to say yes? >> it is interesting, the president clearly thought it was still going to be admiral harward and had selected someone and pushing out general flynn even easier because he had someone in mind. something changed from when the president spoke and last night. thankds so much for being with us. appreciate it. a lot to discuss here. we want to bring in gregory meeks, chair of the congressional black caucus pac. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> you're headed overseas next week, congress is out of session and you're going overseas to talk to u.s. allies and germany and other places, i imagine one of the things they'll be looking at is this news reporting that admiral harward turned down the job of national security adviser. what kind of message does that send? >> well, it sends a message of nervousness, our allies are nervous. as i talk to various embassies here in the united states and we have our dialogue, they are -- have never seen the united states in a position as we are