face. this is day one of something that's going to go on all week. people apparently have a lot to say. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow. now it's time for "the last word after trump's national security adviser michael flynn resigned last week, trump offered the position to retired admiral robert harwood widely respected by officials in both parties. but harwood rejected the proposal. harwood was asked to reconsider, which he did, but according to msnbc, he said no a second time after watching the president's press conference on thursday. huh, what about that press conference would make him not want to work for donald trump? >> lots of things are done with uranium, including some bad things. >> can you imagine having to brief that guy on national security? this morning the president

has a new national security advis adviser, lieutenant general mcmaster is getting support from both sides of the aisle. and breitbart's editor has been disinvited to this year's cp cpac. and this morning we're waiting to hear the name of four americans that were killed on board an australian plane crash. hey, everyone. i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf.

he's a man of tremendous talent and experience. i've watched him a lot over the last two days. he's highly respected by everybody in the military. >> i would just like to say, what a privilege it is to be able to continue serving our nation. i'm grateful to you for that opportunity. and i look forward to joining the national security team and doing everything i can to advance and protect the interests of the american people. >> you'll do a great job. >> thank you very much. >> senator tom cotton was reportedly central to the selection. the senator once served under general mcmaster and suggested into the white house. politico says mcmaster wasn't on the radar until the senator reached out to steve bannon, jared kushner and ryan priebus. even so, this selection drew widespread praise including from many top democrats. >> he's known for a top military

strategist and began early on in iraq. for more, we have more to give us a sense on the general's career from cal perry. cal? >> reporter: general mcmaster is known on capitol hill for two reasons, for what he's done on the battlefield. he has an impressive combat record. he was awarded the silver captain for what he did in the first gulf war. in the second gulf war, he commanded troops. at the time he was a surcolonel. that helped him then become on the advisory council for general petraeus, again, specifically looking at the counter insurgency efforts across the country. he wrote a book called "dereliction of duty." the book took a look at the joint chiefs of staff during vietnam and looked at how they

fed information to politicians at that time. he believes that that was, as he put it, and of course the title of the book, a "dereliction of duty." >> macmaster's book has surged o number one on amazon. and many members are jittery over the way it has been run so far and the ousting of general michael flynn. while the president discussed his role into general michael flynn's departure, he also looked into the close relationship with the president of china. >> i am very grateful to work with the president of the united

states. and we honor general flynn's work in the united states of america. and i fully agree with the president to aor general flynn's signation. it was handled properly and in a timely way. russia's ambassador to the united states died unexpectedly yesterday, one day before his 65th birthday. the russian foreign ministry says vitaly churkin was working at his desk in new york city when he collapsed. the official cause of the death is being looked at by the medical examiner, but they believe there's no foul play. samantha power tweeted she was devastated by the passing of russian u.n. ambassador. and nikki haley said, we did not

always see things eye to eye, but we send our condolences to lift up his family and to the russian people. the president rallied that refugees were created problems for sweden, which processed a record of 163,000 asylum applications in 2015 alone. but preliminary data released yesterday found no significant increase in crimes from 2015 to 2016. the council did note an increase in assaults and rapes last year and reported a drop in drug arrests and effects. in a clip from a documentary from fox, they called the filmmaker a madmen.

however, a pew research poll last spring found that 46% of swedens believe refugees are more to blame for crime than others. and 57% believe that they increase the chance of terrorism. well, yesterday the president tweeted, give the public a break. the fake news media is trying to say that large scale immigration in sweden is working out just beautifully. not. well, hours later the swedish prime minister reacted saying, we have challenges, no doubt about that, but added, we must all take responsibility for using facts correctly and for verifying anything we spread. a right-wing commentator has been dis-invited from the annual cpac gathering of political activists after video clips of him appearing to defend sexual relationships between adults and 13-year-old boys. recordings of mr. yiannopoulos making the comments spread this weekend. the gay british writer described

coming of age relationships between young boys and older men. he also talked favorably about his own sexual experiences with an older map. after initially defending yiannopoulos, matt slthey in /* invoked his invitation. he wrote, i am a gay man and a child abuse victim. i would like to restate my utter disgust to those who sexually abuse minors. president trump threatened to withdraw funds for the institution suggesting it did not allow free speech. president trump will address cpac this friday. and joining us from politico

