this essentially means you are a navy seal it was very important for the u.s. president as he weighed in on twitter to see that that was maintained but this is something that really made the navy is the civically the navy secretary richard spencer very unhappy and this is what has happened so as the president has protected the navy seal what we've also seen now though is the efforts to push back on the president's order this sort of unusual intervening in a case that normally would be followed internally has cost the navy secretary his job. completely we talk about so many unusual situations where the president is intervening it of course is just. adds to all of the controversy that's going on at the moment. and debate because what we have in the united states are really 2 systems of justice there is the sort of typical criminal justice that occurs for civilians like myself but then there is the use c.m. j. or the uniform code of military justice and this is very unusual although the u.s. president is the commander in chief he does have the final say never befor

navy seal eddie gallagher. defense secretary mark esper says he's flabbergasted by the ambassador who allegedly effort to break the navy's disciplinary process. correspondent ellison barber joins us. new twists and turns. >> yet, this interview with the navy secretary was extraordinary, not only becaused but also because it took place at the pentagon as a fire navy secretary was leaving for good. >> honorable reinsert the rents rents are, secretary b. >> former secretary richard dispenser was forced out of his job over the weekend. and a resignation letter to president trump, he suggested his departure was tied to a controversial case involving a navy seal. spencer wrote, "i know longer share the same understanding with the commander in chief. i cannot in good conscious obey an order that i believe violates the sacred oath i took." today, secretary of defense mark esper says that spencer lost his job because of a secret deal. >> secretary spencer proposed a deal whereby if the president

the navy secretary they you baby to hecker terry who wanted to kick eddie gallagher out of the navy seals donald trump did not he wanted to restore every all of his. all of his titles and ultimately it was richard spencer the navy secretary that was fired because of this and his handling of all what why did president trump get so involved in this case came. yeah that's a lot of people are asking that question and there's simply no clear answer to that but trump donald trump has been an advocate for eddie gallagher from the very beginning trump claims that the trial was never handled properly even though he gallagher was acquitted of the most of serious charges and. at a very strong lobbying effort to try to get his case to donald trump his lawyer was had connections to trump gallagher's family would often go on fox news imploring the president to support him fox news is a channel that the president watches almost every day so this all up and this was a case the president felt very strongly on and as the commander in chief of the armed forces the united states he has a lot of power to make

still demoted gallagher this navy seal saying that he just did not act appropriately they were still investigating more allegations against him however the president donald trump just a couple weeks ago said that he was going to reste or all of the honors that this navy seal had any gallagher and was going to restore his highest rank that he achieved so there is this real tension between the white house and the pentagon particularly the navy secretary they you baby to a secretary who wanted to kick eddie gallagher out of the navy seals donald trump did not he wanted to restore every all of his. all of his titles. more than 60 talks to say they fear wiki leaks founder julian assange could soon die in prison they've written an open lasser to the british government demanding that assad be transferred to hospital the bill to say he's suffering from psychological problems including depression and a serious shoulder elements. in the maximum security belmarsh prison there in london the u.s. wants to extradite him on espionage charges. syria's constitutional committee is set

day shot down rumors he was going to step down over the handling of a war crimes case in all the navy seal gallagher story contrary to popular belief i'm still here i did not threaten to resign. but let us just say that we're here to talk about external threats and he elgar's not one of them on the next day after those comments the navy secretary richard spencer did not have to resign on sunday evening he was abruptly fired after pushing back against president donald trump it all stems from the case of the navy seal who walked out of a military jail in july a free man after being acquitted of war crimes he was accused by fellow navy seals of murder in iraq in 2017 including shooting unarmed civilians and stabbing a wounded teenager to death gallagher whose lawyers argued any civilians he killed was done so in the heat of battle was happy with the acquittal top navy commanders were not and demoted him in rank after pushing for his expulsion from the seals because he was found guilty of a lesser charge of posing for photographs with the dead iraqi but the special operations soldier had a pow

