Ex-intelligence official explains what it was like to brief Trump

‘);$vidEndSlate.removeClass(‘video__end-slate–inactive’).addClass(‘video__end-slate–active’);}};CNN.autoPlayVideoExist = (CNN.autoPlayVideoExist === true) ? true : false;var configObj = {thumb: ‘none’,video: ‘politics/2019/12/03/trump-intelligence-briefing-gordon-sot-vpx.cnn’,width: ‘100%’,height: ‘100%’,section: ‘domestic’,profile: ‘expansion’,network: ‘cnn’,markupId: ‘large-media_0’,adsection: ‘const-video-leaf’,frameWidth: ‘100%’,frameHeight: ‘100%’,posterImageOverride: {“mini”:{“width”:220,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/191203185408-susan-gordan-women-foriegn-policy-small-169.jpg”,”height”:124},”xsmall”:{“width”:307,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/191203185408-susan-gordan-women-foriegn-policy-medium-plus-169.jpg”,”height”:173},”small”:{“width”:460,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/191203185408-susan-gordan-women-foriegn-policy-large-169.jpg”,”height”:259},”medium”:{“width”:780,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/191203185408-susan-gordan-women-foriegn-policy-exlarge-169.jpg”,”height”:438},”large”:{“width”:1100,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/191203185408-susan-gordan-women-foriegn-policy-super-169.jpg”,”height”:619},”full16x9″:{“width”:1600,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/191203185408-susan-gordan-women-foriegn-policy-full-169.jpg”,”height”:900},”mini1x1″:{“width”:120,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/191203185408-susan-gordan-women-foriegn-policy-small-11.jpg”,”height”:120}}},autoStartVideo = false,isVideoReplayClicked = false,callbackObj,containerEl,currentVideoCollection = [{“descriptionPlainText”:”Former Deputy Director of National Intelligence Susan Gordon said intelligence briefings with President Trump were often met with questions and skepticism.”,”imageUrl”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/191203185408-susan-gordan-women-foriegn-policy-large-169.jpg”,”title”:”Ex-intelligence official explains what it was like to brief Trump “,”videoCMSUrl”:”/videos/politics/2019/12/03/trump-intelligence-briefing-gordon-sot-vpx.cnn”,”videoLeafUrl”:”/videos/politics/2019/12/03/trump-intelligence-briefing-gordon-sot-vpx.cnn”,”videoId”:”politics/2019/12/03/trump-intelligence-briefing-gordon-sot-vpx.cnn”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2019/12/03/trump-intelligence-briefing-gordon-sot-vpx.cnn”,”surrogateKey”:”video_8B8DFFB7-1CB2-AFCF-8D31-CE1D1B38CE3E”},{“descriptionPlainText”:”Commercial pilots are blaming unprecedented downtime amid the coronavirus pandemic for in-flight mistakes made with passengers on board. CNN’s Pete Mutean reports.”,”imageUrl”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210203165705-muntean-dnt-screengrab-for-vpx-large-169.jpg”,”title”:”Commercial pilots blame pandemic downtime for in-flight mistakes”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2021/02/03/air-travel-mistakes-coronavirus-pilots-muntean-dnt-lead-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoLeafUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/03/air-travel-mistakes-coronavirus-pilots-muntean-dnt-lead-vpx.cnn”,”videoId”:”business/2021/02/03/air-travel-mistakes-coronavirus-pilots-muntean-dnt-lead-vpx.cnn”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/03/air-travel-mistakes-coronavirus-pilots-muntean-dnt-lead-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/stories-worth-watching/”,”surrogateKey”:”video_6B4CA123-D2DA-19BF-4556-69D65BF060BE”},{“descriptionPlainText”:”This year, typical big spenders Budweiser and Coca-Cola are opting out of the Super Bowl. This leaves room for newcomers Uber Eats and Logitech, which