is daniel litman. with an early good morning to you, daniel, how did we get here? what kind of pressure was cpac facing to give him off the docket? >> no one is defending milo this morning and they were forced to ditch him. they did not want other stars like ted cruz or donald trump to pull out of the event. and breitbart may lose the biggest star since milo has kind of led the sight to prominence. especially in trump's administration, everyone was talking about breitbart, but i think they are going to be forced to can him this week because there's just, there's no justification for what he said in those tapes. >> so with regard to breitbart, he's still on the payroll at this point? >> he is. and i think they're going to face real pressure today or tomorrow to fire him. and just imagine if someone from the new york times said something similar, they would probably be fired immediately. so it does seem like milo may have to find a new site to pitch

his wagon to. >> and let's talk about another thing making its way in washington, that is after the defeat in washington,lot coast is reporting that the trump administration is looking to re-do the travel ban. what are the changes expected to come out of this draft as opposed to the first one earlier? >> the first one singled out refugees and bars them from the country almost forever. this one probably will not do so, but it will continue to have a ban on -- a temporary ban, on all refugees. but i think liberal groups will still find problems with the order. and they will bring it to court. and trump is trying to find a way to thread this legal needle so it isn't struck down again. but i think the most of the order will stay the same like he had issued a few weeks ago. >> okay, we're looking forward to that. speaking of looking forward, what is coming up on playbook this morning? >> we have a fun little dinner

all of us would have wanted to go to, a tipster sent us a spotted item from palm beach. they spotted reince priebus, steve bannon and chris ruddy of newsmax dining for three hours at a ritzy palm beach restaurant. we are curious what they discussed and strategized to keep trump on track. >> oh, but do you know what they ate? what was on the menu? just kidding. >> politico's daniel liddy, thank you for that. and yesterday bomb threats were called in to several jewish community centers, but they were all hoaxes. we are also getting a look at the damage vandals left behind of a jewish cemetery in missouri over the weekend. dozens of headstones knocked

over, some broken into pieces. you may remember the president was asked about the recent uptick in anti-semitic attacks at a news conference last thursday. take a listen. >> what we are concerned about and what we haven't really heard being addressed is an uptick in anti-semitism and how the government is planning to take care of it. there's been a report out that 48 bomb threats have been made against jewish centers all across the country in the last several weeks. there are people who are committing anti-semitism acts. >> he said he was going to ask a simple question. but it's not. sit down, i understand your question. here's the story, number one, i am the least anti-semitic person you have seen in your entire life. number two, racism. the least racist person. in fact, we did very well relative to other people running

as a republican. quiet, quiet, quiet. see, he lied about getting up to ask a very straight, simple question. so welcome to the world of the media. >> responding to the threats against the jewish committee, sean spicer leased a same last night saying, hatred and hate-motivated violence of any kind have no place in a country founded on the promise of individual freedom. the president has made it abundantly clear that these actions are unacceptable. but the ceo of the anti-defamation league wants more calling on the president to, quote, show more leadership, acknowledge and announce steps to address this problem. and from coast to coast, thousands of americans marked the holiday weekend by participating in "not my president's day" rallies. in chicago, los angeles and more than two dozen cities across the count country. in washington, d.c. hundreds held signs and chanted "dump

trump." police marked off streets as the group marched toward the white house. the events were largely peaceful, although in portland several faced off with police. seven adults were arrested and six juveniles were cited. and the debate continues in the u.k. over president trump's upcoming state visit. british lawmakers called on whether or not to withdraw his invitation as many called for it to be canceled. one lawmaker called the president a petulent child states, quote, it would be terribly wrong because it would appear the british parliament, the british nation, the british sovereign are approving of all acts of donald trump." several protesters were outside the parliament building and at times could be heard inside westminster hall. the debate was mostly symbolic as lawmakers don't have the power to cancel the visit. and the government said it will not rescind the invitation.

last year they voted whether or not to ban donald trump following comments he made about muslims. still ahead, we are following the latest on the four americans kill in the plane crash in australia. and a slew of tornadoes touched down in san antonio, texas. we'll have those stories and a check on the forecast when we come right back. stay with us. ♪(music plays)

