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> melissa: president the president tapping lieutenant general mcmaster has new national security advisor, white house press secretary sean spicer addressing the pick moments ago. >> press secretary spicer: the president is proud to present general mcmasters to team. he will protect the american interest at home and abroad. > melissa: joining us is the retired map rhine corps staff. you heard what the press secretary said letting him set up his own staff. well was a emphasis on the idea that this pick will not just go along with what the president

Want upons and gives him the lee way to disagree with him. >> it is not only through actions. but practice leading those in charge of you. i think general mcmaster has a lot of that in his past. some of his work and the vietnam war book, you don't question superiors, but to bring forth ideas and come with me with an interest and not a problem. that is the right kind in the responsibility traits he can employ with president trump. > melissa: he is well respected and not a lot of people wanted to say anything negingative. this was tom cotton talking about a past experience. listen to this. >> i ...

Immigrants. under this administration, it is 75 percent criminal. it is a mauler group than what we saw on we'll talk about the people on the formum today we are going. > melissa: it is fantastic. it is interesting to see how they perceive the news. wherever you are watching us now. it is different elsewhere. thank you for coming on the show, we look forward to it. > melissa: thank you. and president trump and the lieutenant general hr mcmaster was met with praise. and what challenges lie ahead for the three- star army

Take this job. but i am unbelievably impressed and all of the rumors over the staff were 100 percent false. he made it clear he would love to serve in the fut and you are impressed with the team and wanted to do this. but there were constraints financial and family wise and come after serve issing 40 years in the military, he would have had to make. i talked to him and the team has talked to him. and ultimately the president was very, very impressed with general mcmasters. he was always one of the individuals that stood above the folks. john bolton and others he was impressed. and tom cotton a...

The first meeting of the national security council with all of the principles there? >> press secretary spicer: that is a routine briefing but happening in the situation room. >> reporter: [inaudible] what about the first formal meeting. >> press secretary spicer: general mcmasters got here at noon today. we move fast and i think we need to give him a few days to get a team together. but the president was obviously very pleased with the selection and saw the bip partisan support that general mcmasters received from the variety of the political spectrum. republican ares and democrats and pundit...