h.r. mcmaster. i can't imagine general mcmaster taking the job without first establishing ground rules with the people in the west wing by saying, look, i get to pick my staff, i'm not going to take orders and instructions from the two stevens or anybody else. i'll give you my best evaluation after taking into account the input from all the executive branches, all the executive departments. and i'm going to tell you exactly what i think. i'm not going to tell you what you want to hear. i mean, he's that kind of personality. and it's difficult to envision somebody with that kind of personality and experience being in an environment in which things are very tightly controlled from 1600 pennsylvania avenue, jacob. >> so, colonel jacobs, do you think that mcmaster in this situation was able to extract some exceptions from the trump administration with regard to staffing? we do know general petraeus as well as robert harward were said to have not been picked for that position because of issues regarding

h.r. mcmaster? and as anti-trump rallies break out across the country, this president's day, a closer look at the dizzying first month of a presidency that is anything but business as usual. "the 11th hour" begins now. >> and good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york where we have just witnessed the first month of the trump administration. at least 47 more to go, this weekend alone was another wild one. the president told his followers that the news media are the enemy of the american people and we saw a lot of swedes calling each other frantically wondering if there was a terrorist attack that they somehow missed. for the president, another weekend at his private florida resort, another round of 18 holes. he is now back in washington. in several cities today there were rallies on this holiday monday, based on the theme not my president's day. just today two big names in the nation were overseas, assuring separate audiences and venues everything is going to be okay. after everyt

h.r. mcmaster. us, retired four-star army general barry mccaffrey, west point class of '64, combat led to two purple heart, two silver stars and notably two distinguished service crosses. your combat experience is jermaine here. both of you generals are combat and command veterans of the gulf war one. i have a dual question to start you off. number one, can an active duty three star turn down the commander in chief? can he say no and take a pass on this job? and more basically, tell us about the general that you know. >> i think he could turn it down. if he'd gone in there and said, mr. president, i simply don't want to take on these responsibilities, i can't imagine they would have continued the discussion. and if pushed, he could have always said, well, i'm going to submit papers to retire. so i think you've got somebody who's willing to take on these responsibilities. i've watched this guy with great admiration for years. he is a serious intellectual, with a book that will get read for another hu

h.r. mcmaster in iraq and h.r. mcmaster as a tank commander. so he has the full spectrum. he's incredibly agile. >> some perspectives say that the president has do many military people around him. do you think that's a good thing? >> well, there's a difference between having too many military people and having the right and smart military people. look, i'm very pleasantly surprised by this appointment. i worked with general mcmaster when i was on the armed services committee. we worked together on the issue of professional military education, that is how we educate our troops and invest them with critical thinking and very challenging and complex environments. he is a warrior psycholoscholar. i understands hard power and soft power. and i believe he can bring order to chaos. the challenge will be, will president trump actually listen to him? will he take the general's recommendations and implement them? if he does, i do believe we have an opportunity to institute order to chaos. >> so congressman, are you still concerned about steve bannon's presence on the principal's gro

h.r. mcmaster has been tapped. mcmaster has been serving as head of the army's integration center in virginia. he has a ph.d.. mcmaster is known for his intellect and his willingness to speak out on military issues. the president's pick earned praise from republican and some democrats. including senator john mccain, republican critic of trump. more from cnn's sara murray at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, boris and ana. president trump capped off a weekend in mar-a-lago by naming lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster for the job. >> h.r. mcmaster will become the national security vikurecurity . he is highly respected by everybody in the military. we're very honored to have him. >> i would like to say what a privilege it is to continue serving our nation. i'm grateful for that opportunity. 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 will do a great job. >> reporter: donald trump's pick came a week after he

h.r. mcmaster as his next national security adviser. general mcmaster is currently director of the army capabilities center at fort eustis, virginia. here's the announcement from mar-a-lago, florida. : are you ready? we are ready. i just wanted to announce. we have been working all weekend, very diligently, very hard.general h.r. mcmaster will become the advisor.security he then when of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. a lot overnd read the last few days. he is highly respected by everybody in the military. we are very honored to have him. he also is known for a long time who il keith kellogg, also have gotten to know. he's a terrific man. they will be working together. event to be chief of staff. i think that combination will be very special.i met with many other people. tremendous respect for the people i met with. i will ben bolton, asking to work with us in a somewhat different capacity.john is a terrific guy with really -- we had really good meetings with him.he knows a lot. a good number of ideas that i agree with. we