navy seal. that was unclear. that senior leaders here in the pentagon including the now former secretary of the navy richard esper has said the process needed to go forward. this is a peer review process. it's an administrative process. his goal was to get the white house to continue forward with the process. we reported over the weekend he told the white house and we now know from secretary esper he also told secretary esper that if he was ordered by the white house to end the review process, that he would resign. so what's so confusing about this is now we just heard from secretary esper that the reason secretary spencer was fired is because he was intervening to help eddie gallagher keep his trident pin. the very thing he told his colleagues and superiors on thursday he would resign for is what he was allegedly working to back channel to come out as the ending anyway. it's a very confusing case. when asked about that, secretary esper acknowledged, look, i don't understand, he was saying one thing in public and

caller: i worked with a lot of seals when i was in the navy. is my understanding and i am not a seal -- perhaps an actual seal could call in. to be a seal, you don't get your superiors to vote you in, it is the people you work with who vote you in to see if you are good enough to be voted in and it is not limited understanding that chief gallagher was turned in by his peers. not nobody else, it was the people with him and there are the ones who voted him in. perhaps an actual seal could reflect more on that. host: what do you think about the removal of the naval secretary? caller: he defied orders. he has to go through chain of command. what you had said earlier this morning, perhaps he should have went to the secretary and then called them in. host: felix giving his perspective as a retired military person in north carolina. a few minutes left in this segment for you to give comment. we will hear from todd in florida, our line for others. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? host: i am well, thanks. caller: i know that your argumen

secretary richard spencer resigns overnight, the pentagon asked him to step down over handling of navy sealllagher's war crime case, president trump nominated ambassador to norway ken to be the new secretary of the navy. judge will decide if former white house counsel don mcgann could testify for congress, could open new wave in the impeachment probe, the official white house christmas tree will be delivered today, a 23 feet douglas fur will arrive in horse and carriage. ♪ ♪ heather: and after weeks of speculation, former new york mayor michael bloomberg, formerly enters the race for president with a message to defeat donald trump and bring americans together. >> and now he's taking onto rebuild the country and restore faith in the dream that defines us, mike bloomberg intends to make god, problem solver, mike bloomberg for president. >> but does he stand a chance so late in the game in here to debate gop strategist. appreciate it. >> thanks, heather. >> let's begin and ask the question, robert, does he stand a chance? he's entering very late? >> oh, god, no, he does not stand a chance at a

president trump defending his decision to intervene in navy seal eddie gallagher's case that ultimately led to the firing of navy secretary richard spencer. this is "outnumbered overtime." i'm harris faulkner. president trump is now saying he was right to order the navy not to kick out eddie gallagher from the navy seals. after he was convicted of posing for photographs with a fighter's body, of the enemy. the president telling reporters he was defending the military when he criticized spencer, who was fired over his handling of the case. watch. >> what i'm doing is sticking up for our armed forces. there has never been a president that is going to stick up for them, and has, like i have. >> harris: now, spencer is blasting the president's move to prevent the navy from reviewing gallagher's case, saying "it will have a negative impact among the rank and file." >> i don't think he really understands this whole definition of a war fighter. what do i stand for a secretary of the navy? order and discipline of the united states navy. that's a prime tenet. this in fact erodes that. i cannot,

a military jail in july a free man after being acquitted of war crimes he was accused by fellow navy seals of murder in iraq in 2017 including shooting unarmed civilians and stabbing a wounded teenager to death gallagher whose lawyers argued any civilians he killed was done so in the heat of battle was happy with the acquittal top navy commanders were not and demoted him in rank after pushing for his expulsion from the seals because he was found guilty of a lesser charge of posing for photographs with the dead iraqi but the special operations soldier had a powerful ally of his side president donald trump who parted gallagher for any wrongdoing restored his rank and demanded the navy halt any further investigations against any and that is what led to spencer's firing when a departure letter to the president wrote he cannot in good conscience obey orders from trump he believes quote violate the sacred oath he took his navy commander trump tweeted sunday night the reason spencer was fired was because he was not pleased with the way gallagher's trial was handled and cost overruns within the na

