this weekend's london attacks. james mattis was asked on his thoughts on the situation. >> we have two day, dozens wounded. what would you say about that? >> i need to confirm everything. i like learning about something before i talk. let me look into it. >> reporter: is this why the united states needs a travel

of defense secretary james mattis. >> even then all the marines were kind of whispering and looking on him with some a-we, there is general mattis. and-- . >> rose: but he. >> he was, if you remember that time the entire plan of the invasion was speed, go fast. that is what mattis was doing, essentially, going to his commanders and saying go, get to baghdad as fast as possible and take the regime down. >> congressman chuck fleischmann, the actor sam elliott and the reporter dexter filkins when we continue. funding for charlie rose is provided by the following: bank of america, life better connected. >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> we begin this evening with today's shotting in alexandria congressman steve scalise the majority whip of the house of representatives is in critical condition after gunman opened fire at gop congressional baseball practice on wednesday morning. four other people have been hospitalized. president trum

in afghanistan to secretary of defense james mattis. mattis confirmed it today, but said it does not mean an immediate increase in u.s. deployments. meanwhile, the u.n. secretary general, antonio guterres, visited kabul today. he said there is "no military solution" for the country's long-running war. back in this country, a gunman in san francisco killed three people at a u.p.s. warehouse, before turning the gun on himself. police say the man was a u.p.s. employee, armed with an assault pistol. heavily armed officers searched the sprawling complex, after the shooting started, as dozens of employees poured out of the building. five people were charged with involuntary manslaughter today in the lead-contaminated water crisis in flint, michigan. the case involves the death of an elderly man from legionnaires' disease, allegedly brought on by the tainted water. those charged today include nick lyon, the state's health and human services director. he could get up to 15 years in prison if he's convicted. the federal reserve has raised a key, short-term interest rate again, meaning rat

of the london attacks broke, defense secretary james mattis responding to a reporter's question said, "i like learning about something before i talk." >> reporter: i'm elizabeth palmer. today londoners were still struggling to take in the cruelty and the madness of saturday's attack. eight minutes after it began, it was over, the three terrorists wearing fake suicide belts shot dead by police. but in their wake, they left mayhem and a trail of victims maimed in their stabbing spree. >> you keep going. you keep going. rs reporter: other victims were crushed by the attackers' van on london bridge. thagine the shock and the terror of people walking across this bridge on saturday night when they realized the van was hurdling toward them at 50mph. nye driver determined to hurt or kill as many people as he could. brad myers on vacation from florida had a narrow escape. after taking a selfie on the bridge, he walked away and then heard the van mount the sidewalk. here's the photo he took afterward, bodies strewn across the road. at i do think that everyone needs to see, you know, what

james mattis authority to decide how many troops, the troop level in afghanistan, opening the door it seems to potentially sending thousands more troops, u.s. troops back into afghanistan. let's take a look. >> do you agree we are not winning in afghanistan? >> i understand the urgency and i understand is my responsibility. we are not winning in afghanistan right now, and we will correct this as soon as possible. >> chris: a lot of us, when he said we are going to corrected as soon as possible, took note that that might mean they were going to send more u.s. troops in. are you surprised that the president would turn over something as enormous as how many troops and whether or not to send american troops back into comment to his defense secretary. >> huge contrast from president obama. and a big test for donald trump because this puts his america first positions at odds with what we think is going to happen, the deployment of more u.s. troops. even if mattis is making decisions, president trump is going to be accountable for what happens. >> chris: charles, what do you think? the presi

week, here we go. president trump defense secretary james mattis was on "face the nation" last sunday and said this. >> what keeps you awake at night? >> nothing. i keep other people awake at night. >> did you catch that? that's why we all love mad dog matus. joe biden creating a pack for 2020 feeling speculation he may run against donald trump in four years. what a matchup. what an amazing amount of material joe biden would provide for "watters world". >> his mama lived in long island for ten years, god rest her soul, although your mom is still alive. it was her dad that passed. god bless her soul. as barack says, a three letter word, jobs. day obs. you cannot go to a 711 or dunkin' donuts unless you have an accent. >> folks, i can tell you, i've known eight presidents, three of them intimately. >> standup chuck, what am i talking about. i tell you, you're making ever built standup. chuck was in a wheelchair. >> you know would provide even more entertainment, jerry springer. top ohio democrats are urging him to run for ohio governor. i can only imagine the attack ads. >> jerry