h.r. mcmaster as his new national security adviser. mcmaster taking over the job after michael flynn was fired and another top contender turned the president down. for the first time vice-president paengs pence is acknowledging that michael flynn misled him. pence revealing his disappointment during a news conference with the head of nato. the vice-president in brussels trying to reassure allies of president trump's commitment to nato and europe. top officials in sweden are expressing anger and dismay with president trump for spreading inaccurate information. speaking in florida the president referenced, quote, what happened last night in sweden, the president says he was referring to a fox news report about immigration and crime in sweden. >>> also this hour, we're learning about the trump administration's plan to carry out the president's executive order. cnn attains a new guideline that could lead to a huge increase of undocumented immigrant order. i'll talk with a democratic on the senate foreign relations committee. senator chris k

h.r. mcmaster. we're told that mr.n will be working in some capacity along with the national security team. sounds like the way the president described it, to see more about the man selected, he graduated from westpoint, got a ph.d. at the university of north carolina chapel hill and wrote a book called "derrelection of duty." interesting note, he will now be heading up the advice, the strategy that this president looks into as he has to make decisions about hot spots all over the world. the president closed the group to a number of generals along with ambassador john bolton. he seems to favor that have served and are serving in the military. after a bit of controversy with michael flynn, he's chosen the next man that will sit there in the meeting with the top strategists as they make decisions about isis, the middle east, north korea, the south china sea. they have a lot of hot spots to talk to, a lot of decisions to be made and now we know who the man will be alongside the president. we got a tweet a short time ago t

h.r. mcmaster is a decorated soldier and military strategist. trump delivering the news as he sat wedged between mcmaster and lieutenant general keith kellogg. in a living room at his florida club. kellogg will stay on as chief of staff at the national security council. >> this is a great team. we are very, very honored. >> trump's pick coming as vice president mike pence is publically admitting for the first time that michael flynn's behavior was a let-down to the administration. >> i was disappointed to learn that the facts that have been mcquaid conveyed to me by general flynn were inaccurate. i fully support the president's decision to ask for his resignation. >> flynn after misleading pence about sanctions with the russian ambassador, leaving the president scrambling to fill the spot. trump took to the campaign trail this weekend after just a month in office to defend his new administration. >> you've seen what we have accomplished in a very short period of time. the white house is running so smoothly. so smoothly. >> but the white house is

h.r. mcmaster as national security adviser. nior msnbc -- nbc reporting that mcmasters intend to stay on active duty while serving in the post. questions remaining about normer general michael flynn and contacts with russia. vice president pence is speaking out for the first time about being misled by flynn. >> i was disappointed to learn that the facts that had been conveyed to me by general flynn were inaccurate. but we honor general flynn's long serve to the united states. and i fully support the president's decision to ask for his resignation. >> -- no one on the trump campaign had contact with the agent. >> the answer is no we don't know of any contacts with russian agent. they have assured me that "new york times" story was grossly over stated, inaccurate and totally wrong. >> congressman eric is democratic from the state of california. now, this proposed bill has the backing of every house democrat plus a lone republican, nice to see you. >> thank you. >> all right. tell me, what's wrong there's so many investigation bein

h.r. mcmaster for the advisor role there? guest: michael flynn was a military tactician in the intelligence community. but to be the national security adviser, it relies more significantly on having a strategic view. h.r. mcmaster is a profound military strategist. perspective will serve him well as national security advisor. it remains to be seen how well the team will gel. if you look at rex tillerson, jim mathis, mike pompeo, dan coats to be confirmed as director of national intelligence and h.r. mcmaster -- this is a highly skilled team. but they have to come together and gel to get the processes up and running so that we can add greater texture to the trump foreign-policy. host: national security adviser is not a job that requires a senate confirmation that a story from roll call yesterday -- h.r. mcmaster will need a senate confirmation if he wants to keep his three stars as lieutenant general. the job will entail a demotion unless the senate signs off. the story noting that the process is already underway. new hampshir