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welcome back. we are awaiting the identities of four americans that were killed aboard an australian plane. smoke billows moments after the crash. the plane exploded on implaact. there were five people on board at the time. no one survived. and the police commissioner said the plane suffered catastrophic engine failure, but investigators say it's too early

to speculate on the cause of the crash. the local media reported the pilot was an experienced aviator in his 60s. and the national weather service confirmed six tornadoes touched down in the san antonio area late sunday and early yesterday. luckily, no major injuries were reported, but officials estimate at least 150 homes and other structures were damaged. according to "the houston chronicle," last night 3600 customers were without electricity in the san antonio area. and at the height of the storm, about 46,000 were reportedly without power. the local you till till company says two transmission towers were destroyed in the storm. we'll get a check on the weather now with nbc meteorologist bob kn -- bonnie snyder. >> the storms in texas are working their way further to the east, so rain in new orleans, mississippi and alabama, and especially to the panhandle of florida. take a look at the computer

projection. heavy rain is expected in the region right along the alabama/florida border. scattered storms as well. some could be severe with strong winds, so watch out for the potential of a power outage or two heading into the afternoon hours. in the meantime, we take a look at what is happening in terms of how much rain we'll accumulate. two inches in isolated areas along the florida panhandle. and in birmingham, lighter amounts, possibly a half in. . more scattered showers for california. even though the heaviest rain is not going to hit in california, we still have flood advisories in the sacramento area. some warnings as well out in san francisco. heavier rain towards oregon today. more scattered in the amount of intensity, but keep in mind in the sierra foothills we'll look for the potential for heavier rain, lighter rain. a dryer pattern will emerge toward the middle of the week. that's food news after all the rain we saw yesterday. we had incredible winds over 70 miles per hour in monterey, california, yesterday. as for across the country, it's really the news of how warm it

has been. four days in a row record highs for chicago and minneapolis. will we see a fifth day today? probably. with all that warmth coming in, temperatures are soaring into the 60s and even the 70s today. north platte, 75 degrees. if you don't break a record in these places, you'll tie it. notice the warm air working its way to the east as well. 67 into detroit. louisville right at 71. alex, ayman, you probably wonder about new york? we'll hit 70 degrees on thursday. >> oh, man. >> wow! >> hopefully it will carry through the weekend as well. >> that would be nice. >> thanks, bonnie. still ahead, quite a moment on the basketball court after west virginia head coach bob huggins, check this out, he falls to his knees during last night's game. the good news is he's okay this morning. louis has the story next in sports. glad to see he's back up. there's nothing more important to me than my vacation. so when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. booking.com gets it.

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we start with a scare on the hardwood. west virginia's coach bob huggins went down to his knees as he got light-headed and his defibrillator went off. he returned for the second half and was in good spirits after the game saying with a smile, he was surprised he didn't get a technical foul. we hope he's feeling better. talk about commitment to the game. and taking on the texas

longhorns, they were rolling early led by jarrett allen who snags the rebound to finish the slam. allen later decided that was not good enough. >> allen -- throws it down! >> the dunk of the year! the dunk of the year! >> definitely a top contender for dunk of the year. he just powers that one down. unfortunately for texas, it wasn't enough. west virginia takes it 77-62. and how about a little bit of a cliche here? the miami hurricanes play the virginia cavaliers. late in the game, hitting the corner three to tie it at 41-41, the game went into overtime. with 30 seconds to go, he nails the three this time to give the hurricanes the lead. they pull it off, the upset there in overtime, 54-48. what a game. >> talk about some monster jams in that texas game. >> oh, yeah. >> that will make the highlight reel for sure. still ahead, vice president

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welcome back, everyone. i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. here's the top stories for the

morning. general mcmaster is going to be replacing general flynn as national security adviser. he holds a ph.d. in military history. he commanded the regiment that retook kandahar in 2005. and the bambassador in russa died unexpectedly yesterday after collapsing at his desk at the united nations. the cause of death is unknown, but the officials say there's no foul play. and a levee breaks from yet another storm. this time it's the san joaquin river. the leak has been temporarily repaired but the evacuation order remains in effect. a flash flood warning was also issued. vice president mike pence is back following an overseas trip

