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In a few weeks, he was expected to travel again to asia, which has been a priority of his. this now will have to be worked out, staffed, there will be significant changes i suspect on the secretary's steenier staff, these are all people shanahan brought in. the pentagon will move on, the u.s. military will move on. the u.s. military is expert at one thing. military come and go. people have a job, they move on, they leave, they get promoted. they retire. so the military will absolutely move on. policy and operations will be uninterrupted. but we are now six months plus without a permanent secre...

Abuse situation between their parents. but the bottom line is, despite this personal family trauma, which is quite significant the fbi has been looking into it, and every week going by, for some aren't fbi could not complete the paperwork at this point. and shanahan had given some interviews. he talked about it, issued this statement last night, apparently when he came in today, he decided that he just wanted to step out of the public limelight and that's what he's done. again, for the troops, things will go on. policies will be set, decisions will be made, but it's no small thing not to have ...

There's something different that happens here the vetting that isn't done. this isn't the only acting secretary. probably one of the most important ones, there's a lot of acting. epa administrator, u.n. ambassador. department of homeland security. this is an administration that's had a 65% turnover rate among senior level advisers, not just cabinet people. senior level advisers, that's an extraordinary rate, at one point the president said, you know, i believe it was last january, i kind of like acting, it gives me more flexibility. as barbara points out, mattis left six months ago, and so he'...

U.n. resolution did not change his z mind and the missile test continue. barbara starr, thank you very much. i want to bring in former state department john kirby, a retired admiral in the navy. i want to ask you, it seems we hear it time and time again that all options are on the table after north korea tests a missile. at what point do those words seem hollow or do they already seem hollow. barbara starr is saying it's rhetoric more than reality. >> when we say all options are on the table, we think military options. that's what we gravitate to. clearly, barbara points out, threats and blust...

Tough geography there, if that beacon is emitting perhaps it is being blocked by a mountain that the helicopter may be near. so you -- we're very aware that u.s. military families marine corps families may be watching this report and distressed to hear that some of their loved ones are on as missing helicopter but the reality is at this hour the pentagon the u.s. military has declared this helicopter missing. they are searching for it and right now, there are no answers about the fate of this helicopter or those on board. wolf? >> and this helicopter this marine helicopter general hertling you...