h.r. mcmaster is the national security adviser. the president expect it to unveiling his plan on immigration this morning. good morning to you i am lauren simonetti. >> good morning. i am lea gabrielle in for the culpability peace. stock market futures ahead of the opening bell. nasdaq higher by 13. lauren: nikkei closing of seven tenths of 1%. adding almost half of 1%. true to the price tag would be as much as $1.7 billion. lauren: at a time for the retail appeared today will find out how wal-mart in the macy's and home depot are doing and they released their latest quarterly results. nicole: no joy in toyland. u.s. list of 10 of its work force. we will tell you why. lauren: college hoops from the virginia has been in the race a few weeks ago but they dropped their fourth straight game to miami. st. louis blues list of the florida panthers at the buzzer. we will have the highlights for you. nicole: welcome to "fbn:am," the latest breaking news. lauren: president trappings army lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster is his new national s

h.r. mcmaster for the advisor role? guest: michael flynn was a military tactician in the intelligence community. but to be the national security adviser i think it does rely more significantly on having a strategic view. h.r. mcmaster is a profound military strategist. i think that perspective will serve him well as national security adviser. it remains to be seen how well this team will gel. if you look at rex tillerson and jim mathis as secretary, mike pompeo as director of h.r. mcmaster,nd this is a highly skilled team but they will have to come together, gel to get the internal processes up and running so that we can add greater texture to the from foreign-policy. the sooner they do that, the better. host: that job requires a senate confirmation, but an interesting note, a story from a call yesterday, other papers reporting this. mcmaster would need a senate confirmation if he wants to keep his three stars as lieutenant general. detail the motion unless the senate signs off. unless a process is already underway in t

h.r. mcmaster. he's a career army officer. he graduated from westpoint and served in iraq an afghan stand currently the director of the army capability center. he's now president trump's next national security advisor. >> a man of tremendous talent and experience. i watched and read a lot the last two days. he is highly respected by everybody in the military. we're very honored to have him. >> mr. president, thanks very much. i'd like to say what a privilege it is to continue to serve our nation and look forward to the national security team and protect the interests of the american people. >> two of the other finalists also got job offers today. lieutenant general keith kellogg who had been serving as the acting national security advisor. he was offered as chief of staff of the national security council. john bolton, the former ambassador to the u.n., he will be offered a job in some capacity. we don't know what that is. president trump didn't say today. he's also likely going to have a job on the security council as well. we

h.r. mcmaster? >> i do. we spoke at the same event and i have emailed saying if we had known back then the lofty heights you would be raising two. >> what do you think this means for the trump white house? >> i am over the moon. we are excited he's coming on board. he's known for being the iconoclast general. fits nicely with the iconoclast president. >> let's talk about some of the headlines making news. story by "the new york times" and another by "the washington post" alleging that the title of "the new york times" story was a back channel plan for ukraine and russia. it asserted that a personal lawyer for mr. trump, a business associate of mr. trump, pictured in the middle, they had been responsible for mr. cohen delivering directly to the offices of michael flynn a sealed envelope that contains a peace plan for ukraine that would need russian sign off. mr. cohen has said, backtracked on whether or not it was delivered. what do you know about it? >> i'm not familiar with the plan. giving a source of the

h.r. mcmaster, who is being the new national security adviser, and general mattis. h.r. mcmaster, you see him on the screen, that's general mattis, h.r. mcmaster recently held a meeting at the national security council and said calling radical islamic terrorism, using that phrase, is unhelpful. that seems to be a split with president trump. the thing that makes this most interesting is that h.r. mcmaster wrote a book called "dereliction of duty" in 1997. and the entire book's theory was that generals need to speak truth to the president. >> and we heard the president make comments at the governor's address yesterday saying to some effect that had the presidents been away from the middle east over the past 15 years. >> had they gone to the beach. >> yeah. they would be better off. you're looking at general mattis and mcmaster who came up the ranks really in the last 15 years during the war on terror in iraq and elsewhere in afghanistan. how is their world view going to shape the president's policies you think? >> is it going to be their view or bannon's view? that's the bi