where he worked to assure our ally that is the president will continue to support their region. >> with regard to the eu, the president directed me to come here to brussels, and i had the great privilege of meeting with leaders of the european union throughout the morning. and to express the desire of the united states to continue, continue cooperation and partnership with the european union. we respect the determination of the people of great britain as manifested in brexit, and we respect the judgment of the people's of europe in the european union. >> the vice president also used that event to reaffirm the u.s.'s ties to nato as world leaders faced mix messages from the white house over foreign policy. foreign correspondent andrea

mitchell has more. >> reporter: some walked back the president's anxious words to its allies. on nato -- >> nato is obsolete. >> reporter: mr. trump says nato is a fan but wants them to pay their fair share. >> they're not paying their bills! >> reporter: he was grilled on the stage from foreign affairs. >> who should we listen to, you or the president trump? >> the president wanted me to come here for the united states. he's expressed strong support on nato. >> we should have kept the oil but okay. maybe you'll have another chance. >> reporter: but that would be a war crime. the defense secretary saying it won't happen. >> we're not in iraq to seize anybody's oil. >> reporter: and on refugees in terror, the president igniting a firestorm over sweden. >> you look at what's happening last night in sweden, sweden, who would believe this, sweden?

>> reporter: apparently mr. trump saw a report on fox news but it was false prompting reports from sweden's prime minister. >> we must all take responsibility for producing facts correctly. >> everybody around the world is watching what he says at those rally, and they see the variance with what general mattis is saying and what vice president mike pence is saying. and president trump is preparing to roll back obama-era regulations on coal as well as emissions on waterways. they will construct the epa to look at the rules obama took in wetlands and streams that lead to major bodies of water. another order will lift the moratorium on halting coal on nationally owned land since

2015. president trump is likely to reject options to charge companies a higher rate and begin leasing without preconditions. and they will also seek to reverse a rule that prompts powerful methane emissions on federal lands. there's new pressure on the president to address the rise in anti-semitism acts following this attack at a missouri -- >> reporter: last month staff and parents hurried children to safety. some babies wheeled away in cribs. 11 jewish centers received similar calls. since early january, 54 centers have been targeted across the states. all appear to have been hoaxes.

>> it is absolutely outrageous that this is occurring. it is unprecedented in terms of the scale of that. >> reporter: jewish groups say the threats meant to terrify children and their families have failed. president trump questioned about rising anti-semitism has tried to deflect criticism by emphasizing his own beliefs. >> i am the least anti-semitic person you have seen in your entire life. >> but as president he's yet to denounce anti-semitism. >> jewish people, so many friends, a daughter who happens to be here right now. >> reporter: his press secretary telling nbc news the president has made it abundantly clear that the actions are unacceptable. >> the issue is we need the president to show more leadership and acknowledge the issue and announce steps to address this problem before communities go from anxiety to real trauma. >> reporter: so far no arrests with the fbi now investigating what it calls possible civil rights violations. peter alexander, nbc news,

washington. all right. joining us now from capitol hill, jonathan swan, a good morning to you. i want to get your quick reaction to this debate that is now taking place around whether the president is condemning these acts enough, and some comments that come out from ivanka trump on this subject. >> this is one of those strangest incidents that has sort of come up with donald trump. he's spent his entire business career in very close relationships to jewish leaders, he's got very strong allies in the republican jewish community. and that moment in the press conference was just bizarre because this jewish journalist gave him the perfect set-up to just make a very easy denouncement. actually, it was a softball question, but trump personalized it to make it about him. and his daughter ivanka had to play clean-up. she tweeted the houses of worship need to be protected. so it was just a very, very

confounding situation and shows that sometimes his paranoia and sort of animosity toward the press can actually backfire. >> jonathan, i want to switch gears here to talk about the tent pole event for conservatives, cpac. every year cnbc and senate republicans, it can bring about make or break moments for senators, but this year it seems to be about the controversy of milo being out. talk about this. >> so milo is a controversial figure on the right. cpac put themselves in a difficult position because they wanted to have his speech be all about college campuses. of course, he's been going around college campuses to great acclaim and there were huge protests at berkeley with fires and that sort of mat martyred

him to some extent on the right. but the comments of a 13-year-old and a man -- the thing people don't understand about breitbart and milo, and i have been immersed in this field for a while, he's got less support at breitbart than people assume. a lot of folks can't stand him. they think he's more trouble than he's worth. that's not just junior people, that's senior people. milo is not a universally beloved figure even in that world. and there's a lot of people who think he's not really actually conservative. he's more just a provocative, very self-indulgent -- >> it was all from the guys who wanted free speech, right and that's why they wanted him to have a platform. >> right. specifically free speech on college campuses, a huge issue on the right. then they got themselves into the situation, and the board has

