When someone takes the oath, they're making a sworn commitment to the Constitution of the United States.

I'm Chuck Rosenberg, and I have had the privilege of taking that oath many times throughout my career in federal law enforcement.

And now, on my podcast, the oath, I speak with others who took and abided by that same promise.

This week on the oath, the former deputy director of the FBI and the former head of the TSA, John Pistol.

9-11 was a forcing mechanism to respond and do things in partnership within the federal government and the US intelligence community in particular.

John had a remarkable career in federal law enforcement, rising through the ranks of the FBI as a special agent to become its longest serving deputy director in history.

John went on to run the Transportation Security Administration, where his vast experience and innovative thinking brought needed reform to this big and important government agency.

We need to do more thorough pat down so we can find an underwear bomb. Well, that's kind of a controversial, invasive process.

Join me for that conversation with John Pistol, the former FBI deputy director and the former head of the Transportation Security Administration.

That's this week on MSNBC's The Oath, available now wherever you get your podcasts.

Hello from New York, I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Todd cast on today's show Democracy Fights Back, protests are popping up all over the world.

Where are our voters and are we are going to experience something similar?

Plus we're one week away from the third democratic debate, but still six months away from the Super Tuesday and months away from the first vote.

We're going to check in on our contenders, fighting to stay relevant, Beto's purpose and Biden's supposed lack thereof and is going to grab Jayens Lee's climate change crown.

With me today is Jonathan Lamar, White House reporter for the Associated Press and Emily, no national politics reporter at News Day, Emily and Jonathan. Thank you both for being here.

Let me start with and forgive me if you think I'm stretching a little bit, but our first read lead day was the surprise, Hong Kong's decision, the leader to pull back completely.

Basically, Parliament fighting back against Brexit, the non-Brexit tears.

We've been living in disruption, political disruption globally now for about three or four years. Brexit feels like the opening shot or at least this period.

What's this mean for this country, Emily? Are we about to experience a similar, it feels like Democrats are debating do they fight this disruption with their own disruption?

Who do they actually fight for restoration?

It's interesting to me that you bring up Hong Kong and Brexit because trends come in threes.

That's what I mean am I stretching? Am I trying too hard or?

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