tillerson and secretary of defense james mattis david diplomatic rift will have no impact or no effect on the fight against isis, though there are potential consequences for u.s. coalition building and the broader middle east. >> bret: more with the panel. rich edson at the state department. president trump is doubling down on his call for a travel ban following the weekend terror attack in london and left seven people dead. in a flurry of mourning tweets, the president called for an expedited hearing on his executive order banning citizens from six majority muslim countries from entering the united states and calling it what his administration has been denying for months. a travel ban. chief white house correspondent john roberts has been following the developments. good evening, john. >> good evening. the president raised a lot of eyebrows this morning, even among some of his most staunch supporters, with the flurry of tweets. the content had some white house insiders saying there's a difference but the president has on social media and what unofficial white house policy i is.

tillerson, secretary of defense james mattis holding a press conference alongside chinese leaders at the capitol. perhaps the most important topic of the discussion today, the big one, north korea. >>> and we're following breaking news in flint, michigan. possible terror attack at the airport there. th this, after a police officer was stabbed in the neck and the suspect allegedly yelled ala akbar. ken, what do we know about anything to do with the suspect, motivation, what do we know? >> ali, details have been slow to come in on this one. i can tell you that the fbi has issued a statement saying it's too soon to know whether this is terrorism. they're investigating whether it is. we are reportingt

james mattis who escaped with his or her self-respect in tact. it was wonderful, they love you in mississippi, you're doing a great job, everybody's better, the economy is better. i mean, this was scary. and the final thing was yesterday he goes after hillary clinton again, crooked hillary. i mean, he's trying to rerun that 2016 election. >> woodruff: all this takes place, david, in a week when, as you both have mentioned, the shooting happened, the republicans are practicing for their annual baseball game against the democrats in congress, and this man comes in to town from illinois, he ends up being killed, grievously wounds congressman steve scalise, still in the hospital in critical condition. after this, we see a coming together of the parties. i wanted to show a picture. this is from the baseball game last night where you had -- or two nights ago wh where you hade four leaders of congress there for once. i don't think we've ever seen a picture like this coming together looking like they at least can tolerate each other. >> and the thing that's symptomatic for me is i used to

in afghanistan. at a senate hearing, defense secretary james mattis said he will provide details next month. arizona republican john mccain, chair of the armed services committee, said it should have been done within the administration's first 60 days. >> unless we get a strategy from you, you're going to get a strategy from us. the fact is, it's not our job. it's not our job, it's yours. >> sir, i understand the urgency. i understand it's my responsibility. we are not winning in afghanistan right now. and we will correct this. >> woodruff: mattis had his own complaint about congress. he said that "no enemy" has hurt combat readiness more than the automatic spending cuts of recent years. verizon completed its takeover of yahoo today in a dale valued at $4.5 billion. yahoo's news and other offerings will be folded into a new verizon subsidiary called oaf. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained 92 points to close at 21,328. the nasdaq rose nearly 45 points, and the s&p 500 added 11. and, the golden state warriors are celebrating their second n.b.a. championship in

sources told politico magazine national secure adviser hr mcmaster, defense secretary james mattis and secretary of state rex tillerson worked with trump for weeks on the speech to make sure that the language was included. they found out that the language was deleted only when the president delivered the speech. it is worth hearing how hr mcmaster defended the president's speech now that we know that he fought for the language that was deleted from the speech. and when you consider that hr mcmaster is supposed to be one of the adults in the white house who will lead the president in the right direction. but apparently he is now one of the people in the white house whose job description also includes defending the indefensible. >> everybody else says it. the vice president says it. so it's something that president, vice presidents, senior officials, u.s. officials always say. so he made a decision not to say it. what should people read from that? >> he didn't make a decision not to say it. in the speech he talked about article 5, having been invoked after the brutal attacks on the unite

