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Democratic transition in venezuela? >> that's hard to say, obviously. i am very alarmed that the mismanagement of the country and particularly the oil resources andñi the economy and the push towards more autocracy is impacting the food supply. people are becoming desperate, something must be done, something will give. it is way out of the teaneck step with the way countries like chile and argentina wentç to become strong. >> heather: have venezuela collapses, what is the impact or the risk for the united states? >> there is a risk for neighboring countries and the hemisphere, it is terribl...

United states. given what we have seen from the trump administration the past six plus months, what impact could this happen have for the trump white house? >> i think it is two-fold. on one hand you have kelly who has huge amount of experience managing very large very complicated bureaucratic structures, department of homeland security, u.s. southern command to name a couple. i think he brings a level of organizational expertise to the role of chief of staff that priebus didn't have. on the other hand, kelly doesn't have the kind of connections on capitol hill. he doesn't have the in with the...

The chief of staff to an impulsive president, shall we say. how is his military background going to impact his time in the white house? >> in terms of order and discipline and organization, i think his military background will serve him well. while we was in the marine corps he was a top aide to two former secretaries of defense. he has some experience in keeping the trains running op time for a high-level official. where he might be lacking is in terms of the politics. while he was head of u.s. southern command, he obviously testified before congress but it's unclear yet if he'll have the rel...

The government supports insurance companies could create instability, shannon. >> shannon: thank you. >> bill: plenty to analyze with byron york, how are you? here we go on a monday. last hour this tweet came out. highest stock market ever, best economic numbers in years. unemployment lowest in 17 years, wages rising, border secure, supreme court, no white house chaos. how does secretary kelly change things? or does he? >> well, first of all the general kelly has a lot of experience running large, complex organizations. the u.s. southern command certainly one of those and already been a big su...

The president chairman joe dunford knocked on his door and general kelly saw him in uniform, he knew his son was dead. before leaving at the head of u.s. southern command, bret, general kelly spoke to reporters at the pentagon and to give an indication of how he thinks how u.s. advisors -- take a listen to what he said. >> this more stuff is hard. it's not for the untrained. the mentorship, the advising is what makes -- the equipment is important but it doesn't come close to having people that are just with them over time. >> born and raised in boston, before the age of 16, general kelly hitch...