both profited during the pandemic, to buy up ad space.”,”imageUrl”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210202142003-bud-light-seltzer-super-bowl-ad-large-169.jpg”,”title”:”Watch the 2021 Super Bowl ads”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2021/02/02/super-bowl-commercials-2021-ads-orig.cnn-business/index.xml”,”videoLeafUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/02/super-bowl-commercials-2021-ads-orig.cnn-business”,”videoId”:”business/2021/02/02/super-bowl-commercials-2021-ads-orig.cnn-business”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/02/super-bowl-commercials-2021-ads-orig.cnn-business/video/playlists/stories-worth-watching/”,”surrogateKey”:”video_5A3AB529-E66F-8778-0BA5-6428A05A601B”},{“descriptionPlainText”:”Twenty-year-old Hunter Kahn decided to use his GameStop stock for good use and donate Nintendo Switches to a local children’s hospital in Minnesota. CNN affiliate WCCO reports.”,”imageUrl”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210201130719-wcco-man-donates-gamestop-stock-earning-large-169.jpg”,”title”:”Man donates Nintendo Switches to kids in need with GameStop stock”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2021/02/01/man-donates-nintendo-switches-gamestop-stock-vpx.wcco/index.xml”,”videoLeafUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/01/man-donates-nintendo-switches-gamestop-stock-vpx.wcco”,”videoId”:”business/2021/02/01/man-donates-nintendo-switches-gamestop-stock-vpx.wcco”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/01/man-donates-nintendo-switches-gamestop-stock-vpx.wcco/video/playlists/stories-worth-watching/”,”surrogateKey”:”video_5B3A28C3-5237-1C5C-219C-5ED294ECF71A”},{“descriptionPlainText”:”Boston Dynamic’s Spot robot got a whole toolkit of improvements from an arm that can lift 11 pounds to thermal imaging video cameras. The dog-like robot can now swing a jump rope and draw with chalk too.”,”imageUrl”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210202142942-boston-dynamics-spot-arm-robot-orig-large-169.jpg”,”title”:”Spot the robot’s new arm lets it jump rope (and do serious stuff)”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2021/02/02/boston-dynamics-spot-arm-robot-jump-roping-orig.cnn-business/index.xml”,”videoLeafUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/02/boston-dynamics-spot-arm-robot-jump-roping-orig.cnn-business”,”videoId”:”business/2021/02/02/boston-dynamics-spot-arm-robot-jump-roping-orig.cnn-business”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/02/boston-dynamics-spot-arm-robot-jump-roping-orig.cnn-business/video/playlists/stories-worth-watching/”,”surrogateKey”:”video_EC1560C7-D18C-E6D8-D72F-6420ADC7CFF6″},{“descriptionPlainText”:”Ford’s new F-150 Raptor has been revealed, and it’s engineered to go very fast over rough terrain.”,”imageUrl”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210203102149-ford-f150-raptor-2021-large-169.jpg”,”title”:”See Ford’s new Raptor F-150 in action”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2021/02/03/ford-f150-raptor-orig.cnn-business/index.xml”,”videoLeafUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/03/ford-f150-raptor-orig.cnn-business”,”videoId”:”business/2021/02/03/ford-f150-raptor-orig.cnn-business”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/03/ford-f150-raptor-orig.cnn-business/video/playlists/stories-worth-watching/”,”surrogateKey”:”video_704511EA-A369-096C-7E64-687A0962238E”},{“descriptionPlainText”:”SpaceX’s Starship prototype, the SN9, exploded on landing during a test flight. It’s the second test in a row for SpaceX that’s ended in a fiery crash.”,”imageUrl”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210202161739-spacex-sn9-test-landing-large-169.jpg”,”title”:”Watch