general mcchrystal and chris fussle join us now.h for being here. >> thanks for having us, rachel. >> good to see you. >> the reason i wanted to have you two on here tonight is because i feel like a lot of americans are adjusting to a new normal in which we feel like we're working in a way that doesn't feel very effective. we are just waking up to the fact that it's going to be for a very long time. and in lots and lots of different business environments, we're realizing that this might be the most challenging business environment we've ever worked in as the u.s. economy comes to a collapse. i want to talk to you guys about leadership in that context in business organizations and the work environment, but also how you help people be good at what they're doing through these kinds of changes. >> yeah. maybe i'll throw in some opening comments, rachel, just having been on the ground and the receiving end of this when stan mcchrystal started to put this into practice. we were like any other organization, very big top-down structure with

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we have former retired general andy mcchrystal and chris fussell. you for being with us and for writing this. general mcchrystal, when you heard the president say it's under tremendous control and that was kcontradicted by his lead doctor, where does that leave us in terms of leadership? >> i'm sure in the future we'll learn about what should have been done that wasn't done. we have a chance to minimize the effect and dodge the coronavirus. right now we need leadership, and we're not needing it from the national level, i'm talking in your business, in your families, actions we don't normally think we're responsible for but we're going to be critical to now. >> chris, you both opened this piece by writing that this situation in this country, and really around the world right now, reminds you of the early months of fighting off al qaeda in iraq. what lessons can be drawn from wartime right now? >> the interesting parallel is that al qaeda, what we were facing in the previous era, you have to construct the way america acts. one thing that was put in or

chris fussell president of the leadership consulting firm mcchrystal group. >>says a lot of employees thrive in an office environment so the shift to isolation can be tricky. there are plenty of posts folks further down into the organization where that depend on the discussion around cafeteria or coffee in the morning or in the hallway vessel says the best way companies can keep the office on beyond is by implementing daily phone calls we all have you know smart devices are just the ability to create very quick conference calls which is great and it's not clear how long this will last spotify and nestle closed their offices for 2 weeks others told employees to stay home until further notice friday and say oh it's definitely no, but for working from home for an extended period of time it definitely does become more challenging in washington, i'm anna warning key. >>yesterday the dow had its worst day since a stock market crash of 1987 stocks clawed back a lot of those recent losses today at the end of a brutal week of selling as a spreading coronavirus heighte

general stanley mcchrystal, thank you so much.lly appreciate your time and your expertise. >> my pleasure, don. that you think. >>> we've got a lot more to come as the coronavirus spreads across this country. >>> plus, joe biden defeating bernie sanders in florida and illinois tonight, those super tuesday results are next. cnn tonight super tuesday edition will be right back. (whistling) (whistling) (paul) do you get confused by i don't blame you,laims? the most reliable, the most awarded...the best, the fastest, the best and the fastest...enough. sprint is doing things differently. they're offering a 100% total satisfaction guarantee. so you can try out the network and see the savings for yourself. and now, get the new samsung galaxy s20 5g for just $0 a month. it's 5g ready! for people with hearing loss, visit sprintrelay.com. >> tech: don't wait for a chip like this to crack your whole windshield. with safelite's exclusive resin, you get a strong repair that you can trust. plus, with most insurance a safelite repair is no cost

. >>> and retired four-star general stanley mcchrystal talks about the government's response to the crisiscbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm jeff pegues in washington. have a great day. have a great day.

mcchrystal reese comes to crown beach from her house in oakland and says that she thinks people are just now starting to understand the concept of social distancing. >> people are really making the effort to give that radius and there's a learning curve. >> reporter: thousands of people packed beaches near san francisco and crowded dolores park in the mission. a clear violation of the shelter in place order. >> sadly we saw a number of areas in the city that were just jampacked. we are going to have to make changes, the last thing i want to do is as i said on monday, is to basically close parks. >> reporter: but that's exactly what's happening at 20 e. bay regional park sites in alameda and contra costa counties. >> most of the closures or removing parking from picnic areas and high-density recreation sites. >> reporter: in most cases the parking lots are closed to reduce the number of people at the park but the trails themselves are open. >> they could walk in , we are trying to educate people about behavior, not about not using the parks they love. >> reporter: the trail at crown beach

i thought him that i thought defected to the declaration including to not to muddy and up to 3 mcchrystal heidi so when he presented the numbers to the malaysian king he claimed that he get 36 members of parliament supporting him his party but in reality that is not the case but the malaysian king did decide and you claiming that dean doesn't have the support of majority of a members of parliament but the king decided he did appoint him prime minister did not see this coming to miscalculate how did this great tactician who's been around so long get out played by dean is he out of touch is he just too old. i think it is just wrong to claim that dr murray was the architect of this movie this exactly what you want it to do and if it does move in the end it's to protect to talk to my people how much from continuous a text from heat on partners like that or 3 and why in d.p. but in reality dr might reject this form of government because he wants to work with the leaders which he was which warned the last election not to suddenly open the doors of government say to the global capital chris to c