in the case of edward gallagher, a navy seal at the center of a war crimes case. cer's last day was today, but david martin tells us he's not going quietly. >> reporter: leaving the pentagon after being fired, secretary of the navy, richard spencer told cbs news he is not the only casualty of president trump's decision to intervene in the case of navy seal edward gallagher. what were the ramifications of intervening in that review process? >> what message does that send to the troops? >> reporter: well, what message does it send? >> that you can get away with things. we have to have good order and discipline. it's the backbone of what we do. >> reporter: president trump said he stopped the navy from taking away the trident pin, which identifies gallagher as a navy seal, in order to stand up for warriors on the battlefield. >> they wanted to take his pin away. i said, no, you're not going to take it away. he was a great fighter. we're going to protect our war fighters. >> i don't think he understands the full definition of a war fighter. a war fighter is a professio

the navy seal was acquitted of murdering an islamic state militant, but convicted of posing with the . last week the president rejected forcing gallagher out of the seals. instead he'll retire from the navy. today, meeting with bulgaria's prime minister, mr. trump said he is sticking up for gallagher and those like him. >> he was a great fighter. he was one of the ultimate fighters. tough guy. these are not weak people. these are tough people. and we're going to protect our war fighters and i've been given a lot of thank you's. >> woodruff: amid the uproar, the secretary of the navy, richard spencer was fired on sunday. today his boss, the secretary of defense mark esper, accused spencer of dealing secretly with the white house in the gallagher matter. we'll discuss all of this after the news summary. the u.s. supreme court refused today to order a new trial for a baltimore man featured in the hit podcast "serial." adnan syed was convicted of murdering an ex-girlfriend in high school. he is serving a life sentence. syed's lawyers had argued the podcast series found new evidence that w

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the presidents pentagon chief says the commander in chief gave him a direct order to allow a navy seal accused of war crimes and acquitted of murder to retire without losing his elite status. that led to defense secretary mike esper firing the civilian head of the navy who allegedly offered to rig the navy's disciplinary process. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the latest. >> good evening. since last night, there been competing narratives about navy secretary richard spencer's abrupt termination. the president came down firmly on the side of the navy seal he helped exonerate and in the end, the pentagon saluted smartly the president's order. >> i have to protect my war fighters. >> president trump defended his decision to upend the military justice system and intervene on behalf of navy seal eddie gallagher who was clear last summer of allegations of murder but faced a navy review board for having appeared in a photograph holding a severed head of an iraqi militant and a hunting knife. >> i think what i'm doing is taking of our armed forces. >> defense secretary ma

convicted of misconduct keep his elite status in a case which led him to fire his navy secretary navy seal edward gallagher was convicted of posing for photographs with the body of a teenage i still captive but cleared of murder the navy wanted to oust him from the commando unit offense secretary marchesa said trunk intervene you're painted in this case before he gave the order to fire richard spencer on sunday let's go live to our white house correspondent kimberly why did trump feel the need to intervene on this then. well if this is a case that has been running in the us media for quite some time the case of eddie gallagher the navy seal was followed very closely and there was a lot of controversy surrounding the case of eventually he was exonerated from the most serious charges but he was convicted of the charge of posing with a corpse of an ice floe fighter this dating back to 2017 in iraq now all along the u.s. president signaled that he may intervene in this case allowing eddie gallagher the navy seal to keep his so-called trident pin this is something that signifies that he is a na

in question gallagher part of what he said on fox news in part going after the co of the navy seals>> this is all about ego and retaliation. this has nothing to do with good order and discipline. what the admiral is doing, showing complete indub ordinati insubordination is not good order and discipline. >> he accused admiral green of insubordination. >> and now that president insinuated him is environmental into the process, it's not going to matter that he did, in fact, say that. admiral green in fact is immass cue lated is too heavy of a word but less influential and one might expect that admiral green may in fact leave himself. >> i'd be remiss to not ask you about things like combat stress. after the tempo of deployments in the nation's longest ever war that has yet to quit, the things that happen to our men and women over there in in an urban fighting environment again with the tempo of going out day after day with the goal of looking for contact. >> i think urban warfare is the most difficult of all kind of warfare. i fought in the field and i fought in urban areas. i found bu

"the navy will not be taking away war fighter and navy seal eddie gallagher's trident pin. was handled very badly from the beginning. get back to business!" that he responded with a statement. "the navy follows the lawful orders of the president. we will do so in the case of an order to stop the administrative review of soc gallagher's professional qualification. we are aware of the president's tweet and we are awaiting further guidance." joining me now, captain tillie simpson, former u.s. navy dog officer. he's also senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation. good to see you. right on time with your expertise. first of all, if you are looking at a case that has already been adjudicated, acquitted of murder, guilty of posing with that picture, the president steps and, he gets the ultimate say, as i understand it, is it double jeopardy to have that review? >> no. remember, it's a criminal law concept or you can't be tried by the same sovereign twice for the same crime. this is an administration review that the navy was going to do, to decide whether they would pull his tr