SpaceX’s Mars rocket prototype crash land… again”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2021/02/02/starship-sn9-crash-spacex-test-orig-jg.cnn-business/index.xml”,”videoLeafUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/02/starship-sn9-crash-spacex-test-orig-jg.cnn-business”,”videoId”:”business/2021/02/02/starship-sn9-crash-spacex-test-orig-jg.cnn-business”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/02/starship-sn9-crash-spacex-test-orig-jg.cnn-business/video/playlists/stories-worth-watching/”,”surrogateKey”:”video_D11FB721-22F2-476C-9822-6495FFC826E2″},{“descriptionPlainText”:”Coup? What coup? A fitness instructor dances while a military coup takes place behind her back. CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports.”,”imageUrl”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210202205434-exercise-video-myanmar-coup-large-169.jpg”,”title”:”Dancing fitness instructor oblivious to military coup taking place”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2021/02/03/myanmar-exercise-video-coup-moos-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoLeafUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/03/myanmar-exercise-video-coup-moos-vpx.cnn”,”videoId”:”business/2021/02/03/myanmar-exercise-video-coup-moos-vpx.cnn”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/03/myanmar-exercise-video-coup-moos-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/stories-worth-watching/”,”surrogateKey”:”video_0A2BAF42-D0D4-B2AA-9A2D-658AA153C089″},{“descriptionPlainText”:”Now you can really say “look ma, no hands.” Nike has released the first images of its new “hands-free” shoe, called the Nike GO FlyEase. It comes out later this year.”,”imageUrl”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210201125721-nike-go-flyease-large-169.jpg”,”title”:”See Nike’s new ‘hands-free’ shoe”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2021/02/01/nike-go-flyease-hands-free-shoe-orig.cnn-business/index.xml”,”videoLeafUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/01/nike-go-flyease-hands-free-shoe-orig.cnn-business”,”videoId”:”business/2021/02/01/nike-go-flyease-hands-free-shoe-orig.cnn-business”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/02/01/nike-go-flyease-hands-free-shoe-orig.cnn-business/video/playlists/stories-worth-watching/”,”surrogateKey”:”video_33D480D4-2012-9C80-4796-5EB9DDB9FFA7″},{“descriptionPlainText”:””Saturday Night Live” returned for its first show of 2021, and it poked fun at Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Capitol insurrection and also includes a kiss between John Krasinski and Pete Davidson.”,”imageUrl”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210131015924-snl-cold-open-marjorie-taylor-greene-large-169.jpg”,”title”:”Best moments of ‘Saturday Night Live'”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/media/2021/01/31/john-krasinski-snl-highlights-orig.cnn/index.xml”,”videoLeafUrl”:”/videos/media/2021/01/31/john-krasinski-snl-highlights-orig.cnn”,”videoId”:”media/2021/01/31/john-krasinski-snl-highlights-orig.cnn”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/media/2021/01/31/john-krasinski-snl-highlights-orig.cnn/video/playlists/stories-worth-watching/”,”surrogateKey”:”video_B9DC9428-8DE1-4E1F-7C2F-577506D3D5E4″},{“descriptionPlainText”:”AJ Vanover put about $4,500 into a risky bet on GameStop and followed the saga on the subreddit Wallstreetbets. Now, this Missouri dad who earns $35,000 a year is a millionaire on paper. CNN’s Jon Sarlin asks him why he isn’t cashing out.”,”imageUrl”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210129181806-aj-vanover-gamestop-wallstreetbets-large-169.jpg”,”title”:”His