on long island. >> i want to congratulate john kelly, who has done an incredible job of secretary of state of homeland security. incredible. one of our real stars. truly one of our stars. [ applause ] john kelly is one of our great stars. >> that was before it was announced that priebus was out. in fact, john kelly is a four star retired marine general. barbara starr has more on him. you reported on the pentagon for years and have a lot of experience with general kelly. explain his background. >> reporter: four-star marine, anderson. close for decades to defense secretary james mattis, and general doneford. so kelly knows national security, even before he went to homeland security. this is a guy who knows how to run a large organization. he served in iraq in combat out in western iraq in anbar, in