"the navy will not be taking away war fighter and navy seal eddie gallagher's trident pen. e was handled very badly from the beginning. get back to business!" the navy told fox news that follows the lawful orders of the president and will await further guidance. what do you think? >> jason: they don't need any further guidance. i think the query from the president was there. he may have done something he shouldn't have done by taking a picture of the way he did, but the president has spoken on this issue. i like the clarity from the president and the idea that they need to get back to business. it's time to move on. >> harris: i want to hear now -- i want to tell everybody that this actually was spoken by eddie gallagher's brother before the media announced the pause in the review, as i was just telling you about, and also before the president got involved in all this. let's watch. >> this is a move of pure vindictiveness from a petulant admiral who was really, really hurt that he lost. right now we are sitting -- we are awaiting news, pretty much in a situation where a rear

review this, a navy board was scheduled to determine if he could remain a navy seal.other twist, secretary review wasnced the canceled and gallagher can retire at his current rank. >> olivia's interim -- bolivia's -- since fledent to mexico and has labeled his ouster a coup. pen, the stroke of a election is declared null and for apaving the way return to normal after unrest. >>>> this was my main goaoal. new elections in the shortest time possible. we are going to restore democracy with democracy. protests multiplied in the wake of last month costs ballot. the death toll mounted and pressuretep down under and d fled to exile in mexico. every lens, authorities struggled to clamp down on the unrest. they negotiated with protest leaders to end demonstrations and roadblocks. it should see the military pulled off the streets. >> all the fighting we have done overall this time. constant fight over all these abuses. yet over.ot accusations and charges of extradition. >> the presidential election is too close to call. >> two lion cubs and several crocodiles, birds, and cats h

of a crime and determine whether the crime that that warrants them and losing their status as a navy seal, president trump made it clear via twitter that he did not want it to occur with gallagher. navy secretary spencer went to the white house, look, a tweet is not a direct order. you give me something in wri writing. if i get something in writing, i am most likely is going to resign. my colleague reported that on saturday. spencer had told him that he would likely resign if he gotten a written order. a number of the chiefs, the arm any secretary and chief of staff a all stepped in and savage the situation. they spoke to president trump explaining him the navy process and trying to convince him to let the process play out. secretary of pompeo and spencer did the same thing on friday. we left here thinking the review process is going to go forward. secretary esper asked for spencer's resignation. we know from secretary esper himself that he said secretary spencer was trying to work a back door deal with the white house to let the process noomov forward. he lost confidence because he belie

navy secretary richard spencer has been fired after the dispute of a navy seal accused of war crimesn new york later acquitted. according to a statement from the defense department, secretary mark esper lost his trust and confidence in spencer over the handling of the case of chief petty officer eddie gallagher. gallagher had been accused of committing war crimes while deployed back in 2017. he was acquitted of murder but convicted in july of posing with a corpse of an isis prisoner for which he was demoted. president donald trump reversed that demotion and on thursday tweeted that gallagher would keep his trident pen, signifying his status as a member of the elite navy seals. a day later spencer told reporters that he believed the review process over gallagher's status should go forward, but contrary to those public statements, the defense department says spencer privately proposed to the white house that he be retired as a navy seal. in the resignation later last night, spencer acknowledged the termination and stated, quote, unfortunately it has become apparently that in this respe

pushed back on the president's efforts to restore his job to restore his ability to identify as a navy seal with his trident pen as it's known that is when it cost richard spencer the navy secretary his job now in the midst of all of this we have had in the last hour confirmation from the defense secretary that in fact there was a demand by the u.s. president as we saw on twitter for the accused navy seal eddie gallagher who is accused of war crimes and 2017 exonerated on those charges but convicted of posing with the corpse of an iso fighter and that's why he was facing reprimand internally the president demanded that his try to pin according to the defense secretary be restored so it as we pull back from the specifics of this case there is now a wider debate in washington at what point does the military have a duty to push back against the commander in chief that is president trump if they feel that there is an order that is illegal or even just an ethical or immoral it's a very fine line and while most are saying this was a legal demand by the president many are questioning its morality