more importantly more than a decade ago when i worked for stanley mcchrystal part of my job was talking to people that were pro-taliban and the negotiating position was antithetical to the position we agreed to 11 years later. they haven't shifted. they have always been saying no longer have a relationship with al qaeda which i next ordinarily skeptical about. they want us to leave and deal with the afghan government after we are gone. we could and should push for a better deal. there will need to be a political deal but they are dealing from a position of weakness rather than a position of strength. the other point, don't want this to come off as harsh but from a strictly financial and military standpoint we the united states and our allies can keep doing what we're doing in afghanistan literally forever. we lose a couple dozen people every year which is horrible and bad for their families and their communities but doesn't destroy our ability to continue the - we lose that many people in car accidents. what is problematic is not the money we spend but the afghan government's office, we

i'm not sure if you saw the program, we had retired general stanley mcchrystal on. he thought the president should be invoking this emergency war time authority. so, he said the president invoked this president wartime authority today to speed up production of protective equipment and ventilators and so on. he's also sending two hospital ships to new york. presidential historian douglas brinkley says trump is trying to be fdr now. too late? what do you think? >> mm-hmm. >> he's definitely trying to. he said it. he said it out loud today that he sees himself now as a wartime president. and my understanding is that that is in part how people around him convinced him to take this seriously because that is the situation he is in right now. it was a very long time coming. but, you know, just invoking it and not actually using it or having that power but not using it, if you listen to people like bill de blasio, the mayor of new york city, the place where the doctor just said, you know, is going to be hit incredibly hard likely in a week's time, he's pleading with the pre

the president today doing something retired general stanley mcchrystal recommended on this show just last night. invoking the defense production act to make up and deploy two navy hospital ships along the east coast. the beds on those ships will not be for coronavirus cases. they'll free up spaces in hospitals, on land, at least one of those ships could take weeks to be ready. is all of this too little too late? that is the question. mark esper wouldn't say when he talked on jake tapper earlier today. >> sthnlt president have invoked the defense production act in february? >> i don't know the timing of all these things. >> with supplies like ventilators desperately needed, the president didn't have much of an answer for kate linl collins' question. why is this taking so long? >> you knew for weeks. >> it depends how it goes. worst case, absolutely. best case, not at all. we'll have to see where it goes. we are ordering thousands and thousands of ventilators. >> we're also learning tonight that two members of congress, two members of congress have tested positive for the virus. they a

as part of this agreement but more and partly more than a decade ago when i worked for stanley mcchrystal in kabul part of my job was talking to people that were pro- taliban and the tell a man had in 2009 is identical to the position we just agree to 11 years later. they have not shifted. they've always been saying no longer have a relationship with al qaeda which i'm skeptical about and said they will not allow your territory to be used to carry on a taxon and mouse among us to leave then they will deal with the afghan government after we are gone. we could and should push for a better deal and obviously, they will eventually need to be a political deal but i think we're dealing from a position of weakness here rather than a position of strength. the other points i would make is i want to come off as harsh but for mystically financially a military standpoint we, the united states and our allies, can keep doing or doing in afghanistan literally forever. l lose a couple dozen people every year which is horrible and very bad for their families and for the communities but it does not destro

see mcchrystal, priorities usa, trying to mobilize liberal leaning law voters, one of the surprisingults of the study that it showed both the most dedicated voters are women, but also the most dedicated nonvoters or women. in the category of voters that was the most disengaged, this is measured by their political literacy, their ability to answer questions about public issues, 65% of that group were women. which is a very significant, large, large, number. we have all heard about the women's march, women's engagement, and women are never more engaged and they are now. there's obviously a huge community that is not. what can be done from your point of view to get those people out? >> i think that statistic was very surprising, number one. but i also think we have to speak to issues that affect women. women are just as affected by the economy, healthier, the rising cost of prescription, just as men are. but if a woman has competing issues and she lives in a state like pennsylvania, for example, for you only have one day to vote on, and i'm a single parent, i have to think about droppin

retired four-star general stanley mcchrystal is very familiar with the stresses of leadership duringafghanistan and led joint operations command, the premier military counterterrorism force. in 2015 he co-wrote "team of team teams," a book about leadership. he wrote about fighting abroad, businesses, and other organizations. general stanley mckristy joichrs us from outside of washington, d.c. thank you so much for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> president trump is doing a very difficult thing. he's trying to balance a hopeful message for the country, we will get through this, with the cold-hard realities that many of his medical advisers are giving him which is this is going to get worse. what ad vikinvice would you have tries to navigate the two poles and faces criticism that he's being more hopeful than truthful? the beginning of d take lessons the civil war with abraham liber-- abraham lincoln or the new deal with franklin roosevelt or december 8th, 1941, what those leaders did was they outlined a difficult problem ahead. they exhibited confidence that we would come throug

general mcchrystal, i don't know if you asked him about this when he was on, he said in his book, that was his idea, didn't know what to do at the time, wanted to do something make people feel better, still has never been unwound. we get all of that. my point it was, the suggestion is not being made by some random journalist somewhere because they're happy to have their salary or a pundit, it is right or wrong based on data being presented. neil: judge, you will have to get on the program. we'll see what happens. >> my office is next door to connell's. i have to live with him. neil: tell me about it. he is only couple doors down. some people will be affected by curfew in new jersey is stuart varney doing yeoman's duty for our own charles payne. stuart: i may have to work that out, see you from the studio. only time will tell. thanks, neil. good afternoon, i'm stuart varney in for charles payne. this is "making money." breaking now, stocks sinking across the board. that trigger ad halt to trading at the opening bell. investors were reacting to the gradual slowdown of this economy and mo