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>> the support that we provide to the secretary for homeland security is practical support based on the requests from the commissioner of customs and border police. so we dont do stunts in this department. thank you. >> now, despite those comments, it remains to be seen whether or not the perception of this deployment coming so close to the midterms will be seen as a political maneuver. kate. >> yeah, ryan, thanks so much. joining me right now is retired lieutenant colonel mark hertling who le...

Discipline in this white house. the criticism of reince priebus is that he didnt have access to the calendar. he couldnt actually marshall anything because he was given such a tight berth to move around in. you know from having meetings at the white house that sometimes you show up at the white house. there was nobody on the calendar. our own chris stirewalt had this to say about that whole mess. listen. >> you cant possibly be a successful chief of staff if you are not the chief of the staff. y...

Reince priebus was not in a position to win because he had those problems. it doesnt matter how good of a commander general kelly was, if hes not not given the requisites he needs to win. >> martha: no one will say a bad word about general kelly. he treats people equally. is put up some of his qualifications, retired four-star general, served three tours in iraq, former commander, well-versed in the ways of washington, and very comfortable on both sides of the aisle. i dont very much general kel...

We do can substitute for the iraqi forces will to fight. theyre the ones that have to beat isil and then keep them beaten. >> reporter: so why no will to fight in ramadi? well defense officials are now telling us theyve been looking at several factors. iraqi forces there may not have been even paid for some time. they were exhausted. they hadnt been given any leave to go home and see their families and many of them have already said they felt essentially very disconnected from their commanders. ...

Soldier incident. but again its still very preliminary. as weve been reporting, agents, fbi agents as well as local and state law enforcement there on the scene, still clearing out buildings, still going building to building. the area is still on lock down. so its a very fluid and active situation. >> do we know anything about the shooter, any political motivation? >> reporter: i can tell you that at this early stage they are still trying to learn everything they can about the shooter, wolf. sou...

Were going to be hearing from lieutenant general mark milley, the commander general at fort hood. were told momentarily. well have live coverage of course here on cnn. in the meantime lets bring in our justice correspondent, pamela brown. shes got some new information. what are you learning, pamela? >> reporter: were learning from sources, wolf, that the shooter in this case used a semiautomatic handgun. again learning from sources its believed that the shooter used a semiautomatic handgun. we k...

Information thats coming from the scene and people are waiting for the briefing by the general. so theres really no other information going out other than what local media in texas is reporting. and its already been put out there in public. but im not hearing anything new. >> lets bring in general marks. this is as we say the second mass shooting at fort hood within five years. second shooting at fort hood. its an awful, awful situation. general marks, i know you know general milley whos about t...

Many of the seculars that the military will install their commander general who is behind the military coop and he will run and win. the military will control much of the power in egypt now. if he is instituted and wins the election, there is a concern that they will replace mubarak with the general and many people in egypt wanting a restoration of justice and democracy to the country and not just a new regime. >> clearly the instability continues. thank you so much. eric? >> more protests and d...

And for our country. i dont make this decision based on any difference in policy with general mcchrystal as we are in full agreement about our strategy. stan mcchrystal has always shown great courtesy and carried out my orders faithfully. ive got great admiration for him and for his long record of service in uniform. but war is bigger than any one man or woman, whether a private, a general, or a president. the conduct represented in the recently published article does not meet the standard that ...

Afghanistan, for our military and for our country. i dont make this decision based on any difference in policy with general mcchrystal as we are in full agreement about our strategy. stan mcchrystal has always shown great courtesy and carried out my orders faithfully. ive got great admiration for him and for his long record of service in uniform. but war is bigger than any one man or woman, whether a private, a general, or a president. the conduct represented in the recently published article do...