over the controversial war crimes case of navy seal eddie gallagher. er says he's flabbergasted, allegedly offered to rigged the navy's disciplinary process. allison barber joins us with this developing saga. >> reporter: this interview with the navy secretary was extraordinary not only because of what was said but it took place at the pentagon as a fired navy secretary was leaving for good. >> richard spencer, secretary of the navy. >> foreign secretary richard spencer was forced out of his job over the weekend and a resignation letter he suggested his departure was tied to a controversial case involving a navy seal. spencer road i no longer share the same understanding with the commander-in-chief. i cannot in good conscience obey an order i believe violates the sacred oath i took but today secretary of defense mark jaspers says he actually lost his job because of a secret deal. >> secretary spencer -- of the president allowed the navy to handle the case he would guarantee eddie gallagher would be restored to rank, allowed to retain and permitted to re

geraldo also here tonight with breaking news on the inside story on navy seal at a gallagher. new information. also dr. michael pillsbury on the seismic changes happening in hong kong. a startling report on china's detention camps and what's actually going on. first the wheels continued to turn on the impeachment process and adam schiff once again says he has an ironclad case. this time, he thinks he means it. kellyanne conway says the white house is ready for both eventualities. either a trial in the senate or the possibility there will be no impeachment in the house. a short time ago, a judge ruled former white house counsel donald mcgahn must obey a subpoena to testify before congress. possibly setting the stage for other administration officials to have to appear. the doj is saying that they will appeal that decision. let's bring in former deputy national security advisor kt mcfarland. author of the upcoming book "revolution: trump, washington, and we the people." it's great to see you. i know you've been on fox business and we cite other doing coverage but it's been a lon

on december 2nd, he will undergo getting kicked out of as a navy seal. civilians and murdering a captive fighter with a knife and threatening to kill seals. posing with a dead body of the isis teenager, the navy demoted him until president trump reversed the decision. president trump promoting his interview on fox and friends on sunday morning tweeting have no fear, all will end well for everyone. gallagher appeals to the press. >> just want to retire peacefully with all of the honors i earned and get back to my family and -- i don't know how many times i thanked the president, he keeps stepping in and doing the right thing and i want to let him know that the rest of the seal community is not about this right now. >> the white house reportedly told the navy they would not intervene. >>> a senior u.s. official says that good evening all of the messy issues surrounding this case, he decided it would be impossible for gallagher to get a fair hearing, he decided to retire him at his current rank. in new york, back to you. >>> pope francis is calling on world

happened. >> reporter: but now the navy intends to take gallagher and three officers involved in the bcident before a review board, which could kick them out of the seals. it's being ordered by the navy's top seal, rear admiral colin green, who early this year wrote a memo saying, "we have a problem with discipline in the seal." tim parlatore is gallagher's defense attorney. >> i think what surprises him and all of us the most is that admiral green would continue to try to go down this path after the president took that action. i mean, it's essentially, as an active-duty two-star admiral, you're spitting in the face of the commander in chief. >> reporter: as the commander in chief, the president has the power to shut down the review board, but tonight there is no indication of what, if anything, he intends to do. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >> o'donnell: tonight, the f.b.i. is joining the investigation into a rash of racist and anti-semitic incidents at syracuse university. security has been tightened after white supremacist propaganda was posted online and sent to cell phones on campus. adriana diaz reports students are frightened and angry.

