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the former nato supreme allied commander general wesley clark is joining us right now.lark, thanks so much for joining us. as you know, secretary esper also recalling some active-duty forces from d.c. and guardsman patrol without weapons. what do you think of what's going on right now? do you agree with all these actions? >> i certainly agree with all the protesters in the street. i'm glad it's mostly peaceful. i think that it's become not just a protest over black lives matter over this -- over george floyd but i think it's become much larger over racism in america and even against the president's inflammatory rhetoric and language. and wrapped in that issue is his propensity to want to use the military. you know, he started this by saying he was going to have his generals and every general i know found that phraseology extremely offensive. generals don't belong to the president. they belong to the american people. they take an oath to the constitution. and so from that point on the military's been on guard against the politicization of the armed forces by donald trump

. >> joining me now to discuss is retired general wesley clark.e is a nato supreme ally commander. general, that's big. good evening, by the way. >> he should have made it. he made a mistake. owned up to it. he made it in front of a bunch of officers. it got wide distribution by this point. it was the right thing to do. >> so why do you think -- do you think he apologized because the right thing to do or was there any kind of pressure on him to, you know, that he would do this? and why do you think he did it in the first place and was there pressure to apologize do you think? >> well, vui haven't talked to him. i have followed this extremely closely. my guess is he was a little uneasy. but he followed the crowd across the street. that was his boss. he was going over there. milley followed him across. he may not have understood what was going to happen with the photo-op. he may not have understood everything that was going on around him at the time. but he did want to see the soldiers that were out there. that's what he says. it's a reasonable -- t

general wesley clark is joining us now, the former nato supreme allied commander and the valedictorian 1966 at west point. general, thanks so much for joining us. let's get to the president, his address today. what do you think of the president calling back, first of all cadets, to address them at a time like this? >> it was really controversial. you know, it's nice that he wanted to address the cadets. i mean, i'm sure they appreciated that. they didn't want to come back. and it did put them at some health risk and some inconvenience. it didn't have to be done. it was really done for him. >> a group of west point alumni called concerned members of the long gray line posted in an open letter criticizing the use of the u.s. military in response to legitimate protests, peaceful protests in fact. do you agree with the hundred who is actually signed that letter? >> i thought it was a good letter, wolf, but there were a lot of people who wanted to -- who would have signed that letter who weren't contacted and. i know there were a lot of graduates who objected to the letter and they weren't

i want to discuss now with cnn military analyst general wesley clark, the former nato supreme allied commander. cedric alexander, the former president of the national organization of black law executives. and cnn law enforcement analyst jonathan wackrow, a former secret service agent. gentlemen, i'm so happy to have you on to discuss what's happening in the country right now. thank you so much. general, i will start with you. i've got to get your reaction to what happened at the white house tonight. did you ever think that you'd see troops used to suppress peaceful protests like this? >> terrible. outrageous. pure political theater. total misuse of the united states armed forces. embracing. and not only that, it's embarrassing abroad. it's being used by our adversaries against us. a perfect example of how president trump does what he thinks is his -- in his interest at the expense of what's in america's interest. >> so earlier my colleague chris cuomo said i'm surprised he actually did that, he has some smart people around him advising him. but the question is, okay, fine, whatever y

retired army four star wesley clark joibz us to talk about that. later kareem abdul-jabbar, what he sees in what we're all watching unfold. hi. uh, can you tell me how to get to i-70, please? o-okay, are you -- ah, yes. thank you. switch to progressive and you can save hundreds. you know, like the sign says. can leave you holding your breath. ♪ but bristol myers squibb is working to change things. by researching new kinds of medicines that could help you live longer. including options that are chemo-free. because we're committed to bringing new hope into lung cancer care. >>> there's breaking news tonight that raises all kinds of uncomfortable questions about what country we are living in and what it might become. don't take that from me. that's from president trump's former secretary of defense marine four-star general, a man who dedicated his life to protecting, serving the constitution and the country. i say this about mattis because it's inevitable the president will soon directly or indirectly through minions smear general mattis. very possibl