joining us now after receiving a full pardon from the president of the united states, matt goldstein wife julie. good morning. thank you for joining us. you wake up today with a new lease on life. matt, where is your head at? >> it's been a whirlwind 12 hours. >> yes. >> i think that we woke up today probably still incredibly stunned and awed by the president's generosity, the time that he spent with us on the phone. he was incredibly sangine, warm, and demonstrated an amazing degree of knowledge about the case and what had been going on. >> you spoke to the president before he made the public pardon. if you would, share a little bit of that. >>.either of you. >> you joke about stuff like that but it's very interesting to get a call, stand by for the president, and on he comes. it was an incredible honor and, again, just struck by the words and listening and -- >> the compassion. >> the compassion. >> and such warmth and understanding for what not only matt has been through, but our family, our children, everyone around us. the pain we've experienced from this. >> he's also quite fun

they are first lieutenant clint lawrence, major matt goldstein and chief petty officer eddie gallagher. in fort leavenworth as soon as today six years after being found guilty of first-degree murder, serving a 19 year sentence, to fire on and in afghanistan. 9 members of his unit testified against him saying the men were innocent. to the former green berets and silverstar recipient matt goldstein, it dropped, he admitted to bret baer that he killed a taliban bomber suspected of killing several marines in a 2011 battle. and was justified in what he did. in a fox news documentary from 2016. take a listen. >> at the time. >> after he was detained the suspected bombmake a refused to speak to investigators. because of strict rules of engagement they were ordered to release them. >> there is a limit to how long you hold guys. >> also this. navy seal chief eddie gallagher has his rank restored to petty officer, doctor paygrade after being convicted of posing for a photo with the debt isis fighter. gallagher has been acquitted of murdering a wounded isis detainee. the white house issuing a sta

ordered a review of charges against army lieutenant clint lawrence and army green beret major matt goldstein he's reportedly considering restoring the rank of former navy s.e.a.l. eddie gallagher who faced a court-martial who faced charges. the three pentagon officials tell cnn an information packet is sent to the white house to make sure the president understands what these soldiers did and how his actions could undermine the integrity of the military justice system. >>> the queen dissolves britain's parliament. the prime minister heads to meet the queen. cnn arrives in london. these folks don't have time to go to the post office they use stamps.com all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. get a 4-week trial plus postage and this piece is talking yeah?. so what do you see? i see an unbelievable opportunity. i see best-in-class platforms and education. i see award-winning service, and a trade desk full of experts, available to answer your toughest questions. and i see it wit

some members of congress, even fox news personalities, and one of the individuals, major matt goldsteineared on fox to talk about his conversation with the president when he gave him the news. >> you joke about stuff like that but it is very interesting to get a call saying you know, stand by for the president, and out he comes. it was an incredible honor, and again within just struck by the words and listening and -- >> the compassion. >> and such warmth and understanding for what not only matt has been through, but our family, our children, everyone around us. >> now he had been charged with a war crime, killing an afghan man, but had not been convicted of this. so he was still awaiting trial, but the other two individuals, eddie gallagher had been convicted of missouriiposing wi corpse. and his rank was restored, and the third individual, clint lawrence, he had been convicted of ordering his men to fire on two unarmed afghan men, and he was released following his pardon. and now we'll likely return to the u.s. army. so again, three very different cases and all high profile and we're

major matt goldstein and first lieutenant count laurent edge accused of war crimes. goldstein reacted to the president's decision earlier today on "fox & friends." >> it's been a whirlwind 12 hours. i think that we could say still incredibly stoned and awed by the president's generosity and the time he spent with us on the phone. he was incredibly sanguine and warm and demonstrated an amazing degree of knowledge about the case. jon: lucas tomlinson is live in washington with more. >> after this interview the army opened up a murder investigation into the former special forces officer. >> did you find the bombmaker? >> we captured a fighter and material weapons. the recovered radios that the taliban were using them quite a bit of matÉriel. >> did you kill the taliban lawmaker? >> yes. another army officer first lieutenant was free from a prison at fort leavenworth after prison term. in serving six years of the 19 year sentence for second-degree murder after illegally ordering soldiers to open fire and killed to it allegedly innocent men on motorcycles. president trump

we also had eddie gallagher and matt goldstein who were part of the presidential aca shun actio.holly, franklin graham, burgess owens. don't go anywhere. jillian: a former critic of candidates going on so-called apology tour, new york's mayor michael bloomberg started his own campaign by saying sorry over stop and frisk. listen to this. >> i was totally focused on saving lives but as we know, good intentions aren't good enough. i want you to know that i realize back them i was wrong. and i'm sorry. rob: carli carley shimkus herh the backlash he's getting on social media. >> stop and frisk was one of michael bloomberg's signature initiatives. now he says he was wrong to champion it. this policy lets police officers stop and frisk anyone that had are suspicious of. bloomberg largely supported it and defended it since his times as mayor up until now when he is considering running for president. some are calling the apology disingenuous. one twitter user says kind of tough to gain momentum running for president when the first thing you do is apologize. john on twitter also chiming in

now to the former green berets and silver star recipient, major matt goldstein. he will have the murder charge he has been facing dropped. he admitted to fox news' bret baier that he killed a taliban bomb are suspected of killing several marines in a 2011 battle. goldstein has maintained he was justified in what he did and he explain why in a fox news documentary from 2016. take a listen. >> at the time, you think this is the guy? >> absolutely. >> the suspected bomb maker refused to speak to investigators because of strict rules of engagement. they were ordered to release him. >> there's limits on how long you can hold guys. >> that was with bret baier. also this, navy seal chief eddie gallagher will have his rank restored to chief petty officer. he was dr. pay grade after being convicted of posing for a photo with the dead isis fighter. gallagher had been acquitted of murdering a wounded isis detainee. the white house issuing a statement that reads in part "for more than 200 years, presidents have had -- use their authority to offer second chances to deserving

