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>> reporter: at the same time, he knows president trump, dennis rodman, having appeared on "celebrity apprentice." dennis, youre fired. >> rodman doesnt have a background to more accurately intercept what hes seeing. hes being shown these brand-new high rise buildings in pyongyang. hes not being taken out to the countryside to see the delab dated buildings. hes drinking the kool-aid. >> no outside diplomats were allowed to see warmbier for 14 months. swedish diplomats saw him in custody last mon...

You have to decide when you do these things, you serve a commander in chief, a sitting commander in chief. there are sources that say that he is very comfortable with it, that is a historian, he wanted to tell his version of events while they were still current and relevant. he presumably doesnt expect to serve in the obama administration again. so he pays no particular price for it. there will be a lot of public discussion about whether this, again, is that act of betrayal. he has got the first...

Didnt he go through with it and resign? if he was so upset and he stayed, can he assure people that he was giving president obama his best dispassionate advice as secretary of defense? could he do both things? could he be upset and still be effective? the one thing that there is no question about bob gates, is his emotions were tied to the troops? he was very publicly emotional in afghanistan when he visited iraq, when he talked to troops, when he saw wounded troops at walter reed? >> thats not ...

Assessment of vice president biden. the white house is planning what may be perceived as a show of support for biden allowing still photographers to observe the president and vice president having lunch later today. >> jim acosta, live for us at the white house. joining me now with more on this bombshell from robert gates is pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. your the perfect person to speak on this. you covered him as the defense secretary. he seemed to always be known as a very mild manner...

Nixon. on afghanistan, he says, the president doesnt believe in his own strategy, and doesnt consider the war to be his. for him, its all about getting out. he goes on to say, suspicion and d distrust of senior military officers became a big problem for me. >> i think his words will have a significant impact. frankly, im a little surprised, because a lot of times people are not quite as candid as it appears that his book is. >> reporter: how is this for candid? >> on biden he writes, he has been...

He takes a swipe at two top democrats weighing white house bids. he says that joe biden, quote, has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades. gates also recalls this exchange between president obama and hillary clinton. hillary told the president that her opposition to the 2007 surge in iraq had been political, because she was facing him in the iowa primary. so while that sinks in, joining me now, cnn political commentator, will cain ...

Skeptical, if not outright certain that his afghanistan strategy would fail. he sent 30,000 troops into battle knowing this would not work. that is unconscionable knowing how the battle is going to many could out ahead of time and going in any way. >> then, he said he made one of the most courageous decisions going after bin laden when i, bob gates didnt think it would work. he called him one of the most courageous presidents and lincolnesque. >> he did not say obama was an evil character or a v...

Seems. baes sister speaking on cnn "new day" this morning says rodman doesnt know what hes talking about. >> i was shocked by his words, and i think i dont think dennis rodman -- im not sure where hes getting his information. and im not sure how much credence i would give to his outbursts. i dont think -- hes certainly not a diplomat, and not an authority on this case at all. >> in case youre wondering, ap says that rodmans team played only the first half against the north koreans and lost 47-39...

Ive covered fox news for decade and its very well documented he speaks frequently to republican politicians, and has in the past given advice to people like former president george w. bush. that said, i think this book is going to go deeper than ever before. >> personal experience. roger ailes tried to hire me many years ago and i was in a conference room with him and i asked him about the fair and balanced tag because he had been lambasted as a conservative who had no come punctual about making...

Clinton, his memoirs are seen somewhat as an act of betrayal. he said it was one of the most courageous decisions he had ever witnessed in the white house. >> you owe your loyalty to that man or woman in the white house. if you cant handle it, you leave and you are quiet. gates wanted to have it both ways. >> reporter: back at that farewell ceremony in 2011, the president praised gates as an example of service to country. >> the integrity of bob gates is also a reminder, specially to folks here ...