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Including kelly, and did nothing about them for months until they became public. you have worked with general kelly. you said he is a man of character, and integrity. are you surprised by how kelly has handled this situation? >> you're correct that john is a friend of mine. we got to know each over at the pentagon when he was the military aide to the secretary defense, and i was the department's general counsel. he was commander of u.s. southern command. we have both been to robert's grave site together at arlington. >> his son who died in afghanistan? >> yes. i hope john continues to be a fri...

Democratic leader, have you been briefed? >> not yet, i hope to be briefed net year. >> you heard senator graham, he didn't know we had a thousand troops in niger, did you? >> no, i did not. >> is it surprising leading members of congress would not have known about that deployment? >> it is, it is extremely surprising, in colombia, planned colombia, we are all aware of that, that's been going on 30 years. we had 900 troops at absolute peak. >> that is a very aware of it. when i was the u.s. southern command, i went there monthly checking in on them. i'm very surprised a deployment of that size...

Where you have to say the president is unable to perform the duties. that is a very high bar. >> it is. gabe sherman's piece reads like a 20-count indictment repreparing for the 25th amendment to be invoked. it will likely never happen. what's important is john kelly. and we know that john kelly is a barometer for the seriousness of this administration. he is a sober leader. if john kelly were to ever leave, that's an independence occasion. as an attorney they call it noisy withdrawal, if your client is committing fraud, you have to withdraw. if john kelly decides to leave i think there's some...

Sometimes the best bet is to donate to makes like the humane society or your local shelter to help them out, because a lot of these pet communities are really pitching in to try and help out here in texas. >> joe fryer, thank you so much. i want to go now because joining us on the phone is u.s. coast guard vice admiral carl schultz, director of operations for u.s. southern command. thank you so much for taking the time out of what has to be a very busy day to talk to us a little bit about what is going on. walk us through what your teams are doing now, especially in beaumont, texas. we have pi...

Last night's phoenix rally, vice president mike spence today is in south florida said to focus on the ongoing crisis, an assault on democracy in venezuela. joe keenan is covering the vice president is morning. >> this afternoon, vice president pence will be here in our lady of guadalupe catholic church just west of miami, very large venezuelan community here. the vice president flew in after midnight in the wee hours after that phoenix rally with the president, so he's already here in miami and his first scheduled stop this afternoon will be at u.s. southern command headquartered here in miami...