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Joining me now is retired u.s. army colonel jack jacobs, a medal of honor recipient. colonel, let's start with something you know with the. that's the issue of isis and terrorism. brett mcgurk. how unique was he in his role? and will this be able to be supplanted? is there somebody that will fill this role well? >> well, he wasn't unique in his experience but he was very, very good at what he did. and the real question is not whether or not you can get somebody in there who is like mcgurk or who has his experience or capability but whether or not there's anybody out there who would take the jo...

Quite a few more resignations near the top of the food chain in the defense department, richard. >> as we look at the balance of military leadership, international affairs, international security, national security here, colonel jack, who is the proverbial adult in the room that you're now looking to? general mattis was one of those certainly. >> well, he was. people are now looking to pompeo, who's the secretary of state. but he's not jim mattis. and though he has military experience, he doesn't have that kind of military experience. and while he's not necessarily a yes man, he's much more of...

There aren't any wheels. i think we're in very, very dangerous train now. there is no leadership. there's no leadership in the congress. and there's no leadership among the cabinet in the white house. and we're at a time when we have a wide variety of threats. you know, it's kind of interesting. if vladimir putin says you're doing the right thing, then you're most decidedly not doing the right thing. i think we're in that mode right now. these are dangerous times that require much more leadership than wheef got. >> colonel jack jacobs, as always, thank you, colonel jack. >> thank you, richard....

Nation without us having to pay every dollar. there's a little anecdote. donald trump talked to the prime minister of sweden a year or so ago and he didn't seem to understand that sweden was not in nato and the prime minister of sweden said, we're not in nato but participate with it. trump said, that's what i'd like the united states to do. he will destroy the national defense of the united states if he's allowed to continue this way. >> very quickly, colonel jack and come back to jennifer. there's also an announcement that turkey is delaying an offensive to go after the kurdish forces in syri...

I don't think you're going to find somebody to do it today. either for mattis's job or mcgurk's. >> general mattis -- and i was watching your coverage all throughout the development here, colonel jack. and you were very clear in your knowledge of the way he thinks and why he did what he did. how many more resignations might we see? what have you heard? >> well, you're liable to see some more. the problem is that mattis was something of the finger in the dy dike. there are a lot of people who are quality people and they're very, very productive and who are there because of mattis. with matt iti...