defense secretary james mattis. he will make the final decision. a ban on transgender troops serving openly ended last year. the service chiefs want more time to develop policies on the change. president trump has signed a bill aimed at making the government more accountable to military veterans. vets and their families looked on during today's ceremony. the bill gives the department of veterans affairs more power to fire employees, and it protects whistleblowers. and on wall street, stocks struggled to make any headway. the dow jones industrial average lost two points to close at 21,394. the nasdaq rose 28 points, and the s&p 500 added three. still to come on the newshour: new revelations on the obama administration's response to russia. the head of the nation's largest pharmaceutical group on the battle over health care. how a muslim group is re-building a chicago community. and, much more. >> sreenivasan: there are new revelations today about how president obama learned of russia's efforts to tip the 2016 election in donald trump's favor, and how his i spoke a short time ago to gr

, trump delegated the details of a mini surge of 4,000 more troops to defense secretary james mattis and other senior military leaders. now let's remember, the united states has been in afghanistan for 16 years. it has had several surges in troop numbers. it has spent almost $1 trillion on that country, and yet mattis acknowledges that the u.s. is not winning. what will an additional 4,000 troops achieve that over 100,000 troops could not. in yemen, with washington's latest arms sales to saudi arabia, the u.s. is further fueling the saudi's proxy war against iran, a war that has led the kingdom into a de facto alliance with al qaeda. king salman seems unlikely to persist in this conflict even though it has resulted in a humanitarian catastrophe. a child in yemen is dying from preventable causes every ten minutes according to unicef and the poorest country in the arab world turned into a wasteland in which terror groups will compete for decades to come. in almost every situation american forces are involved in, the solutions are more political than military. everything military has been t

secretary james mattis. top of the agenda, the threat po posed by north korea. our senior diplomatic correspondent is with us right now. michelle, what do we know came out of this meeting because this north korea relationship is getting very, very tense. >> we know that they're looking at options. we know that they want to pressure china as much as possible and they're looking at possibilities, what would actually have an impact when generally the u.s. doesn't have a lot of range of option. you know, we look at north korea's behavior. that's the ultimate goal here, changing the behavior, and so far, for years, really nothing has worked. they've just been progressing and progressing and now we have this tragedy that really hits to the heart of america with the death of otto warmbier. >> the american college student who came home in a coma. are they encouraged that maybe china will do more? >> i mean, that's a great question. that's what we hear. after we saw the meetings with china this week, talking about china coming to an agreement that this is important, that they want

unprecedented. the defense secretary james mattis ignored shouted questions about the u.s.'s involvement. jennifer griffin has more. >> shepard, secretary of state rex tillerson was just asked about the tension with russia and said we're in discussions. the pentagon is encouraging the russians to continue to use the de-confliction hot line over in mishaps. meanwhile, one day after a u.s. navy f-18 super hornet shot down a syrian jet near raqqa and just a day after russia issued the stark warning to u.s. airplanes, a russian fighter jet armed with air to air missiles challenged a u.s. air force spy plane in the baltic sea. the russian pilot had poor control and coming in at a high rate of speed. the wings were dirty, meaning they had missiles. since june, there's been 35 interactions between u.s. jets and russian war ships. the incident monday morning is the first since june. >> shepard: u.s. officials say the coalition killed an isis leader in syria? >> that's right. the pentagon announced today that coalition forces killed turkey al-benali, the cleric in syria, not far from raqqa. he ha

