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Minute to midnight? thats the real foreign policy and security policy challenge. >> a really sobering thought. former prime minister of australia, kevin rudd. i think the right way to say thank you is say, thanks, mate. >> well, on your cover. >> thank you very much for joining us. okay, and back in the u.s., the search for a national security adviser continues. former cia director, david petraeus is no longer in the running to replace michael flynn after petraeus reportedly insisted he would be...

President asked michael flynn for his resignation for not being completely forthcoming with vice president mike pence about his communications with russias ambassador to the united states. joining us now to talk about this is retired four-star general and nbc news military analyst barry mccaffrey, thank you for joining us. how do you read harwards refusal to accept the job. seems unusual circumstance, publicly here the reason is persal but a lot of people in washington reading this as somebody q...

Someone as national security adviser is more of an honest broker. youre not looking for somebody whos got the strong single minded passion to get one particular action done. if you have, that you get in to conflicts and state department and defense department. theyre the people who are the heavyweights in the policy. you need someone in national security position who can balance off the agency agreements, disagreements and surface those issues for resolution at the principals committee and then ...

The last few days, there are a lot of tensions inside the administration now about which way to go, that the cabinet officers, homeland security, defense, state, heavyweights and the cabinet are not going along with everything mr. bannon and some of his colleagues in the white house want? >> david gergen. thank you, nice to have you on the program. >> poppy, good luck with your new programs. you have a great time slot and all this news. good luck. >> i have to leave, i have to leave the best tea...

Attorney general he would handle conflicts between truth and power, this is an ominous one. recent events put these concerns into particularly sharp focus. the refugee order that the president has issued highlights the problems we face over senator sessions nomination. on a bipartisan basis experts have concluded this will harm our national security. as has been recordported in the media, a group of heavyweights from both political parties protested president trumps executive order on refugees i...

Attorney general he would handle conflicts between truth and power, this is an ominous one. recent events put these concerns in particularly sharp focus. the refugee order that the president has issued highlights the problems we face over senator sessions nomination. on a bipartisan base, i experts have concluded this will harm our national security. as has been reported in the media, a group of more than 100 former national security heavyweights from both political parties protested president t...

The invasion of north africa. >> he was a good man, tough man, you know. i mean, he tried to treat everybody the same. i was on duty. i had to go and take my weapons with me just in case anybody gets fresh, you know. >> in december 1943, president roosevelt informed eisenhower he would command operation overlord, a direct invasion of france. this was the make-or-break moment for the war in europe. all the heavyweights -- fdr, churchill, de gaulle -- were putting their faith in ike. the responsib...

Washington where he soon distinguished himself as a good strategic thinker, just six months later, he went to london where he planned the invasion of north africa. >> he was a good man, a tough man. he tried to treat everybody the same. i was on duty and i would take my weapons with me just in case anybody gets fresh, you know. >> in december 1943, president roosevelt informed eisenhower he would command operation overlord, a direct invasion of france. this was the make or break moment for the w...

Distinguished himself as a good strategic thinker, just six months later, he went to london where he planned the invasion of north africa. >> he was a good man, a tough man. he tried to treat everybody the same. i was on duty and i would take my weapons with me just in case anybody gets fresh, you know. >> in december 1943, president roosevelt informed eisenhower he would command operation overlord, a direct invasion of france. this was the make or break moment for the war in europe. all the hea...

Of all people saying in addition to the hearings said i expect you to be the secretary of state and he looks forward to working with him. so you need to take a look at that. >> to that point, patty, do you think if rubio wants a political future in the national stage, hes risking that and goes against a lot of these established heavyweights? if he doesnt vote for him? >> i think that marco rubio did not fare very well during the election and trying to gain back some of, you know, his political m...