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Secretary? >> is my role model for many things, for his character, his common sense. >> mike pompeo, secretary of state, in your yearbook they call you troop. >> because i was committed to military service. >> if you had a low tolerance for nonsense. what do you remember about mike pompeo? >> he was top of our class, well-known for his academic pedigree and smarts and surrounded himself with a lot of good folks. >> your uncle george was a renowned reporter in vietnam and i had the privilege of meeting him over there. what will you do to ensure regular press briefings and it has been a year sin...

Missile against u.s. drone, these aren't like little toys, these drenones, these are big aircra aircraft, they're unmanned, but they are significant, they cost almost $200 million. if it would have been the first time maybe, but this is the second time. i know from conversations i've had, the u.s. military is pretty impressed that the iranians have the capability to hit this drone which was flying about 30,000 feet. >> you were once the cnn pentagon correspondent, you've been in many of those briefins,s what did you make of his explanation or i guess the brevity of the call in all of this, by ...

Possible. >> andy, do you have issues with the president making a behind the scenes joke about black face, allegedly in. >> believe me, only donald trump decides what donald trump is going to say. i don't think he follows a script well, and he doesn't tai his words before he spits them out. he doesn't lick his thumbs before he tweets something out. this is donald trump. we've come to know that and expect it. i think everybody on the republican side gives him a little bit of a by because of it because they say he's just donald trump being donald trump. >> although, andy, i don't lick my thumbs ...

We don't know why yet. >> will it be on camera. >> another possible spray with the president. we'll keep you posted as we find out what that is about, ari. this is inside the white house. i'm sure you look back and you think what crazy days they were. we're getting word we might get another update from the white house. >> that's the president. that's not the press briefing. i watched mike pompeo's briefing theres no cut-away cameras. the camera is on the spokesperson. all of those correspondents in the front row want their face on their network's news asking their question their way. there's a...

>> former white house press secretary sean spicer says the white howell daily press briefings need to be cut back. here he is this week. >> the briefing is more of a show than an outlet of information for the media. the time and effort that it takes to get that briefing going and what you get in return is not worth it anymore. >> spicer says the white house press office should still be available to give responses and updates, but he points out that other agencies like defense department don't always have a daily on-camera briefing. a man who stood behind that podium many days, what do you thin...