from the alliance meeting right now at nato head quarters in belgium. james mattis spoke last hour and brought up russia and how important it is for european nations to boost nato spending. >> you see nations having to come to grips with the fact that russia is not the partner that perhaps we wished it would be in the 90s. at least not in the near future. >> president trump finally committed to article 5 earlier this month, which is a pledge to come to any nato ally's aid should that ally come under attack. jennifer griffin with the news live at the pentagon. jennifer? >> shepard, secretary mattis is keeping his cards close and did not announce any u.s. troop increases in brussels despite new pledges made by some nato nations to send up to 3,000 more troops to afghanistan. that would be 15 nato nations would need to send about 200 troops per country to make up that difference. the pentagon wanted to hear from nato nations about their contributions first. recall that in february, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan wanted a few thousand more troops both from the united states and

the president demands. here is what defense secretary james mattis said. >> mr. president, it's an honor to represent the men and women of the department of defense, and we're grateful for the sacrifices our people are making in order to strengthen our militaries for our diplomats always negotiate from a position of strength. thank you. >> not one word of praise for trump. there is no word tonight whether president trump is now considering firing secretary mattis for refusing to publicly display his personal loyalty to the president. joining us now, eli stokols, for "the wall street journal" and john heilemann is back with us. eli, the report earlier tonight of mass hysteria in the white house at the thought that the president is actually considering and may very well be very close to deciding to fire the special prosecutor. we think we've seen something close to hysteria inside the white house before. i guess this would be the peak. >> well, it's really hard to know for sure because hysteria, it's sort of chronic. it's almost become the norm inside the west wing. and it's difficul

worked out. at least i know china tried. defense secretary james mattis said a military red line on north korea's weapons program. >> is it the policy of the trump administration to deny north korea the capability of building an icbm that can hit the american homeland with a nuclear weapon? is that the policy? >> yes, it is, senator graham. >> reporter: but does north korea already have a missile that could hit the united states? >> they already have the capability to deploy an intercontinental ballistic missile. the question is when will they be able to make a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: stopping kim from getting a nuclear weapon with u.s. fire power may be impossible. >> i think it's just too late. unless you have a full-scale military invasion where you're going to just go in and sweep the country, we simply will not be able to end these programs. >> reporter: so far, there's no indication the pentagon is getting orders for military action, but commanders are making clear they are ready. john? >> all right, barbara starr at the pentagon. thanks so much. we'll be right back. so t

according to that report secretary of defense james mattis has personally shot down their proposals more than once. a former general has not had this much authority in the american government since dwight eisenhower was president. >> i'm greatly concerned that we may be slipping into a hot war with assad's forces, with iran or even with russia. we need a clear strategy from the trump administration. >> that was secretary chris coons of of the foreign relations committee today from capitol hill. joining releases committee. jeremy bash a former chief of staff to leon panetta when he was secretary of defense. jeremy what happens if the president simply says, you guys are in charge? defense secretary, everybody else concerned with our assets in syria, afghanistan, iraq, it's up to you. you don't have to check with me. make any decisions you want. >> well national security is a team sport, lawrence. you need every player working together. you need the state department working in concert with the defense department, working in concert with the uniform military, working in concert with the inte

defense secretary james mattis traveling in europe is talking about this that the warning from the white house has resulted in assad pulling back. they had seen preparations that they believed were likely to lead to a potential -- pardon me -- chemical attack and now there's preparations do not appear to be going forward. but a couple of things also happened. the russians got involved at the behest of the united states. the u.s. knows that russia has a lot of influence with the syrians so the russians also played a key role by all accounts in get the syrians to pull back. right now, they are not seeing these preparations go forward, but let's be clear. the u.s. keeping a sharp eye on it because you never know when assad is going to change his mind and go ahead and potentially prepare another chemical attack on his own people. i don't think anybody thinks this is the last time that everyone needs to be worried about this. and so given that, you continue to see u.s. warships, u.s. aircraft on station, ready, available, to provide military options to the president if it were to come t

