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Including kelly, and did nothing about them for months until they became public. you have worked with general kelly. you said he is a man of character, and integrity. are you surprised by how kelly has handled this situation? >> youre correct that john is a friend of mine. we got to know each over at the pentagon when he was the military aide to the secretary defense, and i was the departments general counsel. he was commander of u.s. southern command. we have both been to roberts grave site tog...

Democratic leader, have you been briefed? >> not yet, i hope to be briefed net year. >> you heard senator graham, he didnt know we had a thousand troops in niger, did you? >> no, i did not. >> is it surprising leading members of congress would not have known about that deployment? >> it is, it is extremely surprising, in colombia, planned colombia, we are all aware of that, thats been going on 30 years. we had 900 troops at absolute peak. >> that is a very aware of it. when i was the u.s. southe...

Where you have to say the president is unable to perform the duties. that is a very high bar. >> it is. gabe shermans piece reads like a 20-count indictment repreparing for the 25th amendment to be invoked. it will likely never happen. whats important is john kelly. and we know that john kelly is a barometer for the seriousness of this administration. he is a sober leader. if john kelly were to ever leave, thats an independence occasion. as an attorney they call it noisy withdrawal, if your clie...

Sometimes the best bet is to donate to makes like the humane society or your local shelter to help them out, because a lot of these pet communities are really pitching in to try and help out here in texas. >> joe fryer, thank you so much. i want to go now because joining us on the phone is u.s. coast guard vice admiral carl schultz, director of operations for u.s. southern command. thank you so much for taking the time out of what has to be a very busy day to talk to us a little bit about what i...

Last nights phoenix rally, vice president mike spence today is in south florida said to focus on the ongoing crisis, an assault on democracy in venezuela. joe keenan is covering the vice president is morning. >> this afternoon, vice president pence will be here in our lady of guadalupe catholic church just west of miami, very large venezuelan community here. the vice president flew in after midnight in the wee hours after that phoenix rally with the president, so hes already here in miami and hi...

Democratic transition in venezuela? >> thats hard to say, obviously. i am very alarmed that the mismanagement of the country and particularly the oil resources andñi the economy and the push towards more autocracy is impacting the food supply. people are becoming desperate, something must be done, something will give. it is way out of the teaneck step with the way countries like chile and argentina wentç to become strong. >> heather: have venezuela collapses, what is the impact or the risk fo...

United states. given what we have seen from the trump administration the past six plus months, what impact could this happen have for the trump white house? >> i think it is two-fold. on one hand you have kelly who has huge amount of experience managing very large very complicated bureaucratic structures, department of homeland security, u.s. southern command to name a couple. i think he brings a level of organizational expertise to the role of chief of staff that priebus didnt have. on the othe...

The chief of staff to an impulsive president, shall we say. how is his military background going to impact his time in the white house? >> in terms of order and discipline and organization, i think his military background will serve him well. while we was in the marine corps he was a top aide to two former secretaries of defense. he has some experience in keeping the trains running op time for a high-level official. where he might be lacking is in terms of the politics. while he was head of u.s....

The government supports insurance companies could create instability, shannon. >> shannon: thank you. >> bill: plenty to analyze with byron york, how are you? here we go on a monday. last hour this tweet came out. highest stock market ever, best economic numbers in years. unemployment lowest in 17 years, wages rising, border secure, supreme court, no white house chaos. how does secretary kelly change things? or does he? >> well, first of all the general kelly has a lot of experience running larg...

The president chairman joe dunford knocked on his door and general kelly saw him in uniform, he knew his son was dead. before leaving at the head of u.s. southern command, bret, general kelly spoke to reporters at the pentagon and to give an indication of how he thinks how u.s. advisors -- take a listen to what he said. >> this more stuff is hard. its not for the untrained. the mentorship, the advising is what makes -- the equipment is important but it doesnt come close to having people that are...