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Online messages that suggests there would be violence at the capitol seriously. but of course that is a far cry from the false allegations that senator johnson is making in this video. >> good point, jessica. thank you very much. jessica snyder reporting. lets get some more on this. former washington, d.c. police chief charles ramsey is joining us, former cia counter terrorism professional phil mudd is with us as well. phil, at one point in your career, you were sent over to work over at the fbi...

Mobilizing the force. there were other reports where he said shoot american citizens, or shoot them in the legs if you dont want to shoot to kill. these are the kinds of things that really lead toward a civil war and violate the militarys oath to support the civilian sectors of our society, which, by the way, also takes an oath to defend the constitution, which some have, some have not. >> okay, i get it. i get the checks and balances argument and i get why this boosts your feeling that these pe...

Around if they saw something unconstitutional. they were going to leave. thats the right move. >> youre shaking your head, general, in agreement. youre nodding your head, rather. help convince me, general, because i dont get it yet. resign? thats the best thing that you can do in terms of if youre worried about a coup? >> thats the best thing you can do because that sends a signal to the american people that there is chaos within the military. and when one individual, lets say the chief of staff...

Rather. help convince me, general, because i dont get it yet. resign? thats the best thing that you can do in terms of if youre worried about a coup? >> thats the best thing you can do because that sends a signal to the american people that there is chaos within the military. and when one individual, lets say the chief of staff of the army resigns, and then the chief of naval operations resigns, then you know there is something desperately wrong within the military and within the government. and...

May be a coup. why? was it just all of the atmospherics that we saw on january 6, or did they have reason to believe that trump would come to them to try to use them as a muscle to keep power? how concerned should we be that these officials were secretly drawing response plans in case the president of the united states did try to pull off a coup? how concerned should we be that the best plan they could come up with was to quit? these are questions in the book "i alone can fix it." lets discuss w...

Service that this is an alarm people should listen to because they have reason to from trump? >> yes, and ive heard that from many government officials. it was apparent to many that trump was dead set on controlling all the institutions of our democracy not for the support of the people, but for his personal use and gain. some institutions, the courts, the intel community, the military, they wavered a little little but they stayed firm. other institutions did not. what we have seen and is so fru...

>> yes, and ive heard that from many government officials. it was apparent to many that trump was dead set on controlling all the institutions of our democracy not for the support of the people, but for his personal use and gain. some institutions, the courts, the intel community, the military, they waivered a little b little but they stayed firm. other institutions did not. what we have seen and is so frustrating to many who work in government is when we see that balance of power you were talki...

Would come to them to try to use them as a muscle to keep power? how concerned should we be that these officials were secretly drawing response plans in case the president of the united states did try to pull off a coup? how concerned should we be that the best plan they could come up with was to quit? these are questions in the book "i alone can fix it." lets discuss with lieutenant mark hertling and phil mudd. general, whats your take? >> general milley as the chairman, first of all, most of y...

Orders to the military, and yet he was awol. all of these things are factors in milley standing up and saying, hey, you fellow members of the joint chiefs, we are not going to obey an illegal order. we are not going to allow an authoritarian to disrupt our upholding of the constitution. >> i get it. phil, its daunting, its scary, but based on what, is my point. what was the order? was this just very high brass being paranoid because of what they suspected, or was there something that triggered t...

Dont want to shoot to kill. these are the kinds of things that really lead toward a civil war and violate the militarys oath to support the civilian sectors of our society, which, by the way, also takes an oath to defend the constitution, which some have, some have not. >> okay, i get it. i get the checks and balances argument and i get why this boosts your feeling that these people in this position at this time were doing the right thing. my question becomes, how should we judge trump in this, ...