. >> reporter: the army opened up a murder investigation against major matt goldstein after this interview in 2016. >> did you find the suspected taliban bomb maker? >> we did capture a fighter and then id material, weapons, we recovered radios that the taliban were using so quite a bit of material. >> at the time, you think this was the guy? >> absolutely. >> did you kill the taliban bomb maker? >> yes. >> reporter: goldstein was charged with murdering the suspected bomb maker in afghanistan in 2010. another army officer, cline lawrence, was freed last night from prison after receiving a pardon from president trump. he had been serving six years of a 19 year stint for second degree murder in afghanistan after allegedly ordering his forces to open fire and killing two men on motorcycles. president trump also ordered navy seal eddie gallagher's rank restored to chief petty officer after being found not guilty of murder. defense secretary mark esper met with president trump earlier this month. >> i had the chance to have a robust discussion with the president yesterday and i offered as i do

another one, matt goldstein, was facing trial for killing an alleged tele- band bomb maker who had beenpresident trump though, to pick up on what gillian says, president trump says we teach these people to fight and to kill and then when they do that, we punish them. >> i'm troubled by some of this. >> chris: which way? >> for the reasons that gillian alludes to in the national security -- >> chris: the decision to clear? >> take the goldstein case. he hadn't had his court-martial yet. that is the way you get to find out what the actual facts are, and he short-circuited that by intervening the way he did. on the gallagher -- with chief gallagher of the navy seal -- had his sentence commuted i guess, there were members of his squad that took incredible risk to report his behavior and that sends a signal -- this could send a signal, don't do this. i agree with the concerns about the overly lawyering of our military, but i'm not sure that the messages being sent by this is the one that everyone wants from it. >> chris: let's turn from democratic president of politics, because at a point wh

names of three american service members, granting clemency for two of the army officers, major matt goldsteinirst lieutenant clint lorance. first lieutenant clint lorance released from a military prison, there's video right there, thanking president trump. he was released six years after being found guilty of murder over the death of three taliban fighters. michael waltz has been monitoring the case closely. he joins us now. congressman, thanks for being here this morning. >> thanks, pete. >> your reaction to the president's actions on friday night? >> first, i want to say that this is absolutely 100% within the president's right to do as commander in chief. when it comes to the united states military, he is the ultimate boss and he can make this call. i have had questions and concerns about first lieutenant lorance's case in particular for some time. sent a letter along with other congressmen and women to the president, asking him to look into it and asking him to look in in this case a pardon. here's the problem, pete, what we have to avoid and what we can not do. i'm not saying that he mad

this morning on "fox & friends," one of those pardon -- former green beret major matt goldstein -- thankedmmander in chief. >> to be able, you know, discipline in very austere circumstances. back here it's become synonymous with suspension of your constitutional rights. i think it sends a clear signal that the president of the united states is paying attention, that he's not going to be backed off by, or you know, institutional elements of dod that are going to try to, you know, retain their ability to do certain things and forced outcomes. >> reporter: goldstein had been charged with murdering a suspected taliban bomb maker in 2010. in a fox news interview in 2016, goldstein admitted to killing the man after his release from u.s. army custody because he feared he would kill u.s. troops or civilians. another army office was freed last night from leavenworth after also receiving a pardon. he had been serving 6 years of a 19-year sentence for second-degree murder in afghanistan. nine men from his unit testified against him. president trump also ordered navy seal eddie gallagher's rank be res

. >> reporter: arthel, major matt goldstein first came under scrutiny when applying for the cia.rs after his interview with brett behr. >> did you find the suspected taliban bomb maker? >> we did capture a fighter and then id material, weapons, we recovered radios, small radio that's the taliban were using. so quite a bit of material. >> at the time, you think this is the guy? >> yeah, absolutely. >> did you kill the taliban bomb maker? >> yes. >> reporter: another army officer, lieutenant clint lawrence was freed last night after also receiving a presidential pardon. lawrence had been serving a six year sentence as part of a 19 year complete sentence for second degree murder in afghanistan after allegedly ordering his forces to open fire and killing two men on a motorcycle. president trump also ordered navy seal eddie gallagher's rank restored to chief petty officer after being found not guilty of murdering a he detained isis militant but guilty of a charge of posing with a dead isis fighter in the photograph. the pentagon responded to the decision. the department of defense has

goldstein's case where he ambus and killed an enemy combatant. next thing you know, he's being brought up on murder charges. in the investigation, they fou no evidence to support this allegation other than mattilled an enemy combatant, which many of us have done. that is not a crime.th so still didn't like it, the rumor of it, that he wasin taopenly about this. they stripped him of his army special forces tab, took his silver star and held him for nearly 10ears. they've had this over him and his family's head andly continuoaid, hey, we're going to get to this and they kept bringing him on. >> rachel, i'd like you to follow up on some of this. david is making the point that in each of these cases, there was serious misconduct. you were a jag lawyer. c you prosecutes like this -- >> i defended cases like this. i was an aellate defense counsel as well. my heart is with the defense but my heart is also with the rule of law. and the rule of law involves process. there are numerous appellate cots establish to ensure that legal errors, if they do occur, are remedied. tonight lawrence's case garding exculpatory evidence that was suppose wyithheld, it didn't matter who those individuals were. that's