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was convicted of misconduct keep his status and a case which led him to fire his navy secretary navy seal edward gallagher was convicted of posing for photographs with the body of a teenage eisel captive but cleared of murder the navy wanted to oust him from the commando unit defense secretary mark s. but said trying to intervene here peaceably in the case hoped before he gave the order to fire richard spencer on sunday gabriel is on a joins us live now from washington and so president trump has been speaking about the firing of the navy secretary what more we learned. yet trump is standing by his decision as commander in chief of the armed forces of the u.s. military to basically defend this special forces navy seal. soldier trump has been defending him for many many months now but as you mentioned it's been a very controversial cases one analyst said it's almost like trump is at war with some of his own military leaders within the armed forces despite the fact that the secretary of the navy and even the commander of the u.s. special forces wanted to demote this navy seal navy seal as yo

there are reports this afternoon that the white house will allow disciplinary proceedings against navy seal move forward. let's go to jackie heinrich with the latest. jackie. reporter: yesterday navy secretary richard spencer denied that to step down over the presidents directive which came over twitter. eddie gallagher was acquitted of several war crimes during his iraq diplomat including shooting civilians, murdering and cap devices fighter with a hunting knife and threatening to kill seals who reported him. the only charge he was convicted of was posing with a dead body of an isis teenager. the navy had been demoted gallagher until president trump reversed that demotion the same day he pardoned two other armed servicemembers accused of war crimes. thursday he reaffirmed that move between the navy will not be taken away war fighter and navy seal eddie gallagher's trident pinprick this case was handled very badly from the beginning. get back to business. gallagher this morning explained on fox and friends what he thought trump might mean insane, top military brass are being insubordinate a

the navy seals wanted to oust him. dan ellsberg, what is going on here?s, amy, not from my y last 40 years as an antiwar activist or antinuclear activist, but in 15 years before that, which included three years in the marine corps when i was a company commander, very proud of that, rifle company commander, first lieutenant before that, training officerer of the third battalion secocond marines, befe that a platoon leader of emperor, r rifle platoons. i came to teach the laws of war and i believed in them very strongly. in the marine corps, before i was in, i entered that very much with the notion of jujust war. something that president trump has never been exposed to because he has had no military experience whatever. he has never worn the uniform. but his for gone spurs have kept them from learning how stupid and absbsolutely off-the-walalls statement is that these men come all of these men, including the accused ones, have been trained to be killing machines. therefore should not be prosecuted when they kill. that is not what he would have learned. what

were multiple news reports alday quoting unnamed offi that navy secretary richard spencer and rear admiral collin green, who commands the seals, id they would resign or fired if the president isss a written order. the secretarof the navy told newshour today he did not say he would resign over a presidential tweet over what happens to navy seal edward gallagr and his future with the elite unit. joining me now is david phillips, a reewrter for the ork times" who helped break this story. >> so, first of all, for p'tple who havbeen following what the ins and outs have been with mr. gaagher, where is he in the process of remaining a seal or rot? orter: this has been a real sort of whiplash, back-and-forth case, where he was convicted of a crime, but then thenc senwas lessened by the secretary of the navy. a short time lat, the president removed the sentence completely, and th the navy said, "well, now we're going to take this seal's trident away." and the trident is a pin that each of them wear at denotes their membership in the seals. so for them, it's essentially like being cast out of the >> sreenivasan: okay, so how unusual is

> reporter: defense secretary mark esper says president trump gave him a direct order to allow a navy seal accused of war crimes to re tire without losing his elite status and the pin that symbolizes it. that news comes the day after esper fired navy secretary richard spencer for going behind his back to the white house to resolve the case. >> i asked for secretary spencer's resignation because of a loss of trust and confidence. >> reporter: president trump had come to gallagher's defense after he was demoted for posing with the corpse of an isis fighter, and at the white house monday he reaffirmed that support. >> he was a great fighter. one of the ultimate fighters. tough guy. these are not weak people, these are tough people, and we'll protect our war fighters. >> reporter: the navy secretary had publicly called for gallagher to face disciplinary hearings. he said he'd follow the president's order, but his resignation letter implied disagreement on principle saying i cannot in good conscious obey an order that i believe violates the sacred honor i took. the firing capped a day where gal

rob: fox news alert, secretary to have navy asked to step down amid fallout from navy seal eddy gallagher's war's crime case. jillian: prison guard charged on jeffrey epstein's death go back to court today. rob: she's ready to cooperate with the fed, new twist in this very complex story. >> probably because -- [laughter] jillian: here is a question, do you have a secret santa in your office and do you actually like it. rob: office christmas tradition that many people including millennials want to ban, "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ ♪ jillian: good morning, it's monday. how is it going? how are you feeling today? how are you feeling? you have something in your eye. rob: i had an eyelash in my eye. jillian: i'm jillian mele. rob: i'm rob schmitt, we begin with fox news alert, richard spencer asked to spend down after disagreeing with the president on navy seal eddy gallagher's war crime case. >> good morning, rob, jillian, according to defense secretary the navy sect zaire richard spencer lost trust and fired for his handling of the eddy gallagher case, esper says spencer showed

