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Where the acting secretary of defense will likely turn to the military to get their views, their advice, as he forms any recommendations for president trump. >> okay, barbara star and john kirby, thank you very much. joining us now is democratic congressman, denny heck of washington. a member of the intelligence committee. congressman, thank you very much for joining us. happy holidays. want to start first with the presidents comments that we saw in iraq and were hearing some of it, some of thes...

Defeated, as he previously said. not so dominant. and suggested that if isis comes back in syria, the u.s. will be able to conduct operations against them in syria from positions inside iraq. that may be militarily very difficult. if youre going to conduct air strikes, if youre going to do ground operations, you have to have very specific detailed intelligence from the ground, and if u.s. ground troops are not in syria, that may be very tough to come by, just as russian, syrian, iranian-backed m...

He said they said again reasonable, can we have more time. i said, nope. you cant have any more time. youve had enough time. youve knocked them out. youve knocked them silly. look, we have civilian leadership over the military for a reason. and, you know, it is important. but yet its hard to imagine what would happen if a democratic president said, im not listening to my generals. the republicans -- and even some democrats -- would go bonkers. >> well, there were a lot of complaints about presid...

Turmoil back home and with his military decisions under fire. the president and the first lady have wrapped up a holiday surprise visit to u.s. troops in iraq. the commander in chief defended his widely-criticized plan to withdraw forces from neighboring syria, claiming isis has been knocked out, quote, silly. the president says he is in no hurry to find a permanent replacement for defense secretary james mattis who quit in protest. mr. trump suggests he is not in a rush to end the partial gover...

Syria, a call he made without consulting military advisers earlier this month. >> i think that a lot of people are going to come around to my way of thinking. it is time for us to start using our head. >> reporter: as trump seeks to boost morale among soldiers and commanders stationed abroad, uncertainty remains about the u.s. strategy in the middle east to combat the terror group isis. two years after he falsely claimed that president obama was responsible for isiss rise -- >> isis is honoring ...

>> if i invent one thing and no one ever remembers anything else, its animals are great. >> pretty good. >> what happened with brett saying captain kangaroo. >> he was wrong? captain kangaroo sang an entirely different song. ironically his name is bear but he doesnt know much about animals. >> one thing you brought on the book tour is that little kids that watch the five, they love to watch one more thing, they love -- >> if you have at one little animal thing or one yelling thing, like somebody...

>> sounds like an ideal weekend. >> if i invent one thing and no one remembers anything else, its animals are great. >> what about bret baier saying captain kangaroo sang it. >> he sang a different song. his name was bear but didnt know much about animals. >> the little kid that watch "the five" love to watch "one more thing" and the animals. >> if you just add one little animal thing or one yelling thing acting silly, kids like it. do you remember when you watched a show as a kid and you liked ...

>> look, the idea that putin is happy about this is ridiculous. hes not. this puts a greater emphasis and makes them have to actually step up and do something and do more in the region and puts them at a greater risk. i think thats just silly. >> silly? no. what she just said is not true. the fact of the matter is, russias president, vladamir putin, expressed delight about president trumps announcement. watch. >> translator: as far as isis is concerned, i agree more-or-less with the president of...

Schumer said, schumer demands trump aban dont wall. senator schumer, we are not going to abandon the wall, we are going to build the wall until all those americans who want us to abandon the wall and open up the border, thats what there is fight is about, we dont agree with you. mark andor jim and matt deserve the credit for getting the president in a good good spot. we need more money for the wall along the border. schumer wants to abandon the wall, we want to build it. thats what this fight is...

Schumer demands trump abandon the wall. so senator schumer, we are not going to aban dont wall, we are going to build the wall until all those americans who want us to abandon the wall and open up the border, thats what this fight is about. we dont agree with you. so mark and jim and matt deserve a lot of credit for getting the president in a good spot. i had lunch with the president today. and i can promise you we need more money for the wall along the border. human were wants to abandon the wa...