herbert raymond mcmaster will replace michael flynn who was sacked three weeks into the job over his contacts with russia. addressing the media in florida, trump praised mcmaster from a military strategist for his solid experience. >> and management's talent and tremendous experience. -- a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. he is highly respecter by everybody in the military. >> gentleman master was devoid twice to iraq and served in afghanistan. mcmaster was deployed twice to iraq and served in afghanistan. he trained his troops to respect iraqi culture. most important lever trump's , he seems much where your of russia's intentions. trump'simportantly to eritics, he seems much wari of russia's intentions. his appointment has been praised by republicans and democrats alike who have criticized trump in the past. john mccain hailed the choice as outstanding and obama's ambassador to russia hoped he would challenge trump's decision-making. both supporters and critics of trump see mcmaster as a positive appointment. someone who could challenge trump on issues central to a

trump introduced lieutenant general herbert raymond mcmaster at his palm beach resort. mcmaster has led troops in anti-terror operations in afghanistan. he said he looks forward to joining the national security team, and he wants to do everything he can to protect the interest of the american people. flynn stepped down last week after misleading the vice president over his conversations with russia's ambassador to the u.s. president trump has been in office just over a month, and he's once again taking heat for controversial comments. nhk has the details. >> reporter: donald trump had another weekend of making headlines. he's trying to clear up some false allegations he made, this time over sweden. during a weekend rally, he suggested the nation's open-door stance to refugees has created security issues. >> you look at what's happening last night in sweden. sweden. who would believe this? sweden. they took in large numbers. they're having problems like they never thought possible. >> reporter: his comments led to a storm of criticism and questions on social media. on tw

herbert raymond mcmaster, nicknamed h.r. by his mother, liz grew up across the street and described it as a neighborhood family. >> we all played together. we played build up the army, tag, kickball, all those things, together. >> reporter: general mcmaster attended germantown's northern academy, the military academy and westpoint. >> always an upstanding young man, very, very intelligent, a lot of integrity. >> reporter: long-time friend kathy kelly moved next door in 1989 and wasn't surprised by the announcement. >> he thinks before he speaks, but i don't think he's afraid to speak what he thinks. >> reporter: the new security adviser is out spoken and is highly decorated having served in both eiraq wars and afghanistan. today his payment was well received, especially here in roxborough. >> his family and the neighborhood and just the community in which he grew up in really have a lot to do with the person that he is. >> i'm grateful to you for that opportunity and i look forward to joining the national security team and d

at mar-a-lago in florida announcing his new pick for national security adviser, general herbert raymond mcmaster alongside kellogg, who will be serving as chief of staff. my colleague kelly o'donnell is standing by with us in west palm beach. this san update this afternoon in the president's search for a national security adviser, to say the least. >> reporter: well, this was a development that we knew was going to be imminent but we weren't quite sure whether it would fall on his weekend time here in florida. the president had indicated he wanted to move quickly. we had been told that there were interviews with at least four candidates and even some follow-up meetings. i think now we can presume that the follow-up meetings were today. the president earlier tweeted that he was meeting with some generals. and we now see how profound the influence of flag officers has been for donald trump. when you have mattis and kelly, now members of the cabinet as secretaries, retired generals. now you have a three-star in h.r. mcmaster, who will serve as national security adviser. and kellogg, keith kellogg,

he is lieutenant general herbert raymond, h.r. mcmaster.e 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 this conversation with -- the russian ambassador and general flynn as it pertained to sanctions in russia. that led to the rest resignation. and then we knew that there was someone else, bob hareward who was floated. but he said no on friday, who would it be? now we know. let's go to the pentagon. barbara starr with me now. now we have it, general h.r. mcmaster. >> tell me more about him. >> well, this is someone that is very well known i will tell you to many member of the pentagon press corps who traveled over the years to iraq and afghanistan 678 he has done a number

mcmaster, and his name is herbert raymond. do you think it's a good choice? think it's a brilliant choice. of the people he was talking to, h.r. mcmaster is a doer and thinker, right, and going back to the author of "dereliction of duty", and he talked about the approach to wars being narcissistic, and we view conflict on what we like to do and what we are good at opposed to what the enemy's objectives are, and he considers the military aspects but the transition to a peaceful and stable process. >> and there was competing factions around the national security council. how do you think mcmaster's appointment can affect the dynamic right now? >> i think, look, the reason -- the notion that he understands that we have to plan for a peaceful transition to a stable political process indicates that he understands the need for the use of all instruments of national power, and he has not done that before but he will be challenged with that now, and the state department interest and military interests, and the longer term strategic interest of the united states. >> h

mcmaster. i've learned his name is herbert raymond. you know him, fran. what can you tell us about him? you think it's a good choice? >> i think it's a brilliant choice. h.r. mcmaster is both a doer and thinker, right, going back to this author of "dereliction of duty. ", he talked about swords being nonspecific. kind of what we like to do, what we're good at, as opposed to what the enemy's objectives are. he understands the need not only to consider sort of the military actions but the transition to a peaceful and stable environment. >> when michael was on yesterday, how do you think mcmaster's appointment can affect the dynamic right now? >> well, look, the notion that he understands that we have to plan for peaceful transition to a stable political process indicates that he understands the need for use of all instruments of national power. he hasn't done that before. but he's going to be challenged with that now, where, you know, balancing state department interests, military interests, for the longer term, strategic interests of the united states. >> but on specific issues, fascinat