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Government did the right thing, they prepositioned. the problem is scale. and this was a horrific storm. and they still don't have the scale right in terms of response. if you took irma, irma was a textbook operation, president trump did good on that. he did great on harvey. he gave them everything they asked for. but for some reason on this storm, we didn't maneuver on it. we responded to it in a different manner. again, it's harder and the off the continental united states, which means we should have been even more prepared to maneuver in behind marimaria. we saw it comes for days. that bein...

We're not seeing that come in yet. >> raphael romo, i appreciate it very much. as i said we have correspondents all over the island, the retired lieutenant general has come in. we rely on his expertise in these type of operations, we lilie ed -- relied only his expertise. he joins me now. last night when i was talking to you i was in new york, you were on satellite. and i played something that a guy from -- i think it's the department of homeland security, an adviser to the president was saying this is a textbook operation. they didn't need a three-star general here eight days ago, seven days ...

Hard to comprehend, craig. >> that woman's account, unfortunately, probably a sentiment that is being echoed by lots of folks waking up in paris this morning. chris jansing, thank you so much. i'm also joined right now by msnbc law enforcement analyst and retired atf special agent in charge, jim cavanaugh. and, jim, as we have watched this scene play out here in saint-denis over the past four hours or so, what has struck you most about this operation. again, we should note here, this is not an operation that is over completely. >> right. well, i think the textbook operation and deployment of t...

Where they had hit him. >> and the fact that they chose to use boots on the ground in a very dangerous area at the border passed iraq and into syria, what does that tell you? >> first of all, kudos to the administration for aut rising this operation. it would bold and audacious. secondly, give credit to the sbel community that found this target. and finally, to the delta boys who pulled off what i think is probably a textbook operation. now, what i think this means among other things is the fact that isis can no longer consider that they have a secure rear area. stop and think about it. they'r...

And it was textbook in so many odd ways given how big this was, that the authorities put together a bunch of pieces, got some pictures, went public with the pictures and then we've had a wild 23 hours and one suspect is dead and one is in custody. so while it was unbelievably large, very tense, very scary for people who live here, that part of it is over. >> bob baer, with all your experience working with the cia, has this been a textbook operation by the authorities here? it seems like it. seems like they basically have played this from the moment they put out the images yesterday to the mome...