Commanded troops in afghanistan. he has baggage given the fact he is on probation for disclosing information. also robert harward was secretary of defense mattis s deputy at central command. his name is in contention. we are watching. we know we believe petraeus is visiting the white house today. we will see who gets this top post. a fascinating turn of events. ryan, thank you. petraeus going to the white house. chris christie having lunch with the president. at 10:30, the president a listen for a parent/teacher conferen conference. it is open. you bet reporters will try to ask questions. you get the sense they didn t
That kind of gives him at least a little woven fabric within. i thought this was interesting. lieutenant joseph kellogg is the acting person. you always say possession is 9/10 of the law. how much more can we learn ab that man? the third is general david petraeus that is being discussed. going back to harward which is being seen as one of the topics here. white house sources tell john roberts he s described as the toughest guy in the seals. a real rock. i think both meghan and i can talk about it. it was a seal that got my son into the marine corps. it s a terrific thing. if i can i want to go back to something that meghan was saying, which is the democrats have not allowed this particular administration to have a government yet. it s not really a complete government. the continual harping on all the details of all the nominee, some of which are fair, but some of
Like we see in so many situations that really was the problem here. that nailed the coffin. you saw it earlier when his choice was denied, security clearance by the cia for senior director for africa. that was, the writing was on the wall. something is going on here. then i was hearing reports about three people that were going to be coming in. if petraeus in particular, one of them coming to do an interview that week and that was four days ago. it was like the writing was on the wall, i think. i m hearing petraeus not going to take the position. dana: looks like john roberts had some information about harward. let s take a look at the democrats demanding more information on this. this obviously begs a lot of questions about whether those conversations between flynn and the russian ambassador were sanctioned by the president
Of times. sean spicer said what cost flynn his job was not coming clean about those conversations and misleading vice president mike pence about them just before pence went on television to talk about it. the white house would not say, and i asked specifically, what evidence the white house counsel weighed to determine there was nothing illegal in the phone conversations. the fbi is known to have transcripts of electronic intercepts of those conversations the white house is hoping to make this all blow over quickly by announcing a strong replacement for flynn. the number one candidate right now is retired navy seal, vice admiral robert harward. he was under general james mattis and names the honor manned during seal training. this guy has got a reputation of being a tough cookie. the honor man is the seal candidate during training who show so much great aunt tenacity and strength that he inspires other cadets, cadets to keep
Vice-president and they have accepted my apology. throughout my over 33 years of honorable military service and my tenure as the national security advisor, i have always performed my duties with the utmost of integrity and hahn at this so those i have served to include the president of the united states. i am tendering my resignation, honored to have served our nation and the american people in such a distinguished way, unquote. retired army general keith kellogg, a top policy advisor for trump s presidential campaign has been appointed as actling national security advisor the white house said in a stam. nbc news has confirmed with the senior administration official that the list of permanent replacements for the national security advisor are general keith kellogg, general david petraeus, and vice admiral robert harward. sts a stunning development from hours earlier when white house counselor kellyanne conway told msnbc that president trump had complete confidence in general flynn. g
Between the trump administration and what people are knowing and hearing. the russians are being aggressive. it comes after a series of buzzing of ships. there is a new report that they have their own cruise missile that has kind of secretly been deployed. so the russians are acting aggressively in the face of uncertainty about u.s./russia relations and what the future policy will be. that s why you have u.n. ambassador nikki haley saying russia needs to stop some of these aggressive moves or face consequences. yeah. meanwhile, what do we know about a potential replacement for general flynn? well, there are two people who are really in the biggest position to take over. and that is vice admiral robert harward. very well respected. ceo lockheed martin.
Service to this country. we should thank him for that. he will be rail roaded all day. maybe he should be. but don t forget his service. you bring up such an interesting issue. before the show, we were talking ab who now is in charge of watching the shop. i realize that spy ship is 70 miles off the coast of delaware. they re still in international waters. our border many line, that worder borderline is 12 miles out. it s not of critical concern, but it is one that needs to be watched. even the source on record said that. who s watching that specifically? the american people need to be told that today. i think that s worth something coming out. maybe we ll see it in the white house briefing later today. sandra, you ask about the three people who are kind of on the shor list now for the job. i just want to point out a couple things that hit me. bob harward is one former navy seal. has a relationship with the secretary of defense.
Retired lieutenant general keith kellogg. he was the director of the nse. he was a vietnam vet. other names in contention for the post is david petraeus. he was forced to resign from the cia for disclosing classified information. officials say he has baggage. another name we are hearing is robert harward. he is a navy s.e.a.l. and served under james mattis. well known to at least one member of the administration. we will see in the coming days who becomes the permanent national security adviser. ryan browne for us in the white house. there are questions raised about the past. thank you. the resignation of michael flynn followed chaos and contradictions all while the
Name you should keep a close eye on, a decision whoever it is to come soon. harward is a former navy s.e.a.l. demand commander, he has bipartisan support, i ve heard from former obama officials as well and the closeness of his relationship to the now defense secretary james mattis, harward served as his deputy at u.s. central command. andrea? thanks so much, peter alexander. joining me from capitol hill republican congressman adam kensinger. thank you for joining us, congressman. let me play something just said by senator lindsey graham on the other side of the capitol, another republican point of view, and then i ll get your reaction on the other side. well i think he served his country well in uniform for a long time and apparently he did mislead the vice president. did he just do this as a rogue
That the list of permanent replacements for the national security advisor are general keith kellogg, general david petraeus, and vice admiral robert harward. sts a stunning development from hours earlier when white house counselor kellyanne conway told msnbc that president trump had complete confidence in general flynn. general flynn does enjoy the full confidence of the president. by saying he enjoys the full confidence of the president are you saying you re satisfied he did not have those conversations, he did not mislead the vice-president? those are two different questions you asked me and i ll repeat the answer. does he have the full confidence of the president, yes, he does. then you asked me what does he talk about with people when i wasn t oe phone. the ly way to answer that is to tell you what he said which is that he can t recall. we re joined now on the phone by nbc white house correspondent kristen welker. thank you for staying up late with us. a couple questions i th