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Sign-off. is there a risk in that, though, because there is meant to be a is vailian check on mail tear power? >> im not concerned with that. i think the obama administration micromanaged the military. all of the reports i heard about that every operation had been approved by valley jarrett or ben rhodes or something like that. it really undermined the integrity of the militarys command. and it me it more difficult for the commander in chief to get the advice he needed. >> colonel jack, what do ...

Hours. lets get to our reporters and analysts, our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson is in the briefing room waiting for it to start, bill neely is in moscow, steve clemens, msnbc contributor in washington, editor at large for the atlantic and the national journal fill rut ker the bureau chief for "the washington post." i want to start with halle and phil because y will be getting to work quickly on the presser. >> sure. ali, let me take the two topics one at a time. any moment if s...

Nothing at all, this was actually quite a small strike. >> cal, let me ask you about the dynamics inside syria. the colonel was talking about this being punishment for the chemal aack for the assad gime, hoping to deter him maybe from committing another type of crime against the syrian people. but specifically in terms of the dynamic of the war inside, is this likely to change any dynamic on the battlefield? >> probably not. bashar al assad now controls over 80% of the country. weve heard recent...

Independence and could operate without undo influence from the white house. i think thats the only way he would take it, and i think its a good thing that if there was a concession made from the white house, we all ought to be grateful that the white house made those concessions. >> colonel jack jacobs, appreciate it. more now with msnbc political analyst rick tyler and nile, white house columnist for the hill. thanks for joining us. rick, you heard colonel jack there saying look, this is somebo...

Seated in the stands there. ive been to a lot of these wreath-laying ceremonies in person, and there is usually -- those stands are filled with dignitaries, relatives of various people in the military district of washington and so on. i think its interesting theres nobody there except security people. >> maybe they havent let them in yet. were not quite sure. if this ceremony starts, of course, well pause. colonel jack, can i ask you to pick up where kevin was leaving off about the transition an...

Is the main event, which they do every two months in the warmer months, and any -- any type of weather, but its also where, you know, john kennedy is there, the rest of the family, jackie is there, ted kennedy, and goes back to "challenger" astronauts are there. war heroes from my generation and those who cover the pentagon and the wars, section 60, where you make your way to iraq and afghanistan fallen, and where you really see a difference, especially when you notice, at least for me, for my f...

>> yeah. >> and also colonel jack jacob is with us remotely. the significance of having this wreath-laying event on the day before his inauguration? >> its big for the military community. theres a lot of watchers out there making sure did trump say the right thing on veterans day, did he meet with the troops soon enough, so the point of coming into town and first thing to do before the inauguration, this wreath-laying, it will go a long way with the military. >> colonel jack, talk about what wer...

Lot number of appointments at the assistant level. because the president doesnt have any experience at all in this environment, i and lots of other people expect most if not all of those choices, the assistant secretary and deputy assistant secretary -- >> colonel jack -- >> -- those choices will be made by general mattis. >> excuse me for interrupting. we see ivanka trump and jared kushner with her, her husband. i think i make out the other children of donald trump as well, eric and don jr. i c...

Secretary kaert came in and it was mentioned about the peaceful transfer of power. this is -- witnessing that happen on a day when the pentagon announced air strikes in libya, you know, government in shambles, the war in syria rages, a dictator that wont leave, a place in iraq also with troubles, where the u.s. military goes around the world to, you know -- where theyre asked to go, where theyre deployed to. here no matter what type of divisions we have in this country, this is a transfer of pow...

Somebody else. this makes it extremely powerful. its the only one, but it is powerful by itself a large number of people have been pardoned by presidents since the very beginning. is not going to be popular with the national security establishment. >> and colonel jack, interesting too and ari mentioned this too, the timing, the political backdrop. of course the whole controversy over wikileaks, over alleged russian hacking into dnc e-mails published through wikileaks, looming large over the pres...