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Basically moving backward, away from more integration, more openness, more honesty in the military. and in the other direction. he stands in stark contrast in historical terminates s to othe presidents. for him to stand up last night and say i deserve to be on mt. rushmore, you may deserve to be behind bars somewhere but you do not deserve to be on mt. rushmore. >> beyond the irony about the anniversary, the arguments about unit cohesion, by allowing african-americans -- >> we heard it with afri...

Goes back to truman integrating the service 69 years ago yesterday. we heard the same things when we ended dont ask, dont tell and same things when we opened all combat positions to women. these never bear fruit and we see our force gets stronger as we open opportunities to more people. >> secretary fanning, thank you for being here and your important insights on an important day. well be right back with todays big picture. hange, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfu...

Consulting with the -- treating medically transgender service members in this country is neglect bl especially whether you think about what it cost to train these service members to do their job in the first place. when you think about landon wilson who was discharged in 2015, he was a naval crypttologist, it cost the military $30,000 to do his job. it would have cost -- so the real cost is in attacking the service members and compromising our military readiness and unit cohesion is putting the ...

Will they get picked out? today, no answers to that question. sarah huckabee sanders could not or would not answer questions about whether current service members will be removed. >> the president has a lot of support for all americans and certainly wants to protect all americans at all times. the president has expressed concerns since this obama policy came into effect. but hes also voiced that this is a very expensive and disruptive policy, and based on consultation that hes had with his natio...

Tell in recent years and it just doesnt bare out. the young men and women of the military, theyre a leap ahead of everybody these days and theyre so sophisticated. theyre so accepting and i just dont think theres any legitimate argument to make for unit cohesion. if you take the upper estimate of 6,000 transgender in the military, those are 6,000 men and women with unique skills. they are doing incredible things for the military and why would your deprive yourself of that talent? >> commander ro...

Australia is another. israel is third. the president referred to disruptions. what does he mean, and is he concerned that there are disruptions in our allies militaries and should we worry about that from a military standpoint? >> as i said earlier, this decision was made after extensive discussions with his national security team and the president decided it was in the best interest of the military to end this obama policy. i cant speak to anything about another country. pretty focused on makin...

Policy is going to be something that the white house and the department of defense have to work together to lawfully determine and, you know, i would imagine the department of defense will be the lead on that and keep you posted as that takes place. >> why did he decide to do this given that during the campaign he had declared that he would protect the rights of transgender individuals? he said he would be better on this issue than hillary clinton and now hes turned the clock back on this issue ...

Transgender community before president trump became president trump that if obamacare changed to trumpcare, they were wondering if they were able to get the procedures to help them complete their phases of becoming the other sex or the other gender. what do you say to those people who are seeing this now with this ban in the military? what do you say to transgender america who wants to continue with the change? maybe some who already have part of the change and want to do the change and are scar...

Are now say deployed to afghanistan will have to be immediately sent home? >> the implementation is something they will have to work together to lawfully determine. i imagine the department of defense will be the lead on that and they will keep me updated on that. >> why did you decide to do that? he said in the campaign he would protect the rights of transgender individuals. now he turned the clock back. >> the president has a lot of support, and for all americans and certainly wants to protect...

Tweets refer to destruction. what does he mean and is a concern there is obstructions and our allies military? >> this decision was made after extensive discussions with the military team. and to and the obama policy. he is focused on making good things happening here. >> reporter: why hasnt the president picked up the phone and talk with the attorney general? >> i will keep you posted if he does. >> reporter: how does it maintain unit cohesion for those