way does eddie gallagher just return to his old posts, his old job and even though some of these navy seals'd be serving along side were the ones who expressed concern about his actions? >> well, so if the president does intervene and chief gallagher is allowed to keep his trident, his seal designation, he will remain in the navy seals. what he does after that is up to him. there are rumors he might retire. certainly if he didn't retire he would be in his rights to stay in the navy. >> what is the impact with the rest of the people? >> the seals are i think most of america knows they are incredible professionals. they are war fighters. they believe in their mission and nobody does it better in the world. they will continue to do that mission. and i think the american people can take a measure of confidence that the navy seal community is still going to be out there doing bad things to bad people on their behalf and in their defense professionally and capably they're not going to let this distract them from that mission. i'm sure inside the seal community some people have different feelings

stated he would not let the navy take away gallagher's trident pin which represents his status as a navy seal york times" reports navy secretary richard spencer threatened to resign if strump intervened. secretary esper says he was fired by going behind his back to negotiate a deal to allow him to retire as a seal. in his resignation spencer write, unfortunately, i no longer share the same understanding with the commander-in-chief who appointed me, in regards to the key principles of good order and discipline. can i not in good conscience obey an order that i believe violates the sacred oath i took to support and defend the constitution and tonight experience told cbs the president's decision is setting the wrong message to the troops. >> that you can get away with things. we have to have good order and discipline. it's the backbone of what we do. >> but that message didn't appear to be bothering the president at all. he has long pushed for a more confronttational military and the president's continued interference in the gallagher case has prompted criticism that he is endangering our standi

review process, the end result would be that eddie gallagher would retain his membership in the navy seals his retiring from the navy. this is what wound up happen willing, president trump sunday night ordered secretary esper to restore gallagher's membership in the navy s.e.a.l.s. unclear what happened here. even to complicate things this morning. secretary spencer had said he would resign. saying he would not restore gallagher's rank. this is not about eddie gallagher, this is not about violation of chain of command. president trump himself wiiing in on bitter last night saying spencer had not -- kept costs low in the navy, and ruined the eddie gallagher case overall. it's confusing what's going to happen here. we're going to find out which narrative being pushed is the correct one. >> thank you so much for your service to this great country, and i got a lot of questions for you. >> let's just begin with the multitude of reasons. we're hearing as ryan outlined. it had to do with cost overruns. you have the sec deck saying it's because spencer sidestepped dod. and then you have spencer hi

day shot down rumors he was going to step down over the handling of a war crimes case in all the navy seal gallagher story contrary to popular belief i'm still here i did not threaten to resign. but let us just say that we're here to talk about external threats and he elgar's not one of them on the next day after those comments the navy secretary richard spencer did not have to resign on sunday evening he was abruptly fired after pushing back against president donald trump it all stems from the case of the navy seal who walked out of a military jail in july a free man after being acquitted of war crimes he was accused by fellow navy seals of murder in iraq in 2017 including shooting unarmed civilians and stabbing a wounded teenager to death gallagher whose lawyers argued any civilians he killed was done so in the heat of battle was happy with the acquittal top navy commanders were not and demoted him in rank after pushing for his expulsion from the seals because he was found guilty of a lesser charge of posing for photographs with the dead iraqi but the special operations soldier had a pow

a military jail in july a free man after being acquitted of war crimes he was accused by fellow navy seals of murder in iraq in 2017 including shooting unarmed civilians and stabbing a wounded teenager to death gallagher whose lawyers argued any civilians he killed was done so in the heat of battle was happy with the acquittal top navy commanders were not and demoted him in rank after pushing for his expulsion from the seals because he was found guilty of a lesser charge of posing for photographs with the dead iraqi but the special operations soldier had a powerful ally of his side president donald trump who parted gallagher for any wrongdoing restore his rank and demanded the navy halt any further investigations against any and that is what led to spencer's firing when a departure letter to the president wrote he cannot in good conscience obey orders from trump he believes quote violate the sacred oath he took his navy commander trump tweeted sunday night the reason spencer was fired was because he was not pleased with the way gallagher's trial was handled and cost overruns within the nav