h.r. mcmaster as the new national security adviser. mcmaster replaces general michael flynn. we're sure to learn more about general mcmaster in the coming days. president trump is expected to visit the u.k. later this year. the british parliament is wondering whether to take back the invitation. nearly two million people signed an online petition said the visit would cause embarrassment to the queen. the invitation still stands. mike pence has been leading with european leaders overseas. he says the u.s. still has strong commitment to working with europe. in the past up has said the e.u. could fall apart. blake burman is at the white house with more. >> one of the things that president trump complained about in records to nato, split put, some of the nato countries just need to pay their fair share. at issue, an agreement struck by the 26-minute nation that goes as follows. they need to contribute 2% of their gdp for defense. it's believed only the united states and four other countries have so far met that goal. in brussels, vice president pence standing alongside the nato s

h.r. mcmaster. i known him years as well.statesman and a great soldier. >> so are you, what a team. >> sir. >> this is a great team. we are very, very honored. our country is lucky to have two people like this. and frankly, after having met so many people in the military, we are lucky to have all of them. thank you very much, we're leaving for washington right now. thank you. >> all right. we are going to hang on to every second of that. all of a sudden here breaking news. president trump has now officially named his national security chief. he is lieutenant general herbert raymond, h.r. mcmaster. he was one of the four candidates that had been floated. they were speaking at mara la guardia. he traveled to bauch. the president interviewed multiple candidates over the last 24 hours. now this is who he has chosen. you know the back story. it was initially general mike flynn. he ultimately tendered his resignation over an issue of trust in misleading the vice president, not letting the vice president know that there had been thi

h.r. mcmaster will become the national security adviser. he's a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. >> reporter: a senior administration official tells nbc news the president chose lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster because he's both a warrior and defense intellectual. at 54 years old he's highly decorated having served in both iraq wars and also haled for his book "dereliction of duty" about officers who failed to tell president johnson he was wrong about vietnam. now he's in a position of having to weigh if and when to speak out to the president and some question his national security expertise, the announcement was largely received with bipartisan support. >> i don't know if h.r. ever sleeps at night. >> reporter: the former u.s. ambassador to iraq praised mcmaster's leadership over an elite counter insurgency team in 2011. >> he was precise, he was focused and gave us just what we need to develop a plan that actually worked for the next two years. >> reporter: lieutenant general mcmaster beat out three other candidates tha

h.r. mcmaster, h.r. mcmaster is nonpartisan, apolitical. i ka not imagine him ever getting up in front of a political convention and saying anything. he will speak back to president trump in any way he can, but the downside here is he has no experience in washington, d.c., really at all. >> he's an active duty three-star general and from what we know, has views at odds with president trump on issues like russia. >> serge russia wants to be tough on russia and iraq was very much, i remember many times being with h.r. mcmaster very welcoming to the iraqi people, he'll have some things to say about that ban if it doesn't go well, i'm sure. certainly be getting iraqi interpreters in. >> on that the president really probably will come later this week the aim to make his bulletproof in the courts. >> reporter: that's exactly the goal is making sure this is something that can withstand the constitutional challenge in the courts and it's a very different process this time, george and that's why we're not seeing it immediately. i don't expect it til

h.r. mcmaster will become the national security adviser. he's a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. >> reporter: a senior administration official tells nbc news the president chose lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster because he's both a warrior and a defense intellectual. at 54 years old, mcmaster is highly decorated, having served in both iraq wars and in afghanistan. also hailed for his military book "dereliction of duty" about officers who refused to tell president johnson at the time he was wrong about vietnam. now mcmaster is in a position of having to weigh if and when to speak out to the president and while some in foreign policy circles question his national security expertise, the announcement was largely received with bipartisan support. >> i don't know if h.r. ever sleeps at night. >> reporter: the former u.s. ambassador to iraq, ryan crocker, praised mcmaster's leadership over an elite counterinsurgency team in 2007. >> he was precise, he was focused, and gave us just what we needed to develop a plan that actually w

