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Place on the ticket. >> after the "access hollywood" tape, people thought trump would step down. >> kevin mccarthy once joked that president trump was on the russian payroll. senator bob corker didnt joke when he questioned the presidents confidence. and the president of state called him a moron. general mcmasters called him an idiot. this is what they say behind his back. >> there are charge there is to what you just said. >> and rex tillerson refused to deny it because hes not a liar. >> liste...

Worked with roger stone and the third person was steve bannon who implemented a lot of the stuff that stone and nunberg came up with as private consultants for trump. >> trisha: and it worked but now , steve bannons on the outside, stirring things up saying the presidency that we fought for and won is over. whats he talking about? >> well i mean what hes talking about is the sort of nationalist movement that involved building a wall, being hyper aggressive on immigration. even maybe engaging in ...

By tillerson and reaffirmed by general mcmasters the national security advisor is to reassure congress that the cruise missile strike on the air base had the very narrow focus of deterring further use of weapons of mass destruction. the trump administration cannot make a no notice change in strategy, for example, regime change, without triggering some kind of congressional call for an authorization for military force and weeks and weeks of debate. that all has to take place at some point because...

Attacking sunni muslims who isis claims to represent. but this is an incredibly complex problem and i think what gives me real hope here is i think from general mattis, and from mcmasters the national security advisor were starting to see the outlines of developing policy and above all, clear thinking. by the way, president trump is now being applauded for this attack around the world. its amazing. thats probably registering on him. >> >> shannon: plenty of that in d.c., too. thank you, colonel ...

Was de operationalized. general mcmasters, hr mcmaster knocked national security advisor, has returned to the nsc to its proper function." so the white house as there is no need for steve bannon to be on the nsc principles committee anymore. another interesting development is foster, homeland security advisor remains on the principles committee, but his role has been somewhat diminished. he is still able to chair homeland security council meetings, though. that authority would have to be designa...

> melissa: president the president tapping lieutenant general mcmaster has new national security advisor, white house press secretary sean spicer addressing the pick moments ago. >> press secretary spicer: the president is proud to present general mcmasters to team. he will protect the american interest at home and abroad. > melissa: joining us is the retired map rhine corps staff. you heard what the press secretary said letting him set up his own staff. well was a emphasis on the idea that this...

Want upons and gives him the lee way to disagree with him. >> it is not only through actions. but practice leading those in charge of you. i think general mcmaster has a lot of that in his past. some of his work and the vietnam war book, you dont question superiors, but to bring forth ideas and come with me with an interest and not a problem. that is the right kind in the responsibility traits he can employ with president trump. > melissa: he is well respected and not a lot of people wanted to s...

Immigrants. under this administration, it is 75 percent criminal. it is a mauler group than what we saw on well talk about the people on the formum today we are going. > melissa: it is fantastic. it is interesting to see how they perceive the news. wherever you are watching us now. it is different elsewhere. thank you for coming on the show, we look forward to it. > melissa: thank you. and president trump and the lieutenant general hr mcmaster was met with praise. and what challenges lie ahead f...

Take this job. but i am unbelievably impressed and all of the rumors over the staff were 100 percent false. he made it clear he would love to serve in the fut and you are impressed with the team and wanted to do this. but there were constraints financial and family wise and come after serve issing 40 years in the military, he would have had to make. i talked to him and the team has talked to him. and ultimately the president was very, very impressed with general mcmasters. he was always one of t...

The first meeting of the national security council with all of the principles there? >> press secretary spicer: that is a routine briefing but happening in the situation room. >> reporter: [inaudible] what about the first formal meeting. >> press secretary spicer: general mcmasters got here at noon today. we move fast and i think we need to give him a few days to get a team together. but the president was obviously very pleased with the selection and saw the bip partisan support that general mcm...