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Sign-off. is there a risk in that, though, because there is meant to be a is vailian check on mail tear power? >> i'm not concerned with that. i think the obama administration micromanaged the military. all of the reports i heard about that every operation had been approved by valley jarrett or ben rhodes or something like that. it really undermined the integrity of the military's command. and it me it more difficult for the commander in chief to get the advice he needed. >> colonel jack, what do you make of the fact that this president is giving the military more authority to essentially make...

Hours. let's get to our reporters and analysts, our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson is in the briefing room waiting for it to start, bill neely is in moscow, steve clemens, msnbc contributor in washington, editor at large for the atlantic and the national journal fill rut ker the bureau chief for "the washington post." i want to start with halle and phil because y will be getting to work quickly on the presser. >> sure. ali, let me take the two topics one at a time. any moment if sean spicer walks in i have to duck down. starting with what courtney and colonel jack were talking ...

Nothing at all, this was actually quite a small strike. >> cal, let me ask you about the dynamics inside syria. the colonel was talking about this being punishment for the chemal aack for the assad gime, hoping to deter him maybe from committing another type of crime against the syrian people. but specifically in terms of the dynamic of the war inside, is this likely to change any dynamic on the battlefield? >> probably not. bashar al assad now controls over 80% of the country. we've heard recently from the u.s. an indication that they're perhaps willing to give up on the policy of removing ba...

Independence and could operate without undo influence from the white house. i think that's the only way he would take it, and i think it's a good thing that if there was a concession made from the white house, we all ought to be grateful that the white house made those concessions. >> colonel jack jacobs, appreciate it. more now with msnbc political analyst rick tyler and nile, white house columnist for the hill. thanks for joining us. rick, you heard colonel jack there saying look, this is somebody who doesn't just play ball and do what the boss says. i wondered if there was a political facto...

Seated in the stands there. i've been to a lot of these wreath-laying ceremonies in person, and there is usually -- those stands are filled with dignitaries, relatives of various people in the military district of washington and so on. i think it's interesting there's nobody there except security people. >> maybe they haven't let them in yet. we're not quite sure. if this ceremony starts, of course, we'll pause. colonel jack, can i ask you to pick up where kevin was leaving off about the transition and how, from your folks you talk to at the pentagon and in the u.s. military broadly, how much ...