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Completely rogue, and he went out and committed crimes to try and get a wrongful conviction. and in the end, we went through a trial. they presented evidence. they didn't have it. he was convicted of a single count of being in a photo with a terrorist that every single member of his platoon was also in that photo. and every single member of the platoon also went out and took individual photos with that terrorist, including the lieutenant, tom mcneil. and yet eddie gallagher seems to be the only one they want to hold accountable for this. >> the former navy secretary richard spencer was actuall...

War crimes case. the president says he's protecting our war fighters. secretary spencer is now breaking his silence after the firing. >> what message does that send to the troops? >> well, what message does it send? >> that you can get away with things? we have to have good order and discipline. it's the backbone of what we do. i don't think he really understands the full definition of a war fighter. a war fighter is a profession of arms. and a profession of arms has strpd standards. joining us, mr. secretary, governor. i want to talk about the substance of that interview in just a moment but,...

It would have been among his colleagues. brian: yeah. >> or can we overlook this one thing because this guy gave us years of very hard service in very dangerous places? trump comes down in favor -- the president wants to favor the morale of the war fighter over the morale of the bureaucrat. very straightforward question. brian: he had two bronze stars on top of that we saw how unethical the prosecutor was. you think they would stand down rather than make a public show it. seems to have been personal and it cost him his professional career. so, we will see where that goes. emily: newt, we want ...

>> that you can get away with things. we have to have good order and discipline. it's the back bottom of what we do. i don't think he really understands the full definition of a war fighter. a war fighter is a profession of arms. and a profession of arms has standards that they have to be held to. and they hold themselves. to say. brian: right. they got to be standards that are plausible and reasonable. steve: so the president doesn't understand the war fighter, newt. >> well, look, that is a question of bias and emphasis. my dad spent 27 years in the infantry. and i think he had a pretty deep...

Mark esper's firing of navy secretary richard spencer. president trump, who championed gallagher, tweeted this earlier. "i will always protect our great war fighters. i got your backs!" meanwhile, spencer and his first interview since his firing, says the president's interactio inten sends the wrong message. watch. >> i don't think he understands this definition of a war fighter. that's a profession of arms. a profession of arms has standards that they have to be held to, and they hold themselves to. >> harris: why does this story seem to hit so many people? it is sticking. what is it? >> stev...