h.r. mcmaster has accepted the position. >> mcmaster's selection between the trump administration can nown version two of its immigration ban. the he revised policy is set to be rolled out in just a few days. cecilia vega wraps up the start of what's expected to be a busy week in washington. >> the president making a spr announcement from a couch in his ornate mar-a-lago clubhouse. seated right there next to him, his new national security adviser, general h.r. mcmaster. >> he's a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. i watched and read a lot over the last two days. he is highly respected by everybody in the military, and we're very honored to have him. >> reporter: known as one of the army's leading thinkers, mcmaster served in the first gulf war, afghanistan and iraq. he is also a west point grad with a p.h.d. in military history. >> i'd just like to say what a privilege it is to be able to continue serving our nation. >> reporter: he replaces the controversial michael flynn, fired by the president after lying about his conversations with the russians. flynn's ouster seen a

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h.r. mcmaster has accepted the position. >> mcmaster's selection between the trump administration can now focus on version two of its immigration ban. be rolled out in just a few days. cecilia vega wraps up the start of what's expected to be a busy week in washington. >> the president making a spr announcement from a couch in his ornate mar-a-lago clubhouse. seated right there next to him, his new national security adviser, general h.r. mcmaster. >> he's a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. i watched and read a lot over the last two days. he is highly respected by everybody in the military, and we're very honored to have him. >> reporter: known as one of the army's leading thinkers, mcmaster served in the first gulf war, afghanistan and iraq. he is also a west point grad with a p.h.d. in military history. >> i'd just like to say what a privilege it is to be able to continue serving our nation. >> reporter: he replaces the controversial michael flynn, fired by the president after lying about his conversations with the russians. flynn's ouster seen as a sign of a white hous

h.r. mcmaster will become the national security adviser. he's man of them does talent and tremendous experience. >> mason: also tonight, russia's ambassador to the united nations dies suddenly in new york. more rain brings a new threat of flooding and mudslides in northern california. >> three, two, one, liftoff. >> mason: one giant leap for the commercial space industry. a manned flight could be on the horizon. and... >> he can't be stopped. >> mason: the diminutive basketball star reaching new heights. >> i always wanted to prove people wrong ever since i was in middle school. this is the "cbs evening news" with anthony mason. >> mason: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm anthony mason. president trump filled a key position on his national security team today. he chose lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster as his new national security adviser. he replaces retired general michael flynn, who trump fired one week ago tonight for misleading the vice president about contacts he'd had with russia's ambassador to the u.s. margaret brennan is at t

h.r. mcmaster will become the national security adviser. >> i look forward to advance and protect the american that speak ill of mcmaster. >> this is an upgrade over general flynn. >> the trump administration is tweaking the president's executive order on immigration. >> there is a very fine line between keeping our communities safe and taking away basic protecti protection. >> i am the least anti-semitic person. >> has the administration done enough? >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. up first, president trump naming army general mcmaster as his new national security adviser. he assumes the role as several challenges continue to boil. >>> the first will be the executive order which is nearing completion, we're told. so how is the white house changing the travel ban to address federal appeals court concerns. also mounting questions about why the president hasn't directly condemned anti-semitism in america. it's day 33 in the trump presidency. >> good morning, chris. after a dramatic resignation of michael fly

h.r. mcmaster? >> don, that's a wonderful choice. h.r. mcmaster has a tremendous reputation in the military, he's a very, very -- very highly regarded ph.d.. so he's both a soldier and he's a scholar. he's got incredible combat qualifications from the military. he came up -- as he was progressing through the ranks. he was identified early on during desert storm he won the silver star, he was identifies as a leader that would take us through the next generation. sadly what happened, for whatever reason, he was pushed aside. because he was speaking out about the type of leadership that's necessary to move this military forward, he's the author of the book that's incredibly damning about the department of defense during the vietnam war called dereliction of duty. many embraced that, i don't know that we need this type of criticism, this vocally in the military, it took a couple of selections for general officers to finally get him over the threshold and accelerate through. now he's doing incredible things in the military. >> how is that defia