a lot of icons of conservatism in america was clearly not going to accept this. >> and let me ask you quickly about the president, i know he's expected to speak there on friday, it's kind of in some ways very informal state of the union just after a month in office. yesterday the white house put out their list of accomplishments in the first 30 days or so. do we expect that to be the theme on friday? or something different? >> look, cpac, for anyone who has been there, you need to throw a lot of red meat to the crowd. there could be some moments of, look, here's what we have done. but he needs to throw red meat. and donald trump knows how to throw red meat to a cpac crowd. >> jonathan, thank you for that. the fight overseas continues with new video showing the moment kim jong-un's brother was allegedly attacked. it shows a person coming up

reportedly behind kim jong-nam. it shows that a chemical may have been used to poison kim. so far there are no puncture wounds on the body according to a medical examiner. four people have been arrested in connection with the killing. and officials are looking for four north korean nationals suspected of being involved. south korea's intelligence chief accused kim jong-un of ordering the assassination sparking diplomatic tensions with asia. yesterday the ambassador to asia says he will not accept the results of the police investigation. >> wasn't that bizarre? he was explaining to police something happened. >> so many surveillance cameras were there, that's also raising a lot of questions. and a major shake-up could be coming to the fast food industry. the ceo of uber is showing how serious he is of investigating

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tragically, sweden is the third non-terrorist attack that has not shocked the world in the first month. first, there was not the bowling green massacre. then no one was lost in atlanta. and now it's not swede en's turn. just because this attack didn't happen, doesn't mean we do not stand in solidarity with all the people who did not suffer. and we pay tribute to all of them now. ♪

>> got to love ikea. time now for business, the owner of burger king has his sights on popeyes? louisa bojesen is here to tell us more. >> it is all about the kristy chicken and the buttermilk biscuits, but the international group that owns burger king and tim hortons is looking to buy pop eyes, the louisiana kitchen, because they want ahold of the international market. so people like me who like p popeyes will utilize the chain. it's a hefty price ticket out

there. there are shareholders in restaurant brands who tried to go after the heinz bid, which had to be withdrawn. and you mentioned uber, they have hired eric holder, the former u.s. attorney general, to help out in this investigation. they mean business on this. so the ceo travis kalanick said the review would halt the participation of the huffington post with uber. so they are really going to be looking into this in great detail by the look of things. and according to "the wall street journal," the toys r us group is feeling the pinch to online shopping. they are laying off 10% to 15% of corporate employees. 250 employees have already been laid off from a place in new jersey where their company is

headquartered. guys, back to you. >> louisa bojesen, thank you so much. now we'll go to bonnie schneider where we are looking south at the storms. >> we have storms rolling into eastern louisiana. the eastern parishes are getting hit by rain hard, then it moves through southern sections of mississippi and alabama. here's a look at the projection of the rain we can see and where it is headed. the gulf storms work their way all the way across the gulf of mexico and we'll start to see more stormy weather in florida by the time we get to wednesday. keep that in mind while traveling. heavy amounts of rain, destin, pensacola, we will likely see it accumulate through the middle of the week. as we look to the west, less rain hitting northern california, but the threat remains for flooding. we can see a lot of the rain pushing further to the north near oregon. heavy downpours in oregon at this hour. but unfortunately because we have been seeing so much rain, we still have a flood threat. it will take a while for waters to recede. the threat today is for heavy

rain southwest oregon to the sierra foothills. lighter rain for the middle of the week. we'll get the improved pattern in terms of getting more dry. but i mentioned the flooding that we're still dealing with. in sacramento, flood warning as well. because it is so saturated and we are still getting scattered showers, it will take a while for the water to recede. the record high temperatures in chicago, minneapolis, they could go on. there were so many last weekend and straight through the first part of this week. the spring pattern here in february continues with the jet stream well up to the north. so temperatures are soaring into the 60s and the 70s. we wouldn't normally see this for march. so some of the numbers are 20 to 30 degrees above normal. really incredible to get up to 62 in minneapolis. if that happens, it will be the fifth day in a row we shatter the record. >> a few of us are not going to be complaining about the warm weather. bonnie schneider, thank you. last night "jeopardy" played to their audience with this unexpected but impressive

