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Be in some sort of a danger. but the big question here is why do it now. if you're worried about the readiness, if you're worried about the morale of the ship and those sailors, then why not wait until everyone is safe and back on the ship and then make the change of command? that's not something we got a good answer to here. >> look, you know that building better than anybody that i know. obviously, you do something like this not to just discipline somebody, but also to send a message to the rest of the ranks. some people will see this as an effort to muzzle, and to muzzle any potential -- ca...

That four-page letter and distributing it to so many people that that was a lapse in judgment, and that is why he decided to relieve him. so it wasn't the fact just that he had the sentiments, that he had these concerns about the crew and about the ship. secretary modly and the chief of the naval operations gilday agree. his concerns were valid. he was right to raise the concerns. it was just the manner in which he did it, which is why he was fired. and something that you brought up in the intro, chuck, was actually one of my questions in that briefing, and that was who's ultimate decision was...

Dr. fauci as well. it's been an honor working with you these past few weeks. when the vice president first asked me to help on the task force with different tasks -- >> i want to bring in our pentagon correspondent courtney kube because she has breaking news that we brought to you at the top of the 5:00 hour. we'll bring you back as soon as we get a science update and the questions there. after these various presentations. buff courtney kube, you just came out of a briefing. you were among the first people to report about the decision by the pentagon, or technically i guess it would be the com...

Forward. they just need to exercise the correct chain of command. modly said that captain crozier had a direct line to his office, that if he wanted to raise an urgent issue, he could call the navy secretary's office directly and express his concerns, and that he wasn't doing that. but again, the navy is one -- is the branch i would say who when they talk about accountability, they're the ones who if there is any kind of a loss of trust and confidence, you see them firing or relieving their ceos, i would say more so than the other services that we see publicly. but this is one of the very rare...

Number one, why go public now? you know, there is part of me, i get the chain of command issues here. but it does feel as if they're feeding a new story unnecessarily. this seems to be one of those you know what? we'll discipline him later. that is one of the big questions here. especially when you a man who has been so publicly laud for his actions. he is beloved by many members of the crew. they and their families have been going on social media, praising him for bringing their plight to light and helping get attention to it and get the resources that they needed. secretary modly said in fac...