Hearts we werent going to kill them. That was training. That kind of training helped prepare them for the treatment that they got. John mccain was tortured. What they did to him in the hanoi hilton and other Prisoner Of War Sites in North Vietnam was torture. Weve never done that kind of thing. Never condoned it. Some of our allies may have done it but we department. The bottom line is, when congress made these things illegal, theyre going to stay illegal until Congress Changes it. Neil when i hear the president said as he did today in this Press Conference and that he would defer i hope i have the right wording there to his Defense Secretary, what did you make of that . Well, i make of it donald trump became famous for saying year youre fired. If he doesnt like that the
secretary of defense wont do it i know these mean well. I know jim mattis very well. He was not going to issue that kind of order and he has the authority to issue though orders. Hes not going to do it. Into if the president doesnt like it, he can utter those two famous words that he used on television youre fired and find a secretary of defense that will. Neil i want your take on how the president described Vladimir Putin. Theresa may teed this up yesterday with the republicans, that, you know, look, almost like Ronald Reagan did for us, do you think she changed his view of Vladimir Putin or that she had to . The president kept saying, look, i dont know him, well see how things go, could go well, could go poorly. But how do you think it will go . Tomorrow theyll have a phone call with each other. How do you see this relationshipGoing Forward . Well, i see all kinds of relationships are affected by the fact that hes now in the oval office. Theres awesome responsibility that comes with this assignment. Its not running for office. Its being in office. What the president is realizing the effect the before him is awesome. Those kinds of statements that he can make during a campaign are quite frankly no longer relevant. A lot of people that expected him to i suppose stick with the same kind of rhetoric. Clearly hes changed. Ive watched this man for five days in office. One of my colleagues said i wonder if hes taking valium . Its clear hes tamed down in terms of his rhetoric. Its important. Words do matter in an office of president of the United States. Neil i wonder if he mixes it with caffeine. Hes been busy. This is a whole administration full of
workaholics. Neil looks like that. Thanks, cornell. Thanks. Neil oliver north. Thanks. We ended up the week with a whimper but held over 20,000. Our markets are doing just fine here. Weve had some surprisingly good earnings news out of technology sector, optimism about how that is going to fare Going Forward here only financial stocks. All the major averages up. The dow up into record territory. I want to focus on how this fall out of build a wall, who will pay for it, how that hits the peso. It picked out after we learned that the president spoke with an hour, a phone call initiated by President Trump, with his counter part in mexico. That maybe just sort of helped the peso out a little bit. Their stock market there, dow jones industrial, was down. We have more included the president expected to formally sign that Executive Order for extreme vetting for refugees. All of this occurring as he makes his way to the defense department. And the ceremonial swearing in of james mattis. Of course, we should say that the general is already the Defense Secretary. Sworn in by Vice President pence. This is how important it is to the president that he by ceremony or however you want to define it, wants to one up his number 2 who swore him in himself. More after this. When you have 7. 95 online u. S. Equity trades lower than td ameritrade, schwab, and etrade, you realize the smartest investing idea isnt just what you invest in, but who you invest with. I didnt think there was anything else to talk about. But then i realized there was. So, i finally broke the silence with my doctor about what i was experiencing. He said humira is for people like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohns disease. In clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. And many achieved remission. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. If youre still just managing your symptoms, talk with your gastroenterologist about humira. With humira, remission is possible. The full value of your totaled new car. The guy says, you picked the wrong insurance plan. No, i picked the wrong Insurance Company. With new car replacement™, well replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. Liberty mutual insurance. Neil all right. Waiting for the ceremonial swearing in of james mattis to be recognized as the Defense Secretary of the United States, which he already is. The Vice President mike pence has done the honors here, but the president thinks this so important as it is in this day and age, the general and the Defense Secretary now, a formal recognition on the part of his commanderinchief to see him, swear him in and do it himself. All right. When that happens, were there. Meantime, the president is also expected to sign an Executive Order calling for the extreme vetting of refugees as well as