spencer the navy secretary who had been pushing to have any gallagher demoted and kicked out of the navy seals and this has been causing back and forth well now richard spencer the navy secretary has been fired sunday evening by the defense secretary all because of this case of a gallery why did president trump get so involved in this case came. yeah that's a lot of people have been asking that question listen as the president he is the commander in chief of the armed forces the united states or he can pretty much do whatever he wants and make any decisions he wants relating to the armed forces however it's highly unusual for a president to basically defy the military commanders who many of whom wanted to demote this particular navy seal and it's rare that a president would step in and intervene in a matter such as this however he gallagher's lawyer had close ties to donald trump gallagher and lawyers and gallagher supporters have been going on fox news for many many months now which is the television channel that the president watches regularly and been promoting his case urging the president

navy to keep the status of embattled navy seal eddie gallagher, how might it denigrate the military's rank of command going forward? >> this has certainly already become a campaign issue for trump's 2020 re-election bid. with democratic rival pete buttigieg speaking out against this last night, saying that president trump doesn't understand military service, and honor and process, and people buttigieg of course, is himself an afternoon veteran, and so those words might have a little bit more weight coming from him. but the reaction i've seen in reporting from, reactions from navy seals, has been a bit mixed, and i think mostly they're very much just wanting all of this increased attention to kind of go away. they find it distracting and they kind of just want to get back to their jobs. but there are certainly people who are not pleased with how this has been handled and not pleased with president trump's kind of subverting what was sort of expected in an instance like in in military discipline. on the other hand, there are other people who just would like the whole thing to go away so

. >>> mark esper says president trump gave him a direct order to allow a navy seal accused of war crimes to retire without losing his elite status. >> i spoke to the president on sunday and he gave the warning that eddie gallagher will retain. >>> this comes the day after esper fired richard spencer for going behind his back to the white house to resolve the case of edward gallagher. >> i asked for the resignation because of the lot loss of confidence after what transpired. >>> president trump have come and it is this picture that put them at odds with the public call to face disciplinary hearings. >> if the president requested to stop the process it stops. >> reporter: the letter employed a disagreement on principle writing i cannot in good conscience obey an order that i believe violates the oath i took. president trump says thank you to spencer for service but said in a to eat that he was not pleased with the way the navy handled the case. he had appeared on fox news and criticized superior officers. >> this is all about ego and retaliation. >> reporter: gallagher will be allowed to r

arthel: navy seal gallagher speaking out, president trump restoring rank after acquitted of war crimest still the president is allowing the navy to press forward with internal review, here is gallagher on "fox & friends" earlier. >> this is all about ego and retaliation, this has nothing to do with discipline. they could have taken any time they wanted, they are trying to take it after the president restored my rank and after we just filed an ig exposing all of the corruption that's been going on during my case. arthel: jakey heinrich is following this from new york city, jackie. >> unclear if eddy gallagher knew this morning the navy would still be conducting a review to decide he should be removed from the navy seal, the same day he pardoned two other service members accused of war crime. the navy will not be take agoway war fighter and navy seal gallagher pen, the case handled very badly from the beginning, get back to business, there had been report that is navy secretary richard spencer would resign if the president up-ended long standing military justice doctrine and intervened i

. >>> defense secretary fired the secretary of the navy today over his handling of the case of a navy seal accused of war crimes. in a statement, he said he lost trust and confidence in navy secretary richard spencer because his private statements about the case were inconsistent with his statements to the possible. "the washington post," reported that secretary spencer privately advocated to the house that his rank be restored and he be allowed to retire as a navy seal. that contradicted id publicly. president trump restored rank last week following his demotion for taking a picture with a dead pow. >>> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg was released from the hospital. the 80-year-old justice was treated for a possible infection. a court spokesperson said she is now ho to the hospital comes days after she returned to the bench after missing a day in court due to a stomach bug. >>> the pro democracy opposition won a landslide victory in the elections in hong kong. voterred elected a slate of council candidate who's support the pro democracy protest going on now for more than five mo

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