. james mattis was asked on his thoughts on the situation. >> we have two day, dozens wounded. what would you say about that? >> i need to confirm everything. i like learning about something before i talk. let me look into it. >> reporter: is this why the united states needs a travel ban? >> i need to look into it. >> around the same time as we showed you earlier the president took a much different approach. he went on a tweet storm. mattis blindsided by the president's speech. he made no mention of the u.s. commitment to article five of the nato alliance which says an attack against one member is an attack against all. applicanto said it was in the speech but president trump did not say it. that surprised mattis along with national security advisor and secretary of state tillerson. just moments ago vice president pence spoke at dinner telling the crowd that now is the time for nato to stand united and stand strong in the wake of the terror attacks. david is back with us. you worked for a lot of presidents, seen many national security team come and go. have you ever seen top advisor

that our forces have the capability to take care of themselves. >> reporter: defense secretary james mattis taking the threat seriously, his spokesperson issuing a statement. as a result of recent encounters involving pro-syrian regime and russian forces, we have taken prudent measures to reposition aircraft over syria. the pentagon won't offer details, but the goal is clear. get u.s.-backed ground forces to push isis out. >> they're sending warnings to the syrians, to the iranians and to the russians that this offensive must be the top priority and it cannot be hindered. >> when the syrian war plane attacked those u.s. forces on the ground, the u.s. reacted. it began sunday at 4:30 p.m. forces backed the u.s. fighters near the city of tabqah. u.s. aircraft swooped in launching flares to scare off the units. they also asked the russians to try to stop the fighting. at 6:00 p.m. a syrian s-22 dropped bombs near the u.s.-backed fighters. it was immediately shot down. the coalition said by that u.s. navy aircraft as a matter of self-defense. a full court press is now on by the pentagon

to "politico" today, quote, national security mcmaster, james mattis, and secretary of state rex tillerson all supported trump in reaffirming that commitment and had worked in the weeks leading up to the trip to make sure it was included in the speech, according to five sources familiar with the episode. one source telling "politico" there was a fully coordinated other speech everybody else worked on and it wasn't the one trump gave. another source adding trump's top national security team, quote, didn't know that section had been removed. it was only upon delivery. it doesn't help two of the people who did tried to persuade trump to reaffirm that commitment, right now they're in australia helping clean up the diplomatic mess trump began when he and the australian prime minister got into it during that testy phone call during the inauguration. this is not just about a reluctance to play well with others, there's direct hostility from the president himself. on twitter, on the phone n person and in direct opposition to the advice but his advisers. what are we supposed take away fro

an op center coordinating all air combat missions over iraq and syria. defense secretary james mattis says the war against isis won't be affected. >> i'm confident there will be no complications coming out of that diplomatic situation at all. >> reporter: mattis also taking the opportunity to slam iran's efforts in the region. >> i believe iran's actions speak louder than anyone's words. >> reporter: but a move against qatar is a problem for trump administration which wants an anti-iran coalition. >> our whole strategy towards deterring iran and maintaining the security of the gulf has been about getting the arab militaries to work together and we we are now. the arab militaries are farther than they have been in years in years. >> reporter: leaving president trump who met with gulf leaders just days ago with uncertainty about the next military moves on all sides. >> if you're jim mattis with good relations throughout the gulf looking at a preeminent security threat coming out of iran, life just got an awful lot more complicated in the last couple of days. >> reporter: actually

white house and the defense officials say secretary of state rex tillerson and defense secretary james mattis knew about the intelligence, but many other officials unaware. the u.s. military has options for president trump if he decides to act. the president has drawn a red line, suggesting conditions for action, something he said he would not do. >> i don't want them to know what i'm thinking. >> reporter: but if trump doesn't act, he's in the position of potentially nknowin about a future attack against civilians and not stopping it. >> if we were to wait for an attack to happen knowing that it was about to happen, then yes, we have abrogated responsibility under the u.n. charter. >> reporter: but if assad were to proceed, military officials made it clear they have everything in place to strike again. jake? >> barbara starr at the pentagon for us. we have much more to discuss on the senate health care bill and what changes trump might be discussing right now with republican senators at the white house. stick around. we'll be right back. company. but "yes" is here. you're saying the n