focusing on those countries that have a disproportionate number of terror going on. Doctor, good having you. What will this mean . Does the Executive Order carry the weight where we can slow down here . What would it do . Neil, thats a great question. What does it mean. I think were hearing so much about what it doesnt mean. A lot of exaggeration. The bottom line, hes following through on promises, rationale approa approach, to stop and pause immigration from countries that are havens for jihadists, countries that could hate the west and we start threatening against islamism from somalia, yemen, iraq, et cetera. The pause is 120 days. We might need 180 days. But at that event, we vet
against those that believe in an islamic state. The only criticism, i dont understand why syria was indefinite. We need to message its not just stopping immigration, its pausing it so that we can come back to Security First and second getting back to americas roots which are welcoming the immigrants that want to be free. Neil could be any second. I might interrupt you for the swearing in of james mattis. The Defense Secretary is on record saying that we have to take the fight to isis. We cannot give any mixed signals. Im paraphrasing. What do you think his approach to dealing with isis working with this american president . We not only have to take it to them but decimate them in syria where they exist, their money. Thats the end point of not violent extremism but violent islamism. To decimate isis, you have to take away the inspiration, this
islamic state jihadism. We have to fight over there. Weve been extremely absent and catering to the islamic mindset of fear of westernism. So we have to engage in the Idealogical War and let the Mad Dog Mattises of the world destroy them on the battled field. Neil im getting a sense that this is the primary concern, back and forth and russia, back and forth about how we deal with china. But front and center right now is how we take on isis. So hes probably that is the president going to want a plan for that. And then an aggressive one. Where do you see this going . Well, i hope we shift the axis of domestic and global approach from violent extremism to violent islamism. Hamas, the muslim brotherhood, alquaida, theyre all part of the same tree, which is this sense of islamist supremacy, the sharia state. Part of the legacy groups, et cetera, theyre not part of our alleys. They dont share our ideology of freedom. So we have to start to understand that the Conveyor Belt towards these groups to abandon this whackem all program, so theyre ready and willing to advise them on that. Neil i want your take on this sort of change or slight on the part of the president and torture and how he refers to his Defense Secretary, that hes not in favor of the no torture and he would defer to that view. Something that john mccain and others have urged as well. What do you make of that in our fight against isis and
terrorists, whether thats good or bad . I think the Good Cop Bad Cop discussion between President Trump and the generals is very effective. America will not be weak and we wont let our enemies determine what we do to keep our country safe. On the other hand, to be that beacon of freedom and morality. We have to maintain the geneva convention, maintain that air of enlightenment and freedom and the muslims see us asseting the standard globally rather than going to their level. I believe one that believes that we should not do things that ineffective and also not surrender and do things that wouldnt keep us safe. Neil all right. Thanks, doctor. Thanks for taking the time. Any time. Thanks, neil. Neil i want to go to colonel schaffer, retired u. S. Army
intelligence. Tony, were waiting for this event here, but already on the Torture Pivot or whatever you want to call it, tony, senators john mccain and Lindsey Graham have said were pleased by President Trumps statement that he will defer to secretary mattiss view on torture and Water Boarding. Do you agree . I agree that torture has not worked by my experience. Bill clear on this. I dont think we should be having a discussion regarding torture in public. Its one of those things where i dont believe for a minute we should be doing it. Sometimes the implication that we can do it, the fear of that existing is an effective tool by itself. Lets face it, psychologically, the fear of something is greater than the actual event. While i agree and look, i said this in my book, we talked about operation dark heart. You can break someone with psychological tricks if you know what youre doing. I agree with general mattis. I think mr. Trump may have gotten some bad advice along the way somewhere. Neil as we wait for this to kickoff with the president and Defense Secretary, what difference does it make in the secretary seems to be held in high regard throughout the establishment. The praises, mutual, but to have for the Defense Establishment to have one of its own in that job. Youre a great military right in your own right. Were used to bureaucrats of late. Not across the board but its been a theme. Here we have a retired general for whom we made an allowance, a change to get him to the position hes in now. How important will that be . How effective in this job do you think he will be . Let me give you more on general mattis. Let me tell you, the two things that have really endeared him to
