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Rushed, and this raid, have put some real strain on our partnership with yemen in our fight against aqap, which is one of the most deadly terrorist organizations in the world, is something we should all regret and something the trump administration should consider closely in the weeks ahead. >> do you know if there was any notification to the hill beforehand of the raid in yemen? >> i dont know that. >> and what we know of the way it was decided upon at one stage there was a dinner attended by t...

Seems to be getting to a position where the refs feel theyre in a no-win situation. where are you on this? >> exactly. were getting to the latter. those sorts of comments about a pending case are not responsible and i dont think theyre helpful either. its one thing to criticize the substance of a courts opinion, its another thing to go after the judges and to question the legitimacy of the courts decision-making process. and the presidents been doing the latter. we saw with george bush that, you...

The iraq war. the military is going to follow the orders of the president of the united states. theyll appreciate the fact that hes promised to make the military stronger. but then again, there will be a settling in period, we can see with the raid in yemen, that the decision-making process of this administration isnt yet fully formed. i would think that the militarys view of the president is a do-out. theyll certainly respect him as leader of the united states and commander-in-chief of the arme...

Decision to do this raid was done over dinner. and it was done with jared kushner and steve bannon among others in the room. is that the normal decision-making process for something like this? >> its not and we dont know at all to what extent there was a normal interagency process? the trump administration because there arent people in place in many jobs that would review this stuff. there arent the military lawyers in place, there arent the national security agency principals necessary. >> ken ...

Our reporting is that the department signed off on this plan and that there was months of intelligence gathering that led up to this raid but they -- the military cant have it both ways. either this was a well-executed well-planned raid or everything went wrong. something is not squaring here. >> can i ask you this question? the account is that this decision to do this raid was done over dinner. and it was done with jared kushner and steve bannon among others in the room. is that the normal deci...

Reports on the numbers of non-combatants that were killed. among those reported dead, eight-year-old nawar al awlaki, the daughter of anwar al awlaki, the influential new mexico-born al qaeda leader who himself was killed in a u.s. strike five years ago. her grandfather telling nbc news that he identified his granddaughters body in a photo taken from the scene. >> joining me now, the national council spokesperson under president obama and i should say centcom has said it appears there were nonco...

Didnt allow for that. any time an eighth-year-old is killed its an absolute tragedy. it doesnt matter who her father was. >> i should note that under president obama her brother who was an american citizen was also killed. >> i was at the wuas at the whie house at the time and thats something i think about because he was a child and i dont think any 16-year-old should be a combatant in a war. >> let me ask you this. iran put on notice from general flynn today. centcom says they dont have any inf...

Details are coming in about this raid that took place in yemen and there are anonymous sources within the military that say the president acted too early and without enough intelligence. can you explain how the decision making process works? >> normally in something like, this the intelligence is collected, the raid is planned and its briefed up the chain of command. in my experience, weve always gone overboard to make sure all the details were covered, all the intelligence was there and we real...

Didnt allow for that. any time an eighth-year-old is killed its an absolute tragedy. it doesnt matter who her father was. >> i should note that under president obama her brother who was an american citizen was also killed. >> i was at the was at the white house at the time and thats something i think about because he was a child and i dont think any 16-year-old should be a combatant in a war. >> let me ask you this. iran put on notice from general flynn today. centcom says they dont have any inf...

Despite conflicting local reports on the numbers of non-combatants that were killed. among those reported dead, eight-year-old nawar al awlaki, the daughter of anwar al awlaki, the influential new mexico-born al qaeda leader who himself was killed in a u.s. strike five years ago. her grandfather telling nbc news that he identified his granddaughters body in a photo taken from the scene. >> joining me now, the national council spokesperson under president obama and i should say centcom has said i...