risky bet made him a millionaire on paper. It could’ve gone very differently”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2021/01/29/trader-millionaire-gamestop-stock-orig.cnn/index.xml”,”videoLeafUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/01/29/trader-millionaire-gamestop-stock-orig.cnn”,”videoId”:”business/2021/01/29/trader-millionaire-gamestop-stock-orig.cnn”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2021/01/29/trader-millionaire-gamestop-stock-orig.cnn/video/playlists/stories-worth-watching/”,”surrogateKey”:”video_9C4E1EE1-EC0C-3A0F-4632-50340850115B”}],currentVideoCollectionId = ”,isLivePlayer = false,mediaMetadataCallbacks,mobilePinnedView = null,moveToNextTimeout,mutePlayerEnabled = false,nextVideoId = ”,nextVideoUrl = ”,turnOnFlashMessaging = false,videoPinner,videoEndSlateImpl;if (CNN.autoPlayVideoExist === false) {autoStartVideo = true;if (autoStartVideo === true) {if (turnOnFlashMessaging === true) {autoStartVideo = false;containerEl = jQuery(document.getElementById(configObj.markupId));CNN.VideoPlayer.showFlashSlate(containerEl);} else {CNN.autoPlayVideoExist = true;}}}configObj.autostart = CNN.Features.enableAutoplayBlock ? false : autoStartVideo;CNN.VideoPlayer.setPlayerProperties(configObj.markupId, autoStartVideo, isLivePlayer, isVideoReplayClicked, mutePlayerEnabled);CNN.VideoPlayer.setFirstVideoInCollection(currentVideoCollection, configObj.markupId);var embedLinkHandler = {},videoPinner,embedCodeCopy;function onVideoCarouselItemClicked(evt) {‘use strict’;var videoId,articleElem,videoPlayer,thumbImageElem,thumbImageLargeSource,overrides = {autostart: false,muteOverlayClicked: true,videoCollection: this.videoCollection},shouldStartVideo = false,playerInstance;try {articleElem = jQuery(evt.currentTarget).find(‘article’);thumbImageElem = jQuery(articleElem).find(‘.media__image’);videoId = articleElem.data().videoId;if (CNN.VideoPlayer.getLibraryName(configObj.markupId) === ‘fave’) {playerInstance = FAVE.player.getInstance(configObj.markupId);if (CNN.Utils.existsObject(playerInstance) &&typeof playerInstance.getVideoData === ‘function’ &&playerInstance.getVideoData().id !== videoId) {jQuery(articleElem).closest(‘.cn-carousel-medium-strip’).parent().find(‘script[name=”metaScript”]’).remove();playerInstance.play(videoId, overrides);}} else {videoPlayer = CNNVIDEOAPI.CNNVideoManager.getInstance().getPlayerByContainer(configObj.markupId);if (videoPlayer && videoPlayer.videoInstance) {if (!videoPlayer.videoInstance.cvp) {if (typeof thumbImageElem !== ‘undefined’ && thumbImageElem !== null) {thumbImageLargeSource = thumbImageElem.data() && thumbImageElem.data().srcLarge ? thumbImageElem.data().srcLarge : ‘none’;}overrides.thumb = thumbImageLargeSource ? thumbImageLargeSource : ‘none’;shouldStartVideo = true;}if (videoPlayer.videoInstance.config) {if (videoPlayer.videoInstance.config.video !== videoId) {jQuery(articleElem).closest(‘.cn-carousel-medium-strip’).parent().find(‘script[name=”metaScript”]’).remove();CNNVIDEOAPI.CNNVideoManager.getInstance().playVideo(configObj.markupId, videoId, overrides);}}}}} catch (error) {console.log(“error in initializing video player” + error);}}function setInitialVideoEmbed() {}function initialize(){var carousel = jQuery(document.getElementById(‘cn-current_video_collection’)).find(‘.js-owl-carousel’),owl;if (carousel) {carousel.find(‘.cn__column.carousel__content__item’).find(‘a’).removeAttr(‘href’);jQuery(carousel).on(‘click’, ‘.cn__column.carousel__content__item’, onVideoCarouselItemClicked);}}if (CNN.VideoPlayer.getLibraryName(configObj.markupId) === ‘videoLoader’) {window.CNNVideoAPILoadCompleteHandlers = window.CNNVideoAPILoadCompleteHandlers ? window.CNNVideoAPILoadCompleteHandlers : [];window.CNNVideoAPILoadCompleteHandlers.push(initialize);window.CNNVideoAPILoadCompleteHandlers.push(setInitialVideoEmbed);} else {initialize();}CNN.INJECTOR.executeFeature(‘videx’).done(function () {var initMeta = {id:”politics/2019/12/03/trump-intelligence-briefing-gordon-sot-vpx.cnn”, isEmbeddable: “yes”};CNN.Videx.EmbedButton.updateCode(initMeta);}).fail(function () {throw ‘Unable to fetch the videx bundle.’;});function updateCurrentlyPlaying(videoId) {var videoCollectionId = ‘current_video_collection’,videocardContents = getCurrentVideoCardContents(videoId),carousel = jQuery(document.getElementById(‘cn-current_video_collection’)).find(‘.js-owl-carousel’),domain = CNN.Host.domain || (document.location.protocol + ‘//’ + document.location.hostname),owl,$owlFirstItem,$owlPrevItem,showDetailsSpanContent = ”,gigyaShareElement,showIndex,whatsappShareElement,$carouselContentItems = jQuery(‘.carousel__content__item’, document.getElementById(‘cn-current_video_collection’));gigyaShareElement = jQuery(‘div.js-gigya-sharebar’);if (typeof gigyaShareElement !== ‘undefined’ && CNN.Utils.existsObject(videocardContents)) {jQuery(gigyaShareElement).attr(‘data-title’, videocardContents.headlinePlainText || ”);jQuery(gigyaShareElement).attr(‘data-description’, videocardContents.descriptionPlainText || ”);jQuery(gigyaShareElement).attr(‘data-link’, domain + videocardContents.url || ”);jQuery(gigyaShareElement).attr(‘data-image-src’, (videocardContents.media && videocardContents.media.elementContents && videocardContents.media.elementContents.imageUrl) || ”);}whatsappShareElement = jQuery(‘div.share-bar-whatsapp-container’);if (typeof whatsappShareElement !== ‘undefined’) {jQuery(whatsappShareElement).attr(‘data-title’, videocardContents.headlinePlainText || ”);jQuery(whatsappShareElement).attr(‘data-storyurl’, domain + videocardContents.url || ”);}if (carousel && currentVideoCollectionContainsId(videoId)) {owl = carousel.data(‘owl.carousel’) || {};showIndex = getCurrentVideoIndex(videoId);if (typeof owl.to === ‘function’) {owl.to(showIndex);}$owlPrevItem = CNN.Utils.exists(owl.$element) ? owl.$element.find(‘.cd.cd–active’) : $carouselContentItems.find(‘.cd.cd–active’);$owlPrevItem.removeClass(‘cd–active’);$owlPrevItem.find(‘.media__over-text’).remove();$owlPrevItem.find(‘.media__icon’).show();$owlFirstItem = CNN.Utils.exists(owl._items) ? jQuery(owl._items[showIndex]) : $carouselContentItems.eq(showIndex);$owlFirstItem.find(‘.cd’).addClass(‘cd–active’);$owlFirstItem.find(‘.media a:first-child’).append(‘

Now Playing

‘);if (Modernizr && !Modernizr.phone) {$owlFirstItem.find(‘.media__icon’).hide();}}CNN.Videx.Metadata.init({dateCreated: videocardContents.dateCreated,descriptionText: videocardContents.descriptionText,duration: videocardContents.duration,sourceLink: videocardContents.sourceLink,sourceName: videocardContents.sourceName,title: videocardContents.headlineText},{videoCollectionDivId: ‘cn-ydnf60’,videoDescriptionDivId: ‘js-video_description-ydnf60’,videoDurationDivId: ‘js-video_duration-ydnf60’,videoTitleDivId: ‘js-leaf-video_headline-ydnf60’,videoSourceDivId: ‘js-video_sourceName-ydnf60’});if (CNN.Utils.exists(videocardContents.showName)) {if (CNN.Utils.exists(videocardContents.showUrl)) {showDetailsSpanContent = ‘‘ + videocardContents.showName + ‘ | ‘;} else {showDetailsSpanContent = videocardContents.showName + ‘ | ‘;}}fastdom.measure(function getShowInfo() {var $show = jQuery(‘.metadata__show’),$isShowDetailsSpanExists = $show.find(‘span’).hasClass(‘metadata–show__name’),$showName = jQuery(‘.metadata–show__name’);fastdom.mutate(function updateShowInfo() {if (!$isShowDetailsSpanExists) {$show.prepend(‘

Loading

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Follow by Email
Pinterest
LinkedIn
Share