h.r. mcmaster. what we know about him already. our team standing by. >>> also breaking, several tornadoes. four confirmed. more than 100 homes hit. a train blown right off the tracks. we're there tonight. >>> two officers suddenly facing fire. responding to an accident, when a man pulls out a gun. one officer dead tonight. >>> the major new headline at this hour after two girls are discovered dead in the woods. their final snapchats, and tonight, the new development involving this man. >>> and the airport security breach. tonight, the new surveillance right here. 11 people passing through the security checkpoint in new york city. why was there no tsa officer right there watching them walk through before they then boarded flights? >>> good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on a monday night, and we begin with the major new headline from the white house tonight. president trump naming his new national security adviser, sitting on a couch there at the president's mar-a-lago club. h.r. mcmaster, calling him a man of tre

h.r. mcmaster. >> a man with tremendous talent and experience. ve read and watched a lot over the last two days. he's highly respected by everybody in the military. >> reporter: mcmaster served in the first gulf war, afghanistan and iraq. after defense secretary james mattis, homeland security secretary james kelly and ousted general michael flynn. >> mr. president, thank you very much, i'd like to say what a privilege it is to continue to serving my nation. i'm grateful for that opportunity. and i'll look forward to joining the national security team to do everything i can to protect the american people. >> reporter: mcmaster gained wide recognition of his book "dereliction of duty." mcmaster would take issue with the strategy in iraq. >> energy showed the people who they really are. >> reporter: it was there that "60 minutes" caught up with then colonel mcmaster. working with iraqi forces to retake the town of mcmaster was not the first choice to replace flynn. the president offered the job to general harwood. the white house now says that mcmas

h.r. mcmaster. general kellogg. he will remain as the chief of staff. jeff, this was a surprise announcement from the president today. >> it was indeed. there was a sense the president wanted to get this announcement after the fallout of resignation michael flynn. he wanted to start his second month in office on a smoother foot. naming a new national security adviser tonight, general h.r. mcmaster. >> a tremendous experience. i watched and read over the last two days. he is highly respected by everybody in the military. and we are very honored to have him of. >> the president making his announcement. general flynn was forced to resign after misleading the president. mcmaster a soldier rising through ranks to become a chief strategist. >> i look forward to joining the team to do everything i can to advance and protect the interests of the american people. >> the president re-fig tstarts second month in office. in brussels, vice president pence speaking about the resignation for the first time. >> i can tell you that i was disappointed to learn that the f

h.r. mcmaster as his new national security advisor. he made that announcement just about an hour ago. >> i wanted to announce, we've been working all weekend, very diligently, very hard, that general h.r. mcmaster will become the national security advisor. he's a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. i watched and read a lot over the last two days. he is highly respected by everybody in the military. and we're very honored to have him. he also has known for a long time, general keith kellogg, who i also have gotten to know, and he's a terrific man. and they're going to be working together. and koeith is going to be chief of staff and i think that combination is something very, very special. >> now the choice of mcmaster comes after the high profile rejection by robert harwood last week. he was offered the role of national security advisor but turned it down. there were reports that he was concerned about instability in the administration. this pick was set up in part as a test of whether trump could attract high profile,

h.r. mcmaster? >> don, that's a wonderful choice. h.r. mcmaster has a tremendous reputation in the military and very highly regarded p hadh.d.. so he's a soldier and a scholarer. he's got incredible combat implications. he came up, as he was progressing through the ranks in the military after his graduation from west point, he was identified early on during desert storm as a leader that would take us through the next g generation. sadly, he was pushed aside. i think it's because he was speaking out about the type of leadership needed to move this military forward. he's the author of a book incredibly damming about the department of defense called dereliction of duty and i think many embraced that and said i don't know that we need this type of criticism this vocally in the military. and it took a couple of selections to finally get him over the thresh hold and am to the ranks of general officer, which was long over due. now he's doing incredible things for the military. he is a strategist of the first order, which is what you want in that

h.r. mcmaster was introduced yesterday a week after michael flynn resigned.the appointment a privilege. reaction to the president's choice coming up. >>> breaking overnight, four americans on a golf trip killed today when their small plane crashed and exploded at a shopping center in australia. two men are from texas. no one on the ground injured. >> former attorney general eric holder heading an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment at uber. the hire follows a blog by a former engineer at the company detailing a culture of harassment and discrimination. >> preparations are under way for sunday's academy awards. but the big question isn't who will win, but will the rain hold off. our forecast is ahead. those are some of the top stories on this tuesday, february 21st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> we'll find out. >> the good news is, it's going to be indoors. >> right. the awards ceremony. yes, it's the red carpet, lots of cute umbrellas. >> all right. that's right. cute umbrellas. they will get an oscar, too. we begi

