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Will question are we really here for them. and lets spin to the pacific for 30 seconds where we are saying to the japanese and the koreans, were going to require you to pay billions of dollars in addition to the billions you already pay to have u.s. military support. are they going to be content with the idea that well be reliable in that regard. and then lastly, brian, its what do our enemies think of this. and let me tell you, they are popping the champagne corks in moscow right now, see that ...

Within your direct power to do so. give us a direct order. >> general stavridis, youre welcome here any time. >> great to be with you friday oo night. i used the break to fact check myself. the coal miners daughter is not dolly parton, its loretta lynn. i correct myself. >> thank you very much. coming up, why mike pompeo might head home to kansas. might head home to kansas. when i switched to geico. and this is how it made me feel. it was like that feeling when you go to taco night at your favor...

>> with us, james stavridis, you made the same decision as a young midshipsmen, what lesson did you learn all over again this week about public service? >> the one that matters the most is how deeply these people care about the country and their voice to me was absolutely impartial. they are here to speak truth to power, to deliver the facts to us as they see them. ill make another point. you mentioned a nice turn of phrase calling on john bolton to woman up. i would say also maybe people ought ...

Apology to them. and then, secondly, it helps us understand why these career civil servants, career military officers like lieutenant colonel vindman are ready to jeopardize their entire career, step into the glare of publicity to speak truth to power and they do so because they know how desperately ukraine needs and deserves that military assistan assistance. >> admiral, what must our other allies think of us after a week like this in the public domain out in the open on live television? >> let...

More were injured yesterday. with us tonight were pleased to welcome back to the broadcast admiral james devridis, former supreme allied commander of nato. he was last on this broadcast to talk about his new book "sailing true north, ten admirals and the voyage of character." thanks for coming on again tonight. what more can the intel community do if dr. fiona hill looks at that committee and a national audience begging them not to pass along a story started by russia that ukraine somehow medd...

Directly contradicted what the director of national intelligence, dan coats, said. >> it was in the months prior to september 2001 when according to then cia director george tenet, the system was blinking red. here we are nearly two decades later and im here to say the warning lights are blinking red again. today the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack. >> well, our countrys intelligence community is taking that warning very seriously. "the washington post" ...

Buy more ammunition ultimately. >> more than 100 military leaders are citing that quote from defense secretary james mattis to push back on the presidents plan to slash foreign aid. among them, former nato command james devridis who joins us ahead on "morning joe." thanks for loading, sweetie.