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With the riot on the capitol. nobody was stopping president trump from doing that and that's what prompted milley to do this. >> 100%. he knew china was rattled. he knew what he had seen on january 6th, but he had also now been through months, years of trump's explosive behavior, and woodward and costa write they were worried trump was after the election suffering serious mental decline and that he was unpredictable and unstable. >> the book also talks about then vice president mike pence reaching out for advice on what to do in the house of representatives on january 6th. trump was suggesting...

Do the procedure. you do the process, and i'm part of that procedure. he wanted to make sure there were no dangerous or illegal orders. he's looking at donald trump. he's worried about january 6th. and he also knows that the chinese have been rattled by trump's behavior, and by his failure to concede, and he is making sure every precaution is in place. >> and in the book, it speculates that this news might prompt some individuals to criticize milley for saying, for suggesting that milley over stepped his authority and doing something he doesn't have the right to do. >> correct. some people may...

I suggest people read the book and look at it in context. it is true that he is not as chairman of the joint chiefs in the chain of command however he is the most senior military official. he is the adviser to the president. he has tremendous authority and what he was doing here was making sure the guard rails were up, that there wasn't some kind of accident. one senior republican source said to me tonight, quote, no one should be criticizing milley. they all knew trump was bonkers. that's a quote. milley stood up and took precautions to make sure nothing dangerous or illegal happened. he was ...