h.r. mcmaster, why are you confident in this selection?ll, chris, i think it is one of the best selections that could have been made given the circumstances for the national security adviser. he has combat experience, he's got staff experience, and he has really the kind of think tank experience. a lot of that to the table and that's why i'm very confidence that this is a very good pick for a position that is probably next to the white house chief of staff, one of the most powerful positions in the white house. >> let's pull back one of the labels for a second. he's identified as one of general petraeus's smart guys. he's called a warrior thing. what is that? >> a warrior thinger is somebody who not only fights the battles and uses his experience to win tactical victories, but it's somebody who can pull back from that and they kind of take an approach that is a 30-thousand foot approach that allows you to see not only what the tactics are but also to help formulate the strategies that allow you to win wars. a warrior thinker in this case i

h.r. mcmaster as new national security advisor, replacing michael flynn, forced to resign after just threeks on the job. mcmaster is known for speaking his mind just like the president. how will they confront the threats facing the united states? looming deadline. the plan to defeat isis orderedordered by president trump is almost due. will his plan call

h.r. mcmaster taking over as national security adviser. drew widespread praise across washington including from many top democrats. his book, "dereliction of duty" looks at joint chiefs of taaffe during war in vietnam and how they fed information to politicians. that book has shot up to number one on amazon. new york city reports he also criticized the way george w. bush's administration went to war in iraq. quote, as a commander, he was credited with demonstrating how consider can insurgency can defeat militants promising approach david petraeus adopted to shift momentum in a war, the united states was on the verge of losing. >> stop right there. david ignatius, i had no idea that actually this was part of his strategy. iraq is looked back as such a disaster on so many front. it's hard to remember just how radically things shift freddie 2006 to 2009. 2006 when war reporters would go over to iraq and talk about it being a black hole and three years later saying -- i remember dexter coming on our show saying i do not recognize this place. i

h.r. mcmaster. ntally, a mcmasters is also the best degree you can get from trump university. >> steve: really? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: mom, i got my mcmasters! [ cheers and applause ] it came with a toy! actually can we see a picture of h.r. mcmaster? now can we see a picture of the first guy trump wanted for the same position bob harward. [ laughter ] and can we see the next guy trump was thinking of asking? [ laughter ] i see -- i see a trend there. >> steve: yeah. got to clean the swamp. [ applause ] >> jimmy: "got to clean the swamp." [ laughter ] guys let's get to some sports, here. this weekend was the nba all-star game and cavaliers player kyrie irving made news for saying that he thinks the earth is flat. [ laughter ] and this is nice. today he was named an education ambassador by betsy devos. >> steve: oh, wow. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i think it's -- i think it's a big weekend. [ applause ] a big weekend for him. >> steve: very good. [ applause ] very big weekend. >> jimmy: finally this made

h.r. mcmaster -- >> steve: sure. >> jimmy: h.r. w national security advisor. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: he's a lieutenant general in the u.s. army. and finally, h.r. mcmaster's sounds like a cheap grill sold on qvc. [ laughter and applause ] "call in right now, we've only got two more h.r. mcmasters. what's that? we have 30 more. what a treat." >> steve: so it is a qvc show. >> jimmy: next up. [ laughter ] bao bao. >> steve: bao, what? bao, bao, bao, yeah. >> jimmy: bao bao is a panda. bao bao is leaving washington, d.c. to live in china. and finally bao bao is named after the "law and order" sound. [ law and order chimes ] [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: did not know that. >> jimmy: one of them is an alternative. >> steve: one of them is an alternative fact. >> jimmy: up next, we have ryan gosling. we love ryan gosling. >> steve: yeah, ryan. >> jimmy: ryan gosling is the star of "la la land." that one i know is true. he appeared on the mickey mouse club, i think that's true. and finally, when he gets a a little bit older he'll be