defense secretary james mattis knew about the intelligence, but many other officials were unaware. the u.s. military has options were president trump if he decides to act. the president has drawn a red line, suggesting conditions for action, something he said he would not do. >> i don't want them to know what i'm thinking. >> but if trump does attack, he's in the position of potentially knowing about a future attack against civilians and not stopping them. >> if we were to wait for an attack to happen knowing that it was about to happen, then, yes, we have an bro kated responsibility under the un charter. >> but if assad were to proceed, military officials are letting it be known they have everything in place to strike again. erin? >> the deputy assistant to president trump, thanks so much for coming outfront tonight. how certain are you that the assad regime is planning another chemical weapon attack? >> reporter: well, we don't give away the details of the intelligence operation or the intelligence that we receive, but enough to make that statement last night with adequate certainty

attack in london. the first was from the secretary of defense, james mattis and he was asked about the reports and he said, quote, i like to learn about something before i talk. and then we have had the president wh who has tweeted que a number of times since the attack, maybe half a dozen types and talked about everything from promoting his travel ban, he criticized the mayor of london, and he also talked about also gun control. what do yowhat do you make of to different reactions? is that the yin and yang of the trump reaction? >> i think the secretary of defense has reeked in a fairly customary manner for a high government official, and president trump continues to redefine what presidential means in this new era. i thought that he found the right tone after manchester when he called the attackers evil losers, i thought that was kind of an inspired choice of rhetoric, here i third he reverted to his normal twitter form. i think it is off the tone that we would want to have in a president. i think gratuitously getting gen argument with the mayor of london whose city just suffered

absurd what they're saying. >> more on this in the next hour as well. new today, james mattis is in asia stepping up calls for china to curb the nuclear program in nblg north korea. here is what he said in singapore earlier. >> as a matter of u.s. national security, the united states regards the threat as a clear and present danger. the trump administration is encouraged by china's renewed commitment to work with the international community toward denuclearization. ultimately, we believe china will come to recognize north korea as a strategic liability, not an asset. >> a lot happening. back here in the united states, mike pence will travel to iowa to try to unite the republican base. he will join lawmakers at the roast and ride fund-raiser. i want to go to the white house and kelly o'donell. former fbi director james comey will make a highly anticipated testimony on thursday. what are you hearing from the white house? are they concerned about what he could say? >> reporter: the white house wants all of the information out and want the investigation to be thorough and over. at the s

. let's turn to our world lead now president trump has empowered are defense secretary james mattis to determine whether additional u.s. troops should be deployed to afghanistan. there are currently roughly 8,400 service members in afghanistan, supporting the fight against isis and the taliban. cnn has learned that the pc pentagon is considering sending up to 5,000 troops. joining me now, is stanley mcchrystal, the former commander of all u.s. officers in afghanistan. joining him, chris fussel, they out with a new book called "one mission: how leaders build a team of teams." general, thank you so much for joining us, and chris, you as well. i'll get to the book in a second. but general, i want to ask you, do you have any concerns about this idea of president trump leaving this all up to secretary mattis? not that mattis would make a bad decision, he's obviously an american hero, but do you fear at all this might lead to the president not having any ownership of this major decision that is obviously a life-or-death decision? >> jake, thanks. i believe that jim mattis will make a great d

congress about the bureau's russia investigation. defense secretary james mattis is calling north korea a clear and present danger. he innssued this warning about pyongyang in sing more. >> coupled with reckless proclamations, it signals a clear intent to acquire nuclear armed ballistic missiles including those of intercontinental range that pose direct and immediate threats to our regional allies, our partners and all the world. >> new remarks today from vladimir putin. the russian strongman suggesting that russian hackers were framed for interviewing -- for intervening in the u.s. presidential election. here's putin in the nbc exclusive sitdown interview with megyn kelly airing on her new show tomorrow night. >> translator: hackers can be anywhere. they can be in russia, in asia, even in america, latin america. they can even be hackers, by the way, in the united states. very skillfully and professionally shifted the blame, as we say, onto russia. >> joining us now is matthew miller, former chief spokesman for the justice department and an nbc news and msnbc justice and security analys