everybody, neal, why you see a reverence for him, his integrity, his honesty. He tells it like it is. He was working with me on a project recently supporting the chairman of the joint chiefs. He was supposed to basically validate something we were doing. Neil, he would show up to every meeting. He was there. You know, he would call me. I was by the capitol one day. I get this call. Hey, tony, jim mattis. Do you have ten minutes for me to give you guidance . Oh, yeah. Hes that kind of guy. Hes very hands on. So what im trying to tell you, theres a reason why, neil, that this man is so wellrespected. He leads. I think in has been the one missing quality of the civilian side of the pentagon. Im sorry. Ash carter was not leading. He was a bureaucrat. This is where well see leadership. Neil thanks, colonel. Tony shaffer from the pentagon. Well see the Defense Secretary sworn in ceremonially by the commanderinchief. Hes such a big deal to President Trump. The president said on torture matters, whatever he wants. On me on me by switching to geico. I should take a closer look at geico. You know, geico can help you save money on your Homeowners Insurance too . Great geico can help insure our Mountain Chalet how long have we been sawing this log . Um, One Hundred And Fourteen years. Man i thought my arm would be a lot more jacked by now. Im not even sure this is real wood. Theres no butter in this churn. Do my tris look okay . Take a closer look at geico. Great savings. And a whole lot more. So we sent that sample i doff to ancestry. I was from ethnically. My Ancestry Dna Results are that i am 26 nigerian. I am just trying to learn as much as i can about my culture. I put the gele on my head and i looked into the mirror and i was trying not to cry. Because its a hat, but its like the most important hat ive ever owned. Discover the story only your dna can tell. Order your kit now at ancestrydna. Com. Were opening more Xfinity Stores closer to you. Visit us today and learn how to get the most out of all your services, like xfinity x1. Well put the power in your hands, so you can see how x1 is changing the way you experience tv with features like voice remote, making it easier and more fun than ever. Theres more in store than you imagine. Visit an xfinity store today and see for yourself. Xfinity, the future of awesome. Neil all right. To the pentagon. Were moments away from james mattis getting ceremonially, as i like to say, getting sworn in by his boss, the president of the United States. Were getting word on that theres a series of Executive Order coming. This would make it almost 10. One is a tougher vetting of refugees from problematic regions of the world, terror prone regions of the world. The president will flesh that out in his description of the Executive Order. Whether he says so there or we glean more there is anyones guess. Speaking of the president , we talked about this phone call that he had that he initiated with thent of mexico after the big dustup yesterday over the wall and whether the mexicans will pay for it. He put a call in. But so that might have soothed some feelings a lit bit. The president says a 20 tax on mexico is certainly an option. He just did this interview with the christian broadcasting network. He said this tax is something that could have positive effects and would be much more positive for mexico and the United States. So were watching this. Were watching these developments. Were getting the read right now. How much of this might have been buoyed on how this to deal with terror, what to do about Water Boarding and torture and all that. A lot of this has to do with theresa may in town, the british Prime Minister who might have played a role akin to maggie thatcher. What do you think . I do. The News Conference today went very well for theresa may. Shes the first world lead tore kind of meet face to face with mr. Trump or President Trump, i should say. Lets face it, an unorthodox, unpredictable person. She got out without any expected headlines. There was a genuine walk between the two leaders and Downing Street will be happy with how things went. Neil they appeared to have gotten along, louise. One thing i noticed, she seemed to say, although the president
did not, that nato has some value and that the president seemed to agree with that. And on torture as well. How do we think this relationship is going . Its a twoway street. Donald trump used his considerable charm on the Prime Minister and maybe vice versa. They did seem to get along well. Theresa may would say that james mattis, who is about to be sworn in, is one of Donald Trumps best decisions. The United Kingdom has a prohibition against torture. Thats not that the c. I. A. And the military wants to see. So trump carrying a big stick but listening to reason. Hes getting the best of both words. You saw a lot of future cooperation, the groundwork was laid in that speech. But for theresa may to get her big win, she was able to say, mr. President , you said you were 100 behind nato. Thats what she gets to take
home today. Neil now, its what happens and what he says after that, right . Sometimes he can clarify a position. He was never antinato. Just the way the structure is that had to be examined. Where do you see this and the role of this relationship Going Forward . With the United Kingdom, it will go fine. I think the statements hes made on nato, i do think he will pull back a li