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Florida, no one is talking about the bob woodward book tonight. no one. that is the bottom line for how this relates to everybody watching the show. >> bret: the suggestion is that aids are doing things and protecting from what the presidents instincts are and for example, the secretary mattis had said, we are not going to follow an order directly from the president as far as killing bashar al-assad in syria. now matt is put out a statement saying that contentious contems words about the preside...

A million at this point. ainsley: thats great. brian: something else that hasnt stopped is the war even though you are not in camouflage anymore. we still have a long haul in afghanistan. whats the best way forward there knowing they are training in afghanistan, pakistg into afghanistan and killing our guys. >> first thing we have going to for success a guy like general mattis one of the most respected people in the military that the military has produce sod long. brian: he has been empowered by...

Are aware of north koreas most resents unsuccessful missile launch. the president has no further comments. is this widely seen as were not going to give kim jong-un satisfaction this is of any consequence to a greater degree to the united states and we are still monitoring and were aware of whats happening. is that the takeaway? >> reporter: that seems like a fair interpretation. this statement from mattis is similar to the statement we had from the secretary of state tillerson so we have this m...

Dog mattis. >> the joints of chief is a military adviser. will he take orders from him? >> the relationship between the chairman and the secretary of defense is collegial. you get fights with the white house. i think id worried more about the national security adviser and white house. we have had national security advisers who got into some real fights with the pentagon when he said its important to have political civilian control. that will be harder for general flynn as the national security a...