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Sanctions and it can do more of that and continue trade with north korea and they were empowered and emboldened to do that by the fact the president met with kim jong un in this summit which got so much attention but didnt produce anything. the other winter in this is dan coats said he didnt believe north korea really intended to give up nuclear weapons, the president disagree with him, said he was wrong but it turns out he was right. shannon: i hear you laughing. >> dan coats is the head of the...

Its behind the scenes, backing maduro. if we find that -- >> neil: these are groups beyond the typical military elements that back the government thus far. some of those generals, retired otherwise, are peeling off, three at the latest count, most saying now is the time to look at juan guaido as the duly head of this country. but youre saying these are other nefarious elements -- >> the foreigners around maduro. once again, you go back to the combatant commanders, the commanders that have the tr...

There he would be reliant on them in many ways. to see the evolution of his relationship, the disintegration of his relationship with a lot of "the generals" in his administration, i think most pointedly with mat nis what were talking about here. how would you characterize this presidents relationship right now with this countrys military leadership? >> well, i wouldnt want to speak for the countrys military leadership. i think theyre going to remain apolitical. i think theyre going to follow th...

Into the presidency of the high regard he had for what he would call the generals, "my generals." certainly putting the idea out there he would be reliant on them in many ways. to see the evolution of his relationship, the disintegration of his relationship with a lot of "the generals" in his administration, i think most pointed lid with mattis and what were talking about right here. how would you characterize this presidents relationship right now with this countrys military leadership? >> well...

Administration, i think most pointedly with mat nis what were talking about here. how would you characterize this presidents relationship right now with this countrys military leadership? >> well, i wouldnt want to speak for the countrys military leadership. i think theyre going to remain apolitical. i think theyre going to follow the legal orders of their commander in chief. president trump can pick up the phone, call one of the nine combatant commanders, our globally deployed more than 2 milli...

The hawkeye state is the home of the first in the nation caucuses. new year, new boss overseeing the u.s. military. james mattis handed over the reins at the pentagon to his former deputy he is a 30-year veteran of the aerospace giant boeing. as our correspondent lucas tomlinson report, new acting defense secretary has little time for on-the-job training. the north korean leader is already sending a blunt message. >> jim mattis stepped down as defense chief without a ceremony. instead, he transf...

In his first message to the forces shanahan said as acting secretary of defense i look forward to working with president trump to carry out his vision alongside strong leaders, including the service secretaries, joint chiefs of staff, the combatant commanders and senior personnel in the office of the secretary of defense. one of the biggest threats he faces is china who celebrated 2019 with a flag raising in beijing. china continued to test missiles last year including the launch of a new type o...

Ceremony. heat transferred it to patrick shanahan over the phone. in his first message, shanahan told him "as acting secretary of defense i now look forward to working with president trump to carry out his vision, alongside strong leaders including the service secretaries, the joint chiefs of staff, the combatant commanders, and senior personnel in the office of the secretary of defense." officials say one of the biggest threats he faces is china, who celebrated 2019 with a flag racing into in t...

Aggressive subordinates to shape their own thinking. this president doesnt. so, you know, i think we ought to be extremely concerned. bolton, whos a very knowledgeable, smart fellow, a lot of experience, is completely out of the loop as far as you can tell looking at it from the outside. the chairman of the jcs, dunn ford, four-star marine, tremendous experience, was totally left out of the loop in the final decision on syria. so i think weve got a very impulsive, erratic president of the united...

Shanahan has been over there. hes not premise much of a warrior background if you will. he comes from the wing. he spent a career at boeing. i think it made sense, mattis was the warrior if you will and shanahan was the manager especially trying to turn around the complete disaster that is pentagon procurement. as far as running the building hes capable of doing that and we still have our same combatant commanders in the field running operations. eric: big picture with the impact of the departur...