i'm sure he has an opinion. >> you can see "meet the press," coming up in about 10 minutes on news4. on theyn's got the truth weather today. >> i do. i think people probably thought -- >> i open it's better than yesterday. >> i lied stday. you never said you lied to anyone. you formed a hype pt thinks. >> i literally told my friends yesterday when i was trying to find this rain that was supposed to be coming through, didn't see a drop in alexandria, i told people on air to cancel plans. >> you said plan b to your credi credit, have a plan b. >> did you give a shoutouto a friend that's having a brida shower? >> i do have a friend who's having a bridal shower. >> there's lot of events outside, like the big carnival out in loudoun county. >> i'm working fverybody here. "working for you" guys to let you know when you nd maybe an umbrella out there. i really don't think you'll need one today. we're goingo have a stray shower, and that's about all it's going to amount to. ooks like it's goi

we want to hear from brennan. we want to hear from other experts as to how they feel we're moving forward with these problematic regions around the world. >> he is tweeting about this so-called witch hunt over 100 times. he wants to discredit the investigation but it is moving forward and of continues to charge and diet people. >> the way the white house is weighing in on all of this, saying it will honor border patrol, ice agents, and the like later this month. i know you lead the unsuccessful push in congress to abolish i.c.e. why do you think the white house is doing this. >> first we want to restructure i.c.e. and they go back to their original mission. >> not abolish? >> we want to restructure. 60% of the resources are being spraet thd to separaused to sep from her baby. that is not what ice was intended to be p. >> they are extending to the deportation of separated families. 356 kids have parent that's are already deported. the reunification efforts, how are they going in your mind? >> the trump had min stra

brennan has gone way over the view. pulling his clearance makes sense. >> the fact he is out there every single day acting in a partisan way doesn't help his cause. >> former top government officials are generally allowed to keep security clearance to advise feud administrations. >>> president trump will have to wait until next year for his military parade. it was scheduled for november, but the defense department will explore dates into 2019. the parade would be held on the eve of the armistice that ended world war i. >> the planning for the parade is up to $92 million. tens of millions higher than expected. on a flight to colombia, james mattis disputed those numbers. >> whoever told you that is probably smoking something that is legal in my state, but not in most dig dignifying that with a statement. they probably need to stay anonymo anonymous. no kidding. you look like an idiot and whoever wrote it needs better sources. i don't know who wrote it. i haven't seen it. i guarantee you there is no costcost estima estima