performance from alex trebek. check it out. >> let's rap, kids. buy a chopper and have a doctor on speed dial. i guess, m.a.a.d. city. 6 foot, 7 foot, 8 foot bunch. young money militia and i am the commissioner. panda, panda, panda, panda, panda, panda, panda, panda. i was just getting into this rap thing. >> alex, he looked like a natural. well done to alex trebek. we'll take a serious turn as we check out melbourne, australia. we have been following this story all morning, four americans among those killed when their plane crashed shortly after takeoff. we'll bring you a live report. ♪) ♪ heigh ho heigh ho ♪ ♪ heigh ho heigh ho it's off to work we go here's to all of you early risers, what's up man? go-getters,

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all right, i want to bring you tragic news from the libyan coast where it is reported 74 bodice of migrants have washed ashore. the red crescent told the associated press, the bodies washed ashore in the western city of zawi. while the reason for the drownings is not clear, the migrants' vessel was reported to have sunk with several aboard. it gives you a sense how dire the conditions are. and we turn to one of the

top stories, the melbourne, australia, plane that crashed. >> the plane crashed into the shopping mall after leaving the runway shortly after takeoff. lucy cavanaugh, good day to you. what else are authorities saying what may have caused this plane to crash? >> reporter: well, good morning. police say that the pilot reported a catastrophic engine failure just moments before this crash. but it is still too soon to say definitively what exactly happened. this was supposed to be a dream golfing vacation for four american tourists. they had chartered a plane, a twin engine supper king air to take them from melbourne to 160 miles south. they were just taking off 9:00 a.m. local time when the plane crashed into a shopping center at the end of the airport runway. witnesses described a horrific scene. the plane exploding on impact, erupting into a massive fireball. and you can see the footage from

a dashboard camera there capturing this scene. thick column of black smoke rising from the crash site. no survivors tragically. all four passengers and the pilot were apparently killed. now, the state department did not identify the four americans, but they did issue a statement to nbc news extending deep c condolences to the families saying that the u.s. consulate in melbourne is working closely with local authorities to help the families of the victims. and this could have been a far worse incident. the mall they crashed into was closed. it was due to open in just 45 minutes. had it been full of people, no doubt then tragedy would have claimed many more lives. >> lucy cavanaugh in london, what a tragic story. we'll follow that story throughout the day. and coming up on "morning joe," a closer look at the new

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before we toss it over to "morning joe," we'll check on the stories in the day ahead. >> kelly o'donnell reports. >> reporter: president trump back in washington with one of the big items checked off his to-do list. he has named h.r. mcmaster as national security adviser, and the president has been clear that mcmaster will have the full authority to set up the national security council and his staff the way he sees fit. that has been an issue of controversy with some of the other people considered for that position. in the week ahead, we expect there to be big developments on crucial priorities for the president. the revised travel ban affecting the seven muslim countries with restrictions on how people can come into the u.s.

that's been challenged in court and a retooled version of that is expected by the end of the week. also some new enforcement policies for other executive orders from president trump related to the southern border and dealing with the illegal immigration problem. at the end of the week, the president is also expected to address cpac, the conservative gathering that happens every year in washington. it's one of the most influential among conservatives and the president is expected to have a high-profile speech at the end of the week. louis? >> thank you to kelly o'donnell for that report. also in washington today, newly confirmed epa administrator scott pruitt will speak to employees. he will address a series of executive orders aimed to scale back the agency. and bao bao the panda is bidding farewell and heading to china. the 1-year-old brother and her parents will be left at the zoo. >> bye-bye, bao bao.

that does it for us this tuesday. i'm alex witt alongside ayman l the last two days. he is highly respected by everybody in the military. >> i'd just like to say what a privilege it is to continue serving our nation. i'm grateful to you for that opportunity, and i look forward to joining the national security team and doing everything i can to advance and protect the interest of the american people. thank you very much, sir. >> you're going to do a great job. >> lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster. >> mike barnicle has something to say here. three words i tweeted out yesterday. >> thank you, jesus. >> the president introducing him in florida after -- >> literally