president not the office and one notable descent in that meeting james mattis so honored to represent the men and women of the defense department. he didn't pivot to say bring a thousand flowers out every time donald trump walked in the room. there was a lot of self debasement. >> do you think some of those in that meeting would admit in private that they wished they didn't do that or that they felt ashamed now looking back at that tape or anything? >> perhaps through their best friends and their spouses but beyond that i think it would be political suicide for them to do so. everybody at that table, very successfully in their own right whether in business or politics and to do that was just amazing. >> april, let me play for you the ceo president of christopher reddy and he told pbs, the president's considering firing robert mueller which would be a bomb shell of epic portions if it actually happened. >> i think he's considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. i think he's weighing that option. i think it's pretty clear about one of his lawyers said on television recent limit i

defense james mattis. >> i don't know enough about it yet, the details. let me get up to date and i'll talk to you on the plane. >> what -- the london police saying this is a terrorist attack, two dead, dozens wounded. >> i need to confirm everything. i like learning about something before i talk. let me look spoke it. >> really? that's good. at least someone in the white house does. >> david ignatius, that's actually how leaders usually act. secretary mattis is the best of the best. >> it's not funny, though. >> that's classic mattis. i've heard him say that more than once. could we please get the facts before i spat out an opinion. mattis is in a really difficult position. he is trying very hard to maintain his contact with the white house, not get out of state with the president. he never knows where he's stepping. be a responsible leader for the military. he's walking that fine line every day. i think it's going to get more and more difficult, where he feels he has to speak out. i think he really doesn't want to. he'd really like to keep it zipped. he's used to being a general and

. thank you. >> thank you. >> that was defense secretary james mattis on monday making it clear where his loyalties lie, where they should lie, with the people of the united states and where his gratitude lies, that's with the men and women who give their all every day for the united states armed forces. with us retired four-star general stanley mcchrystal who commanded american and international forces in afghanistan and former navy s.e.a.l. chris fussle the author of the book "one mission how leaders build a team of teams" previously he co-authored general mcchrystal's book "team of team new rules of engagement." thank you for being with us. i want to get to the book in a second, but i have to tell you, i know you have to be very envious right now of our secretary of defense who suddenly is working at a pentagon where they set force limits in afghanistan. i mean, you guys had to fight to get what you thought you needed. the president actually has given general mattis, secretary mattis, that ability to have generals figures out what generals need. >> well, he has, and he's given it i

. >> talk to your secretary of defense first, mika. talk to james mattis first. let him talk to sitcom. let them come up with a plan and find out what you can say and what you cannot say. >> i think this is going to have consequences in a big way, especially with our allies. let's get to health care. but with time grinding down, the cbo's -- >> can we offer congratulations to andy? >> andy? >> well, andy did a lot of work. it's like the chinese. you ask the chinese, like a couple years ago how the french revolution was. was it good or bad thing? too early to tell. right? andy card was like johnny apple seed. he was just laying the seeds, doing the policy work. you know what i'm getting to. >> yeah. >> right now george w. bush is popular as barack obama. do you think that would have ever happened if andy wasn't just waiting patiently? what about that. george w. bush -- >> he's a good person, and he has demonstrated the capacity to lead during tough situations and is being recognized for it. and yes, i saw president bush the first, number 41, and he's doing great. >> that's fantas

branch of the fbi. today carl ga mattis confittis did talk to james comey and he will work with the committee investigating that. >> tomorrow the intelligence is going to have their next open hearing of the russians attack. the committee will take testimonies tomorrow on other countries. we think about how the country responded, it is unsettling of the response so far of the attack on us, at least by your executive branch, the response is limited to top white house officials securing the services of private defense council, that's pretty much the only thing doing to response. that's where we are and that's th what they are doing. joining us now of senator mark warner of the top democratic in the senate which is investigating the attack. it is nice to have you with us tonight, thank you for taking the time. >> thank you rachel, thank you for having me. >> you said your committee is at an early stage in your investigation, we mention tomorrow's hearing how other countries have dealt with russians attack in their elections. should we expect to hear more through the summer? >> i think y