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Until you and i and the rest of the world did frsom a historica moment. >> if you look back in resent history in 2011 during the -- >> andy carr, in his view, the chief of staff is all knowing. nothing is supposed to happen without the chief of staff being looped in. in an incident like this, the role is multi-faceted and communication plans and how you are going to notify people and what do you do if this raid did not work out. you know how do you communicate

To go out there. >> sometimes you give the sunday shows a break. >> i think they are in the middle of trying to fight this thing. the other thing that is very real you have people like andy carr, george h.w. bush's chief of staff saying let's have an inquiry and colin powell saying republicans need to get a grip! you can't let this slide. >> can i play this? somebody else thinks republicans need to get a grip or a spine. here's maxine waters on republican senators and what she thinks about them. >> i am disgusted with those spineless members of the senate who don't have the guts to stand up fo...

And let the facts take us there. i kind of wish everyone would just step back, stop some of the hot rhetoric that is out there on both sides, and see where this takes us. but i also want the president to have the courage to do the job that he's asked to do right now. look it, he's got some tough decisions to make. i happen to be worried about the decision he just made with regard to syria and turkey. but the world is a dangerous place. i want the president focused on his job and i want everybody around the president to help him do his job and not be distracted. >> andy carr, appreciate you bei...

Health and age, are they ageism or valid? >> i do think bernie sanders has a valid point here when he says i think it's ageism, because he is very energetic on the campaign trail, as is elizabeth warren and joe biden. these are three people over the age of 70 who are rocking the campaign trail in terms of energy and enthusiasm. however, in the minds of voters that's where it really matters. sometimes you don't always see this in the polling, but when voters see a health issue from a candidate they oftentimes think, i'm not sure if this is -- i want to make sure i get somebody in there who is g...

Decades tells the "times," i served three presidents in the white house and don't remember even hearing any speculation to consider asking for such action. andy carr, former chief of staff under president george w. bush and msnbc political analyst joins us now. thanks for being back on the show. >> good to be with you. >> you told the "times" you can't remember any even speculation of this happening. if it had, would you have allowed it under your watch? >> no, secretary jim baker, who was i think the best chief of staff any president, president reagan, he would have done a slam dunk on this i...